Variation in hyperfine field with atomic order in FeCo and FeNi3

The variation in hyperfine field with long range order parameter is estimated both in FeCo and FeNi₃ with the help of an emperical relation connecting field and magnetic moments. The agreement is good with the available experimental values.     

Heat transfer between an impinging jet and a continuously moving flat surface

Experiments have been carried out to determine heat transfer rates from a continuously moving belt to an air jet impinging normally. The parameters that were varied included the jet velocity (4 < V_N < 40 m/s), the jet width (4.8 < B < 19 mm), the nozzle-to-plate distance (3 < H/2B < 11) and the belt speed (0. 15 < V_B < 5. 5 m/s). An infrared thermometer was used for the measurement of temperature of the moving belt. The average heat transfer coefficients increase with belt speed steeply initially to a maximum value and then remain almost constant for all higher belt speeds. The maximum heat transfer coefficients are about 1.5 to 2.0 times higher than those predicted for the stationary surface. The present data on continuously surface in still air and in impinging jet flow are well compared with the data on rotating cylinders reported in the literature.

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Wärmeübergang zwischen einem senkrecht auftreffenden Strahl und einer bewegten Oberfläche

Zusammenfassung Experimentell bestimmte Wärmeübergangskoeffizienten für Düsengeschwindigkeiten zwischen 4 m/s und 40 m/s, sowie Düsenbreiten zwischen 4,8 mm und 19 mm lagen bei Bandgeschwindigkeiten zwischen 0, 15 m/s bis 5, 5 m/s ca. 50 % bis 100 % höher als bei unbewegtem Band. Die gemessenen Daten bei bewegtem wie bei unbewegtem Band schließen gut an bekannte Werte aus der Literatur an.

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Nomenclature A Heat transfer area - B Width of the nozzle - D Diameter of the cylinder or equivalent diameter of the flat surface (D=L/) - k Thermal conductivity - Gr Grashof number - h Heat transfer coefficient - H Height of the nozzle from the surface - i Number of nozzles - L Heat transfer length of a flat surface - Nu_D Nusselt number hD/k - Re_DB Belt Reynoldsnumber, DV_B/ - Re_DN Nozzle Reynolds number, DV_N/ - Re_SN Nozzle Reynolds number, SV_N/ - S Hydraulic diameter of the nozzle, 2B - V_B Belt velocity or circumferential velocity of a cylinder - V_N Nozzle celocity - Kinematic viscosity     

Re-radiation of acoustic waves from the A0 wave on a submerged elastic shell

We consider evacuated thin semi-infinite shells immersed in a fluid, which may be either of cylindrical shape with a hemispherical shell endcap, or formed two-dimensionally by semi-infinite parallel plates joined together by a semi-cylinder. The connected shell portions are joined in a manner to satisfy continuity but with a discontinuous radius of curvature. Acoustic waves are considered incident along the axis of symmetry (say the z axis) onto the curved portion of the shell, where they, at the critical angle of coincidence, generate Lamb and Stoneley-type waves in the shell. Computations were carried out using a code developed by Cao et al. [Chinese J. Acoust. 14, 317 (1995)] and was used in order to computationally visualize the waves in the fluid that have been re-radiated by the shell waves a the critical angle. The frequency range was below that of the lowest Lamb wave, and only the A0 wave (and partly the S0 wave) was observed to re-radiate into the fluid under our assumptions. The results will be compared to experimental results in which the re-radiated waves are optically visualized by the Schardin-Cranz schlieren method.     

Anharmonic properties of rocksalt structure solids

An effort has been made for obtaining the anharmonic properties of rocksalt structure solids starting from primary physical parameters viz. nearest-neighbor distance and hardness parameter assuming long- and short-range potentials at elevated temperatures. The elastic energy density for a deformed crystal can be expanded as power series of strains for obtaining coefficients of quadratic, cubic and quartic terms which are known as the second-, third- and fourth-order elastic constants, respectively. When the values of the higher-order elastic constants are known for a crystal, many of the anharmonic properties of the crystal can be treated within the limit of the continuum approximation in a quantitative manner. In this study, higher-order elastic constants are computed up to their melting temperature for rocksalt structure solids, which are alkali cyanides, sodium and potassium halides. The first order pressure derivatives of second- and third-order elastic constants, the second-order pressure derivatives of second-order elastic constants and partial contractions are also evaluated at different temperatures for these substances. The results thus obtained are compared with experimental data and found in well agreement with present values.     

Light scattering by Gaussian random ellipsoid particles: First results with discrete-dipole approximation

We introduce the stochastic geometry of a Gaussian random ellipsoid (GE) and, with the discrete-dipole approximation, carry out preliminary computations for light scattering by wavelength-scale GE particles. In the GE geometry, we describe the base ellipsoid by the three semiaxes a?b?c. The axial ratios b:a and c:a appear as two shape parameters additional to those of the Gaussian random sphere geometry (GS). We compare the scattering characteristics of GE particles to those of ellipsoids. Introducing irregularities on ellipsoids smoothens the angular scattering characteristics, in a way analogous to the smoothening of spherical particle characteristics in the case of GS particles.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to (R)-1-(1-phenylethyl)-3,5-bis[(E)-arylmethylidene]tetrahydro-4(1H)-pyridinones: synthesis and antimycobacterial evaluation of novel enantiomerically pure di- and trispiroheterocycles

Enantiomerically pure (R)-(1-phenylethyl)-3,5-bis[(E)-arylmethylidene]tetrahydro-4(1H)-pyridinones were synthesized for the first time, and their 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with nitrile oxides affording di- and trispiroheterocycles regio- and stereoselectively in moderate yields was investigated. These compounds were evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB) and multi-drug-resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Among the compounds screened, the dispiroheterocycle, namely, (5R,6R,10S)-3,9-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-10-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-14-[(E)-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methylidene]-12-[(R)-1-phenylethyl]-1,4,7-trioxa-2,8,12-tri-azadispiro[4.0.4.4]tetradeca-2,8-diene 5m was found to possess the maximum activity with MIC of 0.49 μM against MTB, being 9.6 and 15.6 times more potent than ciprofloxacin and ethambutol, respectively. Against MDR-TB, 5m displayed maximum activity with an MIC of 0.49 μM, with it thus being more active than rifampicin, isoniazid, ciprofloxacin and ethambutol by 7.8, 23, 77 and 124 times, respectively.