Continuity and Invariance of the Sacker–Sell Spectrum

The Sacker–Sell (also called dichotomy or dynamical) spectrum \(\varSigma \) is a fundamental concept in the geometric, as well as for a developing bifurcation theory of nonautonomous dynamical systems. In general, it behaves merely upper-semicontinuously and a perturbation theory is therefore delicate. This paper explores an operator-theoretical approach to obtain invariance and continuity conditions for both \(\varSigma \) and its dynamically relevant subsets. Our criteria allow to avoid nonautonomous bifurcations due to collapsing spectral intervals and justify numerical approximation schemes for \(\varSigma \).     

Lyapunov and Sacker–Sell Spectral Intervals

In this work, we show that for linear upper triangular systems of differential equations, we can use the diagonal entries to obtain the Sacker and Sell, or Exponential Dichotomy, and also –under some restrictions– the Lyapunov spectral intervals. Since any bounded and continuous coefficient matrix function can be smoothly transformed to an upper triangular matrix function, our results imply that these spectral intervals may be found from scalar homogeneous problems. In line with our previous work [Dieci and Van Vleck (2003), SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 40, 516–542], we emphasize the role of integral separation. Relationships between different spectra are shown, and examples are used to illustrate the results and define types of coefficient matrix functions that lead to continuous Sacker–Sell spectrum and/or continuous Lyapunov spectrum.      

Approximate inertial manifolds of exponential order for semilinear parabolic equations subjected to additive white noise

A class of semilinear nonautonomous parabolic equations subjected to additive white noise is considered. The existence of a family of randomN-dimensional approximate inertial manifolds (AIMs) whose neighborhoods of thickness of order exp(- _N+1 ) attract exponentially in the mean all the trajectories is proved forN large enough. Here _N+1 is the (N+1)th eigenvalue of the corresponding linear problem, and and are positive constants. We also construct a sequence of AIMs which converges to the exact inertial manifold, when a spectral gap condition is satisfied. These results remain true for deterministic autonomous and nonautonomous cases.     

Low power laser Rayleigh probe for flow mixing studies

A laser Rayleigh correlation probe was constructed, which allows the application of low cost, low power (milliwatt) laser sources. It was tested for basic mixing studies in isothermal binary gas flows. Here, it can be used for the time and space resolved measurement of the concentration mean value and of all important statistical quantities, which give information on the distribution around the concentration mean value (rms, skewness, kurtosis) and on the relation of adjecent fluctuations in time or space (autocorrelation function, power spectral density).List of symbols c concentration (mole fraction) of investigated gas species - c time averagered mean concentration - c instantaneous fluctuating concentration - rms concentration - D Rayleigh intensity difference of two gas species (I _R1–I _R2) - d width of the rectangular channels (x-direction), see Fig. 3 - f frequency - G() Rayleigh autocorrelation function (ACF) - I ₀ intensity of irradiated laser light - I _Ri intensity of Rayleigh signal of gas species i - K, k calibration constant of Rayleigh probe - l lenght of observed scattering volume - n(t) temporally fluctuating number density of gas molecules - R() normalized ACF - S Rayleigh intensity of gas components 2 in a binary mixture (I _R2) - T gas temperature - t time - u exit velocity - skewness of the concentration distribution around the mean value - kurtosis of the concentration distribution around the mean value - (d/d)_eff effective scattering cross section of the binary gas mixture - solid angle of collection optics - delay time - sample time     

Measurement of the relaxation time in Darcy flow

The inertia of a liquid flowing through a porous medium is normally ignored, but if the acceleration is great, it may be important. The relaxation time, defined so that it alone accounts for the inertia, has been determined experimentally with a simple oscillator. A U-Tube is provided with a porous plug and filled with a liquid. During pendulation of the liquid, the frequency and the damping define the relaxation time. The measured value of the relaxation time is about 10 times the theoretical estimate derived from Navier-Stokes equation.Symbols E modulus of elasticity - E _D dissipated energy - E _k kinetic energy - g acceleration of gravity - G pressure gradient - h height - K ₀ permeability - L length of porous plug - n porosity - P dissipated power - pressure - R half the tube length - R _c radius of the tube bend - r radial coordinate - r _o radius of the tube - s coordinate along a streamline in the tube - t time - v flux per unit area - it relaxation time - , auxiliary variables - , v dynamic and kinematic viscosity - , velocity potential for inviscid flow and gravity potential - dissipation function - displacement of the liquid - , _o frequency of damped and undamped oscillations     

On the effects of uniform high suction on the rotationally symmetric flow of a conducting liquid near a stationary disc in the presence of a transverse magnetic field

In the present paper an attempt has been made to find out effects of uniform high suction in the presence of a transverse magnetic field, on the motion near a stationary plate when the fluid at a large distance above it rotates with a constant angular velocity. Series solutions for velocity components, displacement thickness and momentum thickness are obtained in the descending powers of the suction parameter a. The solutions obtained are valid for small values of the non-dimensional magnetic parameter m (= 4 _e ² H ₀ ² /) and large values of a (a2).Nomenclature a suction parameter - E electric field - E _r , E , E _z radial, azimuthal and axial components of electric field - F, G, H reduced radial, azimuthal and axial velocity components - H magnetic field - H _r , H , H _z radial, azimuthal and axial components of magnetic field - H ₀ uniform magnetic field - H* displacement thickness and momentum thickness ratio, */ - h induced magnetic field - h _r , h , h _z radial, azimuthal and axial components of induced magnetic field - J current density - m nondimensional magnetic parameter - p pressure - P reduced pressure - R Reynolds number - U ₀ representative velocity - V velocity - V _r , V , V _z radial, azimuthal and axial velocity components - w ₀ uniform suction through the disc. - density - electrical conductivity - kinematic viscosity - _e magnetic permeability - a parameter, (/)^1/2 z - a parameter, a - * displacement thickness - momentum thickness - angular velocity     

Prediction of stagnation point heat transfer for a single round jet impinging on a concave hemispherical surface

This paper deals with a systematic procedure for assessment of fluid flow and heat transfer parameters for a single round jet impinging on a concave hemispherical surface. Based on Scholkemeier's modifications of the Karman-Pohlhausen integral method, expressions are derived for evaluation of the momentum thickness, boundary layer thickness and the displacement thickness at the stagnation point. This is followed by the estimation of thermal boundary layer thickness and local heat transfer coefficients. A correlation is presented for the Nusselt number at the stagnation point as a function of the Reynolds number for different non-dimensional distances from the exit plane of the jet to the impingement surface.

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Bestimmung des Staupunktes bei der Wärmeübertragung für einen einzelnen Strahl, der auf eine konkave halbkugelige Oberfläche trifft

Zusammenfassung Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem systematischen Verfahren der Bewertung von Fluidströmungen und Wärmeübertragungsparametern für einen einzelnen runden Strahl, der auf eine konkave halbkugelförmige Oberfläche trifft. Das Verfahren beruht auf Scholkemeiers Modifikation des Karman-Pohlhausen Integrationsverfahrens. Ausdrücke sind für die Berechnung der Impuls-Dicke, der Grenzschichtdicke und der Verschiebungsdicke am Staupunkt hergeleitet worden. Dies ist aus der Berechnung der thermischen Grenzschichtdicke und des lokalen Wärmeübertragungskoeffizienten abgeleitet worden. Es wird eine Gleichung für die Nusselt-Zahl am Staupunkt als Funktion der Reynolds-Zahl für verschiedene dimensionslose Abstände vom Strahlaustrittspunkt bis zum Auftreffpunkt auf die Oberfläche vorgestellt.

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Nomenclature c _p specific heat at constant pressure - d diameter of single round nozzle - h ₀ heat transfer coefficient at the stagnation point - H distance from the exit plane of the jet to the impingement surface - k thermal conductivity - Nu _0.5 Nusselt number based on impinging jet quantities=h _0.50/k - Nu _{0.5, 0} stagnation point Nusselt number=h _{0 0,50}/k - p pressure - p _a ambient pressure - p ₀ maximum pressure or stagnation pressure - p(x) static pressure at a distancex from the stagnation point - R radius of curvature of the hemisphere - Re _J jet Reynolds number=U _Jd/ - Re _0.5 Reynolds number based on impinging jet quantities=u _{m0 0.50}/ - T temperature - T _a room temperature - T _J jet temperature - T _W wall temperature - u velocity component inx andx directions (Fig. 1) - u _m jet centerline (or maximum) free jet velocity: external (or maximum) boundary layer velocity aty= _m - u _m0 arrival velocity defined as the maximum velocity the free jet would have at the plane of impingement if the plane were not there - U _J jet exit velocity - x* non-dimensional coordinate starting at the stagnation point=x/2 _0.50 - x, y rectangular Cartesian coordinates - y coordinate normal to the wall starting at the wall - ratio of thermal to velocity boundary layer thickness= _T/_m - ₀ ratio of thermal to velocity boundary layer thickness at the stagnation point - * inner layer displacement thickness - _0.50 jet half width at the plane of impingement if the plate were not there - _m inner boundary layer thickness atu=u _m - Pohlhausen's form parameter - dynamic viscosity - kinematic viscosity=/ - fluid density - momentum thickness - ₀ momentum thickness at the stagnation point     

Uniqueness of positive radial solutions of △u+g(r)u+h(r)u p =0 in Rn

Positive radial solutions of a semilinear elliptic equation u+g(r)u+h(r)u ^p =0, where r=|x|, xR ⁿ , and p>1, are studied in balls with zero Dirichlet boundary condition. By means of a generalized Pohoaev identity which includes a real parameter, the uniqueness of the solution is established under quite general assumptions on g(r) and h(r). This result applies to Matukuma's equation and the scalar field equation and is shown to be sharp for these equations.     

Discretized ordinary differential equations and the Conley index

LetN be a compact isolating neighborhood of an isolated invariant setK with respect to an ODEx=f(x) (C) and(h) x=x + h(x, h) be a consistent one-step-discretization of (C). It is proved in this paper that for someh ₀ > 0 and allh ]0, h₀[, the setN isolates an invariant setK(h) of(h) and the discrete Conley index ofK(h) coincides with the continuous Conley index ofK.     

An experimental study on the two-dimensional opposed wall jet in a turbulent boundary layer: Change in the flow pattern with velocity ratio

Results of the measurement of flow properties in a two-dimensional turbulent wall jet which is injected into the turbulent boundary layer in the direction opposite to that of the boundary layer flow are presented by varying the ratio of the jet issuing velocity to the mainstream velocity . This flow includes the flow separation and the recirculating flow, and so it requires the magnitude and direction of instantaneous velocity be measured. In the present work, a tandem hot-wire probe is manufactured and its characteristics are examined experimentally. With the use of this probe the change in the penetration length of the jet with the velocity ratio is investigated. It is clarified that two regimes of flow patterns exist: in the low velocity ratio the penetration length of the jet changes little with , and in the high velocity ratio it goes far from the nozzle with increasing . Streamlines, turbulence intensity contours and static pressure contours are presented in the two typical velocity ratios corresponding to each of two flow patterns, and they are compared.List of symbols b ₀ nozzle width (Fig. 1) - , e mean and fluctuating output voltages of hot-wire anemometer - p, p mean static pressure, p = p – p _o - p ₀ static pressure in undisturbed mainstream - p _w , p _w mean wall pressure, p _w = p _w – p _o - U ₀ mainstream velocity - U _j jet velocity at the nozzle exit - , u mean and fluctuating velocity components in x-direction - u _e effective cooling velocity - x distance along the wall from nozzle exit - x _pmax, x _pmin positions where the wall pressure has maximum and minimum values respectively - x _s penetration length of jet - y distance from the wall - forward flow fraction - ₁, ₂ yaw and pitch angles of flow direction (Fig. 4) - velocity ratio, = U _j /U _o - density of the fluid - nondimensional stream function The authors wish to express their appreciation to Prof. Toshio Tanaka of Gifu University for his advice in the course of the experiment. They also would like to thank the Research Foundation for the Electrotechnology of Chubu which partly supported this work.     

Dehnströmungen mit verdünnten Polymerlösungen: Ein theoretisches Modell und seine experimentelle Verifikation

Zusammenfassung Es werden theoretische Überlegungen zusammenfassend dargestellt, welche die Streckung und Ausrichtung von flexiblen Makromolekülen in stationären einfachen Dehnströmungen beschreiben. Die Makromoleküle werden hierbei als EDNE-(endlich dehnbare, nichtlinear elastische) Hanteln modelliert. Für den Fall niedriger bzw. hoher Dehnungsraten werden Dehnviskositätsgleichungen für Strömungen mit verdünnten Polymerlösungen angegeben.Die Arbeit vergleicht die abgeleiteten theoretischen Gleichungen mit experimentellen Ergebnissen, welche für Porenströmungen erhalten wurden; Porenströmungen weisen Dehnströmungen auf. Anhand der durchgeführten experimentellen Untersuchungen, in denen alle die den Druckverlust maßgebend beeinflussenden strömungsmechanischen und physikalisch-chemischen Parameter variiert wurden, kann gezeigt werden, daß sich die aufgezeigten theoretischen Zusammenhänge quantitativ bestätigen lassen.Schlüsselwörter Dehnströmung, Makromolekülmodell, Porenströmung, EDNE-Hantelmodell, Polymerlösung

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Summary The present paper summarizes theoretical considerations regarding the elongation of flexible macromolecules in simple steady elongational flows. The macromolecules are treated as FENE(finite extensible, nonlinear elastic)-dumbbells. Equations for extensional viscosity are given for flows of dilute polymer solutions applicable at low and high elongation rates.The present paper compares the derived theoretical relationships with experimental results. These results were obtained in porous media flows, which exhibit strong elongational rates. It can be shown on the basis of the experimental investigations, that all fluid mechanic and physico-chemical parameters that influence the measured pressure losses responded as predicted by the theory.

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a Mark-Houwink-Exponent - A Avogadro-Konstante - b Verhältnis von Molekülzeitkonstanten - c Polymergewichtskonzentration - d Kugeldurchmesser der Schüttung - D Diffusionskonstante - De Deborahzahl - f Reibungsbeiwert der Porenströmung - F Kraftvektor des Hantelmodells - g Erdbeschleunigung - H Hookesche Federkonstante des Makromoleküls - k Boltzmann-Konstante - k _1,2,3 empirische Konstanten - K Mark-Houwink-Konstante - l ₀ Länge des Monomeren - L Länge des statistischen Fadenelementes - L ₀ Maximallänge des gestreckten Polymermoleküls - L Bezugslänge für den Druckverlust der Porenströmung - m Masse des statistischen Fadenelementes - m ₀ Masse des Monomeren - Molarität - M Molekulargewicht des Polymeren - n Porosität der Kugelschüttung - n ₀ Hantelkonzentration - N Anzahl der statistischen Fadenelemente - p Druckverlust der Porenströmung - P Polymerisationsgrad - R Endpunktabstand des Makromoleküls - R ₀ maximaler Endpunktabstand des gestreckten Moleküls - mittlerer Endpunktabstand des Moleküls - Orientierungsvektor des Hantelmodells - Re Reynoldszahl der Porenströmung - t Zeit - T Temperatur - mittlere Filtergeschwindigkeit der Porenströmung - v Strömungsfeld - Aufweitungsparameter - Bindungswinkel zweier Kohlenstoffatome - Dehnungsrate - Stokesscher Reibungsfaktor - dynamische Viskosität - ^* reduzierte Viskosität - [] Grenzviskositätszahl - Dehnviskosität - ^* reduzierte Dehnviskosität - Widerstandskennzahl der Porenströmung - v kinematische Viskosität - Dichte des Fluids - _H Hookesche Relaxationszeit des EDNE-Hantelmodells - _H,e Hookesche Relaxationszeit des linear elastischen Hantelmodells - _R Relaxationszeit des starren Hantelmodells - _zz , _yy Normalspannungen - Volumenkonzentration - _fl. dimensionsloser Faktor des Strömungsfeldes - ₀ Konstante der Flory-Fox-Gleichung - Verteilungsfunktion des Hantelmodells - _eq. Gleichgewichtsverteilungsfunktion - a aufgeweitet - e effektiv - max maximal - p polymer - s solvent, Lösungsmittel - Theta-Zustand Mit 12 Abbildungen und 2 Tabellen     

Lower critical pressure for dynamic stability of a spherical shell

Dynamic stability of a thin spherical shell is investigated analytically under a uniform normal pressure.The purpose of this paper is to present a dynamic stability criterion which together with the energy method result and the numerical integration of the asymptotic nonlinear shell equations permit to find a closed form analytic expression for the lower critical pressure.The dynamic stability criterion states that the change in kinetic energy is equal to the work of all the forces between the initial and the buckled position after the dynamic stage of buckling.The solution of this nonlinear problem can be interpreted as the trajectory of a material point moving in a nonconservative force field.The resulting lower critical pressure curve lies along all the lowest known experimental data. It determines the boundary for the absolute dynamic stability and can be very useful for the practical shell design to prevent buckling.Nomenclature A constant value 2.2 - dA _s elemental area of the surface of the shell - a, b constants of integration - C elasticity modulus of elastic foundation - C ₁, C ₂, C ₃ constants of integration - D Eh ³/12(1– ²), stiffness of the shell - e base of natural logarithms - E modulus of elasticity - F force vector - F _x , F _y components of the force vector in the x, y directions - h thickness of the shell - H height of a segment of a shell - In *³ A - i imaginary number - I moment of inertia of a beam - K _s , K changes of curvature in the s, and directions - M bending moment in a beam - M _s ,M shell moment resultants - N _s ,N ,N _s shell membrane resultants - N _s ⁰ initial value of the membrane force in the meridional direction - P external uniform normal pressure - p _cl classical value of critical pressure (obtained by Von Kármán from the linear analysis of the shell) - Q shell transverse shear resultant - R initial radius of curvature of the middle surface - r distance from the point on the shell to the axis of symmetry of the shell - S ₀ ⁴ =DR ²/Eh characteristic length of the shell - s distance measured along the meridian of the shell - t= – ^* distance measured from the transition zone - new variables to study the behavior of the shell in the vicinity of x=1 - V velocity vector - Vol total change of volume of the shell - relative change of the curvature in the direction - non-dimensional membrane force - Z=u _x +iu _y complex variable - w deflection of the beam - dW _b bending energy per unit surface of the shell - W _b change of bending energy of the shell - W _c energy of initial uniform compression of the shell - dW _m membrane energy per unit surface of the shell - W _m change of membrane energy - W _p total work done by the external pressure - W _T total work of the buckled shell - _s , membrane deformations - initial angle of the shell - angle of the deformed shell - Poisson's ratio Part of this research was carried out at Princeton University.     

Floquet bundles for scalar parabolic equations

For linear scalar parabolic equations such as on a finite interval 0x, with various boundary conditions, we obtain canonical Floquet solutions u _n (t, x). These solutions are characterized by the property that z(u _n (t, x))=n for all t, where z(·) denotes the zero crossing (lap) number of Matano. The coefficients a(t, x) and b(t, x) are not assumed to be periodic in t, but if they are, the solutions u _n (t, x) reduce to the standard Floquet solutions. Our results may naturally be expressed in the language of linear skew product flows. In this context, we obtain for each N1 an exponential dichotomy between the bundles span {u _n (·,·)} _n ^=1/N and .     

Acetone: a tracer for concentration measurements in gaseous flows by planar laser-induced fluorescence

The structure of fully-developed turbulence in a smooth pipe has been studied via wavenumber spectra for various friction velocities, namely, u ,=0.61 and 1.2 m/s (the corresponding Reynolds numbers based on centerline velocity and pipe radius being respectively 134,000 and 268,000) at various distances from the wall, namely y ⁺ = 70, 200,400 and 1,000. For each distance from the wall, correlations of the longitudinal component of turbulence were obtained simultaneously in seven narrow frequency bands by using an automated data acquisition system which jointly varied the longitudinal (x) and transverse (z) separations of two hot-wire probes. The centre frequencies of the bandpass filters used correspond to a range of nondimensional frequencies ⁺ from 0.005 to 0.21. By taking Fourier transforms of these correlations, three-dimensional power spectral density functions and hence wavenumber spectra have been obtained at each y ⁺ with nondimensional frequency ⁺ and nondimensional longitudinal and transverse wavenumbers k _x ⁺ and k _z ⁺ as the independent variables. The data presented in this form show the distribution of turbulence intensity among waves of different size and inclination. The data reported here cover a wave size range of over 100, spanning a range of wave angles from 2° to 84°. The effects of friction velocity and Reynolds number on the distribution of waves, their lifetimes and convection velocities are also discussed.List of symbols A wave strength function - C _x streamwise phase velocity - C _z circumferential phase velocity - f wave intensity function - k resultant wave number = [k _x ² + k _z ² ]^1/2 - k _x , k _z longitudinal (x) and transverse (z) wavenumber respectively - P(k _x ⁺ , k _z ⁺ , ⁺) power spectral density function in u - R radius of pipe - Re Reynolds number (based on centerline velocity and pipe radius) - R _uu (x ⁺, z⁺, ) normalized correlation function in u - R _unu (x ⁺, z⁺,¦⁺¦) normalized filtered correlation function in u, as defined in equation (1) - t time - U mean velocity in the x-direction - u, v, w turbulent velocities in the cartesian x, y and z directions respectively - û, v, turbulent velocities in the wave coordinate x, and directions respectively - u friction velocity - x, y, z cartesian coordinates in the longitudinal (along the pipe axis), normal (to the pipe wall) and transverse (along the circumference of the pipe) directions respectively, as defined in Fig. 1 - wave angle - difference between two quantities - v kinematic viscosity - time delay - circular frequency (radians/s) - + quantity nondimensionalized using u and v - overbar time average A version of this paper was presented at the 12th Symposium on Turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla, 24–26 September, 1990     

Fast Diffusion to Self-Similarity: Complete Spectrum,Long-Time Asymptotics,and Numerology

The complete spectrum is determined for the operator on the Sobolev space W^1,2(Rⁿ) formed by closing the smooth functions of compact support with respect to the norm Here the Barenblatt profile is the stationary attractor of the rescaled diffusion equation in the fast, supercritical regime m the same diffusion dynamics represent the steepest descent down an entropy E(u) on probability measures with respect to the Wasserstein distance d₂. Formally, the operator H=HessE is the Hessian of this entropy at its minimum , so the spectral gap H:=2–n(1–m) found below suggests the sharp rate of asymptotic convergence: from any centered initial data 0u(0,x)L¹(Rⁿ) with second moments. This bound improves various results in the literature, and suggests the conjecture that the self-similar solution u(t,x)=R(t)^–n(x/R(t)) is always slowest to converge. The higher eigenfunctions – which are polynomials with hypergeometric radial parts – and the presence of continuous spectrum yield additional insight into the relations between symmetries of Rⁿ and the flow. Thus the rate of convergence can be improved if we are willing to replace the distance to with the distance to its nearest mass-preserving dilation (or still better, affine image). The strange numerology of the spectrum is explained in terms of the number of moments of .Dedicated to Elliott H. Lieb on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

Analysis of the squeezing flow of dusty fluids

The current investigation deals with the study of the effect of introducing a small fraction of dust, by volume, to the fluid in a squeeze film on the viscous resistance to a steady moving disc. Expressions are obtained for the fluid-phase and the dust-phase velocity distributions and the dust particle number density. Analysis based on an iterative procedure indicates that the resistance to motion experienced by the moving disc increases due to the presence of dust.Nomenclature A arbitrary function of integration - B bulk concentration - F resistance to motion experienced by the disc (dusty fluid case) - F _c resistance to motion experienced by the disc (clean fluid case) - F* difference in resistance between the clean fluid and dusty fluid films - f mass concentration - h thickness of the squeeze film - K Stokes coefficient of resistance - m mass of a single dust particle - fluid viscosity coefficient - N dust particles number density - N ₀ dust particles number density at r=R - n iteration level - p fluid pressure in the squeeze film - P pressure in the surrounding - R radius of the disc - fluid density - (r, , y) cylindrical coordinates - t time - U fluid-phase velocity vector - V dust-phase velocity vector - ₁ fluid-phase radial velocity component - U ₂ dust-phase radial velocity component     

Dirichlet problem of higher order elliptic equation with perturbation both in differential operator and in boundary

This paper is the continuation of article [7]. It gives further results about the asymptotic expression for the solution of higher order elliptic equation in the case of boundary perturbation combined with operator perturbation. When unperturbed problemA ₀ is not on the spectrum, the asymptotic expression for the solution of perturbation problemA may be expanded with respect to the small parameter . WhileA ₀ is on the spectrum, the asymptotic expression of the solution contains negative powers of the small parameter . The approximation of arbitrary order to the solution is considered and the recursive formula for the general term and the estimation of remainder term are given.     

Barnett-Lothe tensors and their associated tensors for monoclinic materials with the symmetry plane at x 3=0

The three Barnett-Lothe tensors S, H, L and the three associated tensors S(), H(), L() appear frequently in the real form solutions to two-dimensional anisotropic elasticity problems. Explicit expressions of the components of these tensors are derived and presented for monoclinic materials whose plane of material symmetry is at x ₃=0. We use the algebraic formalism for these tensors but the results are derived not by the straight-forward substitution of the complex matrices A and B into the formulae. Instead, we find the product –AB ^-1, whose real and imaginary parts are SL ^-1 and L ^-1, respectively. The tensors S, H, L are then determined from SL ^-1 and L ^-1. For S(), H(), L() we again avoid the direct substitution by employing an alternate approach. The new approaches require minimal algebra and, at the same time, provide simple and concise expressions for the components of these tensors. Although the new approaches can be extended, in principle, to monoclinic materials whose plane of symmetry is not at x ₃=0 and to materials of general anisotropy, the explicit expressions for these materials are too complicated. More studies are needed for these materials.     

Magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer from radiate vertical porous surfaces

Magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer from radiate vertical surfaces with fluid suction or injection is considered. The nonsimilarity parameter is found to be the conductive fluid injection or suction along the streamwise coordinate = V{4x/² g(T _w – T )}^1/4. Three dimensionless parameters had been found to describe the problem: the magnetic influence number N = B ² _y /V ², the radiation-conduction parameter R _d = k _R /4aT ³ , and the Gebhart number Ge _x = gx/cp to represent the effect of the viscous dissipation. It is found that increasing the magnetic field strength causes the velocity and the heat transfer rates inside the boundary layer to decrease. Its apparent that increasing the radiation-conduction parameter decreases the velocity and enhances the heat transfer rates. The Gebhart number, i.e, the viscous dissipation had no effect on the present problem.Nomenclature a Stefan-Boltzmann constant - B _y Magnetic field flux density Wb/m² - Cf _x Local skin friction factor - c _p Specific heat capacity - f Dimensionless stream function - Ge _x Gebhart number, gx/cp - g Gravitational acceleration - k Thermal Conductivity - L Length of the plate - N Magnetic influence number, B ² _y /V ² - p Pressure - Pr Prandtl number - q _r Radiative heat flux - q _w (x) Local surface heat flux - Q _w (x) Dimensionless Local surface heat flux - R _d Planck number (Radiation-Conduction parameter), k _R /4aT ³ - T Temperature - T Free stream temperature - T _w Wall temperature - u, v Velocity components in x- and y-directions - V Porous wall suction or injection velocity - V _w Porous wall suction or injection velocity - x, y Axial and normal coordinates - Thermal diffusivity Greek symbols _R Roseland mean absorption coefficient, 4/3R _d - Coefficient of thermal expansion - Nonsimilarity parameter, V{4x/² g(T _w – T )}^1/4 - Peseudo-similarity variable - Dimensionless temperature - _w Ratio of surface temperature to the ambient temperature, T _w /T - Dynamice viscosity - Kinemtic viscosity - Fluid density - Electrical conductivity - _w Local wall shear stress - Dimensional stream function     

Heat conduction in an undulating heating wire

An undulating electric wire generates internal heat by Joule heating. The surface temperature is maintained constant by forced convection. The heat conduction in the wire is solved by using intrinsic coordinates and a perturbation about the (small) ratio of the wire radius to the minimum radius of curvature of the centerline. For the non-uniformly heated wire undulations cause an increase in total heat transfer in comparison with a straight wire of same length and volume.Nomenclature a radius of wire - A surface area - f function of - G function of , - I current - I _n , J _n Bessel functions of order n - k a - K thermal conductivity - L differential operator - N unit normal - q ₀ Joule heating per volume - r radial coordinate - R position vector of axis - R ₀ resistance at T ₀ - s arc length along axis - t s/a - T temperature - u local heat transfer - U total heat transfer - V volume - x position vector - X, Y Cartesian coordinates - z _n J _n or I _n - a/(K/q ₀ )^1/2 - temperature coefficient of electric resistivity - a|| max - r/a - angle - curvature - 2a/period of undulation - normalized temperature