Translational diffusion of rubrene and tetracene in polyisobutylene

The translational diffusion coefficients of rubrene and tetracene in amorphous polyisobutylene (PIB) were measured using the holographic fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique. Over the temperature range from 400 to 235 K (T _g =205 K), tracer diffusion coefficients from 10^–7 to 10^–14 cm²/s were observed. These diffusion coefficients have essentially the same temperature dependence as the rotational correlation times for these two probes in PIB. Both of these observables have a slightly stronger temperature dependence than does the viscosity. These results contrast strongly with the results of similar experiments on polystyrene and polysulfone. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that local segmental dynamics are more spatially homogeneous in PIB than in polystyrene and polysulfone.Dedicated to Prof. John D. Ferry on the occasion of his 85th birthday.     

摩擦学试验中多个旋转变量的在线测量与记录

本文研究了一种多变量在线测录仪，可用其在定向运转和反复正反变向运转的摩擦学试验中连续测量和记录试样的角速度、方位角、转数和摩擦距离等多个旋转变量的瞬时值，并且通过时间变量的关系，还可以清晰地显示出它们的变化过程和相互关系，基本能够描绘出试样在整个摩擦试验过程中的旋转动态。文章指出，利用这种测录仪还可得出一些间接的信息，如摩擦副的相对滑动量和试验过程中试样摩擦力的变化等。该仪器具有一机多用、所占空间     

Effect of rotation on the vibroconvective stability of a fluid layer with internal heat release

The equilibrium stability of a horizontal fluid layer with homogeneous internal heat release is investigated theoretically for the case in which the layer simultaneously undergoes high-frequency circular vibration in a horizontal plane and rotates about a vertical axis. The rotation frequency is assumed to be small as compared with the vibration frequency. It is found that the rotation has a stabilizing effect on the vibrational-gravitational convection. At the high-frequency limit the dependence of the critical values of the controlling parameters (gravitational and vibrational Rayleigh numbers) and the wave number on the rotation frequency is obtained.__________Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, 2005, pp. 53–61. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ivanova, Kozlov, and Kolesnikov.     

Stability of the equilibrium of rotating drillstrings

The quasistatic stability of a rotating drillstring under longitudinal force and torque is analyzed. Constitutive equations are derived, and a technique to solve them is proposed. It is shown that the buckling mode of the drillstring is helical within a section subjected to compressive forces __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 101–109, June 2006.     

Secondary flows and particle centrifugation in slightly tilted rotating pipes

A theoretical analysis is presented of viscous incompressible laminar flow in a pipe which rotates around an axis held at small angle with respect to its symmetry-axis. Analogous to the results of Barua and Benton [1, 2], solutions in closed-form are given for circulatory flows in the cross-sectional plane of the pipe due to Coriolis forces in combination with Hagen-Poiseuille flow through the pipe. The solutions are used to derive analytical expressions for trajectories of solid or liquid particles entrained in the gas and being subject to centrifugation and the said secondary flows. It is shown that despite centrifugation, particles can be locked into circulatory trajectories thus remaining suspended in the gas flowing through the pipe.     

单向连续竹纤维增强聚合物的拉伸性能

描述了一种单向连续竹纤维增强聚合物试件的制作工艺过程:研究了该型竹纤维增强复合材料的拉伸力学性能。将该性能与单向连续玻璃纤维增强聚合物的拉伸力学性能进行了比较,发现竹纤维增强聚合物的拉伸模量要明显高于玻璃纤维增强聚合物的对应值,而其拉伸强度和玻璃纤维增强聚合物的相当。同时发现竹纤维增强聚合物的纵向延展性较小,呈现一次性单界面脆性断裂状况,相对地,连续玻璃纤维增强聚合物的拉伸断裂是多次多界面分段断裂。     

Instability of small-amplitude convective flows in a rotating layer with free boundaries

The stability of steady convective flows in a horizontal layer with free boundaries, heated from below and rotating about a vertical axis, is studied in the Boussinesq approximation (Rayleigh-Bénard convection). The flows considered are convective rolls or square cells that are sums of two perpendicular rolls with equal wave numbers k. It is assumed that the Rayleigh number is almost critical in order for convective flows with a wave number k: R = R _c (k) + ε² to arise, the amplitude of the supercritical states being of the order of ε. It is shown that the flows are always unstable relative to perturbations that are the sum of one long-and two short-wave modes corresponding to linear rolls turned through small angles in opposite directions.     

A STRESS VECTOR-BASED CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR COHESIONLESS SOIL (Ⅱ)-APPLICATION

The stress vector-based constitutive model for cohesionless soil, proposed by SHI Hong-yan et al., was applied to analyze the deformation behaviors of materials subjected to various stress paths. The result of analysis shows that the constitutive model can capture well the main deformation behavior of cohesionless soil, such as stress-strain nonlinearity, hardening property, dilatancy, stress path dependency, non-coaxiality between the principal stress and the principal strain increment directions, and the coupling of mean effective and deviatoric stress with deformation. In addition, the model can also take into account the rotation of principal stress axes and the influence of intermediate principal stress on deformation and strength of soil simultaneously. The excellent agreement between the predicted and measured behavior indicates the comprehensive applicability of the model. Biography: SHI Hong-yan (1962-), Associate Professor, Doctor     

Dynamics of a Fluid in a Rotating Horizontal Cylinder

The behavior of a low-viscosity fluid in a rotating horizontal circular cylinder is investigated experimentally. The stability of the centrifuged layer, the motion of the fluid with respect to the cavity, the excitation of inertial waves on the fluid surface, and the effect of the waves on the stability and flow structure are studied over a wide region of relative occupancy of the cavity. The results are analyzed from the viewpoint of vibrational mechanics in which the motion is generated by the oscillations of the fluid with respect to the cavity and the gravity force plays the role of the force oscillating in the cavity reference system.     

Acetyl Methyl Torsion in N‐Ethylacetamide: A Challenge for Microwave Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry

The gas‐phase structures and parameters describing acetyl methyl torsion of N‐ethylacetamide are determined with high accuracy, using a combination of molecular beam Fourier‐transform microwave spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. Conformational studies at the MP2 level of theory yield four minima on the energy surface. The most energetically favorable conformer, which possesses C₁ symmetry, is assigned. Due to the torsional barrier of 73.4782(1) cm^?1 of the acetyl methyl group, fine splitting up to 4.9 GHz is found in the spectrum. The conformational structure is not only confirmed by the rotational constants, but also by the orientation of the internal rotor. The ¹⁴N quadrupole hyperfine splittings are analyzed and the deduced coupling constants are compared with the calculated values.