Dielectric tensor elements for the description of waves in rotating inhomogeneous magnetized plasma spheroids

The dielectric permittivity tensor elements of a rotating cold collisionless plasma spheroid in an external magnetic field with toroidal and axial components are obtained. The effects of inhomogeneity in the densities of charged particles and the initial toroidal velocity on the dielectric permittivity tensor and field equations are investigated. The field components in terms of their toroidal components are calculated and it is shown that the toroidal components of the electric and magnetic fields are coupled by two differential equations. The influence of thermal and collisional effects on the dielectric tensor and field equations in the rotating plasma spheroid are also investigated. In the limiting spherical case, the dielectric tensor of a stationary magnetized collisionless cold plasma sphere is presented.     

Equations of nonlinear dynamics of elastic shells in cylindrical Eulerian coordinates

The equations of dynamics of elastic shells subjected to large deformations are formulated. The Eulerian coordinates on a circular cylinder and time are accepted as independent variables, and one of the unknown functions is the distance from a point of the shell surface to the cylinder axis. The equations of dynamics of nonlinearly elastic shells in the Eulerian coordinates are convenient for exact formulation of the problem on the interaction of strongly deformable shells with moving fluids and gases. The equations obtained can be used for dynamic calculations of fluids and gases flowings in pipelines, blood vessels, hoses, and other nonlinearly deformable thin-walled tubular elements of constructions.     

非完整映射理论与刚体定点转动的几何描述

利用非完整映射方法,从一个已知Riemann空间构造一个嵌入其中的Riemann-Cartan空间.作为特例,研究从Euclidean空间构造Weitzenbock空间的方法.基于dAlembert-Lagrange原理和非完整映射,将一个Riemann空间的测地线对应于另一个Riemann-Cartan空间的自平行线.把这种非完整映射理论应用到刚体定点转动问题上,得到了刚体运动的欧拉方程是欧拉角描述的Riemann位形空间的测地线方程,而在刚体角速度对应的准坐标空间上是常挠率Riemann-Cartan空间的自平行线方程的结论. 关键词： 欧拉角 非完整映射 Riemann-Cartan空间 自平行线     

Understanding Quantum Phase Transitions,edited by Lincoln Carr

The concept of the superdeformed shape is first introduced classically as the most stable configuration of a rapidly rotating deformable body and is then applied to nuclei. The shape of nuclei are determined by a competition between the collective energy of the core, to which classical considerations apply quite well, and the quantal energies of the valence nucleons, which may be evaluated by the Nilsson model. The result of this competition is that slowly rotating nuclei can be either oblate or prolate but rapidly rotating nuclei can have a superdeformed prolate shape, with a 2:1 ratio of axes particularly favoured.

The evidence for superdeformation in nuclei is described under four headings. Firstly, some light nuclei are superdeformed in their ground state or in an excited state. Secondly, some nuclei pass through a well defined superdeformed shape on the way to fission. Thirdly, studies of the excitation functions of elastic and inelastic scattering of identical heavy ions provide evidence of a nuclear molecule in a superdeformed shape. Finally, recent analyses of gamma rays from nuclei formed in a very high spin state by a heavy ion collision provide conclusive evidence for superdeformation.     

Post-post-Newtonian deflection of light ray in multiple systems with PPN parameters

The post-Newtonian scheme in multiple systems with post-Newtonian parameters presented by Klioner and Soffel is extended to the post-post-Newtonian (PPN) order for light propagation problem in the solar system.Under considering the solar system experiment requirement,a new parameter ε is introduced.This extension does not change the virtue of the scheme on the linear partial differential equations of the potential and vector potential mentioned in previous work.Furthermore,this extension is based on the former work done by Richter and Matzner in one global system theory.As an application,we also consider the deflection of light ray in the global coordinates.And the deflection angle of light ray is obtained with post-Newtonian parameters.     

On the definition of the natural frequency of oscillations in nonlinear large rotation problems

Computational multibody system algorithms allow for performing eigenvalue analysis at different time points during the simulation to study the system stability. The nonlinear equations of motion are linearized at these time points, and the resulting linear equations are used to determine the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the system. In the case of linear systems, the system eigenvalues remain the same under a constant coordinate transformation; and zero eigenvalues are always associated with rigid body modes, while nonzero eigenvalues are associated with non-rigid body motion. These results, however, cannot in general be applied to nonlinear multibody systems as demonstrated in this paper. Different sets of large rotation parameters lead to different forms of the nonlinear and linearized equations of motion, making it necessary to have a correct interpretation of the obtained eigenvalue solution. As shown in this investigation, the frequencies associated with different sets of orientation parameters can differ significantly, and rigid body motion can be associated with non-zero oscillation frequencies, depending on the coordinates used. In order to demonstrate this fact, the multibody system motion equations associated with the system degrees of freedom are presented and linearized. The resulting linear equations are used to define an eigevalue problem using the state space representation in order to account for general damping that characterizes multibody system applications. In order to demonstrate the significant differences between the eigenvalue solutions associated with two different sets of orientation parameters, a simple rotating disk example is considered in this study. The equations of motion of this simple example are formulated using Euler angles, Euler parameters and Rodriguez parameters. The results presented in this study demonstrate that the frequencies obtained using computational multibody system algorithms should not in general be interpreted as the system natural frequencies, but as the frequencies of the oscillations of the coordinates used to describe the motion of the system.     

A spectral method for the wave equation of divergence-free vectors and symmetric tensors inside a sphere

The wave equation for vectors and symmetric tensors in spherical coordinates is studied under the divergence-free constraint. We describe a numerical method, based on the spectral decomposition of vector/tensor components onto spherical harmonics, that allows for the evolution of only those scalar fields which correspond to the divergence-free degrees of freedom of the vector/tensor. The full vector/tensor field is recovered at each time-step from these two (in the vector case), or three (symmetric tensor case) scalar fields, through the solution of a first-order system of ordinary differential equations (ODE) for each spherical harmonic. The correspondence with the poloidal–toroidal decomposition is shown for the vector case. Numerical tests are presented using an explicit Chebyshev-tau method for the radial coordinate.     

A cell-centered Lagrangian scheme with the preservation of symmetry and conservation properties for compressible fluid flows in two-dimensional cylindrical geometry

We develop a new cell-centered control volume Lagrangian scheme for solving Euler equations of compressible gas dynamics in cylindrical coordinates. The scheme is designed to be able to preserve one-dimensional spherical symmetry in a two-dimensional cylindrical geometry when computed on an equal-angle-zoned initial grid. Unlike many previous area-weighted schemes that possess the spherical symmetry property, our scheme is discretized on the true volume and it can preserve the conservation property for all the conserved variables including density, momentum and total energy. Several two-dimensional numerical examples in cylindrical coordinates are presented to demonstrate the performance of the scheme in terms of symmetry, accuracy and non-oscillatory properties.     

Some Comments on a Recently Derived Approximated Solution of the Einstein Equations for a Spinning Body with Negligible Mass

Recently, an approximated solution of the Einstein equations for a rotating body whose mass effects are negligible with respect to the rotational ones has been derived by Tartaglia. At first sight, it seems to be interesting because both external and internal metric tensors have been consistently found, together an appropriate source tensor; moreover, it may suggest possible experimental checks since the conditions of validity of the considered metric are well satisfied at Earth laboratory scales. However, it should be pointed out that reasonable doubts exist if it is physically meaningful because it is not clear if the source tensor related to the adopted metric can be realized by any real extended body. Here we derive the geodesic equations of the metric and analyze the allowed motions in order to disclose possible unphysical features which may help in shedding further light on the real nature of such approximated solution of the Einstein equations.     

On the post-Newtonian approximation of the ECSK theory II

We complete the PNA program for the ECSK theory. We find the general post-Newtonian equations of motion for the source. The different components of the complete affine connection, the torsion, and the energy-momentum tensor, as well as the conservation theorems of the theory, are developed for the case of an ideal fluid with spin in order to find the post-Newtonian trajectories of test particles exterior to the sources distribution. The main results are compared with the corresponding ones of general relativity.Supported by a scholarship from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET).     

Analytical solutions for the unsteady MHD rotating flow over a rotating sphere near the equator

In this paper we investigate the three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) rotating flow of a viscous fluid over a rotating sphere near the equator. The Navier-Stokes equations in spherical polar coordinates are reduced to a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations. Self-similar solutions are obtained for the steady state system, resulting from a coupled system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Analytical solutions are obtained and are used to study the effects of the magnetic field and the suction/injection parameter on the flow characteristics. The analytical solutions agree well with the numerical solutions of Chamkha et al. [31]. Moreover, the obtained analytical solutions for the steady state are used to obtain the unsteady state results. Furthermore, for various values of the temporal variable, we obtain analytical solutions for the flow field and present through figures.     

The Modified Ghost Fluid Method Applied to Fluid-Elastic Structure Interaction

In this work, the modified ghost fluid method is developed to deal with 2D compressible fluid interacting with elastic solid in an Euler-Lagrange coupled system. In applying the modified Ghost Fluid Method to treat the fluid-elastic solid coupling, the Navier equations for elastic solid are cast into a system similar to the Euler equations but in Lagrangian coordinates. Furthermore, to take into account the influence of material deformation and nonlinear wave interaction at the interface, an Euler-Lagrange Riemann problem is constructed and solved approximately along the normal direction of the interface to predict the interfacial status and then define the ghost fluid and ghost solid states. Numerical tests are presented to verify the resultant method.     

Equations of motion in Rosen's bimetric theory of gravitation

The paper contains an investigation of Rosen's bimetric theory of gravitation in the case of slow velocities and weak fields. Newtonian and post-Newtonian approximations are obtained. The post-Newtonian equation of motion is integrated for an insular system of spherical bodies that move translationally at large mutual distances. It appears that the post-Newtonian law of motion obtained in this way contains terms that depend on the self-energy of the test body (a self-influence phenomenon). It is proved that also in the Einsteinian gravitation this influence is present, but it can be canceled out from the post-Newtonian law of motion if one takes into account the de Donder conditions. The self-influence discovered here seems to be a general gravitation phenomenon, which usually appears in theories of gravitation in the post-Newtonian approximation.     

欧拉运动学方程的另一种推导方法

欧拉运动学方程的推导,关键是确定本体坐标系与空间坐标系之间的转换关系.通过引进方位矢量可以较轻易地得到反映两坐标系转换关系的转换张量,从而能清晰直观地推导出欧拉运动学方程,而这是有别于传统的推导方法的.     

Post-Newtonian approximation for a rotating frame of reference

The field equations of general relativity are solved to post-Newtonian order for a rotating frame of reference. A new method of approximation is used based on a 3+1 decomposition of the equations. The results are expressed explicitly in terms of the gravitational potentials. The space-time is asymptotically flat but not locally flat. The space-time metric contains gravitational terms, inertial terms, and coupled gravitational-inertial terms. The inertial terms in the equation of motion are in agreement with terms obtained by other authors using kinematic methods. The metric and equation of motion reduce to those for an inertial frame of reference under a simple coordinate transformation. The total energy of a particle is given. For the restricted three-body problem this represents the relativistic extension of Jacobi's integral to post-Newtonian order.This article received an honorable mention from the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 1984—Ed.     

轴对称可压缩流的统一坐标系

将Hui等人提出的统一坐标系推广到轴对称欧拉方程,讨论统一坐标系下的轴对称欧拉方程的解法,并通过数值算例证明轴对称统一坐标系的优越性.     

Asymptotic Analysis of Conserved Densities Evaluated on Invariant Solutions Associated with Large Scale Nonlinear Zonal Flows Around the Rotating Sphere

We study the asymptotic behavior of the conserved densities deduced form the Lagrangian corresponding to the nonlinear two-dimensional Euler equations describing nonviscous incompressible fluid flows on a three-dimensional rotating spherical surface superimposed by a particular stationary latitude dependent flow. Under the assumption of no friction and a distribution of temperature dependent only upon latitude, the equations in question can be used to model zonal west-to-east flows in the upper atmosphere between the Ferrel and Polar cells. The conserved densities were analyzed and visualized by using the exact invariant solutions associated with the given model for the particular form of finite disturbances for which the invariant solutions are also exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations.     

Stability and vibration of a helical rod with circular cross section in a viscous medium

The stability and vibration of a thin elastic helical rod with circular cross section in a viscous medium are discussed. The dynamical equations of the rod in the viscous medium are established in the Frenet coordinates of the centreline with the Euler angles describing the attitudes of the cross section as variables. We have proved that the Lyapunov and Euler conditions of stability of a helical rod in the space domain are the necessary conditions for the asymptotic stability of the rod in the time domain. The free frequencies and damping coefficients of torsional and flexural vibrations of the helical rod in the viscous medium are calculated.     

A rotating three component perfect fluid source and its junction with empty space-time

The Kerr solution for empty space-time is presented in an ellipsoidally symmetric coordinate system and it is used to produce generalised ellipsoidal metrics appropriate for the generation of rotating interior solutions of Einstein’s equations. It is shown that these solutions are the familiar static perfect fluid cases commonly derived in curvature coordinates but now endowed with rotation. These are also shown to be potential fluid sources for not only Kerr but also Kerr-de Sitter empty space-time. The approach is further discussed in the context of T-solutions of Einstein’s equations and the vacuum T-solution outside a rotating source is presented. The interior source for these solutions is shown not to be a perfect fluid but rather an anisotropic three component perfect fluid for which the energy momentum tensor is derived. The Schwarzschild interior solution is given as an example of the approach.