Synthesis and Investigation of Piezophotocatalytic Properties of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide

Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin - A piezoactive nanofiber composite PVDF film with TiO2 nanoparticles included in it was synthesized by electrospinning. The composition, morphology and...     

Kinetics of Absorption of Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide in Fluorine-Containing Media

Kinetics and Catalysis - It has been established that the reactions of sulfur dioxide oxidation and carbon dioxide conversion take place in aqueous suspensions of calcium fluoride at room...     

Plane steady vibration of an elastic wedge

The problem of plane steady vibration of an elastic wedge of arbitrary angle (less than 180 degrees) subject to harmonic normal and shearing tractions on its faces is reduced to a system of singular integral equations by the superposition of two half-plane solutions. The integral equations have kernels with Cauchy singularities of a non-translation type, except for the 90 degree wedge. The locations of these singularity lines are shown graphically as a function of wedge angle.     

Pulsatile flow of an elastico-viscous liquid in a channel of elliptic cross-section

Summary The pulsatile flow of an elastico-viscous liquid through an elliptic tube is considered in this note. The problem is solved as a boundary and initial value problem by using the Laplace Transform method. Explicit expressions for velocity distribution are obtained in the two limiting cases of small and large values of time. The effect of elasticity on the flow is discussed analytically.

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Zusammenfassung In dieser Mitteilung wird die pulsierende Strömung einer viskoelastischen Flüssigkeit durch ein elliptisches Rohr betrachtet. Das Problem wird als Anfangs- und Randwertproblem mit Hilfe der Laplace-Transformation gelöst. Explizite Ausdrücke der Geschwindigkeitsverteilung werden für die beiden Grenzfälle kurzer und langer Zeiten angegeben. Die Wirkung der Elastizität auf die Strömung wird analysiert.

     

Methods and correlations for the prediction of quenching rates on hot surfaces

A substantial quantity of experimental data on rewetting, much of which has not been previously reported, is analysed using the results of calculations of the two-dimensional conduction processes taking place in the walls of tubes, which have been used to simulate the cladding of nuclear fuel elements. Correlations giving the quenching heat-transfer coefficient and sputtering temperature are proposed as a result of the analysis. These correlations may be combined with the previously reported conduction analysis to predict rewetting rates under a wide range of conditions. The new data include falling film rewetting rates measured for a range of system pressures (1–15 bars), initial wall temperatures (200–650°C), coolant mass flowrates (3–50 g sec^?1) and subcoolings (0–90°C). Measurements have also been made of rewetting rates by bottom flooding of both saturated and subcooled water at atmospheric pressure.     

Optical phenomena in photoelastic models by the rotation of principal axes

The basic equations of three-dimensional photoelasticity are derived in a form which is simpler than that of equations known previously. Using the matrix representation of the solution of these equations, it is also shown that when rotation of principal axes is present there always exist two perpendicular directions of polarizer by which the light emerging from the model is linearly polarized. These polarization directions of the incident and emergent light are named primary and secondary characteristic directions, respectively. The experimental determination of characteristic directions, as well as of the phase retardation, gives three equations on every light path to determine the stress components in a three-dimensional model. A general algorithm of the method of characteristic directions is presented, and its application by determination of stress in shells by normal and tangential incidence is described. A further extension of the method to the general axisymmetric problem has been suggested.     

An analysis on effect of transverse convex curvature on turbulent flow and heat transfer

An analysis based on a model of modified mixing length by Hornby, Mistry und Barrow [1] was made on the effect of transverse convex curvature in turbulent boundary layer for incompressible axial flows along circular cylinders. The deviation of various turbulent flow and heat transfer properties from those of flat plates is presented. The agreement between the analyses and the experimental results for skin friction and heat transfer rate is good. The study demonstrated that, for a given condition, both the friction coefficient and Stanton number increase with decreasing value of the cyclinder radius and that their values are always greater than those for the flow over a flat plate.     

Zum Randwertproblem der schwingenden schubelastischen Platte

Übersicht Über das Prinzip von Hamilton werden mittels verschiedener Ritzansätze für die Verschiebungen bzw. Spannungen Bewegungsgleichungen für die schwingende Platte hergeleitet. Abhängig von der Phasengeschwindigkeit ebener Biegewellen wird ein Schubbeiwert definiert, der im Vergleich mit der exakten Lösung der unendlichen Platte als Gütekriterium dient.

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On the boundary value problem of vibrating plates

Summary Following Hamilton's principle the equations of motion of a vibrating plate are derived by means of an expansion of the displacements respectively stresses using Ritz method. Depending upon the wave velocity of straight-crested flexural waves a shear coefficient is defined to check the above solutions with the known exact solution for the infinite plate.

     

Nichtisotherme ebene Freistrahlen unter Schwerkrafteinfluß

Higher-order boundary layer theory is used to study the behaviour of nonisothermal laminar and turbulent free jet flows. In addition to the Prandtl boundary layer equations, an equation is used to describe the equilibrium of forces normal to the flow direction. This equilibrium exists between the buoyancy forces caused by gravity and the centrifugal forces resulting from the curvature in the flow. The proper selection of reference values permits the characteristics of the jet flow to be expressed as universal functions in which only the initial jet orientation and the Prandtl number in the case of laminar flow are input parameters. When the volume flow is given in addition to the momentum and thermal energy, the characteristic parameter are the Archimedes number for turbulent flow and the modified Archimedes number for laminar flow. The jet flow is calculated using an integral method in which the eddy viscosity and the turbulent Prandtl number are given as functions of the local Archimedes number. Comparison of experimental data from the literature and from our laboratory on nonisothermal free jets with the theoretical results, show satisfactory agreement. The universal diagrams given in the paper are valid forall plane laminar (Pr=0.7) and turbulent nonisothermal jets.