576 research outputs found
Flow structure in a model of aircraft trailing vortices
We consider a model of incompressible trailing vortices consisting of an array of counter-rotating structures in a doubly periodic domain, infinite in the vertical direction. The two-dimensional vortex array of Mallier and Maslowe is combined with an axial velocity profile chosen proportional to the initial axial vorticity to provide an initial condition for the vortex wake. This base flow is a weak solution of the steady Euler equations with three velocity components that are functions of two spatial coordinates, thus allowing its linear stability properties to be investigated. These are used to interpret several stages in the development of vortex structure observed in fully three-dimensional direct numerical simulation (DNS) at Reynolds numbers Gamma/(2pinu)=[script O](1000). For sufficiently high axial velocity, its effect can be seen, in that each vortex in the linear array first develops helical structures before undergoing a period of relaminarization. At later times the more slowly growing cooperative elliptical instabilities become apparent, but the helical structure persists and the observed vortical structures remain coherent for longer periods than in the absence of axial velocity. Using the stretched-vortex subgrid model, large-eddy simulation runs are performed at large Reynolds numbers and a mixing transition identified at about Re=1–2×10^4. Similar phenomena are observed in these simulations as are seen in the DNS
Perturbations of the Kerr spacetime in horizon penetrating coordinates
We derive the Teukolsky equation for perturbations of a Kerr spacetime when
the spacetime metric is written in either ingoing or outgoing Kerr-Schild form.
We also write explicit formulae for setting up the initial data for the
Teukolsky equation in the time domain in terms of a three metric and an
extrinsic curvature. The motivation of this work is to have in place a
formalism to study the evolution in the ``close limit'' of two recently
proposed solutions to the initial value problem in general relativity that are
based on Kerr-Schild slicings. A perturbative formalism in horizon penetrating
coordinates is also very desirable in connection with numerical relativity
simulations using black hole ``excision''.Comment: 8 pages, RevTex, 2 figures, final version to appear in CQ
Atwood ratio dependence of Richtmyer-Meshkov flows under reshock conditions using large-eddy simulations
We study the shock-driven turbulent mixing that occurs when a perturbed planar density interface is impacted by a planar shock wave of moderate strength and subsequently reshocked. The present work is a systematic study of the influence of the relative molecular weights of the gases in the form of the initial Atwood ratio A. We investigate the cases A = ± 0.21, ±0.67 and ±0.87 that correspond to the realistic gas combinations air–CO_2, air–SF_6 and H_2–air. A canonical, three-dimensional numerical experiment, using the large-eddy simulation technique with an explicit subgrid model, reproduces the interaction within a shock tube with an endwall where the incident shock Mach number is ~1.5 and the initial interface perturbation has a fixed dominant wavelength and a fixed amplitude-to-wavelength ratio ~0.1. For positive Atwood configurations, the reshock is followed by secondary waves in the form of alternate expansion and compression waves travelling between the endwall and the mixing zone. These reverberations are shown to intensify turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation across the mixing zone. In contrast, negative Atwood number configurations produce multiple secondary reshocks following the primary reshock, and their effect on the mixing region is less pronounced. As the magnitude of A is increased, the mixing zone tends to evolve less symmetrically. The mixing zone growth rate following the primary reshock approaches a linear evolution prior to the secondary wave interactions. When considering the full range of examined Atwood numbers, measurements of this growth rate do not agree well with predictions of existing analytic reshock models such as the model by Mikaelian (Physica D, vol. 36, 1989, p. 343). Accordingly, we propose an empirical formula and also a semi-analytical, impulsive model based on a diffuse-interface approach to describe the A-dependence of the post-reshock growth rate
17 ways to say yes:Toward nuanced tone of voice in AAC and speech technology
People with complex communication needs who use speech-generating devices have very little expressive control over their tone of voice. Despite its importance in human interaction, the issue of tone of voice remains all but absent from AAC research and development however. In this paper, we describe three interdisciplinary projects, past, present and future: The critical design collection Six Speaking Chairs has provoked deeper discussion and inspired a social model of tone of voice; the speculative concept Speech Hedge illustrates challenges and opportunities in designing more expressive user interfaces; the pilot project Tonetable could enable participatory research and seed a research network around tone of voice. We speculate that more radical interactions might expand frontiers of AAC and disrupt speech technology as a whole
Shock-resolved Navier–Stokes simulation of the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability start-up at a light–heavy interface
The single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability is investigated using a first-order perturbation of the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations about a one-dimensional unsteady shock-resolved base flow. A feature-tracking local refinement scheme is used to fully resolve the viscous internal structure of the shock. This method captures perturbations on the shocks and their influence on the interface growth throughout the simulation, to accurately examine the start-up and early linear growth phases of the instability. Results are compared to analytic models of the instability, showing some agreement with predicted asymptotic growth rates towards the inviscid limit, but significant discrepancies are noted in the transient growth phase. Viscous effects are found to be inadequately predicted by existing models
The Third International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture
Tilapias, because of the low cost and relative ease of their production, are a potential food fish staple for many people ini tropical countries and a globally traded commodity. This volume of symposium proceedings shows a strong interest in production systems research and a dawning interest in socioeconomic research. Both of these fields of research are expected to receive much greater attention in the future as the economic and market importance of tilapia increases and as we seek to understand better the distribution of benefits of the different production technologies.Tilapia culture Tilapia, Oreochromis, Sarotherodon
The Lazarus Project. II. Spacelike extraction with the quasi-Kinnersley tetrad
The Lazarus project was designed to make the most of limited 3D binary
black-hole simulations, through the identification of perturbations at late
times, and subsequent evolution of the Weyl scalar via the Teukolsky
formulation. Here we report on new developments, employing the concept of the
``quasi-Kinnersley'' (transverse) frame, valid in the full nonlinear regime, to
analyze late-time numerical spacetimes that should differ only slightly from
Kerr. This allows us to extract the essential information about the background
Kerr solution, and through this, to identify the radiation present. We
explicitly test this procedure with full numerical evolutions of Bowen-York
data for single spinning black holes, head-on and orbiting black holes near the
ISCO regime. These techniques can be compared with previous Lazarus results,
providing a measure of the numerical-tetrad errors intrinsic to the method, and
give as a by-product a more robust wave extraction method for numerical
relativity.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures. Journal version with text changes, revised
figures. [Note updated version of original Lazarus paper (gr-qc/0104063)
Realistic clocks, universal decoherence and the black hole information paradox
Ordinary quantum mechanics is formulated on the basis of the existence of an
ideal classical clock external to the system under study. This is clearly an
idealization. As emphasized originally by Salecker and Wigner and more recently
by other authors, there exist limits in nature to how ``classical'' even the
best possible clock can be. When one introduces realistic clocks, quantum
mechanics ceases to be unitary and a fundamental mechanism of decoherence of
quantum states arises. We estimate the rate of universal loss of unitarity
using optimal realistic clocks. In particular we observe that the rate is rapid
enough to eliminate the black hole information puzzle: all information is lost
through the fundamental decoherence before the black hole can evaporate. This
improves on a previous calculation we presented with a sub-optimal clock in
which only part of the information was lost by the time of evaporation.Comment: 3 Pages, RevTex, no figure
Gravitational waves from black hole collisions via an eclectic approach
We present the first results in a new program intended to make the best use
of all available technologies to provide an effective understanding of waves
from inspiralling black hole binaries in time for imminent observations. In
particular, we address the problem of combining the close-limit approximation
describing ringing black holes and full numerical relativity, required for
essentially nonlinear interactions. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our
approach using general methods for a model problem, the head-on collision of
black holes. Our method allows a more direct physical understanding of these
collisions indicating clearly when non-linear methods are important. The
success of this method supports our expectation that this unified approach will
be able to provide astrophysically relevant results for black hole binaries in
time to assist gravitational wave observations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 eps figures, Revte
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