Hydrodynamics of a particle impact on a wall

The problem of a particle impacting on a wall, a common phenomenon in particle-laden flows in the minerals and process industries, is investigated computationally using a spectral-element method with the grid adjusting to the movement of the particle towards the wall. Remeshing is required at regular intervals to avoid problems associated with mesh distortion and the constantly reducing maximum time-step associated with integration of the non-linear convective terms of the Navier–Stokes equations. Accurate interpolation between meshes is achieved using the same high-order interpolation employed by the spectral-element flow solver. This approach allows the full flow evolution to be followed from the initial approach, through impact and afterwards as the flow relaxes. The method is applied to the generic two-dimensional and three-dimensional bluff body geometries, the circular cylinder and the sphere. The principal case reported here is that of a particle colliding normally with a wall and sticking. For the circular cylinder, non-normal collisions are also considered. The impacts are studied for moderate Reynolds numbers up to approximately 1200. A cylindrical body impacting on a wall produces two vortices from its wake that convect away from the cylinder along the wall before stalling while lifting induced wall vorticity into the main flow. The situation for a sphere impact is similar, except in this case a vortex ring is formed from the wake vorticity. Again, secondary vorticity from the wall and particle plays a role. At higher Reynolds number, the secondary vorticity tends to form a semi-annular structure encircling the primary vortex core. At even higher Reynolds numbers, the secondary annular structure fragments into semi-discrete structures, which again encircle and orbit the primary core. Vorticity fields and passive tracer particles are used to characterize the interaction of the vortical structures. The evolution of the pressure and viscous drag coefficients during a collision are provided for a typical sphere impact. For a Reynolds number greater than approximately 1000 for a sphere and 400 for a cylinder, the primary vortex core produced by the impacting body undergoes a short-wavelength instability in the azimuthal/spanwise direction. Experimental visualisation using dye carried out in water is presented to validate the predictions.     

Kerr-Newman-de Sitter黑洞的统计熵

避开求解波动方程的困难，利用量子统计的方法，直接计算Kerr-Newman-de Sitter黑洞背景下玻色场和费米场的配分函数.然后利用砖墙膜模型计算和讨论黑洞背景下的玻色场和 费米场的熵. 关键词： 量子统计 砖墙膜模型 Kerr-Newman-de Sitter黑洞 统计熵     

形变量对MAE及BN的影响

研究了无取向硅钢Ｗ２３Ｇ，Ｗ１０，Ｗ１４和取向硅钢Ｑ８Ｇ４种材料在不同形变量下的磁声发射（ＭＡＥ）和巴克豪森噪音（ＢＮ），结果表明ＭＡＥ随形变量增大而减少，ＢＮ随形变量的增大而增大．测量了形变量为１０．４％的Ｗ１８和Ｗ２３Ｇ在１００，２００，３００，…，７００°Ｃ各退火１ｈ的ＭＡＥ与ＢＮ值．其中ＭＡＥ值随退火温度的升高逐渐增大，ＢＮ值在高于５００°Ｃ退火时明显下降．并对上述实验结果进行了详细讨论．     

Structural elucidation of new ferulic acid-containing phenolic dimers and trimers isolated from maize bran

Four new phenolic dimers and trimers that contain ferulic acid moieties were isolated from the alkaline hydrolyzate of insoluble maize bran fiber and their structures were established by 1D/2D NMR and mass spectrometry. The biological role of one dimer remains unclear whereas the dimeric vanillin-ferulic acid-cross-product probably represents an oxidative degradation product from the corresponding diferulate. Both ferulic acid dehydrotrimers are able to cross-link polysaccharide chains. However, the 5-5/8-O-4(H₂O)-triferulic acid may be a cross-link in its identified structure whereas we assume that the identified 8-O-4/8-5(non-cyclic)-triferulic acid arose from a natural 8-O-4/8-5(cyclic)-triferulate analog during the saponification process.     

Cytoskeletal involvement in cotton fiber growth and development

The organization of cellulose microfibrils in plant cell walls influences physical properties of the wall and thus cell expansion characteristics. Developing cotton fiber represents an excellent model system for the analysis of the biological regulation of cell wall patterns. Current research indicates that the cytoskeleton has a major role in directing the deposition and organization of cellulose microfibrils in the cell walls of many plant systems, including developing cotton fibers. Both microtubules and microfilaments appear to be involved in regulating changes observed in microfibril patterns during fiber development. The polylamellate architecture of the fiber wall can be attributed to changes in the orientation of cytoplasmic microtubules which appear to direct the orientation of microfibril deposition in each successive layer of the fiber wall. In the drug-induced absence of microtubules, cellulose is deposited in the fiber wall in a swirled pattern of bundled microfibrils. Interaction between adjacent microfibrils may influence cell wall organization on a localized level. In contrast to the direct involvement of microtubules on wall organization, microfilaments appear to be indirectly involved in the deposition of cellulose microfibrils. Current evidence indicates that microfilaments influence wall organization by controlling changes in microtubules patterns. Although a greater understanding of the relationship between the cytoskeleton and the fiber wall is needed, there is sufficient evidence to indicate that genetic manipulation of cytoskeletal components is one path toward future direct manipulation of cell expansion characteristic in many plant systems and may lead to improvements in the textile qualities of cotton fibers.     

Experimental verification of the gas-hydraulic analogy with reference to the dam-break problem

The results of an experimental study of dam-break waves for both a dry and a flooded bottom in the lower pool are compared with the first approximation of shallow-water theory. It is shown that this approximation adequately describes the height and velocity of the hydraulic jump in the lower pool for a flooded bottom, does not describe the undulations, and is inconsistent with the experimental data on the perturbation propagation velocity in the upper and, for a dry bottom, in the lower pool.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, 2004, pp. 143–152. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Bukreev, Gusev, A. A. Malysheva, and I. A. Malysheva.     

The Flow Patterns and Wall Stresses in a Louvered‐Wall Moving Granular Filter Bed of Quartz Sand

The flow patterns and wall stresses in a two‐dimensional louvered moving granular filter bed of quartz sand were investigated. The flow pattern histories of granular solids in the filter bed were recorded using a digital camcorder and a pressure gauge for simultaneously measuring the normal stresses as well as shear stresses of the granular solids. The static wall stress distributions produced by the granular solids were measured, and agreed with a theoretical prediction formed using the differential slice and Runge‐Kutta (order four) methods. The variations in the dynamic wall stresses with time in a moving granular filter bed were obtained and the effect of the louver angle upon the flow patterns and wall stresses was also investigated. Employing the results obtained by stress measurements and image processing, the wall pressure pulsation phenomena in a moving granular filter bed may be further understood. The results reported here provide fundamental information for the design of moving granular filter beds to act as high‐temperature flue gas cleanup filters.     

非绝热壁叶栅的粘性流动

非绝热壁叶栅的粘性流动王正明（中国科学院工程热物理研究所北京１０００８０）关键词非绝热壁；叶栅；粘性流动１引言近年来，随着计算机运算速度的提高，叶轮机械内部粘性流动的数值解法发展很快，对于动量方程，已广泛采用亘接求解不作简化的完全的Ｎ－Ｓ方程，以便更...