New Crystal Devices for Use at the U-70 Accelerator

JETP Letters - In view of the successful experience in the generation of pion and kaon secondary beams using a focusing crystal, it has been proposed to build at the U-70 accelerator a new-type...     

Synchrotron radiation interference in front of the silicon absorption edge for silicon-on-insulator structures

The synchrotron radiation (SR) interference phenomenon has been for the first time observed in a strained silicon nanolayer deposited on a dielectric SiO₂ layer (∼150 nm) on Si (100) single crystalline substrates (silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structures). Strong oscillations of spectra intensity depending on photon energy have been detected in the energy range preceding the elementary silicon Si L _2,3 absorption edge (≤100 eV) at grazing angles of SR smaller than 21° in the X-ray photoeffect quantum yield structure. The phase of the spectra oscillation structure is reversed for small variations of grazing angle in the 4°–21° range. The silicon nanolayer thickness (∼180 nm) has been estimated in the three-layer, Si nanolayer-SiO₂-Si substrate structure with the use of neighbor maxima positions of ultrasoft X-ray radiation interference in XANES (X-ray absorption near edge structure) spectra. A decrease in the crystal lattice parameter of a strained silicon layer along the normal to substrate has been determined by X-ray diffraction. An increase in the Si-Si interatomic distances in the strained silicon nanolayer lattice of SOI structure has been found using ultrasoft X-ray emission spectroscopy data.     

Laminar natural convection between vertical isothermal heated plates with different temperatures

Numerical investigation of laminar free convection heat transfer in the vertical parallel plate channel with asymmetric heating is presented. Both inlet and exit effects are included into the analysis. A numerical solution is obtained for a Prandtl number of 0.71 and for modified Rayleigh number [`(Ra)]\overline {Ra} = 10⁻¹ ÷ 10⁵, and varying heating ratio T_R = 0 ÷ 1 and aspect ratio A = 10. Fully elliptic Navier-Stokes and energy equations are solved using the finite volume techniques with staggered grid arrangements. The obtained results show a strong influence of the temperature ratio on local and average heat transfer coefficient on the hot and cold plates. With reduction of T_R the heat transfer parameter on the hot wall grows, and on the cold one, on the contrary, it decreases. As a result, the total heat exchange from two plates depends poorly on the parameter T_R.     

Turbulent flow past a transverse cavity with inclined side walls. 1. Flow structure

The process of vortex formation in a cavity with inclined walls, which has a moderate aspect ratio, is experimentally studied, and the distribution of pressure coefficients is measured. The angle of inclination of the side walls ϕ is varied from 30 to 90°. It is found that the flow in the cavity becomes unstable in the range of inclination angles ϕ = 60–70°. Flow reconstruction occurs, which substantially alters the surface-temperature and static-pressure distributions. Large changes in these characteristics and their nonuniform distributions for these angles are observed across the cavity on its frontal wall and on the bottom. For small angles (ϕ = 30 and 45°), the pressure on the rear wall drastically increases, which leads to a small increase in pressure averaged over the entire cavity surface. __________ Translated from PrikladnayaMekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 68–76, September–October, 2006.     

Linear relationship between the first invariants of the stress and strain tensors in theories of plasticity with strain hardening

Energy-coupled stress and strain measures are defined in Euler coordinates. They are used to analyze the relationship between the first invariants of the stress and strain tensors for linearity and to determine strains at which the plastic component of the first strain invariant can be neglected. It is established that this relationship remains linear within an engineering plastic-strain tolerance of 0.2% irrespective of the value of strain intensity, which depends on the type of material and its stress state __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 60–72, March 2007.     

Some Features of a Turbulent Separated Flow and Heat Transfer Behind a Step and a Rib. 1. Flow Structure

The influence of the shape and size of the obstacle on separated flow and heat transfer is studied experimentally. Results of investigation and comparative analysis of the hydrodynamic structure of a separated flow behind a step and a rib are presented. A principally different character of transfer processes in the separated flow behind obstacles of these types is demonstrated. The flow structure in the secondary vortex region is considered.