Motion of spherical microparticles in a viscoelastic medium under the action of acoustic radiation force

The motion of spherical microparticles with sizes (50–250 μm) less than or comparable to the wavelength of ultrasound (300 μm) in a gel-like medium is studied. Particle displacement is defined by the acoustic radiation force and the motion of the medium. It is shown that a specific feature of microparticle motion is their complete deceleration for a time of about 1 ms after switching off the ultrasound, and their subsequent displacement is determined entirely by the medium’s relaxation. The aim of the work is to develop ultrasonic means of detecting microcalcifications in breast tissues.     

Motion of a group of microparticles in a viscoelastic medium under the action of acoustic radiation force

We theoretically and experimentally substantiate the method of detecting microcalcifications in mammary gland tissue. Calcium salts accumulate in soft tissues, primarily forming clusters of individual microparticles. We study the motion of solid microparticles distributed in a viscoelastic medium. Displacement of particles is caused by the radiation force occurring as a consequence of energy scattering and absorption of an ultrasound beam focused in the particle region. The radiation force acts over the course of 200 μs, after which the medium with distributed particles relaxes to the initial state. Motion of the medium is tracked by the cross-correlation method with short probing pulses following at a frequency of 5 kHz. The presence of solid microparticles leads to a change in the character of motion of the medium after pulsed ultrasound action. The amplitude and duration of displacements increases in comparison to the homogeneous medium, and the motion character itself becomes significantly complicated.     

Regularity analysis of wrinkles under the action of capillary force in an annular thin film

The wrinkling law of annular sheet which is induced by capillary force with inner liquid film is analyzed in this paper. The results show that the inner liquid film can wrinkle the annular sheet when the surface tension of the liquid film reaches a critical value, and the critical value can be dramatically altered by changing the geometry and properties of the annular sheet. The results obtained in this article may hold potential applications in generating three-dimensional structures through capillary effects.     

Control of the self-assembly processes in a droplet of a colloidal solution by an acoustic field

The formation of structured films consisting of ensembles of micro- or nanoparticles and possessing preset functional characteristics is studied both experimentally and theoretically. The films are obtained by drying out droplets of colloidal solutions on a solid substrate under the acoustic effect produced by a standing SAW field.     

Formation of vortices in a laminar jet under the action of acoustic field

Results on visual investigation of a structure of a round minijet under the action of an acoustic field are presented. Characteristic features of the laminar jet structure in the acoustic field were revealed from the data of video and photo records of a flow picture. In the flow we observed characteristic large-scale vortex structures and violent turbulent mixing zones.We revealed formation of vortex structures in a laminar jet under acoustic field and an oscillating jet flow regime at the outlet from the pipe 1.35 mm in diameter.     

Influence of the size-dependent surface tension of a liquid film on a capillary force in an atomic force microscope

An adsorbed water film always exists between the sample and the probing tip of an atomic force microscope operating at atmospheric conditions. A new expression for the capillary force that acts between the tip and the thin liquid film has been obtained taking into account the size dependence of the surface tension of the liquid described by an exact solution of the Gibbs-Tolman-Koenig-Buff equation. The calculation agrees fairly well with the experimental results.     

Motion of a particle in a static magnetic field and in the field of a electromagnetic plane wave

The solutions of the equations of motion of a charged particle in an external electromagnetic field consisting of a superposition of a constant uniform magnetic field and the field of a circularly polarized electromagnetic plane wave are presented as solutions of the Cauchy problem. The resonance case is studied. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 94–99 (February 1997)     

声波作用下液滴碰并沉降及其氢氧同位素特征

液滴沉降过程中会与环境水汽发生物质交换.论文通过小尺度室内实验,研究了低频声波作用下液滴碰并沉降及其与气室环境水汽氢氧同位素交换特征.研究结果证实液滴沉降过程中存在同位素交换,该过程受声波显著影响.声波作用后液滴粒径增大,液滴沉降后汇集水中重同位素出现富集.液滴与环境水汽氢氧同位素交换强度与液滴初始粒径呈正相关,声波对...     

Motion of a particle in a static magnetic field and the field of a monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave

A solution of the equation of motion of a charged particle in an external electromagnetic field comprising a superposition of a uniform static magnetic field and the field of a monochromatic, elliptically polarized electromagnetic plane wave is obtained as the solution of a Cauchy problem. The resonance case is investigated. An analysis of the resulting solution is given. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 106–110 (May 1999)     

超声波作用下声学参数对悬浮液中微粒凝聚的影响

对利用超声波去除或分离悬液中微小颗粒过程中频率和时均声能密度等声学参数对微粒凝聚的影响作了分析研究。利用前人的数学模型对不同声对比因数下悬浮液中微粒达到平衡状态时所需要的时间及凝聚位置进行了计算。在水模型实验,实验中所施加超声波的频率为24.1kHz,微粒的粒径为0-60um、密度940kg/m^3的高密度聚乙烯,实验液为脱气软化水,实验结果与部分理论分析结果是一致的。     

均匀液滴氧发生器液流破断的线性分析

在均匀液滴氧发生器的研究过程中,液滴的形成是关键技术。利用压电换能器对液流施加扰动,初始扰动沿液流表面呈指数增长,直到将液流夹断生成液滴。通过理论分析,发现在影响液流表面增长率的诸多参数中,碱性过氧化氢溶液(BHP)表面张力的增加和液体分配板板孔直径的减小能够增大扰动增长率,其他参数的改变对增长率的影响非常小。通过分析还发现,BHP液体的喷射流速不同,要取得最大增长率的外界扰动频率也随之变化,外界施加扰动的频率随液流喷射流速的增大而增大。这些结果为均匀液滴氧发生器的实验研究提供有力的参考依据。     

Motion of fluid and a solid core in a spherical cavity rotating in an external force field

The motion of a fluid in a rotating spherical cavity with a free light spherical body under the perturbing effect of an external force field perpendicular to the rotation axis is investigated experimentally. It is shown that the external field excites the lagging differential rotation of the core occupying the central position in the cavity under the action of a centrifugal force. The regularities of the averaged rotation of the body and the motion of fluid shaped as the Taylor-Proudman column are investigated. The sequential threshold manifestation of various instability types of the Taylor-Proudman column with an increase in the velocity of the differential body rotation is found. Initially a new type of instability manifests itself, and a two-dimensional system of vortexes elongated along the rotation axis is formed inside the column. Then the development of azimuthal two-dimensional waves at the column boundary is observed. It is shown that the Reynolds number calculated through the velocity of the differential body rotation determines the threshold transitions. A map of motion modes of a fluid in a spherical layer on a plane of dimensionless parameters is plotted.     

均匀液滴氧发生器液流破断的线性分析

 在均匀液滴氧发生器的研究过程中,液滴的形成是关键技术。利用压电换能器对液流施加扰动,初始扰动沿液流表面呈指数增长,直到将液流夹断生成液滴。通过理论分析,发现在影响液流表面增长率的诸多参数中,碱性过氧化氢溶液(BHP)表面张力的增加和液体分配板板孔直径的减小能够增大扰动增长率,其他参数的改变对增长率的影响非常小。通过分析还发现,BHP液体的喷射流速不同,要取得最大增长率的外界扰动频率也随之变化,外界施加扰动的频率随液流喷射流速的增大而增大。这些结果为均匀液滴氧发生器的实验研究提供有力的参考依据。     

关于质点弹簧系统在重力作用下的静平衡与振动

质点弹簧系统在重力作用下的静平衡状态由此系统的有效质量决定;其本征振动频率wn则由弹簧与质点的质量之比ml/m2 决定;Wn的平均值w与w2由此系统的初始条件决定,不同的初始条件导致不同的平均值.例如,若u(y,O)=uαf(y)=uaf(y)=u0y,则可得w2=k/(m2+1/3m1).并给出一个计算θ1:w1/w0的近似公式.     

Flow of an electrically conducting bubble liquid in the field of an electromagnetic force

Physical processes accompanying the flow of a conducting bubble liquid in crossed electric and magnetic fields are considered. Based on the general equations of mechanics of multiphase media, we develop a one-dimensional model of the flow of and heat exchange in a compressible bubble liquid when the phases are not in thermal and velocity equilibrium. The model is numerically investigated. It is demonstrated that, when the bubble liquid flows along the electromagnetic force vector, the bubbles lag behind the carrying flow and are compressed and warmed up. This causes oscillations of the bubble volume, as well as oscillations of the parameters of both the disperse and carrying phase. In particular, the compression of the bubbles reduces the volumetric gas content, as well as increases the effective conductivity of the flow and the electromagnetic force in the downstream direction. This sets conditions for crisis of the bubble flow when the electromagnetic force expels the bubbles against the main stream. On the basis of the solutions obtained, the efficiency of a gas compressor is calculated.     

Manifestation of the stochastic resonance in submerged jets under an acoustic action

A phenomenon that is similar to the well-known stochastic resonance in nonlinear oscillators but is caused by the turbulence in a circular submerged jet under a harmonic acoustic action, rather than by noise, is considered. It is shown that, at a fixed distance from the nozzle, a variation of the initial turbulence level leads to a non-monotonic variation of the wave amplitude at the frequency of the acoustic action, namely, to the appearance of an amplitude maximum at a certain level of the initial turbulence. The qualitative explanation of the phenomenon consists in that the initial turbulence acts on the system in a way similar to that of external noise: it changes the effective parameters of the system and, in particular, shifts the spectral maxima, which is equivalent to a change in a certain “eigenfrequency.” Such a change in the effective parameters of the jet leads to a phenomenon similar to the stochastic resonance.     

Solitons and defects in nematic liquid crystals under a simple shear flow and in a static external magnetic field

Under a simple shear flow and in a static external magnetic field, the production of defects in the director-aligning regime of nematic liquid crystals has been investigated in terms of the Leslie-Ericksen theory. The equation of motion of the nematic director, which conforms to the driven over-damped sine-Gordon equation, has a soliton solution of the amplitude w. We show that the stationary state with the director uniformly oriented at a Leslie angle is only a metastable state and the potential, which governs the motion of the director, has a nmnber of stable stationary states. For a strong magnetic field, the higher energy barrier between the stable and unstable states leads the director to be locked along the magnetic field direction. However, at the appropriate shear rate and magnetic field the defects, which appear as a stable solitary solution, can be nucleated from a uniformly aligned nematic liquid crystal. We have calculated the stationary travelling velocity of the solitary waves and the distance between a pair of defects.