Flow of a micropolar fluid in a tube with sinusoidal deformation

Summary The flow of a micropolar fluid for sinusoidally deforming boundaries is discussed in detail. The velocity and microrotation fields and the streamfunction are determined and plotted under the assumption of small deformations.

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Zusammenfassung Die Strömung einer mikropolaren Flïssigkeit mit sinusoidaler Verformung der Begrenzung wird ausführlich diskutiert. Die Geschwindigkeits- und Mikrorotationsfelder und die Stromfunktion werden mit der Annahme einer kleinen Verformung bestimmt und graphisch dargestellt.

     

Valence Changes at High Pressure in Systems Containing Lanthanoids

Pressure-induced valence change in samarium sulfide SmS is reminiscent of alchemy, for when the electronic transition has taken place, the originally dull looking substance glitters like gold. Although it is not the realization of the alchemist's dream in the true sense, the material in the new state exhibits extraordinarily interesting behavior. As a novel feature, the valence state of the samarium fluctuates between two electronic configurations at a very fast rate. The physical properties of systems containing lanthanoids can be profoundly altered by manipulating the valence state by pressure or by chemical substitution. These phenomena will be described and discussed in the present article.     

NDDO MO calculations: isotropic hyperfine coupling constants and nuclear spin-spin coupling constants

The nonempirical NDDO MO method in its unrestricted form has been used to evaluate isotropic hyperfine coupling constants and nuclear spin-spin coupling constants. Satisfactory agreement with INDO and experimental results is obtained.     

Optical microscopic,X-ray diffraction,and electrical resistance studies of CuCl at high pressure

Electrical resistance and X-ray diffraction measurements and also optical observations under a polarizing microscope were made on CuCl to pressures in excess of 12.5 GPa at room temperature using a diamond anvil cell. Resistance measurements were also performed in a piston-cylinder apparatus to pressures of approximately 5.5 GPa at room temperature. Three samples of CuCl prepared by different methods were examined. No anomalous pressure dependence in electrical resistance was found in the pressure range studied, and no dramatic changes in optical transmission were observed up to pressures of approximately 10.0 GPa. Optical observations and X-ray diffraction measurements indicate the existence of four phases in the pressure range studied, including a nonconducting black opaque phase which grows with time when CuCl is left for several days at the highest pressures.     

A comparison of CeS and CeAl2

The compression curve (to 200 kbars) and the ambient resistivity versus temperature (1.5K <T < 300K) of CeS have been measured. The results are compared to the analogous experiments on the compound CeAl₂. A high pressure valence instability and ambient pressure crystalline electric field, spin fluctuation and magnetic order effects are found to be common to both compounds.