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Inaugural Address by His Excellency the Governor of Sikkim, President, S.R.I.T. National Seminar on 29th March 1995
Coarse-grained forms for equations describing the microscopic motion of particles in a fluid
Equations of motion for the microscopic number density and the momentum density of a fluid have been
obtained in the past from the corresponding Langevin equations representing the
dynamics of the fluid particles. In the present work we average these exact
equations of microscopic dynamics over the local equilibrium distribution to
obtain stochastic partial differential equations for the coarse grained
densities with smooth spatial and temporal dependence. In particular, we
consider Dean's exact balance equation for the microscopic density of a system
of interacting Brownian particles to obtain the basic equation of the dynamic
density functional theory. In the thermally averaged equation for the coarse
grained density , the related dependence on the bare
interaction potential in Dean's equation is converted to that on the
corresponding direct correlation functions of the density functional theory.Comment: 10 page
Transport coefficients at Metastable Densities from models of Generalized Hydrodynamics
In the present work we compute the enhancement in the long time transport
coefficients due to correlated motion of fluid particles at high density. The
fully wave vecor dependent extended mode coupling model is studied with the
inclusion of an additional slow variable of the defect density for the
amorphous system.
We use the extremely slow relaxation of the density correlation function
observed in the light scattering experiments on colloids to estimate the input
parameters for the model The ratio of long time to short time diffusion
coefficient is studied around the the peak of the structure factor.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figure
The contact angle in inviscid fluid mechanics
We show that in general, the specification of a contact angle condition at
the contact line in inviscid fluid motions is incompatible with the classical
field equations and boundary conditions generally applicable to them. The
limited conditions under which such a specification is permissible are derived;
however, these include cases where the static meniscus is not flat. In view of
this situation, the status of the many `solutions' in the literature which
prescribe a contact angle in potential flows comes into question. We suggest
that these solutions which attempt to incorporate a phenomenological, but
incompatible, condition are in some, imprecise sense `weak-type solutions';
they satisfy or are likely to satisfy, at least in the limit, the governing
equations and boundary conditions everywhere except in the neighbourhood of the
contact line. We discuss the implications of the result for the analysis of
inviscid flows with free surfaces.Comment: 13 pages, no figures, no table
Temperature dependence of the Power law exponent of relaxation in a supercooled Liquid
The dynamics of Lennard-Jones fluid is studied through extended mode coupling
theory (MCT) with the inclusion of the slow mode of defect density. Inclusion
of defect density facilitates the liquid like state for temperatures much lower
than predicted from ideal MCT. From the present model the temperature
dependence of the power law exponent is obtained at a {\em constant pressure}.
We have also computed the wave number dependence of the power law exponent.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Fragility and Boson Peak formation in a Supercooled Liquid
We analyze results for the Boson Peak from the neutron time of flight
spectroscopy data on Ge-As-Se, and Raman spectra data on m-TCP and OTP, using a
recent mode coupling model that takes into account the coupling of density
fluctuations with vibrational modes in presence of defects in the supercooled
state.
From the experimental results for different materials we observe that for
more fragile systems characterized by increasing fragility parameter m, a
slower relaxation of the defect-density correlation is needed to give rise to
the observed peak in the spectra.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Conducting correlation seminars in basic sciences at KIST Medical College, Nepal
KIST Medical College is a new medical school in Lalitpur, Nepal. In Nepal, six basic science subjects are taught together in an integrated organ system-based manner with early clinical exposure and community medicine. Correlation seminars are conducted at the end of covering each organ system. The topics are decided by the core academic group (consisting of members from each basic science department, the Department of Community Medicine, the academic director, and the clinical and program coordinators) considering the public health importance of the condition and its ability to include learning objectives from a maximum number of subjects. The learning objectives are decided by individual departments and finalized after the meeting of the core group. There are two student coordinators for each seminar and an evaluation group evaluates each seminar and presenter. Correlation seminars help students revise the organ system covered and understand its clinical importance, promote teamwork and organization, and supports active learning. Correlation seminars should be considered as a learning modality by other medical schools
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