Flow Induced by the Impulsive Motion of an Infinite Flat Plate in a Dusty Gas

Flow Induced by the Impulsive Motion of an Immite Flat Plate in a Dusty Gas. The problem of flow induced by an infinite flat plate suddenly set into motion parallel to its own plane in an incompressible dusty gas is of considerable physical interest in its own right as well as because of its close relation to the non-linear, steady (constant-pressure) laminar boundary layer. Its solution provides complete and exact information about modifications of the boundary layer growth and skin friction due to particle-fluid interaction. Moreover, it provides a basis for judging the accuracy of approximations which have been employed in more complex problems of viscous fluid-particle motion. The uncoupled thermal Rayleigh problem for small relative temperature differences is directly inferred and this answers questions about the modifications of the surface heat transfer rate and about the possibility of similarity with the velocity boundary layer. Similarity is possible when, in addition to a Prandtl number of unity, the streamwise relaxation processes are also similar

Penetration depth time history measurement method

A new method for measuring the depth time history of rigid body penetration into brittle materials under a deceleration of ~10^5 g. The method includes: sabot-projectile, sabot-projectile separation and penetration depth detection systems. Relatively small intrinsic time error (3%) and depth error (0.3–0.7 mm) results. Penetration depth time history in a series of 4140 steel projectile penetrations into a mortar are measured at velocities of 100 to 500 m/sec with sufficient accuracy such that differentiation with respect to time yields stopping force, via Newton's second law

On radiative transfer in the low Reynolds number blunt body stagnation region at hypersonic speeds. Part 1 - Emission dominated case

Effect of radiative heat transfer in low Reynolds number hypersonic flow about blunt bod

Distributed parameter type of control for a bilinear system

Optimal control laws for bilinear system in distributed parameter model - analytical determinatio

The gravity field of topography buried by sediments

The gravity field over topography in the northern Indian Ocean that was completely buried by sediments of the Bengal Fan was investigated to understand the effect of sedimentation on the continental gravity field. An isopach map made from the seismic reflection and refraction in the Bay of Bengal shows two prominent N-S trending features in the basement topography. The northernmost portion of the Ninetyeast Ridge is totally buried by sediments north of 10 deg N. The other buried ridge trends roughly N-S for 1400 km at 85 deg E to the latitude of Sri Lanka and then curves toward the west. It has basement relief up to 6 km. Two free air gravity anomaly profiles across the region show a strong gravity low over the 85 deg E ridge, while the Ninetyeast Ridge shows a gravity high

Higgs Decays and Brane Gravi-vectors

Higgs boson decays in flexible brane world models with stable, massive gravi-vectors are considered. Such vectors couple bilinearly to the Standard Model fields through either the Standard Model energy-momentum tensor, the weak hypercharge field strength or the Higgs scalar. The role of the coupling involving the extrinsic curvature is highlighted. It is found that within the presently allowed parameter space, the decay rate of the Higgs into two gravi-vectors (which would appear as an invisible Higgs decay) can be comparable to the rate for any of the Standard Model decay modes.Comment: 5 pages, 11 figures, revte