89 research outputs found
Universality and quantum effects in one-component critical fluids
Non-universal scale transformations of the physical fields are extended to
pure quantum fluids and used to calculate susceptibility, specific heat and the
order parameter along the critical isochore of He3 near its liquid-vapor
critical point. Within the so-called preasymptotic domain, where the Wegner
expansion restricted to the first term of confluent corrections to scaling is
expected valid, the results show agreement with the experimental measurements
and recent predictions, either based on the minimal-substraction
renormalization and the massive renormalization schemes within the
-model, or based on the crossover parametric equation of
state for Ising-like systems
Granular Media under Vibration in Zero Gravity: Transition from Rattling to Granular Gas
We report on different experimental behaviours of granular dissipative matter
excited by vibration as studied during the 43rd ESA campaign of Airbus A300-0g
from CNES. The effect of g-jitter is quantified through the generation of a
rattle effect. The French-European team's electromagnetic set-up is used, with
20Hz cam recording and high speed camera for a short duration (1s) during each
parabola.Comment: Poudres et Grains 201
Master crossover functions for the one-component fluid "subclass"
Introducing three well-defined dimensionless numbers, we establish the link
between the scale dilatation method able to estimate master (i.e. unique)
singular behaviors of the one-component fluid "subclass" and the universal
crossover functions recently estimated [Garrabos and Bervillier, Phys. Rev. E
74, 021113 (2006)] from the bounded results of the massive renormalization
scheme applied to the..
Master crossover behavior of parachor correlations for one-component fluids
The master asymptotic behavior of the usual parachor correlations, expressing
surface tension as a power law of the density difference
between coexisting liquid and vapor, is analyzed for a
series of pure compounds close to their liquid-vapor critical point, using only
four critical parameters , , and ,
for each fluid.
... The main consequences of these theoretical estimations are discussed in
the light of engineering applications and process simulations where parachor
correlations constitute one of the most practical method for estimating surface
tension from density and capillary rise measurements
Master singular behavior for the Sugden factor of the one-component fluids near their gas-liquid critical point
We present the master (i.e. unique) behavior of the squared capillary length
- so called the Sudgen factor-, as a function of the temperature-like field
along the critical isochore, asymptotically close to the gas-liquid critical
point of twenty (one component) fluids. This master behavior is obtained using
the scale dilatation of the relevant physical fields of the one-component
fluids. The scale dilatation introduces the fluid-dependent scale factors in a
manner analog with the linear relations between physical fields and scaling
fields needed by the renormalization theory applied to the Ising-like
universality class. The master behavior for the Sudgen factor satisfies
hyperscaling and can be asymptotically fitted by the leading terms of the
theoretical crossover functions for the correlation length and the
susceptibility in the homogeneous domain recently obtained from massive
renormalization in field theory. In the absence of corresponding estimation of
the theoretical crossover functions for the interfacial tension, we define the
range of the temperature-like field where the master leading power law can be
practically used to predict the singular behavior of the Sudgen factor in
conformity with the theoretical description provided by the massive
renormalization scheme within the extended asymptotic domain of the
one-component fluid "subclass"
Collision statistics in a dilute granular gas fluidized by vibrations in low gravity
We report an experimental study of a dilute "gas" of inelastically colliding
particles excited by vibrations in low gravity. We show that recording the
collision frequency together with the impulses on a wall of the container gives
access to several quantities of interest. We observe that the mean collision
frequency does not scale linearly with the number N of particles in the
container. This is due to the dissipative nature of the collisions and is also
directly related to the non extensive behaviour of the kinetic energy (the
granular temperature is not intensive).Comment: to be pubished in Europhysics Letters (May/June 2006
Spinodal Decomposition in Binary Gases
We carried out three-dimensional simulations, with about 1.4 million
particles, of phase segregation in a low density binary fluid mixture,
described mesoscopically by energy and momentum conserving Boltzmann-Vlasov
equations. Using a combination of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo(DSMC) for the
short range collisions and a version of Particle-In-Cell(PIC) evolution for the
smooth long range interaction, we found dynamical scaling after the ratio of
the interface thickness(whose shape is described approximately by a hyperbolic
tangent profile) to the domain size is less than ~0.1. The scaling length R(t)
grows at late times like t^alpha, with alpha=1 for critical quenches and
alpha=1/3 for off-critical ones. We also measured the variation of temperature,
total particle density and hydrodynamic velocity during the segregation
process.Comment: 11 pages, Revtex, 4 Postscript figures, submitted to PR
Scaling behaviour of the fluid subclass near the liquid-gas critical point
Non-universal scale transformations are proposed for the two relevant physical distances to the liquid-gas critical point along the critical isochore and critical isotherm. These scale transformations allow us to observe an identical singular behaviour for all pure fluids near their liquid-gas critical point.Nous proposons des transformations d'échelle non universelles pour les deux variables physiques mesurant les distances au point critique liquide-vapeur d'un fluide pur le long de son isochore critique et de son isotherme critique. Après avoir effectué ces transformations d'échelle, nous observons des comportements singuliers uniques pour tous les fluides purs proches de leur point critique liquide-vapeur
Facteurs d'échelle phénoménologiques pour la transition critique liquide-gaz des fluides purs
We discuss a phenomenological method which allows to determine the singular asymptotic behaviours for a pure fluid at equilibrium, when the liquid-gas critical point and the tangent plane to the characteristic surface of this point are localized experimentally, in the pressure, density and temperature coordinates.Nous discutons une méthode phénologique permettant de déterminer les comportements singuliers asymptotiques d'un fluide pur à l'équilibre, lorsque son point critique liquide-vapeur et le plan tangent à la surface caractéristique en ce point sont localisés expérimentalement dans l'espace des phases pression, densité et température
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