Closed solution to electromagnetic scattering of a plane wave by an eccentric cylinder coated with metamaterials

Closed series solution of electromagnetic scattering by an eccentric coated cylinder is achieved in matrix form. Diffracted field patterns are examined for an incident plane transverse magnetic (TM) wave. The solution is found by the classical separation of variables technique and the translational addition theorems. Wave transformation and orthogonality of the complex exponentials are employed to produce an infinite series. Numerical results are then shown by shortening the infinite series to a limited number of terms. Solutions are discussed for a dielectric or a metamaterial coating.     

Nonlinear instability of charged liquid jets: Effect of interfacial charge relaxation

A linear and nonlinear study has been made of cylindrical interface, carrying a uniform surface charge in the presence of a finite rate of charge relaxation, is investigated by using multiple scales method. The linear stability flow is analyzed by deriving a dispersion relation for the growth waves, and solving it analytically and numerically to find marginal stability curves. We investigate the electric charge relaxation effects on the stability of the flow by considering various limiting cases. We also examine the effects of finite charge relaxation times in axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric modes. In the nonlinear approach, it is shown that the evolution of the amplitude is governed by a Ginzburg–Landau equation. There is also obtained a nonlinear modified Schrödinger equation describing the evolution of wave packets for small charge relaxation time. Further, the classic Schrödinger equation is obtained when the influence of relaxation time charge is neglected. On the other hand, the complex amplitude of quasi-monochromatic standing waves near the cutoff wavenumber is governed by a similarly type of nonlinear Schrödinger equation in which the roles of time and space are interchanged. This equation makes it possible to estimate the nonlinear effect on the cutoff wavenumber. The nonlinear theory, when used to investigate the stability of charged liquid jet, appears accurately to predict a new unstable regions. The effects of the surface charge and charge relaxation on the stability are identified. The various stability criteria are discussed both analytically and numerically and the stability diagrams are obtained.     

Reynolds stress models applied to canonical shock-turbulence interaction

Shock waves in high-speed flows can drastically alter the nature of Reynolds stresses in a turbulent flow. We study the canonical interaction of homogeneous isotropic turbulence passing through a normal shock, where the shock wave generates significant anisotropy of Reynolds stresses. Existing Reynolds stress models are applied to this canonical problem to predict the amplification of the stream-wise and transverse normal Reynolds stresses across the shock wave. In particular, the efficacy of the different models for the rapid pressure–strain correlation is evaluated by comparing the results with available direct numerical simulation (DNS) data. The model predictions are found to be grossly inaccurate, especially at high-Mach numbers. We propose physics-based improvement to the Reynolds stress-transport equation in the form of shock-unsteadiness effect and enstrophy amplification for turbulent dissipation rate . The resulting model is found to capture the essential physics of Reynolds stress amplification, and match DNS data for a range of Mach numbers. Numerical error encountered at shock waves are also analysed and the model equations are cast in conservative form to obtain physically consistent results with successive grid refinement. Finally, the proposed model for canonical shock-turbulence interaction is generalised to multi-dimensional flows with shock of arbitrary orientation.     

用晶格玻尔兹曼方法研究螺旋波的产生机制和演化行为

采用五速正方晶格玻尔兹曼模型，由晶格玻尔兹曼方程推导得到了反应扩散方程.分析了Selkov反应扩散系统螺旋波的形成机制.零流边界条件下计算机数值模拟螺旋波的形成和破碎过程，发现Selkov反应扩散系统的失稳属于Doppler失稳.改变参数模拟系统的演化行为，发现不同的参数下系统可能到达三种不同的状态：均匀定态、混沌状态和螺旋波. 关键词： 晶格玻尔兹曼方法 螺旋波 计算机模拟     

并联铁电体冲击去极化输出电流实验和计算

 为分析不同数量铁电体的输出电流特征,进行了多片并联PZT95/5铁电体冲击去极化实验,测量了电阻负载下铁电体的输出电流;建立了并联铁电体输出电流的计算模型,计算了并联铁电体的输出电流。通过比较计算和实验结果,分析了铁电体数量和冲击波状态对铁电体输出电流的影响。结果表明：若进入铁电体的冲击波为平面波,铁电体输出电流的波形接近方波,电流峰值随铁电体并联数量的增加成比例增加,冲击波波形和侧向稀疏波对铁电体输出电流波形和去极化率有很大的影响。     

Ground States to the Generalized Nonlinear Schr(o)dinger Equations with Bernstein Symbols

This paper concerns with existence and qualitative properties of ground states to generalized nonlinear Schr(o)dinger equations (gNLS) with abstract symbols.Under some structural assumptions on the symbol,we prove a ground state exists and it satisfies several fundamental properties that the ground state to the standard NLS enjoys.Furthermore,by imposing additional assumptions,we construct,in small mass case,a nontrivial radially symmetric solution to gNLS with H1-subcritical nonlinearity,even if the natural energy space does not control the H1-subcritical nonlinearity.     

Interfacial waves with free-surface boundary conditions: an approach via a model equation

In a two-fluid system where the lower fluid is bounded below by a rigid bottom and the upper fluid is bounded above by a free surface, two kinds of solitary waves can propagate along the interface and the free surface: classical solitary waves characterized by a solitary pulse or generalized solitary waves with nondecaying oscillations in their tails in addition to the solitary pulse. The classical solitary waves move faster than the generalized solitary waves. The origin of the nonlocal solitary waves can be understood from a physical point of view. The dispersion relation for the above system shows that short waves can propagate at the same speed as a “slow” solitary wave. The interaction between the solitary wave and the short waves creates a nonlocal solitary wave. In this paper, the interfacial-wave problem is reduced to a system of ordinary differential equations by using a classical perturbation method, which takes into consideration the possible resonance between short waves and “slow” solitary waves. In the past, classical Korteweg–de Vries type models have been derived but cannot deal with the resonance. All solutions of the new system of model equations, including classical as well as generalized solitary waves, are constructed. The domain of validity of the model is discussed as well. It is also shown that fronts connecting two conjugate states cannot occur for “fast” waves. For “slow” waves, fronts exist but they have ripples in their tails.     

An SIS waveguide heterodyne receiver for 600 HGz-635 GHz

A waveguide SIS heterodyne receiver using a Nb/AlO_X/Nb junction has been built for astronomical observations of molecular transitions in the frequency range 600 GHz - 635 GHz, and has been successfully used at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). We report double sideband (DSB) receiver noise temperatures as low as 245 K at 600 GHz -610 GHz, and near 300 K over the rest of the bandwidth. These results confirm that SIS quasiparticle mixers work well at submillimeter-wave frequencies corresponding to photon energies of at least 90% of the superconductor energy gap. In addition, we have systematically investigated the effect on the receiver performance of the overlap between first-order and second-order photon steps of opposite sign at these frequencies. The receiver noise increases by as much as 40% in the region of overlap. We infer potential limitations for operating submillimeter-wave Nb/AlO_x/Nb mixers.     

三维可压Euler方程简单波及双重波结构

本文研究了三维可压欧拉方程简单波解和双重波解的结构.给出了简单波的流动区域是被一族相互独立的平面所覆盖,沿着每个平面u,v,w从而p,ρ,c均为常数.双重波的流动区域是被一族相互独立的直线所覆盖,沿着每个特征平面u,v,w从而p,ρ,c均为常数.