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Numerical simulations studies of the convective instability onset in a supercritical fluid
Numerical simulation studies in 2D with the addition of noise are reported
for the convection of a supercritical fluid,3He, in a Rayleigh-Be'nard cell
where the fluid parameters and cell height L are the same as in published
laboratory experiments. The noise addition is to accelerate the instability
onset after starting the heat flow across the fluid, so as to bring simulations
into better agreement with experimental observations. Homogeneous temperature
noise and spatial lateral periodic temperature variations in the top plate were
programmed into the simulations. A speed-up in the instability onset was
obtained, which was most effective through the spatial temperature variations
with a period of 2L, close to the wavelength of a pair of convections rolls.
For a small amplitude of 0.5 microK, this perturbation gave a semiquantitative
agreement with experimental observations. Results for various noise amplitudes
are presented and discussed in relation to predictions by El Khouri and
Carle`s.Comment: 6 pages (2-column format) 4 figures, Proceedings of NASA2004
workshop, Solvang,C
Solvation Effects in Near-Critical Binary Mixtures
A Ginzburg-Landau theory is presented to investigate solvation effects in
near-critical polar fluid binary mixtures. Concentration-dependence of the
dielectric constant gives rise to a shell region around a charged particle
within which solvation occurs preferentially. As the critical point is
approached, the concentration has a long-range Ornstein-Zernike tail
representing strong critical electrostriction. If salt is added, strong
coupling arises among the critical fluctuations and the ions. The structure
factors of the critical fluctuations and the charge density are calculated and
the phase transition behavior is discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, to be published in J. Chem. Phy
Rheology of a Supercooled Polymer Melt
Molecular dynamics simulations are performed for a polymer melt composed of
short chains in quiescent and sheared conditions. The stress relaxation
function exhibits a stretched exponential form in a relatively early
stage and ultimately follows the Rouse function in quiescent supercooled state.
Transient stress evolution after application of shear obeys the linear growth
for strain less than 0.1 and then saturates into a
non-Newtonian viscosity. In steady states, strong shear-thinning and elongation
of chains into ellipsoidal shapes are found at extremely small shear. A glassy
component of the stress is much enhanced in these examples.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Jammed Particle Configurations and Dynamics in High-Density Lennard-Jones Binary Mixtures in Two Dimensions
We examine the changeover in the particle configurations and the dynamics in
dense Lennard-Jones binary mixtures composed of small and large particles. By
varying the composition at a low temperature, we realize crystal with defects,
polycrystal with small grains, and glass with various degrees of disorder. In
particular, we show configurations where small crystalline regions composed of
the majority species are enclosed by percolated amorphous layers composed of
the two species. We visualize the dynamics of configuration changes using the
method of bond breakage and following the particle displacements. In quiescent
jammed states, the dynamics is severely slowed down and is highly heterogeneous
at any compositions. In shear, plastic deformations multiply occur in
relatively fragile regions, growing into large-scale shear bands where the
strain is highly localized. Such bands appear on short time scales and change
on long time scales with finite life times.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physics
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Dislocation Formation and Work-Hardening in Two-Phase Alloys
A phase field model is presented to investigate dislocation formation
(coherency loss) and workhardening in two-phase binary alloys. In our model the
elastic energy density is a periodic function of the shear and tetragonal
strains, which allows multiple formation of slips (dislocation dipoles). By
numerically integrating the dynamic equations in two dimensions, we find that
dislocations appear in pairs in the interface region and grow into slips. One
end of each slip glides preferentially into the softer region, while the other
end remains trapped at the interface. Under uniaxial stretching at deep
quenching, slips appear in the softer regions and do not penetrate into the
harder domains, giving rise to an increase of the stress with increasing
applied strain in plastic flow.Comment: 14 figures (Higher resolution figures can be obtained at
http://stat.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~minami_a/pict/cond-mat0405177/
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