Normal co-ordinates through coriolis coupling constants

Normal co-ordinates, force fields and isotopic frequencies have been calculated for someXY ₃ andXY ₄-type molecules using coriolis coupling constants.     

Gamma ray photon-induced modifications in Triafol-TN and Triafol-BN polymeric track detectors

Photon induced modifications in Triafol-TN and Triafol-BN polymers have been studied in the dose range of 10¹–10⁶ Gy at room temperature using a ⁶⁰Co source. To monitor the chemical and structural changes induced by gamma rays, UV, IR, and ESR studies were carried out. Thermal studies were also conducted for understanding the effects of gamma irradiations on these polymers. Variation of track etching characteristics and activation energy for bulk etching have been studied at different gamma rays doses. The experimental results are presented and discussed.     

Flow of viscoelastic fluids through an abrupt contraction

Summary Developing and fully developed velocity profiles were measured for viscoelastic fluids flowing through an abrupt 2 to 1 glass-contraction. An R 16Weissenberg-Rheogoniometer was used to measure the rheological properties of the viscoelastic fluids in the shear rates range of interest in the contraction. The measured entry lengths for the viscoelastic fluids were significantly less than predictions and experimental values for inelastic fluids with the same power-law parameters. Deviations from inelastic entry behaviour ranged from 11.6–100%, were independent ofReynolds number, but were strongly dependent on the ratio of the friction velocity to the shear wave velocity. Increasing the friction velocity relative to the shear wave velocity resulted in an increased deviation from inelastic behaviour. When the friction velocity was of the same order as the shear wave velocity a zero entry length and a fully developed entry velocity profile were observed. Further increase in the friction velocity relative to the shear wave velocity resulted in anomalous entry behaviour accompanied by unusual flow patterns upstream of the contraction.

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Zusammenfassung Es wurden sich bildende sowie voll ausgebildete Geschwindigkeitsprofile viskoelastischer Flüssigkeiten in einer scharfkantigen Rohrverengung von 2 zu 1 gemessen. Ein Weissenbergsches Rheogoniometer R 16 diente zur Charakterisierung der viskoelastischen Flüssigkeiten im betreffenden Deformationsgeschwindigkeitsbereich.Meßergebnisse für die Einlauflänge viskoelastischer Flüssigkeiten weichen bedeutend von den Voraussagen sowie von Meßergebnissen für unelastische Flüssigkeiten ab, die, nach demOstwald- de Waeleschen Modell berechnet, die gleichen Kenngrößen aufzeigen.Die Abweichung vom viskosen Einlaufverhalten beträgt 11,6 bis 100%. Sie ist unabhängig von der Reynoldschen Zahl, hängt aber sehr stark ab von dem Verhältnis zwischen zwei Geschwindigkeiten u^*=Schubspannungsgeschwindigkeit undu=Scherwellengeschwindigkeit.Eine Erhöhung vonu ^* gegenüberu verursacht eine erhöhte Abweichung vom unelastischen Verhalten. Wenn die zwei Geschwindigkeitenu ^* undu von der gleichen Größenordnung sind, verschwindet die Einlaufsentwicklung und ein vollausgebildetes Geschwindigkeitsprofil tritt schon am Eingang auf. Ein weiteres Erhöhen vonu ^* überu verursacht anomales Einlaufverhalten mit ungewöhnlichem Strömungsbild oberhalb der Verengung.

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On Sabbatical Leave: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto 181, Ontario, Canada.     

Random vortex-street model for a self-similar plane turbulent jet

We ask what determines the (small) angle of turbulent jets. To answer this question we first construct a deterministic vortex-street model representing the large-scale structure in a self-similar plane turbulent jet. Without adjustable parameters the model reproduces the mean velocity profiles and the transverse positions of the large-scale structures, including their mean sweeping velocities, in a quantitative agreement with experiments. Nevertheless, the exact self-similar arrangement of the vortices (or any other deterministic model) necessarily leads to a collapse of the jet angle. The observed (small) angle results from a competition between vortex sweeping tending to strongly collapse the jet and randomness in the vortex structure, with the latter resulting in a weak spreading of the jet.     

Mixed Convection of Water at 4°C Along a Wedge with Variable Surface Flux in a Porous Medium

In this study, the mixed convection of water at 4°C along a wedge in a porous medium is investigated numerically using finite difference method. In order to explore the effect of mixed convection, both forced and free convection-dominated regimes are considered. Non-similarity solutions are obtained for the variable wall flux boundary condition. Velocity and temperature profiles as well as local dimensionless skin friction and Nusselt number are obtained and compared with the available numerical results for various values of different parameters. The wedge angle geometry parameter m and mixed convection parameter ξ are ranged from 0 to 1 in both regimes whereas different values of λ are considered for the purpose of comparison of heat transfer results.     

A minimal composite theory for stability of non-parallel compressible boundary-layer flow

A new minimal composite theory that extends the approach of Govindarajan and Narasimha [1] is proposed here for 2D non-parallel compressible boundary-layer stability subject to 3D disturbances. The mean profiles are obtained from Hortons analysis, which provides a good approximation for a large range of Prandtl numbers at non-zero pressure gradients. In the lowest order, all effects of order lower than O(R^-2/3) anywhere in the boundary-layer are included, R being the local boundary-layer Reynolds number; the resulting non-parallel formulation yields a set of four ordinary differential equations, as compared to the five coupled equations of classical parallel flow theory of Mack [2]. The largest effect on stability of flow non-parallelism is found to be due to the wall-normal advection of velocity and temperature disturbance quantities by the mean flow. The present theory shows that the bulk viscosity, invariably included in compressible stability theories, is irrelevant at the lowest order. In comparison with the full [O(R^-1)] non-parallel theory, the present theory is marginally better than the parallel flow theory. PACS 03.50.De, 04.20-q, 42.65-k     

Natural convection flow from an isothermal horizontal circular cylinder with temperature dependent viscosity

Free convection flow from an isothermal horizontal circular cylinder immersed in a fluid with viscosity proportional to an inverse linear function of temperature is studied. The governing boundary layer equations are transformed into a non-dimensional form and the resulting nonlinear system of partial differential equations is reduced to local non-similarity equations which are solved numerically by a very efficient implicit finite difference method together with Keller box scheme. Numerical results are presented by velocity and viscosity profiles of the fluid as well as heat transfer characteristics, namely the local heat transfer rate and the local skin-friction coefficients for a wide range of viscosity parameter (= 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0,4.0) and the Prandtl number Pr (= 1.0, 7.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 30.0).     

Thermal radiation effect on mixed convection from horizontal surfaces in saturated porous media

An analysis is presented to investigate the effect of radiation on mixed convection from a horizontal flat plate in a saturated porous medium. Both a hot surface facing upward and a cold surface facing downward are considered in the analysis. The conservation equations that govern the problem are reduced to a system of nonlinear ordinary different equations. The important parameters of this problem are the radiation parameter R, the buoyancy parameter B, and the freestream to wall temperature ratio T _∞/T _w for the case of a hot surface or the wall to freestream to wall temperature T _w /T _∞ for the case of a cold surface.