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Acoustic displacement triangle based on the individual element test
A three node, displacement based, acoustic element is developed. In order to avoid spurious rotational modes, a higher order stiffness is introduced. The higher order stiffness is developed from an incompatible strain field which computes element volume changes under nodal rotational displacements fields. The higher order strain satisfies the IET requirements, non affecting convergence. The higher order stiffness is modulated, element by element, with a factor. Thus, the displacement based formulation is capable of placing the spurious rotational modes over the range of physical compressional modes that can be accurately captured by the mesh
Two-dimensional Einstein manifolds in geometrothermodynamics
We present a class of thermodynamic systems with constant thermodynamic
curvature which, within the context of geometric approaches of thermodynamics,
can be interpreted as constant thermodynamic interaction among their
components. In particular, for systems constrained by the vanishing of the
Hessian curvature we write down the systems of partial differential equations.
In such a case it is possible to find a subset of solutions lying on a
circumference in an abstract space constructed from the first derivatives of
the isothermal coordinates. We conjecture that solutions on the characteristic
circumference are of physical relevance, separating them from those of pure
mathematical interest. We present the case of a one-parameter family of
fundamental relations that -- when lying in the circumference -- describe a
polytropic fluid
Inversion mechanism for the transport current in type-II superconductors
The longitudinal transport problem (the current is applied parallel to some
bias magnetic field) in type-II superconductors is analyzed theoretically.
Based on analytical results for simplified configurations, and relying on
numerical studies for general scenarios, it is shown that a remarkable
inversion of the current flow in a surface layer may be predicted under a wide
set of experimental conditions. Strongly inhomogeneous current density
profiles, characterized by enhanced transport toward the center and reduced, or
even negative, values at the periphery of the conductor, are expected when the
physical mechanisms of flux depinning and consumption (via line cutting) are
recalled. A number of striking collateral effects, such as local and global
paramagnetic behavior, are predicted. Our geometrical description of the
macroscopic material laws allows a pictorial interpretation of the physical
phenomena underlying the transport backflow.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures (Best quality pictures are available by author's
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