Thrust characteristics of an airbreathing pulse detonation engine in flight at mach numbers of 0.4 to 5.0

Multidimensional calculations are performed to demonstrate that, by its characteristics, the pulse detonation engine (PDE) is a unique type of ramjet propulsion system, which can be used in both subsonic and supersonic aircraft. By a number of examples, it is shown that, in various thrust characteristics, such as the specific impulse, specific fuel consumption, and specific thrust, the PDE substantially exceeds ramjet engines.     

Change in structure and properties of carbon steels bombarded by a 10−5 to 10−4 second high-energy electron beam

We consider the hardening characteristics and features of the structural and phase transformations in carbon steel (0.7% C) quenched from the melt using an electron beam with electron energy 130–180 keV, pulse duration 10–200 msec and power density 10⁶ to 10⁷ W/cm². We have observed that maximum hardening is achieved for pulse duration 40 msec. The nonmonotonic character of the dependence of the degree of hardening on the pulse duration is connected with the substantial effect of the beam parameters on the phase composition and morphology of the rapidly quenched structures.Institute of Power Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Tomsk State Architectural Design Academy. Institute of the Physics of Strength and Materials Science, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, p. 42–50, October, 1995.     

State-specific multireference complete-active-space coupled-cluster approach versus other quantum chemical methods: dissociation of the N2 molecule

A comprehensive comparison of different quantum-chemical methods applied to calculate the N₂ ground state potential energy curve is presented. In the comparison we highlight the multireference state-specific (MRSS) coupled-cluster (CC) approach with the complete-active-space (CAS) reference and with single and double excitations from all reference determinants in the CC operator developed in our group. The method is called CASCCSD. The energy and amplitude equations for the method and the corresponding computer code have been generated using a computerized automative procedure that in the present work was extended to produce a parallel computer code. The complete CASCCSD wave function for N₂ includes some selected eight-fold excitations in the CC operator. An analysis of the wave function estimates the importance of those excitations at large internuclear separations.     

Interaction between acoustic fields of the ambient noise and point surface source

In measuring acoustic field vector properties either complete or partial cancellation between ambient noise energy flux and the oppositely directed one, radiated, for instance, by tone or noise-shaped point source can be found. In that case there is no matter coherent or incoherent fields interact. The phenomenon of interest is named compensation of opposing energy fluxes. The paper is focused on interaction between vertical component of the surface noise energy flux and that of bottom-reflected noise-shaped interfering signal from on-water source in the deep open ocean. Bottom-reflected weak broadband interfering signal measures the extent of resultant compensation. As the vertical projection of the signal energy flux makes the interference maximum, its power appears to be comparable to that of the surface noise and complete compensation takes place at a given frequency. Once it is the interference minimum, just partial compensation can be found. No compensation was observed for co-directional energy fluxes.     

High Chrome Steel Modified by High-Current Pulsed Electron Beam

Russian Physics Journal - The paper presents the results of the structure and properties modification of 20Cr23Ni18 (AISI 310) high chrome austenitic stainless steel after the exposure to the low...     

Vorticity and Particle Polarization in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - We review studies of vortical motion and the resulting global polarization of $$Lambda$$ and $$bar{Lambda}$$ hyperons in heavy-ion collisions, in particular, within...