A review of quasi-coherent structures in a numerically simulated turbulent boundary layer

Preliminary results of a comprehensive study of the structural aspects of a numerically simulated number turbulent boundary layer are presented. A direct Navier-Stokes simulation of a flat-plate, zero pressure gradient boundary layer at Re0 = 670 was used. Most of the known nonrandom, coherent features of turbulent boundary layers are confirmed in the simulation, and several new aspects of their spatial character are reported. The spatial relationships between many of the various structures are described, forming the basis for a more complete kinematical picture of boundary layer physics than has been previously known. In particular, the importance of vortex structures of various forms to the generation of Reynolds shear stress is investigated

Residual Stress Analysis using Multiparameter Tomographic Reconstruction

While tomographic reconstruction techniques are commonly utilized for the analysis of electromagnetic (typically x-ray) wave propagation data, this approach is infrequently used to examine acoustic data outside the geophysics community. However, acoustic tomography offers some distinct cost and performance advantages over conventional imaging techniques and some unique capabilities which are currently under investigation. One of the most intriguing of the enhanced capabilities is multiparameter imaging. In conventional ultrasonic testing, one usually concentrates on a single parameter of interest, whether it be amplitude, velocity, etc. and for most applications this is fully adequate. This is also true for most tomographic imaging situations such as x-ray tomography where attenuation is sought as the parameter to be obtained from the reconstruction process. However, in many cases, one parameter alone fails to yield full information about the material state even for isotropic media where two independent material stiffness parameters are required for complete characterization. For anisotropic media, the situation becomes increasingly complex with the degree of anisotropy with 21 independent material parameters required. In this work, we address the problem of multiparameter reconstruction and detail a way in which a standard reconstruction technique namely the algebraic reconstruction technique or ART can be modified to achieve this goal. Both isotropic and anisotropic situations are considered. Also, as a practical application of this approach, we address the problem of residual stress determination. Certainly, the use of tomography for residual stress analysis is not new. However, in all these studies, only a single residual stress parameter was reconstructed. This approach is quite satisfactory providing the stress state is uniaxial. Here, we develop a general approach for the tomographic reconstruction of a triaxial stress field

A Comparison and Analysis of Detection Methods for the Measurement of Production in a Boundary Layer

Two hot films and dye visualizations have been employed, simultaneously, in a turbulent boundary layer to explore the relations among visual observations and five kinds of detection methods using conditional sampling. The results show that all methods correlate positively with each other, but not with high enough values of correlation coefficients to indicate true correspondence between any two thus far studied. Moreover, none of the detection methods devised to date indicate a plateau in number of events as a function of trigger threshold. The results also provide additional information on several other matters: (i) the relationship of outward motions from the wall (bursts) to inward motions (sweeps); (ii) further details on the time and space location of periods of high uv-product with respect to the visual models and to fluctuation hodograph quadrant, and (iii) some data bearing on the transfer of energy in the frequency domain during turbulence production (cascade processes). The present paper emphasizes the relations among the various detection methods and visual observations during intervals of high uv-product; other results are reported in more detail elsewhere

A Hybrid Laser Ultrasonic Based Systemf ro Composite Molding

Conventional piezoelectric based ultrasonic systems have been extensively employed for material characterization. These systems however, have been challenged by the recent need to rapidly scan large areas of new materials such as composites having complex geometry. A promising candidate addressing this issue is laser ultrasonics. Though laser ultrasonics is not new and has generated considerable research interest in the past two decades, its industrial acceptance has been limited. Among its many benefits, laser ultrasonics promise the flexibility of a couplant free inspection system. Pulsed lasers, in particular, offer energy concentration at high repetition rates which can be readily directed at any location on the specimen for interrogation purposes. The detection of laser ultrasound is usually done through Michaelson or Fabry-Perot type interferometric systems. Though these detection systems have the advantage of couplant free detection, they constitute a major component of system cost owing to the precision required. The sensitivity of such systems are also not satisfactory

Identifying capacitive and inductive loss in lumped element superconducting hybrid titanium nitride/aluminum resonators

We present a method to systematically locate and extract capacitive and inductive losses in superconducting resonators at microwave frequencies by use of mixed-material, lumped element devices. In these devices, ultra-low loss titanium nitride was progressively replaced with aluminum in the inter-digitated capacitor and meandered inductor elements. By measuring the power dependent loss at 50 mK as the Al-TiN fraction in each element is increased, we find that at low electric field, i.e. in the single photon limit, the loss is two level system in nature and is correlated with the amount of Al capacitance rather than the Al inductance. In the high electric field limit, the remaining loss is linearly related to the product of the Al area times its inductance and is likely due to quasiparticles generated by stray radiation. At elevated temperature, additional loss is correlated with the amount of Al in the inductance, with a power independent TiN-Al interface loss term that exponentially decreases as the temperature is reduced. The TiN-Al interface loss is vanishingly small at the 50 mK base temperature.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure

Characterization and In-situ Monitoring of Sub-stoichiometric Adjustable Tc Titanium Nitride Growth

The structural and electrical properties of Ti-N films deposited by reactive sputtering depend on their growth parameters, in particular the Ar:N2 gas ratio. We show that the nitrogen percentage changes the crystallographic phase of the film progressively from pure \alpha-Ti, through an \alpha-Ti phase with interstitial nitrogen, to stoichiometric Ti2N, and through a substoichiometric TiNX to stoichiometric TiN. These changes also affect the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, allowing, the superconducting properties to be tailored for specific applications. After decreasing from a Tc of 0.4 K for pure Ti down to below 50 mK at the Ti2N point, the Tc then increases rapidly up to nearly 5 K over a narrow range of nitrogen incorporation. This very sharp increase of Tc makes it difficult to control the properties of the film from wafer-to-wafer as well as across a given wafer to within acceptable margins for device fabrication. Here we show that the nitrogen composition and hence the superconductive properties are related to, and can be determined by, spectroscopic ellipsometry. Therefore, this technique may be used for process control and wafer screening prior to investing time in processing devices

Coherence in a transmon qubit with epitaxial tunnel junctions

We developed transmon qubits based on epitaxial tunnel junctions and interdigitated capacitors. This multileveled qubit, patterned by use of all-optical lithography, is a step towards scalable qubits with a high integration density. The relaxation time T1 is .72-.86mu sec and the ensemble dephasing time T2 is slightly larger than T1. The dephasing time T2 (1.36mu sec) is nearly energy-relaxation-limited. Qubit spectroscopy yields weaker level splitting than observed in qubits with amorphous barriers in equivalent-size junctions. The qubit's inferred microwave loss closely matches the weighted losses of the individual elements (junction, wiring dielectric, and interdigitated capacitor), determined by independent resonator measurements

Correction to note on linkage data for new ser mutants in NN #21

Correction to note on linkage data for new ser mutants in NN #2

Linkage data on two new swine-requiring mutants, one of which is a new locus, serine-5 (ser-5)

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