Columnar vortices in isotropic turbulence

The structure of the intense vorticity regions is studied in numerically simulated homogeneous, isotropic, equilibrium turbulent flow fields at four different Reynolds numbers, in the rangeRe =35–170, and is found to be organized in coherent, cylindrical or ribbon-like, vortices (worms). At the Reynolds numbers studied, they are responsible for much of the extreme intermittent tails observed in the statistics of the velocity gradients, but their importance seems to decrease at higherRe . Their radii scale with the Kolmogorov microscale and their lengths with the integral scale of the flow, while their circulation increases monotonically withRe . An explanation is offered for this latter scaling, based in the assumed presence of axial inertial waves along their cores, excited by a random background strain of the order of the root mean square vorticity. This explanation is consistent with the presence of comparable amounts of stretching and compression along the vortex cores.

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Sommario La struttura di regioni ad intensa vorticità in campi di flusso turbolento omogenei, isotropi ed in equilibrio, simulati numericamente, viene studiata per quattro differenti numeri di Reynolds nell'intervalloRe =35÷170, e si trova che tali regioni si organizzano in vortici coerenti, cilindrici o a forma di nastro (vermi). Con rifermento ai numeri di Reynolds studiati, si vede che tali vortici sono responsabili per gran parte delle code estreme ed intermittenti, osservate nelle statistiche dei gradienti di velocità, ma la loro importanza sembra decrescere a più altiRe . I loro raggi scalano con la microscala di Kolmogorov e le loro lunghezze con la scala integrale del flusso, mentre la loro circolazione cresce monotonicamente conRe . Per quest'ultimo riscalamento viene offerta una spiegazione basata sull'assunzione della presenza di onde inerziali assiali lungo i loro nuclei, eccitate da una deformazione di fondo casuale dell'ordine della radice quadrata della velocità media. Questa spiegazione è consistente con la presenza di incrementi paragonabili di allungamenti e compressioni lungo i nuclei dei vortici.

     

The boundary-layer flow past a suddenly heated vertical surface in a saturated porous medium

The boundary-layer flow generated on an impermeable vertical surface in a saturated porous medium is considered in the case when wall heating at a rate proportional tox is switched on at timet=0, (x measures distance along the wall and is a constant). The similarity equations which hold in the limit of larget are discussed and are shown to have a solution only for >–1. The behaviour of the solution as –1 and as is obtained. Numerical solutions of the initial value problem are then obtained for a range of values of . A direct numerical integration is possible for 1, while an iterative procedure is required for <1, with the numerical scheme becoming unstable for =–0.5.

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Grenzschichtströmung an einer plötzlich aufgeheizten vertikalen Fläche, in einem gesättigten porösen Medium

Zusammenfassung Es wird die an einer undurchlässigen, vertikalen Fläche hervorgerufene Grenzschichtströmung im Falle eines Einschalten der Heizung beit=0 betrachtet. Die Stärke der Wandheizung is proportional zux , wobeix die Koordinate längs der Wand ist und eine Konstante. Die Ähnlichkeitsgleichungen werden für den Bereich von großen Zeitent besprochen und es wird gezeigt, daß eine Lösung nur für >–1 vorliegt. Es wird das Verhalten der Lösungen für –1 und erhalten. Numerische Lösungen für die Anfangsbedingungen des Problems werden für eine Reihe von -Werten errechnet. Eine direkte numerische Integration ist für 1 möglich, während für <1 eine Iteration erforderlich ist, wobei das numerische Verhalten für =–0.5 instabil wird.

     

Extraction of characteristic roots on Bessel-Neumann's mixed equations

This paper discusses the problem of the extraction of characteristic roots {λ_t}(λ₀<λ₁<λ₂…) on Bessel-Neumann’s mixed equations. It gives the expressions and the evaluation of the minimum root. The advantage of the method has no use for the table of the multi-figure number Bessel function and it does not need computer but can calculate all the characteristic roots {λ_t}. The precision of these roots is still high.     

On the thermodynamics of elastic-plastic materials with temperature-dependent moduli and yield stresses

Summary The subject of this article is the thermodynamics of perfect elastic-plastic materials undergoing unidimensional, but not necessarily isothermal, deformations. The first and second laws of thermodynamics are employed in a form in which only the following quantities appear: the temperature , the elastic strain _e, the plastic strain _p, the elastic modulus (gq), the yield strain (gq), the heat capacity (_e, _p,), the latent elastic heat _e(_e, _p, ), and the latent plastic heat _p(_e, _p, ). Relations among the response functions , , , _e, and _p are derived, and it is shown that a set of these relations gives a necessary and sufficient condition for compliance with the laws of thermodynamics. Some observations are made about the existence and uniqueness of energy and entropy as functions of state.Dedicated to Clifford Truesdell on the occasion of his 60th birthdayThis research was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.     

Boundary kinetic effects in the problem of slow flow over an evaporating heat-conducting spherical particle

It is shown that for sufficiently large values of the thermal conductivity of the condensed phase' as compared with the thermal conductivity of the vapor (/' Kn) the effects associated with the presence of a Knudsen layer on the evaporating surface must be taken into account in order to obtain a solution of the problem of a spherical particle in a slow (Re, 1) continuum (Knudsen number Kn 1) flow of its own vapor. The drag is calculated for various types of boundary conditions on the particle surface.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 134–139, March–April, 1987.In conclusion the authors wish to thank V. S. Galkin and M. N. Kogan for useful discussions.     

Gasdynamics of a plasma in a multiple-mirror magnetic trap with “point” mirrors

Equations are derived for the gasdynamics of a dense plasma confined by a multiple-mirror magnetic field. The limiting cases of large and small mean free paths have been analyzed earlier: ₀ and k, where is the length of an individual mirror machine, ₀ is the size of the mirror, and k is the mirror ratio. The present work is devoted to a study of the intermediate range of mean free paths ₀ k. It is shown that in this region of the parameters the process of expansion of the plasma has a diffusional nature, and the coefficients of transfer of the plasma along the magnetic field are calculated.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 6, pp. 14–19, November–December, 1974.The authors thank D. D. Ryutov for the statement of the problem and interest in the work.     

Remarks on the bifurcation of solutions of a nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Conclusions We have investigated solutions of equation (3) when ² is an eigenvalue of the linearized operator (13) and when it is not. In Section 4 we have shown that for 0 and ² = _i ² we have exactly two nontrivial solutions which bifurcate to the right of _i ² ; these solutions are shown to exist in an interval ( _i ² , _i ² + ₀). The method of Section 3 may then be used to extend these two solutions to the right of _i ² + ₀ providing that ²= _i ² + ₀ is not an eigenvalue of the linear operator (13) evaluated at = ± ₁. Either a solution can be uniquely extended, or there exists a value of ²where the bifurcation method must be applied again³.While the method used here gives the exact number of solutions bifurcating from _i ² , other problems remain open; for example, it is still not proven that the two bifurcating branches have i zeros, as is the case for Hammerstein operators with oscillation kernels [4]. The conjecture of Odeh and Tadjbakhsh that there are exactly 2(i+1) nontrivial solutions in the interval _i ² < _i ^+1/2 remains un-answered, although it would be proven if one could show that there is no secondary bifurcation as in the cases of Kolodner [7] and Coffman [8].     

Robustness of Exponential Dichotomies in Infinite-Dimensional Dynamical Systems

In this paper we examine the issue of the robustness, or stability, of an exponential dichotomy, or an exponential trichotomy, in a dynamical system on an Banach space W. These two hyperbolic structures describe long-time dynamical properties of the associated time-varying linearized equation _t +A=B(t) , where the linear operator B(t) is the evaluation of a suitable Fréchet derivative along a given solution in the set K in W. Our main objective is to show, under reasonable conditions, that if B(t)=B(, t) depends continuously on a parameter and there is an exponential dichotomy, or exponential trichotomy, at a value ₀, then there is an exponential dichotomy, or exponential trichotomy, for all near ₀.We present several illustrations indicating the significance of this robustness property.     

The relaxation of polymers with linear flexible chains of uniform length

The analysis of dynamic mechanical data indicates that linear flexible polymer chains of uniform length follow a scaling relation during their relaxation, having a linear viscoelastic relaxation spectrum of the formH() = n ₁ G _N ⁰ × (/ _max) ⁿ¹ for _max. Data are well represented with a scaling exponent of about 0.22 for polystyrene and 0.42 for polybutadiene. The plateau modulusG _N ⁰ is a material-specific constant and the longest relaxation time depends on the molecular weight in the expected way. At high frequencies, the scaling behavior is masked by the transition to the glassy response. Surprisingly, this transition seems to follow a Chambon-Winter spectrumH() = C^–n2, which was previously adopted for describing other liquid/solid transitions. The analysis shows that the Rouse spectrum is most suitable for low molecular-weight polymersM M _c , and that the de Gennes-Doi-Edwards spectrum clearly predicts terminal relaxation, but deviates from the observed behavior in the plateau region.Dedicated to Prof. Richard S. Stein on the occasion of his 65th birthday.On sabbatical leave from the University of Linz, Austria.     

Asymptotics of the homogenized moduli for the elastic chess-board composite

We find the asymptotic behavior of the homogenized coefficients of elasticity for the chess-board structure. In the chess board white and black cells are isotropic and have Lamé constants (, ,) and (, ) respectively. We assume that the black cells are soft, so 0. It turns out that the Poisson ratio for this composite tends to zero with .     

On the spiral form of instability of couette flow of a viscous fluid

Summary The instability of Couette flow caused by vortices with spiral symmetry is studied; the equations of motion in a suitable spiral metric turn out to be analogous with those describing vortices with axial symmetry. The approximate solution is obtained by discretization of the differential equations. Special numerical techniques reduce drastically the dimensions of the matrices involved in the calculations. The Taylor number for transition is computed; comparisons with known results are established. The results are shown in a number of graphs.

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Sommario Si studia la forma di instabilità del moto alla Couette per vortici con simmetria a spirale. In una opportuna metrica a spirale le equazioni risultano analoghe a quelle che descrivono i vortici a simmetria assiale. La soluzione approssimata delle equazioni è ottenuta per discretizzazione mediante differenze finite, usando opportuni accorgimenti per ridurre notevolmente le dimensioni delle matrici su cui si eseguono i calcoli. Viene fatto il calcolo del numero critico di Taylor per le equazioni linearizzate in funzione dei parametri significativi e si stabiliscono confronti con risultati noti. Alcuni grafici mostrano i risultati ottenuti.

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Kelvin states in an inhomogeneous elastic space

Summary An explicit solution to Kelvin's problem in linear elastostatics is given when the indefinite elastic medium in isotropie, but not homogeneous. As a constitutive law, it is assumed that the tangent modulus is a constant, while varies with the distance from the origin according to an exponential law.

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Sommario Viene data una soluzione formale del problema di Kelvin in elastostatica quando il mezzo elastico indefinito è isotropo, ma non omogeneo. Come legge costitutiva, si assume costante il modulo tangenziale , mentre varia con la dlstanza dall'origine secondo una legge esponenziale.

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On leave at Istituto di Scienza delle Costruzioni. Pisa (Italy).     

The Gibbs-Thompson relation within the gradient theory of phase transitions

This paper discusses the asymptotic behavior as 0+ of the chemical potentials associated with solutions of variational problems within the Van der Waals-Cahn-Hilliard theory of phase transitions in a fluid with free energy, per unit volume, given by ²¦¦²+ W(), where is the density. The main result is that is asymptotically equal to E/d+o(), with E the interfacial energy, per unit surface area, of the interface between phases, the (constant) sum of principal curvatures of the interface, and d the density jump across the interface. This result is in agreement with a formula conjectured by M. Gurtin and corresponds to the Gibbs-Thompson relation for surface tension, proved by G. Caginalp within the context of the phase field model of free boundaries arising from phase transitions.     

Experimental analysis of scaling laws in low Re λgrid-generated turbulence

An experimental investigation of scaling laws in turbulence generated by a biplane grid for low Reynolds numbers (Re ) is presented. The present study covers a wide range of flow field conditions (from Re 2.5 to Re 36) that have not been analyzed from this point of view. It is shown that following the Kolmogorov theory a scaling range can not be observed since the separation between the energy production scales and the dissipative scales is too short. On the other hand, an extended form of scaling, the Extended Self-Similarity (ESS), permits the identification of a range of scales characterized by the same scaling exponent much wider than the one previously examined. Thus the scaling laws for the first six moments of the velocity structure function are accurately calculated by means of the ESS and an anomalous scaling with respect to the Kolmogorov theory is observed for Re down to the order of 10. As a matter of fact the scaling exponents are in good agreement with the ones that were determined at higher Re by previous experimental and numerical investigations. For Re 6 a regularization of the scaling exponents is observed as an effect of the dissipation. We also present an analysis of the universality properties of the ESS form of scaling by means of the form function and an analysis of the sensitivity of the scaling range to the Re .     

Heat transfer and equilibrium temperature of a sphere in a supersonic rarefied gas flow

Some results are presented of experimental studies of the equilibrium temperature and heat transfer of a sphere in a supersonic rarefied air flow.The notations D sphere diameter - u, , T,,l, freestream parameters (u is velocity, density, T the thermodynamic temperature,l the molecular mean free path, the viscosity coefficient, the thermal conductivity) - T₀ temperature of the adiabatically stagnated stream - T_e mean equilibrium temperature of the sphere - T_w surface temperature of the cold sphere (T_we) - mean heat transfer coefficient - _e air thermal conductivity at the temperature T_e - P Prandtl number - M Mach number     

On an inversion theorem for conical regions in elasticity theory

Summary Two-dimensional stress singularities in wedges have already drawn attention since a long time. An inverse square-root stress singularity (in a 360° wedge) plays an important role in fracture mechanics.Recently some similar three-dimensional singularities in conical regions have been investigated, from which one may be also important in fracture mechanics.Spherical coordinates are r, , . The conical region occupied by the elastic homogeneous body (and possible anisotropic) has its vertex at r=0. The mantle of the cone is described by an arbitrary function f(, )=0. The displacement components be u. For special values of (eigenvalues) there exist states of displacements (eigenstates) % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqef0uAJj3BZ9Mz0bYu% H52CGmvzYLMzaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqr1ngBPrgifHhDYfgasa% acOqpw0xe9v8qqaqFD0xXdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9pk0xbba9q8Wq% Ffea0-yr0RYxir-Jbba9q8aq0-yq-He9q8qqQ8frFve9Fve9Ff0dme% GabaqaaiGacaGaamqadaabaeaafiaakabbaaa6daaahjxzL5gapeqa% aiaadwhadaWgaaWcbaGaeqOVdGhabeaakiabg2da9iaadkhadaahaa% WcbeqaaiabeU7aSbaakiaadAgadaWgaaWcbaGaeqOVdGhabeaakiaa% cIcacqaH7oaBcaGGSaGaeqiUdeNaaiilaiabfA6agjaacMcaaaa!582B!\[u_\xi = r^\lambda f_\xi (\lambda ,\theta ,\Phi )\],which may satisfy rather arbitrary homogeneous boundary conditions along the generators.The paper brings a theorem which expresses that if is an eigenvalue, then also-1- is an eigenvalue. Though the theorem is related to a known theorem in Potential Theory (Kelvin's theorem), the proof has to be given along quite another line.

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Zusammenfassung Zwei-dimensionale Spannungssingularitäten in keilförmigen Gebieten sind schon längere Zeit untersucht worden und neuerdings auch ähnliche drei-dimensionale Singularitäten in konischen Gebieten.Kugelkoordinaten sind r, , . Das konische Gebiet hat seine Spitze in r=0. Der Mantel des Kegels lässt sich beschreiben mittels einer willkürlichen Funktion f(, )=0. Die Verschiebungskomponenten seien u. Für spezielle Werte von (Eigenwerte) bestehen Verschiebunszustände % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqef0uAJj3BZ9Mz0bYu% H52CGmvzYLMzaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqr1ngBPrgifHhDYfgasa% acOqpw0xe9v8qqaqFD0xXdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9pk0xbba9q8Wq% Ffea0-yr0RYxir-Jbba9q8aq0-yq-He9q8qqQ8frFve9Fve9Ff0dme% GabaqaaiGacaGaamqadaabaeaafiaakabbaaa6daaahjxzL5gapeqa% aiaadwhadaWgaaWcbaGaeqOVdGhabeaakiabg2da9iaadkhadaahaa% WcbeqaaiabeU7aSbaakiaadAgadaWgaaWcbaGaeqOVdGhabeaakiaa% cIcacqaH7oaBcaGGSaGaeqiUdeNaaiilaiabfA6agjaacMcaaaa!582B!\[u_\xi = r^\lambda f_\xi (\lambda ,\theta ,\Phi )\],welche homogene Randwerte der Beschreibenden des Kegels entlang genügen.Das Bericht bringt ein Theorem, welches aussagt, das und =–1– beide Eigenwerte sind.

     

On the singular behavior at the vertex of a bi-material wedge

Information on the singular behavior at the vertex of a bi-material wedge is the objective of this paper. A summary of the necessary conditions, which depend heavily on the associated eigenvalue equation, for stress singularities of O(r ^- 1n r) as r0 or O(r ^-) as r0 is stated. The eigenvalue equations arising from a wide range of boundary and interface conditions are then provided. Bi-material wedge problems that have been subjected to singularity analyses of some generality in the literature are briefly reviewed.     

Hydrodynamic instability of the contact zone between accelerated gases

An experimental apparatus for investigating Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the transition layer between two gases at accelerations g 10⁵g₀ (g₀ is the acceleration of gravity) is described. The constantly acting acceleration is communicated to the contact zone by the compression wave formed ahead of a flame front. The linear stage of development is investigated together with the effect of the thickness of the contact zone. It is shown that on the interval 0.3 < <- ( is the wavelength of the disturbance at the edge of the contact zone) the rate of growth of the perturbation amplitude 0.5₀, where ₀ is the amplitude growth rate for media separated by an interface with a discontinuous change of density.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 15–21, November–December, 1991.     

The relaxation time spectrum of nearly monodisperse polybutadiene melts

The relaxation behavior of polymers with long linear flexible chains of uniform length has been investigated by means of dynamic mechanical analysis. The relaxation time spectrum (H()) follows a scaling relationship with two self-similar regions, one for the entanglement and terminal zone, and a second one for the transition to the glass. This can be described in its most general form (termed BSW spectrum) as H() = H _e ^ne + H _g ^– n _g for < _max and H() = 0 for _max < , where H _e , H _g , n _e , n _g are material constants and _max is the molecular weight dependent cut-off of the self-similar behavior. In this study, the dynamic mechanical response has been measured and analyzed for four highly entangled, nearly monodisperse polybutadienes with molecular weights from 20000 to 200000. The data are well represented by the BSW spectrum with scaling exponents of n _e = 0.23 and n _g = 0.67. The values of the exponents obtained in this work are about the same as those found for polystyrene samples in a previous study. This suggests that the two types of polymers have a similar relaxation pattern. However, at this point further refinement of the experiments is needed before being able to draw definite conclusions about the universality of the exponents.Dedicated to Professor Arthur S. Lodge on the occasion of his 70th birthday and his retirement from the University of Wisconsin.