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A Study of the Effects of Tornado Translation on Wind Loading Using a Potential Flow Model
This paper investigates the effects of tornado translation on pressure and overall force experienced by an airfoil subjected to tornado loading and presents a framework to reproduce the flow conditions and effects of a moving tornado. A thin symmetrical airfoil was used to explore the effects of tornado translation on a body. A panel method was used to compute the flow around an airfoil and an idealised tornado is represented using a moving vortex via unsteady potential flow. Analysis showed that the maximum overall pressure at a point was found to increase by up to 20% when the normalised translating velocity was 10% of the tangential velocity, but increases up to 60% when the normalised translating velocity is 30% of the tangential velocity. Investigation on the impact of varying airfoil thickness (Case 2) revealed that the location of the tornado has significant effect on the overall lift force. However, the overall lift force appeared to be largely insensitive to the tornado translation velocity due gross changes in pressure on either side of the airfoil cancelling each other out. Further comparison with varying airfoil sizes and distance to tornado translating path (Case 3) showed that the relative inflow and outflow angle is the primary factor affecting the lift on the airfoil. Additionally, the maximum forces on a body subjected to a moving tornado can be predicted using uniform flow providing that the appropriate range of inflow angles are known. Based on the analysis on the database of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the normalised translation speed of the recorded tornadoes across the EF scales, appears to vary from 0.25 to 0.37, with an average of 0.32 (âŒ18.8 m/s). Finally, the framework using uniform flow to reproduce the flow conditions which are comparable to those generated by a translating vortex simulator is proposed and discussed in detail
Electron transport in the dye sensitized nanocrystalline cell
Dye sensitised nanocrystalline solar cells (Gr\"{a}tzel cells) have achieved
solar-to-electrical energy conversion efficiencies of 12% in diffuse daylight.
The cell is based on a thin film of dye-sensitised nanocrystalline TiO
interpenetrated by a redox electrolyte. The high surface area of the TiO
and the spectral characteristics of the dye allow the device to harvest 46% of
the solar energy flux. One of the puzzling features of dye-sensitised
nano-crystalline solar cells is the slow electron transport in the titanium
dioxide phase. The available experimental evidence as well as theoretical
considerations suggest that the driving force for electron collection at the
substrate contact arises primarily from the concentration gradient, ie the
contribution of drift is negligible. The transport of electrons has been
characterised by small amplitude pulse or intensity modulated illumination.
Here, we show how the transport of electrons in the Gr\"{a}tzel cell can be
described quantitatively using trap distributions obtained from a novel charge
extraction method with a one-dimensional model based on solving the continuity
equation for the electron density. For the first time in such a model, a back
reaction with the I ions in the electrolyte that is second order in the
electron density has been included.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, invited talk at the workshop 'Nanostructures in
Photovoltaics' to appear in Physica
Hybrid Design for Advanced Magnetic Recording Media : Combining Exchange-Coupled Composite Media with Coupled Granular Continuous Media
In order to enhance the performance of advanced granular recording media and understand the physics behind the mechanism of the reversal process, an atomistic spin-dynamics simulation is used to investigate theoretically the magnetic properties and the magnetization-reversal behavior for a composite media design. This model allows us to investigate the effect of the magnetostatic interaction and inter- and intralayer exchange coupling for a realistic system. The composite granular medium investigated consists of hard and soft composite layers in which the grains are well segregated with a continuous capping layer deposited to provide uniform exchange coupling. We present a detailed calculation aimed to reveal the reversal mechanism. In particular, the angular dependence of the critical field is investigated to understand the switching process. The calculations show a complex reversal mechanism driven by the magnetostatic interaction. It is also demonstrated, at high sweep rates consistent with the recording process, that thermal effects lead to a significant and irreducible contribution to the switching field distribution
Muonium avoided level crossing measurement of electron spin relaxation rate in a series of substituted anthradithiophene based molecules
Muon spin spectroscopy and in particular the avoided level crossing technique is introduced, with the aim of showing it as a very sensitive local probe for electron spin relaxation in organic semiconductors. Avoided level crossing data on tert-butyl-ethynyl anthradithiophene, tri-methyl-silyl-ethynyl anthradithiophene and tri-ethygermyl-ethynyl anthradithiophene at different temperatures are presented. This series of molecules have an identical anthradithiophene backbone, but we have performed a targeted substitution on the central atom of the two side groups, of C, Si and Ge. We extracted the electron spin relaxation for the three molecules of this series and discuss them in the context of previously published results
Crystal structure and two-stage hydrolysis of dimethoxo(meso-tetra(4-methoxyphenylporphyrinato))tin(IV), Sn(tmpp)(OMe)(2)
In this work, we determine the crystal structure of dimethoxo(meso-tetra(4-methoxyphenylporphyrinato))tin(IV), Sn(tmpp)(OMe)(2) (1). Experimental results indicate that the tin atom has an octahedral geometry. The geometry around the tin center has Sn(1)-O(5) = 2.020(6), Sn(1)-O(6) = 2.003(7) Angstrom and an average Sn(1)-N = 2.10(1) Angstrom. The two methoxo groups are unidentately coordinated to the tin(IV) atom. Two-stage hydrolysis of Sn(tmpp)(OMe)(2) in CDCl3 was observed by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy. Compound (1) crystallizes in the space group P2(1)/n with a = 14.7492(1), b = 19.2022(3), c = 16.0806(2) Angstrom, beta = 94.104(1)degrees and Z = 4
Holographic principle in the BDL brane cosmology
We study the holographic principle in the brane cosmology. Especially we
describe how to accommodate the 5D anti de Sitter Schwarzschild (AdSS)
black hole in the Binetruy-Deffayet-Langlois (BDL) approach of brane cosmology.
It is easy to make a connection between a mass of the AdSS black hole
and a conformal field theory (CFT)-radiation dominated universe on the brane in
the moving domain wall approach. But this is not established in the BDL
approach. In this case we use two parameters in the Friedmann
equation. These arise from integration and are really related to the choice of
initial bulk matter. If one chooses a bulk energy density to account
for a mass of the AdSS black hole and the static fifth dimension, a
CFT-radiation term with comes out from the bulk
matter without introducing a localized matter distribution on the brane. This
means that the holographic principle can be established in the BDL brane
cosmology.Comment: 9 pages, a version to appear in PR
Control of Dynamical Localization
Control over the quantum dynamics of chaotic kicked rotor systems is
demonstrated. Specifically, control over a number of quantum coherent phenomena
is achieved by a simple modification of the kicking field. These include the
enhancement of the dynamical localization length, the introduction of classical
anomalous diffusion assisted control for systems far from the semiclassical
regime, and the observation of a variety of strongly nonexponential lineshapes
for dynamical localization. The results provide excellent examples of
controlled quantum dynamics in a system that is classically chaotic and offer
new opportunities to explore quantum fluctuations and correlations in quantum
chaos.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, to appear in Physical Review
Sensitivity to measurement perturbation of single atom dynamics in cavity QED
We consider continuous observation of the nonlinear dynamics of single atom
trapped in an optical cavity by a standing wave with intensity modulation. The
motion of the atom changes the phase of the field which is then monitored by
homodyne detection of the output field. We show that the conditional Hilbert
space dynamics of this system, subject to measurement induced perturbations,
depends strongly on whether the corresponding classical dynamics is regular or
chaotic. If the classical dynamics is chaotic the distribution of conditional
Hilbert space vectors corresponding to different observation records tends to
be orthogonal. This is a characteristic feature of hypersensitivity to
perturbation for quantum chaotic systems.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
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Initiating Events in Direct Cardiomyocyte Reprogramming
Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into cardiomyocyte-like cells (iCM) holds great potential for heart regeneration and disease modeling and may lead to future therapeutic applications. Currently, application of this technology is limited by our lack of understanding of the molecular mechanisms that drive direct iCM reprogramming. Using a quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomic approach, we identified the temporal global changes in protein abundance that occur during initial phases of iCM reprogramming. Collectively, our results show systematic and temporally distinct alterations in levels of specific functional classes of proteins during the initiating steps of reprogramming including extracellular matrix proteins, translation factors, and chromatin-binding proteins. We have constructed protein relational networks associated with the initial transition of a fibroblast into an iCM. These findings demonstrate the presence of an orchestrated series of temporal steps associated with dynamic changes in protein abundance in a defined group of protein pathways during the initiating events of direct reprogramming. Translational application of direct reprogramming into cardiomyocyte-like cells is limited by our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying initiating steps. Sauls et al. define an orchestrated series of temporal changes in the abundance of proteins and protein pathways during early stages of cardiac reprogramming
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