Vacuum sampling in the landscape during inflation

We consider the phenomenological consequences of sampling multiple vacua during inflation motivated by an enormous landscape. A generic consequence of this sampling is the formation of domain walls, characterized by the scale mu of the barriers that partition the accessed vacua. We find that the success of big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) implies mu > or = 10 TeV, as long as the sampled vacua have a nondegeneracy larger than O(MeV4). Otherwise, the walls will dominate and eventually form black holes that must reheat the universe sufficiently for BBN to take place; in this case, we obtain mu > or = 10(-5)MP. These black holes are not allowed to survive and contribute to cosmic dark matter density.     

Natural draft dry cooling tower modelling

Predictions based on a numerical simulation of a natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) has been compared with those obtained theoretically and experimentally. Experiments are conducted in a lab-scale NDDCT and are validated with a three-dimensional numerical simulation of the flow in and around the heat exchangers, which is modelled as a porous medium. Both vertical and horizontal arrangements of the heat exchangers are examined. The experimental, numerical and theoretical approaches lead to very close prediction for the air velocity and temperature at the exit of the cooling tower. Results of this study are expected to be useful for future work on the development of air-cooled condensers for geothermal power plants in Australia.     

Thermal Analysis of Flow in a Porous Medium Over a Permeable Stretching Wall

This work presents a similarity solution for boundary layer flow through a porous medium over a stretching porous wall. Two considered wall boundary conditions are power-law distribution of either wall temperature or heat flux which are general enough to cover the isothermal and isoflux cases. In addition to momentum, both first and second laws of thermodynamics analyses of the problem are investigated. Independent numerical simulations are also performed for verification of the proposed analytical solution. The results, from the two independent approaches, are found to be in complete agreement. A comprehensive parametric study is presented and it is shown that heat transfer and entropy generation rates increase with Reynolds number, Prandtl number, and suction to the surface.     

Performance of tubular aluminum foam heat exchangers in multiple row bundles

Two sets of aluminum foam cylinders, 5 and 15 mm thick, are being tested in two-row and three-row bundles for their thermo-hydraulic performance. The bundles are formed using fixed transversal and longitudinal pitch distances and subject to airflow between 0.5 and 5.0 at 0.5 m s^?1 interval under cross-flow. The effects of foam layer thickness and the number of row under staggered configuration are investigated. Thermo-hydraulic results are benchmarking against those of a conventional finned tube bundle of similar dimensions with pre-determined number of fins and assembled using the same pitch distances.

     

Buoyancy Effects on Cooling a Heat Generating Porous Medium: Coal Stockpile

In this study, the effects of buoyancy on heat and fluid flow within and around a coal stockpile are numerically investigated by both a FORTRAN code and the commercially available CFD-ACE software. Numerical simulations are backed up by theoretical results based on scale analysis. Transient variation of maximum temperature inside the coal stockpile is monitored for different coal properties. Besides, the effects of reduction of the stockpile porosity on the prevention of self-heating are studied. In doing so, on top of numerical results and as an independent prediction tool, Bejan’s Intersection of Asymptotes method is applied to find the optimum porosity of the stockpile. Finally, the energy flux vectors are used to track the correct path of energy transportation in the computational domain.     

Synthesis of Quinoxalinophenazine Derivatives and Reaction of 3,12-Dimethylbenzo[a]quinoxalino-[2,3-c]phenazine with Mercury(Ⅱ) Bromide: Spectral and Structural Characterization

A new series of quinoxalinophenazine derivatives were synthesized in good yields by the reaction of 2,3-dibromonaphthalene-1,4-dione with different aryl-1,2-diamines in DMF as solvent at 120~130℃ or under reflux conditions. 3,12-dimethylbenzo[a]quinoxalino[2,3-c] phenazine with bidentate character reacts with mercury(II) bromide to give suitable crystals. All products were confirmed by IR, 1H and 13 C NMR, and the metal complex by single-crystal X-ray method. The crystal(C24H16Br2HgN4, Mr = 720.82) belongs to the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 10.186(6), b = 10.421(6), c = 11.470(7) , α = 98.670(7), β = 95.069(7), γ = 109.831(7)o, V = 1119.4(12) 3, Z = 2, Dc = 2.139 Mg/m3, μ = 10.46 mm-1, F(000) = 676, R = 0.043 and wR = 0.115 for 3982 observed reflections with I 2σ(I).     

等通量壁多孔饱和圆管中粘性耗散对热发展强迫对流的影响

基于Brinkman流动模型，研究了等通量壁多孔饱和圆管中粘性耗散对强迫对流的影响，在热发展区域，进行了数值研究；在充分发展区域，进行了摄动分析并求得温度分布的表达式和Nusselt数。在发展区域，利用数值解得到的充分发展Nusselt数与渐近分析结果进行了比较，吻合很好。     

A study of the linearity of optical micro-resonator-based modulators

The linearity of micro-resonator-based modulators for analogue modulation is quantified in terms of the spurious free dynamic range. Some design strategies and operation techniques are presented to improve the linearity of these devices.     

多孔饱和矩形管中粘性随温度变化对熵产、热和流体流动的影响

研究了充填流体-饱和多孔介质的矩形管中,随温度变化的粘性对充分发展强迫对流的影响.采用Darcy流动模型并假设粘性-温度为倒线性关系.管壁视为均匀热通量,即Kays和Craw-ford称为的H边界条件.当流体粘性随温度升高而降低时,管壁的Nusselt数增大.求解速度和温度分布时,利用热力学第二定律求解了局部平均熵产率.根据Brinkman数、Péclet数、粘性变化数、无量纲管壁热通量和管道截面宽高比,给出了熵产率、Bejan数、传热不可逆性和流体流动不可逆性的表达式.这些表达式是该类问题参数研究的基础.可以看出,当管道截面宽高比的增大使熵产率减小时,方形管中流动产生的熵大于矩形管,这类似于Ratts和Raut研究的明流(clear flow)情况.