The effect of oblateness in the perturbed restricted three-body problem

In this paper the restricted three-body problem is generalized in the sense that the effects of oblateness of the three participating bodies as well as the small perturbations in the Coriolis and centrifugal forces are considered. The existence of equilibrium points, their linear stability and the periodic orbits around these points are studied under these effects. It is found that the positions of the collinear points and y-coordinate of the triangular points are not affected by the small perturbations in the Coriolis force. While x-coordinate of the triangular points is neither affected by the small perturbations in the Coriolis force nor the oblateness of the third body. Furthermore, the critical mass value and the elements of periodic orbits around the equilibrium points such as the semi-major and the semi-minor axes, the angular frequencies and corresponding periods may change by all the parameters of oblateness as well as the small perturbations in the Coriolis and centrifugal forces. This model could be applicable to send satellite or place telescope in stable regions in space.     

Measurements of turbulent mixing due to Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in high-energy-density plasmas

Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) turbulent mixing measurements were performed in experiments on the OMEGA Laser Facility [T.R. Boehly et al., Opt. Commun. 133 (1997) 495]. In these experiments, laser-driven shock waves propagated through low-density plastic foam placed on top of a higher-density plastic foil. Behind the shock front, lower-density foam plasma flowed over the higher-density plastic plasma. The interface between the foam and plastic was KH unstable. The experiments were performed with pre-imposed, sinusoidal 2D perturbations, and broadband 3D perturbations due to surface roughness at the interface between the plastic and foam. KH instability growth was measured using X-ray, point-projection radiography. The mixing layer caused by the KH instability with layer width up to ～100 μm was observed at a location ～1 mm behind the shock front. The measured mixing layer width was in good agreement with simulations using a K–L turbulent mixing model in the two-dimensional ARES hydrodynamics code. In the definition of the K–L model K stands for the specific turbulent kinetic (K) energy, and L for the scale length (L) of the turbulence.     

Assessing and measuring the active site density of PGM-free ORR catalysts

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Fuel cells are already employed in commercial transportation even though their price is still too high to enable widespread production. A viable and...     

Optical fiber based radial polarizer

In this paper we present a new type of optical fiber aiming to radially polarize the electrical field. This special device is composed of a tapered fiber having a classical core while on top of its external surface, radially oriented nanorods are disposed. The tails of the propagated wave are interacting with those radially oriented nanorods. This interaction performs the polarization of the propagated mode into a radial polarization.     

Cenosphere formation from heavy fuel oil: a numerical analysis accounting for the balance between porous shells and internal pressure

Heavy fuel oil (HFO) as a fuel in industrial and power generation plants ensures the availability of energy at economy. Coke and cenosphere emissions from HFO combustion need to be controlled by particulate control equipment such as electrostatic precipitators, and collection effectiveness is impacted by the properties of these particulates. The cenosphere formation is a function of HFO composition, which varies depending on the source of the HFO. Numerical modelling of the cenosphere formation mechanism presented in this paper is an economical method of characterising cenosphere formation potential for HFO in comparison to experimental analysis of individual HFO samples, leading to better control and collection. In the present work, a novel numerical model is developed for understanding the global cenosphere formation mechanism. The critical diameter of the cenosphere is modelled based on the balance between two pressures developed in an HFO droplet. First is the pressure (Pr_pf) developed at the interface of the liquid surface and the inner surface of the accumulated coke due to the flow restriction of volatile components from the interior of the droplet. Second is the pressure due to the outer shell strength (Pr_C) gained from van der Walls energy of the coke layers and surface energy. In this present study it is considered that when Pr_C ≥ Pr_pf the outer shell starts to harden. The internal motion in the shell layer ceases and the outer diameter (D_SOut) of the shell is then fixed. The entire process of cenosphere formation in this study is analysed in three phases: regression, shell formation and hardening, and post shell hardening. Variations in pressures during shell formation are analysed. Shell (cenosphere) dimensions are evaluated at the completion of droplet evaporation. The rate of fuel evaporation, rate of coke formation and coke accumulation are analysed. The model predicts shell outer diameters of 650, 860 and 1040 µm, and inner diameters are 360, 410 and 430 µm respectively, for 700, 900 and 1100 µm HFO droplets. The present numerical model is validated with experimental results available from the literature. Total variation between computational and experimental results is in the range of 3–7%.     

非预混旋流火焰中部熄火及重新稳燃机理研究

本文利用5 kHz同步PIV/OH-PLIF实验装置,结合大涡模拟(LES)耦合PDF燃烧模型,系统研究燃料中心喷射下非预混旋流火焰中部熄火及再次稳燃机理,对比了两种旋流器出口结构的影响.结果 表明,LES-PDF模型可以准确地捕捉到旋流流场分布及火焰形态,包括中部熄火及火焰重新稳定.相比于直燃道的结构,扩张燃道的存在引导了更宽的回流区,改善了中部熄火现象,两种结构对其下游的主火焰再次稳燃高度影响不大.中央燃气射流带来的高标量耗散率使得热损失变大,从而引起中部熄火.同时进一步促进了CH4与空气的预先混合及部分反应前置物(CH2O),为非预混旋流火焰在下游重新稳燃提供了有利条件.通过对火焰再次稳燃处OH反应项及扩散项的分析,发现反应项占据主导地位,部分预混火焰传播为再次稳燃的主要机理.