Elastico-viscous properties of deflocculated china clay suspensions — concentration effects

Summary The physical properties of deflocculated china clay suspensions are studied in a combined steady and low-amplitude oscillatory shear flow. Concentration effects are examined and it is shown that, with increasing concentration, an initial shear thinning region is followed by a shear thickening one. Qualitative agreement is obtained between theory and experiment for a range of concentrations of suspensions, all of which exhibit marked elastic properties. The experimental results were obtained using a Weissenberg Rheogoniometer.

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Zusammenfassung Es werden die physikalischen Eigenschaften deflockulierter Suspensionen von Porzellanerde in einer kombinierten stationären und oszillatorischen Scherströmung mit niedriger Amplitude studiert. Der Einfluß der Konzentration wird untersucht, und es wird gezeigt, daß mit wachsender Konzentration sich an den anfänglich allein vorhandenen Bereich mit Scherentzähung ein Bereich mit Scherverzähung anschließt. Zwischen Theorie und Experiment wird eine qualitative Übereinstimmung in einem Konzentrationsbereich gefunden, in dem ausgeprägte viskoelastische Eigenschaften vorhanden sind. Die experimentellen Ergebnisse werden mit Hilfe eines Weissenberg-Rheogoniometers erhalten.

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c phase lag in oscillatory testing - D(t – t) deformation history - F, G non-dimensional complex functions of - complex conjugate ofF - G dynamic rigidity - i - I % increase in mean couple under superposed shear rates - I ₁ moment of inertia of the top platen (i.e. cone) - J amplitude ratio, ₁/ ₁ - K ₁ restoring constant of the torsion bar - q steady shear rate - r, , spherical polar coordinates - t current time - v _i velocity vector - w/w concentration by weight - W a function of andt - ₁ angular amplitude of the motion of the plate - shear rate - /q - apparent viscosity - dynamic viscosity - ^* complex dynamic viscosity - ₀ limiting viscosity at small rates of shear - ₀ gap angle in cone and plate system - ₁, ₂, ₃, ₄,µ ₀ relaxation time constants - shear stress - ₀ unperturbed shear stress - ₁, ₂ kernel functions - angular frequency of oscillation - steady angular velocity of the plate With 16 figures     

Flow through a helically coiled annulus

In this paper the flow is studied of an incompressible viscous fluid through a helically coiled annulus, the torsion of its centre line taken into account. It has been shown that the torsion affects the secondary flow and contributes to the azimuthal component of velocity around the centre line. The symmetry of the secondary flow streamlines in the absence of torsion, is destroyed in its presence. Some stream lines penetrate from the upper half to the lower half, and if is further increased, a complete circulation around the centre line is obtained at low values of for all Reynolds numbers for which the analysis of this paper is valid, being the ratio of the torsion of the centre line to its curvature.Nomenclature A =constant - a outer radius of the annulus - b unit binormal vector to C - C helical centre line of the pipe - D rL - g 1000 - K Dean number=Re² - L 1+r sin - M (L ²+ ² r ²)^1/2 - n unit normal vector to C - P, P pressure and nondimensional pressure - p ₀, p pressures of O(1) and O() - Re Reynolds number=aW ₀/ - (r, , s), (r, , s) coordinates and nondimensional coordinates - nonorthogonal unit vectors along the coordinate directions - r ₀ radius of the projection of C - t unit tangent vector to C - V _r, V , V _s velocity components along the nonorthogonal directions - V_r, V, V _s nondimensional velocity components along - W ₀ average velocity in a straight annulus Greek symbols , curvature and nondimensional curvature of C - U, V, W lowest order terms for small in the velocity components along the orthogonal directions t - _r, , _s first approximations to V _r , V, V _s for small - =/=/ - kinematic viscosity - density of the fluid - , torsion and nondimensional torsion of C - , stream function and nondimensional stream function - nondimensional streamfunction for U, V - a inner radius of the annulus After this paper was accepted for publication, a paper entitled On the low-Reynolds number flow in a helical pipe, by C.Y. Wang, has appeared in J. Fluid. Mech., Vol 108, 1981, pp. 185–194. The results in Wangs paper are particular cases of this paper for =0, and are also contained in [9].     

Using a hot‐wire anemometer for measurement of characteristics of a random acoustic field in compressible flows

The problem of interpretation of hotwire measurements of acoustic fields in compressible flows is considered. Relations between massflow and totaltemperature fluctuations registered by a hotwire anemometer and pressure and velocity fluctuations are found. The relations obtained are applicable in the general case for measurement of resultant acoustic fluctuations at some point of the flow, which are generated by arbitrary distributed sources of sound with priorunknown properties.     

Investigation of stationary flow of viscous gas in a thin three-dimensional shock layer

A three-dimensional shock layer near the blunt surface of a fairly smooth body is analyzed asymptotically. Equations of the first approximation are obtained and justified in various cases of the limit 1, 0, ( – 1)^–1M ^-2 0. These equations are simplified for the flow near the stagnation point of a body with double curvature and near the blunt leading edge of a sweptback wing. The results of some calculations are given and compared with the results of [17, 18] in the case of axisymmetric flow.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 115–126, September–October, 1980.     

On the sensitive dynamical system and the transition from the apparently deterministic process to the completely random process

The detailed analysis of the dynamical process of coin tossing is made. Through calculations, it is illustrated how and why the result is extremely sensitive to the initial conditions. It is also shown that, as the initial height of the mass center of the coin increases, the final configuration, i.e. head or tail, becomes more and more sensitive to the initial parameters (the initial velocity angular velocity, and the initial orientation), the coefficient of the air drag, and the energy absorption factor of the surface on which the coin bounces. If we keep the head upward initially but allow a small range for the change of some other initial parameters, the frequency that the final configuration is head, would be 1 if the initial height h of the mass center is sufficiently small, and would be clo to 1/2 if h is sufficiently large. An interesting question is how this frequency changes continuously from 1 to 1/2 as h increases. Detailed calculations show that such a transition is very similar to the transition from laminar to turbulent flows. A basic difference between the transition stage and the completely random stage is indicated: In the completely random stage, the deterministic process of the individual case is extremely sensitive to the initial conditions and the dynamical parameters, out the statistical properties of the ensemble are insensitive to the small changes of the initial conditions and the dynamical parameters. On the contrary, in the transition stage, both the deterministic process of the individual case and the statistical properties of the ensemble are sensitive to the initial conditions and the dynamical parameters. The mechanism for this feature of the transition stage is the existence of the long-train structure in the parameter space. The illuminations of this analysis on some other random phenomena are discussed.     

Shear viscosity behavior of highly concentrated suspensions at low and high shear-rates

A method is proposed for determining the shear viscosity behavior of highly concentrated suspensions at low and high shear-rates through the use of a formulation that is a function of three parameters signifying the effects of particle size distribution. These parameters are the intrinsic viscosity [], a parametern that reflects the level of particle association at the initiation of motion and the maximum packing concentration _m. The formulation reduces to the modified Eilers equation withn = 2 for high shear rates. An analytical method was used for the calculation of maximum packing concentration which was subsequently correlated with the experimental values to account for the surface induced interaction of particles with the fluid. The calculated values of viscosities at low and high shear-rates were found to be in good agreement with various experimental data reported in literature. A brief discussion is also offered on the reliability of the methods of measuring the maximum packing concentration. _r = /₀ relative viscosity of the suspension - volumetric concentration of solids - k _n coefficient which characterizes a specific effect of particle interactions - _m maximum packing concentration - _r,0 relative viscosity at low shear-rates - [] intrinsic viscosity - n, n parameter that reflects the level of particle interactions at low and high shear-rates, respectively - _r, relative viscosity at high shear-rates - (_m)_s, (_m)_i, (_m)_l packing factors for small, intermediate and large diameter classes - v _s, v_i, v_l volume fractions of small, intermediate and large diameter classes, respectively - _si, _sl coefficient to be used in relating a smaller to an intermediate and larger particle group, respectively - _is, _il coefficient to be used in relating an intermediate to a smaller and larger particle group, respectively - _ls, _li coefficient to be used in relating a larger to a smaller and intermediate particle group, respectively - _m0 maximum packing concentration for binary mixtures - _m,e measured maximum packing concentration - _m,c calculated maximum packing concentration     

Transport in ordered and disordered porous media I: The cellular average and the use of weighting functions

In this work we consider transport in ordered and disordered porous media using singlephase flow in rigid porous mediaas an example. We defineorder anddisorder in terms of geometrical integrals that arise naturally in the method of volume averaging, and we show that dependent variables for ordered media must generally be defined in terms of thecellular average. The cellular average can be constructed by means of a weighting function, thus transport processes in both ordered and disordered media can be treated with a single theory based on weighted averages. Part I provides some basic ideas associated with ordered and disordered media, weighted averages, and the theory of distributions. In Part II a generalized averaging procedure is presented and in Part III the closure problem is developed and the theory is compared with experiment. Parts IV and V provide some geometrical results for computer generated porous media.Roman Letters A interfacial area of the- interface contained within the macroscopic region, m² - A_e area of entrances and exits for the-phase contained within the macroscopic system, m² - g gravity vector, m/s² - I unit tensor - K traditional Darcy's law permeability tensor, m² - L general characteristic length for volume averaged quantities, m - characteristic length (pore scale) for the-phase - (y) weighting function - m(–y) (y), convolution product weighting function - _v special weighting function associated with the traditional averaging volume - N unit normal vector pointing from the-phase toward the-phase - p pressure in the-phase, N/m² - p0 reference pressure in the-phase, N/m² - p traditional intrinsic volume averaged pressure, N/m² - r0 radius of a spherical averaging volume, m - r position vector, m - r position vector locating points in the-phase, m - averaging volume, m³ - V volume of the-phase contained in the averaging volume, m³ - V _cell volume of a unit cell, m³ - v velocity vector in the-phase, m/s - v traditional superficial volume averaged velocity, m/s - x position vector locating the centroid of the averaging volume or the convolution product weighting function, m - y position vector relative to the centroid, m - y position vector locating points in the-phase relative to the centroid, m Greek Letters indicator function for the-phase - Dirac distribution associated with the- interface - V/V, volume average porosity - mass density of the-phase, kg/m³ - viscosity of the-phase, Ns/m²     

Thermal and diffusive relaxation of an evaporating drop with internal heat liberation

The problem of nonsteady-state evaporation or growth of a radiating drop with uniformly distributed internal heat sources is considered. The Reynolds R=ua/v 1 and Peclet P_D= ua/D 1 numbers are assumed to be small (a is the radius of the drop, u the velocity of its relative motion, andv, D, the coefficients of viscosity, diffusion and thermal diffusivity of the vapor-gas medium). This enables the convective transfer of vapor and heat to be neglected, and the concentration and temperature fields to be regarded as spherically symmetric [1]. In view of the fact that the density of saturated vapor is less than the density of liquid the convective flow caused by the change in radius of the drop is not taken into account [2]. It has already been shown [3,4], that for _r (, _r are the coefficients of molecular and radiative thermal conductivity) there exists a bounded region ryo (1/) /_r ( is the absorption coefficient for radiation in the gas), in which the effect of radiation on the temperature relaxation of the vapor-gas medium is negligible. If the conditiona (1/) /_r is satisfied, then the temperature at the outer boundary of this region will be practically the same as the temperature at infinity T=T. This means that terms in the energy equation connected with energy transferred by radiation can be neglected. It is assumed that the free path of molecules in the gas is less than the radius of the drop, and so concentration and temperature discontinuities close to the surface of the drop can be neglected [2].Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 78–87, January–February, 1970.The authors are grateful to V. G. Levich for discussing the results of the paper.     

Indentation of the semi-infinite elastic solid by a concave rigid punch

A solution is obtained for the relationship between load, displacement and inner contact radius for an axisymmetric, spherically concave, rigid punch, indenting an elastic half-space. Analytic approximations are developed for the limiting cases in which the ratio of the inner and outer radii of the annular contact region is respectively small and close to unity. These approximations overlap well at intermediate values. The same method is applied to the conically concave punch and to a punch with a central hole. , , . , . . .     

On shock layer method for the hypersonic flow problems

Chernyi’s series method[1] is not proper for the case that(γ-l)/(γ+l)<<2/(γ+1)×M²sin²β (γ=c_p/c_v-adiabatic index number, M-Much number, β-shock incidence). In this paper, we only suppose that in the neighbour of the shock, there exists a shock layer in which the density of the gas is very big, but we do not remove the case that (γ-1)/(γ+1)<<2/(γ+1)M²sin²β.     

Dielectric properties of the composite system polyurethane — sodium chloride

Summary The dielectric properties of the composite system polyurethane-sodium chloride have been measured at frequencies between 10^–4 Hz and 3 · 10⁵ Hz in the temperature range from –150 °C up to +90 dgC. Three dielectric loss mechanisms have been found; they are indicated by ₁, ₂ and. The activation energy of the ₁-transition is 35 kcal/mole, that of the-transition 6.7 kcal/mole. The ₂-loss peak was only observed at frequencies of 10³ Hz and higher, forming one broad peak with the ₁-loss peak at lower frequencies. In the composite materials, the- and ₂-loss peaks measured at fixed frequencies were found at the same temperature. The ₂-loss peak, however, was shifted to a lower temperature, due to the sodium chloride filler. Comparison of experimental data of and tan with theoretical predictions concerning the dielectric properties of composite systems showed only partial agreement. The difference mainly consisted in. the temperature shift in the tan-peak of the ₁-transition.

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Zusammenfassung Die dielektrischen Eigenschaften des Verbundssystems Kochsalz-Polyurethankautschuk wurden im Frequenzgebiet zwischen 10^–4 Hz und 3.10⁵ Hz und im Temperaturbereich von –150 °C bis +90 °C gemessen. Es wurden drei dielektrische Verlustmaxima gefunden, die mit ₁, ₂ und angedeutet werden. Die Aktivierungsenergie des ₁-Überganges beträgt 35 kcal/Mol, die des-Überganges 6.7 kcal/Mol. Das ₂-Maximum konnte nur bei Frequenzen höher als 10³Hz vom ₁-Maximum gesondert erfaßt werden. Die Lage der ₂- und-Maxima war vom Füllgrad unabhängig. Das ₁-Maximum verschiebt sich mit steigendem Füllgrad zu niedrigeren Temperaturen. Die gemessenen Werte von und tan stimmen nur teilweise mit den Aussagen einer Theorie der dielektrischen Eigenschaften von Mischkörpern überein.

     

Approximate method for calculating turbulent boundary layer with positive pressure gradient

A single-parameter integral method is proposed for calculating the turbulent boundary layer with positive pressure gradient which makes it possible to calculate the friction, thermal flux, and layer thickness both ahead of the separation point and in some region behind the separation point.Notation u velocity - density - ^* displacement thickness - ^** momentum thickness - energy thickness - M Mach number - r radius - dynamic viscosity - c_p specific heat at constant pressure - Reynolds number based on initial boundary layer thickness - P Prandtl number - p₁ static pressure at point of initial interaction - p₂ static pressure at pressureplateau - p₀ stagnation pressure - T₀ stagnation temperature - I enthalpy - T_e recovery temperature - T_w ⁰ temperature factor - H form parameter - r₁ recovery coefficient Indices 0 denotes initial section of boundary layer - 1 parameters taken at edge of boundary layer - w parameters taken at the wall temperature - * parameters referred to flow on a flat plate with =0     

A method for the analysis of recirculating turbulent flows in a cavity

The complex fluid-dynamic aspects of a turbulent recirculating flow in a cavity with axial throughflow, and a rotating wall, were investigated by adopting a simple procedure for evaluating the turbulent stresses. The flow field was divided into two regions, a core and a wall region respectively. A wall function was adopted in the zones near to the solid boundaries, while a constant eddy diffusivity was assumed, in the core, following the indications of computed heat transfer coefficients in comparison with existing experimental data. The distributions of the stream function and of the tangential velocity are presented for a range of the rotational Reynolds number of the rotating wall and of the Reynolds number of the throughflow.

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Turbulente Rezirkulationsströmung in einem Hohlraum

Zusammenfassung Die komplizierten fluiddynamischen Aspekte einer turbulenten Rezirkulationsströmung in einem Hohlraum mit axialem Durchfluß und einer rotierenden Wand werden unter Verwendung einer vereinfachten Methode zur Berechnung der turbulenten Spannungen betrachtet. Das Strömungsfeld wird in einen Kern und einen Wandbereich aufgeteilt. Für die wandnahen Zonen wird eine Wandfunktion angenommen, während im Kern mit konstanter Wirbeldiffusivität gerechnet wird, was durch den Vergleich berechneter mit gemessenen Wärmeübergangskoeffizienten gerechtfertigt erscheint. Verteilungen der Stromfunktion und der tangentialen Geschwindigkeit sind für einen bestimmten Bereich der Reynoldszahlen für die Wandrotation und der für den Durchfluß angegeben.

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Nomenclature L axial length of enclosure - P dimensionless pressure, p^*2 - p static pressure - R dimensionless radial coordinate, r/r^* - r radial coordinate - r^* reference length, equal to r_O for enclosure - r_i radii of inlet and exit apertures - Re Reynolds number, v^*r^*/ - Re_i pipe Reynolds number, ¯v_zi(2r_i)/ - Re_t turbulent Reynolds number, Re(/) - Re rotational Reynolds number, r ₀ ² / - t dimensionless time,t/(r^*/v^*) - t time - V_r, V, Vz dimensionless velocity components, V_r/v^*, v, v_z/v^* - v_i turbulent fluctuation of the i-component of velocity - v_r, v, v_z velocity components - v^* reference velocity, equal to ¯v_zi for enclosure - X coordinate along a wall, x/r^* - Y coordinate normal to a wall, y/r^* - Z dimensionless axial coordinate, z/r^* - z axial coordinate - eddy diffusivity for momentum - dynamic viscosity - kinematic viscosity - density - shear stress - dimensionless shear stress, /v^*2 - dimensionless stream function, /r*²v*² - stream function - angular velocity - tangential vorticity component - ()_eff effective - ()_l laminar - ()_t turbulent - mean over the time     

A rotating hot-wire technique for spatial sampling of disturbed and manipulated duct flows

The documentation and control of flow disturbances downstream of various open inlet contractions was the primary focus with which to evaluate a spatial sampling technique. An X-wire probe was rotated about the center of a cylindrical test section at a radius equal to one-half that of the test section. This provided quasi-instantaneous multi-point measurements of the streamwise and azimuthal components of the velocity to investigate the temporal and spatial characteristics of the flowfield downstream of various contractions. The extent to which a particular contraction is effective in controlling ingested flow disturbances was investigated by artificially introducing disturbances upstream of the contractions. Spatial as well as temporal mappings of various quantities are presented for the streamwise and azimuthal components of the velocity. It was found that the control of upstream disturbances is highly dependent on the inlet contraction; for example, reduction of blade passing frequency noise in the ground testing of jet engines should be achieved with the proper choice of inlet configurations.List of symbols K _uv correlation coefficient= - P percentage of time that an azimuthal fluctuating velocity derivative dv/d is found - U streamwise velocity component U=U (, t) - V azimuthal or tangential velocity component due to flow and probe rotation V=V (, t) - mean value of streamwise velocity component - U _m resultant velocity from and - mean value of azimuthal velocity component induced by rotation - u fluctuating streamwise component of velocity u=u(, t) - v fluctuating azimuthal component of velocity v = v (, t) - u phase-averaged fluctuating streamwise component of velocity u=u(0) - v phase-averaged fluctuating azimuthal component of velocity v=v() - û average of phase-averaged fluctuating streamwise component of velocity (u()) over cases I-1, II-1 and III-1 û = û() - average of phase-averaged fluctuating azimuthal component of velocity (v()) over cases I-1, II-1 and III-1 - u fluctuating streamwise component of velocity corrected for non-uniformity of probe rotation and/or phase-related vibration u = u(0, t) - v fluctuating azimuthal component of velocity corrected for non-uniformity or probe rotation and/or phase-related vibration v=v (, t) - u ² rms value of corrected fluctuating streamwise component of velocity - rms value of corrected fluctuating azimuthal component of velocity - phase or azimuthal position of X-probe     

The generation of turbulence from displaced cross-members in uniform flow

This paper presents details of an experimental investigation into the nature of turbulence generated in the wake of a single grid node. The latter has been considered as two members placed perpendicular to each other in the geometry of a cross, with square and circular sections representing bars and rods respectively. The effect of member spacing has been examined in an attempt to identify the complex flow phenomena associated with such a configuration, and in this respect a critical gap width has been found.List of symbols C _p pressure coefficient, (p — p ₀)/1/2 U ₀ ² - C _pb pressure coefficient measured on the base centre-line - C _ps pressure coefficient measured at stagnation point - D diameter/section depth of model - L distance between central axis of two cylinders or bars - n vortex shedding frequency - p local pressure on model's surface - p ₀ static pressure - R () autocorrelation coefficient - R _e Reynolds number, DU ₀/v - St Strouhal number, n D/U ₀ - U ₀ mean freestream velocity in X-direction - ovu local mean velocity in X-direction - u velocity fluctuation in X-direction - ovv local mean velocity in Y-direction - ovw local mean velocity in Z-direction - X cartesian co-ordinate in longitudinal direction - Y cartesian co-ordinate perpendicular to wind tunnel floor - Z cartesian co-ordinate in lateral direction - dynamic viscosity of fluid - v kinematic viscosity of fluid, / - _n spectral energy, 4 ₀ R () cos 2 n d - density of fluid - _x longitudinal component of vorticity, /y – /z This paper was presented at the 10th Symposium on Turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla, Sept. 22–24, 1986     

Convective heat transfer within fibrous insulation slabs

A numerical study of convective heat flow within a fibrous insulating slab is presented. The material is treated as an anisotropic porous medium and the variation of properties with temperature is taken into account. Good agreement is obtained with available experimental data for the same geometry.

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Zusammenfassung Für den konvektiven Wärmestrom in einem faserförmigen Isolierstoff wird eine numerische Berechnung angegeben. Der Stoff wird als anisotropes poröses Medium mit temperaturabhängigen Stoffwerten angesehen. Die Übereinstimmung mit verfügbaren Versuchswerten ist gut.

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Nomenclature C_p specific heat of the gas at the mean temperature - Da Darcy number=k_y/H² - Gr^* modified Grashof number=gTHk_y/²= (Grashof number) × (Darcy number) - H thickness of the specimen - P gas pressure - Pr^* modified Prandtl number= C_p/_x - Ra^* modified Rayleigh number=Gr^* Pr^* - R_p ratio of permeabilities=k_y/k_x - R_k ratio of conductivities= _y/_x - T absolute temperature of the gas - t₁ absolute temperature of the hot face - T₂ absolute temperature of the cold face - T_m mean temperature of the gas=(T₁+T₂)/2 - k_x specific permeability of the porous medium along the x-direction - k_y specific permeability of the porous medium along the y-direction - p T/T_m - q exponent - r exponent - u gas velocity along the x-direction - v gas velocity along the y-direction - X_* distance along the x-direction - y_* distance along the y-direction - T temperature difference=t₁–T₂ - thermal coefficient of expansion of the gas - _m thermal coefficient of expansion of the gas at the mean temperature - _* T–T_m - dimensionless temperature= ^*/T - _a apparent thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the x-direction - _al local apparent thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the x-direction - _x thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the x-direction in the absence of convection - _y thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the y-direction in the absence of convection - dynamic viscosity of the gas - _m dynamic viscosity of the gas at the mean temperature - kinematic viscosity of the gas - _m kinematic viscosity of the gas at the mean temperature - density of the gas - _m density of the gas at the mean temperature - ^* stream function at any point - dimensionless stream function= ^*/( _m/_m)     

Fatigue crack propagaion under mixed mode loading

Mixed model fatigue crack propagation is analyzed in this paper, using a centre cracked plate geometry, loaded under un-iaxial cyclic tension. Based on maximum principal stress criterion, a modified Paris expression of fatigue crack growth rate is derived in terms of ΔK and crack angle β_α for an inclined crack. It is also shown that it is more convenient to express the Paris equation by means of crack length projected on the x -axis, α_x rather than the actual length, α itself. The crack trajectory due to cyclic loading is predicted, β is varied from 29° to 90°. Experimental data on Type L3 aluminium agree fairly well with predicted values when β_α exceeds 30°.     

Resonant generation of a solitary wave in a thermocline

The resonant generation of a second-mode internal solitary wave, resulting from a ship internal waves system damping in a thermocline, is studied experimentally. The source of the stationary internal waves was provided by an oblong ellipsoid of revolution towed horizontally and uniformly at the depth of the thermocline center. The ranges of the Reynolds and Froude numbers were 500Re=Ul/v 15000 and 0.3Fi=U/N _max D1.0, respectively. When the body's speed and the linear long-wave second-mode phase speed were equal, an internal solitary wave of the bulge type was observed. The shape of the wave satisfied the Korteweg-de Vries equation. The Urcell parameter was equal to 10.2.List of Symbols L, B, H towing tank length, breadth and height respectively - z vertical coordinate - D characteristic vertical dimension of the body - a minor semiaxis of an ellipsoid - b major semiaxis of an ellipsoid (maximum ellipsoid diameter D=2a) - l length of the body ( =2b) - U velocity of the body - t temperature - g acceleration due to gravity - i fresh water density at ith level - _4° fresh water density for temperature t=4°C - o water density at the center of the thermocline - _i density variation due to the temperature variation at the ith horizon - N Brunt-Väisälä frequency - N _max maximum value of Brunt-Väisälä frequency - Re Reynolds number - Fi internal Froude number - f _n eigenfunction of the boundary-value problem for the nth mode - _n nth mode frequency - k _{n n}th mode horizontal wavenumber - C _n limiting phase speed of a linear nth mode interval wave (= _n/k_n;k_n 0) - Ur Urcell parameter - v fresh water kinematic viscosity - conventional density - half-length of a solitary wave - ₀ solitary wave height - time This work was partially supported by the INTAS (grant no. 94-4057) and by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research under grant no. 94-05-17004-a.A version of this paper was presented at the Second International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Torino, Italy, 4–8 July, 1994.     

Shock Waves in a Fluid with Bubbles Containing Evaporating Drops of a Liquefied Gas

The propagation and reflection of one-dimensional plane unsteady waves and pulses in a mixture of a fluid with two-phase bubbles containing evaporating drops is investigated. A significant effect of unsteady evaporation of the drops in the zone ahead of the shock wave on the wave propagation is demonstrated. The evaporation of the drops results in a pressure increase ahead of the wave and the shock wave as it were climbs to increasing pressure level. In contrast to bubbly fluids with single-phase bubbles, in a fluid with two-phase bubbles, at a fixed phase volume fraction, a decrease in bubble size results in an increase rather than a decrease of the oscillation amplitude. The wave reflection from a solid wall is essentially nonlinear and the maximum pressure attained at the wall is several times greater than the incident-wave intensity.     

On the existence of limit cycles of Liénard equation

In this paper, we have proved several theorems which guarantee that the Liénard equation has at least one or n limit cycles without using the traditional assmuption G(±) =+. Thus some results in [3–5] are extended. The limit cycles can he located by our theorems. Theorems 3 and 4 give sufficient conditions for the existence of n limit cycles having no need of the conditions that the function F(x) is odd or nth order compatible with each other or nth order contained in each other.