Instability of a Collision Surface During High-Velocity Impact

The physical mechanisms of development of hydrodynamic instability during high-velocity impact are analyzed analytically and using numerical simulation. A new mechanism of development of instability based on the assumption of the existence of initial perturbations on the surfaces of the colliding plates is proposed. The progressive displacement of the maximum of the specific surface mixed mass from the shortwave to the longwave spectrum range and the self-similarity of the variation of the interface are established.     

气体示踪法研究燃烧器横向湍流混合扩散特性

用气体示踪法对侧边风燃烧器弱旋流一次风和侧边直流二次风横向湍流混合扩散特性进行了详细研究，讨论了各截面混合物浓度分布规律及混合强度分布规律，分析对燃料着火的影响，同时利用湍流运动方程反算气体湍流扩散系数     

Distribution of eddy viscosity and mixing length in a non-Newtonian flow of a solid particle-gas suspension

The present work concerns the study of the radial distribution of eddy viscosity and mixing length and their dependence upon the Reynolds number and the concentration of the solid phase in a non-Newtonian flow of a suspension of solid particles in a gas. The investigated systems have a pseudoplastic character and the deviation from Newtonian behaviour increases with an increase in the concentration of the dispersed phase. Relations are presented for the eddy viscosity and mixing length in the flow of pseudoplastic fluids. From the analysis of results it follows that the mixing length and eddy viscosity increases with an increase in the Reynolds number. In contrast, an increase in the concentration of the solid phase and consequently of the pseudoplasticity causes a decrease in the investigated quantities. The radial distribution of the mixing length and the eddy viscosity is characterized by a maximum, after which the investigated quantities vary only slightly. This enables the area of the core of the turbulent flow to be defined. E Non-dimensional eddy viscosity - K fluid consistency defined by Ostwald-De Waele's formula (power law) - K fluid consistency, eq. (12) - L mixing length - L _t non-dimensional mixing length - N ⁺ position parameter, eq. (3) - n power-law index - n ⁺ Reichardt's position parameter, eq. (4) - n slope of the dependence ln _w = f[ln (8w/D)] - R pipe radius - r radial distance from the pipe axis - Re=D W /µ Reynolds number - U ⁺ non-dimensional local mean axial velocity, eq. (2) - u ^* = w (/8)^0.5 friction velocity - non-dimensional local mean axial velocity - local mean axial velocity - u turbulence velocity component - mean axial velocity at pipe axis - w average velocity over cross-section of pipe - loading ratio of solid to air, i.e. ratio of mass flow rates of solids to air - Y _m ⁺ =Rⁿ u^2–n /K 8^n–1 non-dimensional distance of pipe centre from the wall - y distance from pipe wall - y ⁺ non-dimensional distance from pipe wall, eq. (5) - friction factor - µ _L laminar part of viscosity - µ _t eddy viscosity - density - shear stress - _w shear stress on the wall     

Swirl effects on variable-density jet mixing in confined flows

An experimental investigation on swirl effects on inhomogeneous confined jet mixing in a combustor configuration is reported. The confined swirling flow was simulated by a swirler with a central jet mounted in a cyclindrical tube. Helium and air jets set at different velocities were injected into the confined swirling air flow. The resulting flow fields due to two vane swirlers with constant vane angles of 35° and 66° were compared. Results show that the 35° vane swirler produces a solid-body rotation core with a slope about twice that created by the 66° vane swirler. It is the behavior of this solid-body rotation core that determines jet mixing rather than the swirler vane angle. Consequently, the coaxial jet decays much faster, the mixing is more intense, and the turbulence intensities are higher for the 35° vane swirler. In view of these results, combustor designers should be more concerned with behavior of the solid-body rotation core produced by the swirler, instead of the swirler vane angle.     

带展向曲率的超音速混合层中扰动演化的研究

超音速混合层的流动不稳定性较之亚音速或不可压的混合层大大减弱，为了提高混合效率， 通过数值模拟的方法分别研究了展向曲率、展向速度、来流马赫数等因素对混合效率所 起的作用. 计算结果表明：在给定展向速度的情况下，带有展向曲率的三维混合层，曲率越 大三维扰动增长率越大，而且法向的卷起范围也越大. 当展向曲率不为零时，展向速度的增 大也能有效地增强混合能力. 由流场中的高频扰动波产生的涡，在向下游发展过程中会有破 碎、拉伸，低频扰动波没有发现这一现象. 对于有展向曲率和展向速度的混合层，提高来流 马赫数时，流场中最不稳定扰动的增长率仍很大. 因此，这是一种提高混合层混合效率的新 途径.     

Experimental study of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced by a Mach 3 shock wave

An experimental investigation of a shock-induced interfacial instability (Richtmyer-Meshkov instability) is undertaken in an effort to study temporal evolution of interfacial perturbations in the late stages of development. The experiments are performed in a vertical shock tube with a square cross-section. A membraneless interface is prepared by retracting a sinusoidally shaped metal plate initially separating carbon dioxide from air, with both gases initially at atmospheric pressure. With carbon dioxide above the plate, the Rayleigh-Taylor instability commences as the plate is retracted and the amplitude of the initial sinusoidal perturbation imposed on the interface begins to grow. The interface is accelerated by a strong shock wave (M = 3.08) while its shape is still sinusoidal and before the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability distorts it into the well known mushroom-like structures; its initial amplitude to wavelength ratio is large enough that the interface evolution enters its nonlinear stage very shortly after shock acceleration. The pre-shock evolution of the interface due to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability and the post-shock evolution of the interface due to the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability are visualized using planar Mie scattering. The pre-shock evolution of the interface is carried out in an independent set of experiments. The initial conditions for the Richtmyer-Meshkov experiment are determined from the pre-shock Rayleigh-Taylor growth. One image of the post-shock interface is obtained per experiment and image sequences, showing the post-shock evolution of the interface, are constructed from several experiments. The growth rate of the perturbation amplitude is measured and compared with two recent analytical models of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability.PACS: 52.35.Py, 52.35.Tc     

Particle-size segregation in dense granular avalanches

Particles of differing sizes are notoriously prone to segregate, which is a chronic problem in the manufacture of a wide variety of products that are used by billions of people worldwide every day. Segregation is the single most important factor in product non-uniformity, which can lead to significant handling problems as well as complete batches being discarded at huge financial loss. It is generally regarded that the most important mechanism for segregation is the combination of kinetic sieving and squeeze expulsion in shallow granular avalanches. These free-surface flows are more common than one might expect, often forming part of more complicated flows in drums, heaps and silos, where there is mass exchange with underlying regions of static or slowly moving grains. The combination of segregation and solid–fluid granular phase transitions creates incredibly complicated and beautiful patterns in the resulting deposits, but a full understanding of such effects lies beyond our capabilities at present. This paper reviews recent advances in our ability to model the basic segregation processes in a single avalanche (without mass exchange) and the subtle feedback effects that they can have on the bulk flow. This is particularly important for geophysical applications, where segregation can spontaneously self-channelize and lubricate the flow, significantly enhancing the run-out of debris-flows, pyroclastic flows, rock-falls and snow-slab avalanches.     

光学频率梳非线性传输及其在相位噪声探测中的应用

光纤传递链路中相位噪声探测是基于光纤的精确射频标准传递系统中重要组成部分。为解决光纤链路相位噪声探测中节点反射干扰的问题, 本文基于广义非线性薛定谔方程, 理论上研究了窄带光学频率梳在色散位移光纤中的非线性光学传播特性。在理论分析的基础上, 结合密集波分复用架构, 提出了一种基于锁模光学频率梳进行光纤传递射频信号的相位噪声探测新技术, 克服了节点反射干扰, 给出了初步实验验证。     

Increased Flexibility in Multicolumn Chromatography (MC[sbnd]HPLC) via On-line Effluent Mixing Technique

Abstract

In continuation of our work dealing with multicolumn HPLC (MC[sbnd]HPLC) we describe in this paper an on-line on-column fraction trapping technique based on effluent mixing.

To a normal two-column switching set-up (in this case with two RP columns) an additional high-pressure pump gets inserted into the connection line between column A and column B via a low dead volume mixing tee. The in-line respectively off-line switching of pump B and the mobile phase B is time controlled by using a high pressure switching valve. With this set-up it is possible to mix on-line an effluent fraction from column A and transferred onto column B with a highly polar and pH-controlled (e.g. aqueous buffer) new effluent, to reduce or adjust significantly the overall elution strength of this mixed transferred solvent. Thus, several chromatographically effective possibilities can be created in a simple manner, which are for example: (a) pronounced peak compression respectively on-column concentration on column B; (b) due to low elution strength and/or pH adjustment during the trapping period on column B, increments to the overall selectivity of the column switching set-up can be added creating multidimensionality via mobile phase switching; (c) combining the heart cut with the effluent mixing technique enables analysis of trace peaks eluted on the back flank of an overloaded main peak.     

Unraveling the electronic structure of transition metal dimers using resonant four‐wave mixing

The potential of two‐color resonant and degenerate four‐wave mixing spectroscopy for investigations of the complex spectra of transition metal dimers is explored. Two‐color resonant and degenerate four‐wave mixing spectroscopy scans of the well‐known A‐X and B‐X transitions in Cu₂ are reported and compared with previous experimental data obtained from standard single‐resonance techniques. The selectivity of the method is shown to enable the measurement of isotopologue pure spectra without the need for isotopically enriched metal targets. Specific subsets of the rovibronic structure are separated in a congested spectral region of overlapping transitions. The sensitivity of the method compares satisfactorily with linear spectroscopic methods such as laser‐induced fluorescence and cavity ring‐down. A new laser vaporization source for the production of transition metal dimers and clusters has been constructed. The new design aims for a high number density and maximum possible shot‐to‐shot stability. The possibilities of further applications of non‐linear four‐wave mixing spectroscopy to Cu₂ and other transition metal dimers are discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.