Air-Driven Segregation in Binary Granular Mixtures with Same Size but Different Densities

We investigate the segregation effect of binary granular mixtures with the same size but different densities under vibration at different air pressures. Our experiments show that the segregation state is seriously dependent on the air pressure and there is a new type of partially segregated state at high air pressure, which has the characteristic that the lighter grains tend to stay at the bottom and form a pure layer, while heavier grains and remained lighter ones tend to rise and to form a mixed layer on the top of the system. We redefine the order parameter to study the variation of the segregation effect with the air pressure and vibration parameter in detail. Finally, the mechanism of the air-driven segregation is illustrated by the faster acceleration due to the airflow through the granular bed for lighter particles.     

二元合金表面偏析的Monte Carlo方法模拟

详细介绍了二元合金表面偏析的Monte Carlo模拟方法,并应用改进的分析型嵌入原子模型结合Monte Carlo方法模拟研究了Pd-Au合金表面成分及其剖面成分分布,发现Au在表面偏析,并同已有实验结果进行了比较.     

Effects of Continuous Size Distributions on Pressures of Granular Gases

Direct Monte Carlo simulations are employed to investigate the granular pressures in granular materials with a power-law particle size distribution. Specifically, smooth circular discs of uniform material density are engaged in a two-dimensional rectangular box, colliding inelastically with each other and driven by a homogeneous heat bath at zero gravity. The resulting pressures are found to decrease as the widths of particle size distribution are increased. Moreover, the granular pressures in power-law systems are found to be unequally distributed among the various sizes of particles, with large particles possessing more pressure than their smaller counterparts. The width-dependent nature of the total pressures is induced by the more dispersion of smaller particles in the system as the particle size distribution is widened.     

Fluctuations of Power Injection in Randomly Driven Granular Gases

We investigate the large deviation function π_∞(w) for the fluctuations of the power W(t) = wt, integrated over a time t, injected by a homogeneous random driving into a granular gas, in the infinite time limit. Our analytical study starts from a generalized Liouville equation and exploits a Molecular Chaos-like assumption. We obtain an equation for the generating function of the cumulants μ(λ) which appears as a generalization of the inelastic Boltzmann equation and has a clear physical interpretation. Reasonable assumptions are used to obtain μ(λ) in a closed analytical form. A Legendre transform is sufficient to get the large deviation function π_∞(w). Our main result, apart from an estimate of all the cumulants of W(t) at large times t, is that π_∞ has no negative branch. This immediately results in the inapplicability of the Gallavotti-Cohen Fluctuation Relation (GCFR), that in previous studies had been suggested to be valid for injected power in driven granular gases. We also present numerical results, in order to discuss the finite time behavior of the fluctuations of W (t) . We discover that their probability density function converges extremely slowly to its asymptotic scaling form: the third cumulant saturates after a characteristic time τ larger than ∼50 mean free times and the higher order cumulants evolve even slower. The asymptotic value is in good agreement with our theory. Remarkably, a numerical check of the GCFR is feasible only at small times (at most τ/10), since negative events disappear at larger times. At such small times this check leads to the misleading conclusion that GCFR is satisfied for π_∞(w). We offer an explanation for this remarkable apparent verification. In the inelastic Maxwell model, where a better statistics can be achieved, we are able to numerically observe the “failure” of GCFR.     

The Fractal Characteristic of Particles in Granular Material Flows and Its Effect on Effective Thermal Conductivity

According to the fact that many pulverized particles possess fractal characteristic, a fractal model for studying fine particles in granular material flows is first proposed. An expression of particles' fractal distribution is derived to describe the relationship between the particle fractal dimensions and particle velocity distribution function. In accordance with this model, the theoretical particle effective thermal conductivity is derived. The analytical results show that for the small Biot-Fourier number, the effective thermal conductivity increases with the square root of the granular temperature. For very large Biot-Fourier number, the effective thermal conductivity linearly increases with the granular temperature. Numerically calculated results show that the thermal conductivity increases with the particle size fractal dimensions and decreases with the particle surface fractal dimensions.     

Thermal Convection in a Tilted Rectangular Cell with Aspect Ratio 0.5

Thermal convection in a three-dimensional tilted rectangular cell with aspect ratio 0.5 is studied using direct numerical simulations within both Oberbeck Boussinesq(OB) approximation and strong non-Oberbeck Boussinesq(NOB) effects. The considered Rayleigh numbers Ra range from 10~5 to 10~7, the working fluid is air at 300 K, and the corresponding Prandtl number Pr is 0.71. Within the OB approximation, it is found that there exist multiple states for Ra-10~5 and hysteresis for Ra-10~6. For a relatively small tilt angle β, the large-scale circulation can either orient along one of the vertical diagonal planes(denoted by Md mode) or orient parallel to the front wall(denoted by M, mode). Which of the two modes transports heat more efficiently is not definitive, and it depends on the Rayleigh number Ra. For Ra 10~7 and β=0°, the time-averaged flow field contains four rolls in the upper half and lower half of the cell, respectively, Md and M, modes only developing in tilted cells. By investigating NOB effects in tilted convection for fixed Ra 10~6, it is found that the NOB effects on the Nusselt number Nu, the Reynolds number Re and the central temperature T_c for different β ranges are different. NOB effects can either increase or decrease Nu, Re and T_c when β is varied.     

Relaxation Oscillation of Thermal Convection in Rotating Cylindrical Annulus

Chaotic thermal convection in a rapidly rotating cylindrical annulus is investigated numerically and the relaxation oscillation state is obtained under the no-slip boundary condition. The dominant frequency of the oscillation is inherited directly from a vacillating mode, whose nonlinear interaction with another high-frequency vacillating mode leads to the chaotic state at high Rayleigh numbers through an RTN-type route. Furthermore, the effects of Coriolis parameter and Rayleigh number on the quasi-periodic burst of kinetic energy are discussed as well.     

基于LBM的部分热活跃边界下多孔腔体内自然对流换热

采用Boltzmann方法模拟部分热活跃边界下的多孔腔体内自然对流,探讨不同热边界布置方案、孔隙度、Da数及Ra数对其流动传热的影响.数值计算表明：Da=10^-4时,腔体内中央出现一个循环流模式,只在Ra数很大时孔隙度才对传热有影响; Da=10^-2时,腔体内出现两个循环流,在Ra数很小时孔隙度对传热产生强烈的的影响.热活跃边界位置影响腔体内流体对流传热的强度,加热边界布置在底部、而冷却边界布置在顶部（Bottom-Top布置方式）,对多孔腔体内对流传热最有利,优于全热边界布置方式的传热效果.     

热电制冷LED自然对流散热的设计与优化

为提升高热流密度下LED灯具的自然对流散热性能,以一款基于热电制冷（TEC）的单颗LED小型灯具模组为研究对象,在采用实验测量和回归拟合准确获得TEC性能参数的基础上,建立了有无TEC参与散热的等效热路模型,并选择合理的数学公式对其进行性能描述,进而遵循本文设计的计算流程快速得到各种散热性能数据。LED模组的散热分析表明：在恒定的LED热功率下,施加最佳的TEC电流可获得最高的散热性能;LED热功率越低,安装TEC的散热性能越比常规方法优异。经遗传算法优化前后的性能对比分析表明：优化后结构中TEC的合理工作区明显增大,能满足LED更高功率的散热需求;当LED为0.493 W时,优化后结构的最佳结温仅为15.66℃,远低于30℃的环境温度。基于TEC实验数据建立的等效热路模型,能为装配TEC的LED模组提供快速完整的散热设计分析与结构优化的合理方案。     

Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of Domain Growth and Phase Separation in Binary Immiscible Fluids

用并行耗散粒子动力学方法研究了二维和三维体系中不同淬火深度下二元不相容流体旋节线分离的相区增长过程. 在二维体系中,在浅度淬火条件下得到了动力学标度指数为1/2的融合机制和2/3的惯性流体动力学机制,在深度淬火情况下发现了有限尺寸效应. 在三维体系中,浅度淬火条件下n=1/3的扩散机制和两种不同淬火深度下n=2/3的惯性流体动力学机制. 由于耗散粒子动力学软相互作用势的本质,所以粘性效应无法被清晰地反映,在该时间区间里,不论是浅度还是深度淬火都表现出n=1/2的指数关系.     

Effect of Dissipative Environments on Atomic-State Quantum Teleportation

In the paper, taking the atomic EPR entanglement states as quantum channel, we investigate the fidelity of quantum teleportation of atomic state in thermal environment and vacuum reservoir by means of quantum theory of damping-density operator approach, and the average fidelities are calculated. the resultsshow that the atomic quantum channel state |ø> = (1/2^1/2)(| 00>+ |11>) is more robust than | Φ> = (1/2^1/2)(|01> + |10>) in teleportation process when they are subject to the dissipative environments.     

Thermal Dissipation in Two Dimensional Relativistic Fermi Gases with a Relaxation Time Model

Journal of Statistical Physics - The thermal transport properties of a two dimensional Fermi gas are explored, for the full range of temperatures and densities. The heat flux is established by...     

Relaxation of Translational Energy in Binary Mixtures of Dilute Gases Composed of Hard Spheres

Analytical expressions for the relaxation time τ necessary for the equilibration of translational energies of components in binary mixtures of dilute gases composed of hard spheres are derived. An expression for the collision number Z describing the mean number of collisions of one particle during the relaxation time is also given. The derivation has been performed for the very beginning of the relaxation and we choose the initial translational energy of the sort which is in excess to be equal to zero. Computer results obtained by a direct simulation method of solution of the Boltzmann equation do not only confirm these results but also show them to be valid for a relatively long part of the equilibration.     

Thermal Performance Enhancement of Thermosyphon Heat Pipe with Binary Working Fluids

Thermal performance of a thermosyphon heat pipe using ethanol-water and TEG-water with variations of parameters such as the mixture content, the pipe diameter, and the working temperature have been studied in this research work. From the experiments, it is found that at low temperature of heat source (less than 80^oC), the ethanol-water mixture has a higher heat transfer rate than that of water and close to that of pure ethanol. In the case of TEG-water mixture, the heat transfer rate of the thermosyphon varies with the content of TEG in the mixture, and it is found that TEG in the mixture can increase the critical heat flux due to the flooding limit in a small thermosyphon. The boiling equation of Rohsenow and the condensation equation of Nusselt are modified to predict the heat transfer coefficients inside the thermosyphon. For the mixtures, the weighted average of the heat transfer coefficient of each component can be used to predict the total heat transfer coefficient. Furthermore, it is found that Faghri's equation can be used to predict the critical heat flux due to the flooding limit of the thermosyphon with the binary mixtures.     

Effects of Thermal Convection on NMR and Their Elimination by Sample Rotation

It is shown that the presence of thermal convection in a sample tube may lead to a variety of anomalous phenomena in prolonged multiple-pulse NMR experiments. They are investigated by applying inversion-recovery pulse sequences to¹²⁹Xe of xenon gas dissolved in deuterated cyclohexane and acetonitrile, and to¹⁹F in xenon difluoride (XeF₂) dissolved in deuterated acetonitrile. If convection is present, the recovery of the magnetization after the π pulse may be very different from the recovery due to the spin–lattice relaxation alone. It may be much faster, very sensitive to temperature, and nonexponential, exhibiting even oscillatory behavior. In addition, the shape of the spectral lines may be seriously distorted. The results show that convection and the resulting anomalies can be effectively eliminated by rotating the sample tube at a spinning speed on the order of 10 Hz. These phenomena may provide novel methods for investigating thermal convection.     

LAMOST围挡通道的壁面传热影响分析

运用热分析软件Icepak对望远镜LAMOST的圆顶围挡通道进行了热计算与分析，重点分析了围挡壁面的热辐射和热传导对整个温度场的影响。在通风管道冷却方案的基础上，分别建立了壁面辐射和传导的热模型，描述了壁面的传热结构。仿真计算了增加壁面热辐射和热传导时主光学组件——焦面的温度场分布，并对此作了对比分析。数值计算与仿真结果表明：壁面传热对其内部温度场的影响不大;利用通风管道的冷却措施可将焦面的最大温度梯度控制在0.4℃／m；围挡的特性结构对传热有效。     

Modeling of Nucleation in Binary Alloys on the Basis of the Free-Energy Density Functional

Physics of the Solid State - An approach based on the method of the free-energy density functional for calculating the nucleation rate of the second-phase precipitates has been developed. The...