Simulation of Viscous Flows Around a Moving Airfoil by Field Velocity Method with Viscous Flux Correction

Based on the field velocity method, a novel approach for simulating unsteady pitching and plunging motion of an airfoil is presented in this paper. Responses to pitching and plunging motions of the airfoil are simulated under different conditions. The obtained results are compared with those of moving grid method and good agreement is achieved. In the conventional field velocity method, the Euler solver is usually used to simulate the movement of the airfoil. However, when viscous effect is considered, unsteady Navier-Stokes equations have to be solved and the viscous flux correction must be taken into account. In this work, the viscous flux correction is introduced into the conventional field velocity method when non-uniform grid speed distribution is occurred. Numerical experiments for the flow around NACA0012 airfoil showed that the proposed approach can well simulate viscous moving boundary flow problems.     

不连续温度场问题的间断Galerkin方法

针对不连续温度场问题建立了一种间断Galerkin有限元方法,该方法的主要特点是允许插值函数在单元边界上存在跳变.在建立有限元方程时,通过在单元边界上引入数值通量项和稳定性项来处理间断效应,并且数值通量可以直接由接触热阻的定义式导出.数值算例表明该方法可以很方便且准确地捕捉到结构内部由于接触热阻而引起的温度跳变,同时在局部高梯度温度场的模拟方面也比常规连续Galerkin有限元方法效率明显要高.该方法也为研究由接触热阻引起的温度场与应力场之间的耦合问题提供了一种新的数值模拟手段.     

高超声速可压缩流中粗糙壁热流研究

用计算流体力学（CFD）数值模拟和理论方法对高超声速可压缩湍流中粗糙壁面热增量进行研究. 着重考虑粗糙单元密度和粗糙单元形状对粗糙表面热流的影响. 结果表明： ①粗糙单元密度变化时, CFD数值方法计算所得的粗糙单元等效热流随着粗糙单元密度的降低而增加, 理论方法预测结果的规律随方法不同而不同;②在相同粗糙单元密度和高度时,如果粗糙单元形状改变,CFD计算结果也随之发生改变. 理论预测方法所得结果不发生变化.     

Generalised expressions for the association and dissociation rate constants of molecules with multiple binding sites

ABSTRACT

Many proteins exhibit multiple binding patches. A patch may harbour a key chemical modification site, but may also simply act as a trap for the binding to another site. Here we consider the scenario in which one molecule (enzyme) binds another molecule (substrate) which contains two sites. We present microscopic expressions for the rate at which the enzyme binds to a particular site on the substrate, both for the scenario in which the enzyme directly binds the site without first visiting the other site, and for the case in which it may visit the other site an arbitrary number of times before binding to the site of interest. We also present the expressions for the corresponding dissociation reactions. These expressions can be used to compute in a single rare-event simulation of the dissociation pathway not only both the intrinsic and effective dissociation rate constants but also both association rate constants.     

春季南黄海表层海水中二氧化碳的分布特征及其影响因素

根据2007年4月南黄海区块(SYS)表层海水中二氧化碳分压(pCO₂)的连续走航数据,结合水温(T)、盐度(S)、叶绿素 (Chla)以及pH的同步观测资料,对该海域pCO₂分布特征及其主要影响因素进行了初步探讨。分析结果表明：春季南黄海pCO₂的范围在365.2~734.9 μatm之间,平均值为548.0 μatm;最高值出现在121.5°E,33.4°N海域,最低值出现在123°E,32.3°N海域。受海水中物理、化学和生物因素的综合影响,pCO₂的分布存在较大的不均匀性,总体上表现为西部高于东部,中间高于南北两边;在苏北浅滩和鲁南海区,pCO₂与水温的变化呈正相关关系,与盐度的大小呈明显的负相关关系,而在长江入海口变化趋势则相反;此外,在整个调查海区pCO₂与叶绿素、pH基本上呈负相关关系。研究将两台检测器串联进行互校,同时利用二氧化碳标准气体对其中一台仪器进行全程校准,可连续不间断观测海水和大气中的pCO₂。该方法操作简单,获得的数据准确可靠,可为节能减排能力建设提供技术支持。     

Temperature gradient driven Alfvén instability producing inward energy flux in stellarators

Destabilizing influence of plasma inhomogeneity on Alfvén eigenmodes in stellarators is considered. It is found that the diamagnetic frequency can strongly increase due to the resonance interaction of particles and Alfvén eigenmodes. This occurs when the particle resonance velocity exceeds the thermal velocity, in which case the role of superthermal particles enlarges. Then Alfvén eigenmodes can be destabilized even in the absence of the energetic ion population. It is shown that in the case of the temperature distribution with a large gradient at the periphery, the destabilized mode can channel the energy from the peripheral plasma region to the inner region. A stability analysis employing a model temperature profile of the ions was carried out for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. It indicates that the considered mechanism could lead to an Alfvén instability accompanied with the inward energy flux in the first W7-X experiments where long-lasting high-frequency oscillations were observed.     

Experimental and numerical study of swirling subcooled flow boiling of water in a vertical annulus

In this paper, the effect of making swirling flow inside an annulus on the subcooled boiling heat transfer has been studied and discussed both experimentally and numerically. The Eulerian-Eulerian model and control volume technique have been used for numerical modeling of the problem. The experimental results show that the critical heat flux values are enhanced by making swirling flow. The experimental and numerical results also indicate that by making swirling flow inside the annulus, the subcooled boiling heat transfer coefficients are increased. Moreover, the experimental and numerical values of the boiling heat transfer coefficients show good agreement with each other.     

类ITER偏滤器瓦片表面热流沉积的粒子模拟

使用热侵蚀沉积粒子程序(HEDPIC)模拟了由小块沿环向表面倾斜的瓦片组成类 ITER 偏滤器的极向 缝隙附近瓦片表面的热流密度分布,研究了不同倾斜高度对热流密度分布的影响。研究结果表明,当瓦片设置成 合适的倾斜角度时,瓦片上表面靠近缝隙附近的电子热通量为零;离子热流密度小于上表面远离缝隙的热流密度, 棱边处热流密度过高的问题得到解决。      

Uncovering the underlying physical mechanisms of biological systems via quantification of landscape and flux

In this review, we explore the physical mechanisms of biological processes such as protein folding and recognition,ligand binding, and systems biology, including cell cycle, stem cell, cancer, evolution, ecology, and neural networks. Our approach is based on the landscape and flux theory for nonequilibrium dynamical systems. This theory provides a unifying principle and foundation for investigating the underlying mechanisms and physical quantification of biological systems.     

Investigation of molecular penetration depth variation with SMBI fluxes

We study the molecular penetration depth variation with the SMBI fluxes.The molecular transport process and the penetration depth during SMBI with various injection velocities and densities are simulated and compared.It is found that the penetration depth of molecules strongly depends on the radial convective transport of SMBI and it increases with the increase of the injection velocity.The penetration depth does not vary much once the SMBI injection density is larger than a critical value due to the dramatic increase of the dissociation rate on the fueling path.An effective way to improve the SMBI penetration depth has been predicted,which is SMBI with a large radial injection velocity and a lower molecule injection density than the critical density.