Fluid‐structure coupling of linear elastic model with compressible flow models

Cavitation erosion is caused in solids exposed to strong pressure waves developing in an adjacent fluid field. The knowledge of the transient distribution of stresses in the solid is important to understand the cause of damaging by comparisons with breaking points of the material. The modeling of this problem requires the coupling of the models for the fluid and the solid. For this purpose, we use a strategy based on the solution of coupled Riemann problems that has been originally developed for the coupling of 2 fluids. This concept is exemplified for the coupling of a linear elastic structure with an ideal gas. The coupling procedure relies on the solution of a nonlinear equation. Existence and uniqueness of the solution is proven. The coupling conditions are validated by means of quasi‐1D problems for which an explicit solution can be determined. For a more realistic scenario, a 2D application is considered where in a compressible single fluid, a hot gas bubble at low pressure collapses in a cold gas at high pressure near an adjacent structure.     

High-precision sub-pixel interpolation in particle image velocimetry image processing

The task of image interpolation and re-sampling for particle image velocimetry (PIV) is investigated, which is used for window shifting with sub-pixel accuracy and image or window deformation. A new interpolation scheme based on a Gaussian filter is introduced and compared with commonly used and widely accepted interpolation techniques in terms of the achievable root mean square deviation of the displacement estimates.     

Turbulence modelling of the shear layers in the trailing edge region of a modern rear-loaded airfoil at incidence

After carefull analysis in a turbulent zero-pressure gradient flow, various simple algebraic turbulence models were applied to the almost separated flow on the upperside of an airfoil at incidence. The Johnson-King and Horton non-equilibrium (or rate equation) models give clearly improved results.     

Policy and program of a university reactor institute

Policy and program of activities are described of the Interfaculty Reactor Institute (IRI) in Delft. Underlying considerations are discussed, including factors such as direct public interests and political appreciation of the activities. Attention is paid particularly to the further development of the reactor associated experimental facilities.     

CHROMOPHORE ROTATION IN 124-kD ALTON A vena sativa PHYTOCHROME AS MEASURED BY LIGHT-INDUCED CHANGES IN LINEAR DICHROISM

Abstract— From light-induced changes in linear dichroism, we have calculated the rotation of the long-wavelength-absorbing transition moment that occurs during phototransformation of 124-kilodalton Avena sativa phytochrome. Phytochrome was purified to homogeneity and immobilized onto Sepharose beads covalently coated with antibodies against A. sativa phytochrome. Changes in linear dichroism were induced by plane-polarized red or far-red light and measured by the absorbance differences at 660 and 730 nm using a dual-wavelength spectrophotometer equipped with polarizing filters in the measuring beams. From such measurements, we calculate a rotation angle of 31^o (or 149^o) during photoconversion of Pr to Pfr and 30^o (or 150^o) during photoconversion of Pfr to Pr. These values are similar to the value of 32^o (or 148^o) reported earlier for the rotation of the transition moment of "large" A. sativa phytochrome (∽ 120 kilodalton) isolated under conditions that did not preclude post homogenization proteolysis of the 124 kilodalton molecule.     

Evidence for N2N3N45 super coster kronig processes in metallic Nb,Mo, Ru and Rh

The 4p photoelectron spectra of metallic Nb, Mo, Ru and Rh have been recorded. By use of a deconvolution procedure it is shown that the 4p_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} spin-orbit component has a linewidth which significantly exceeds that of the 4p_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} component. This suggests that N₂N₃N₄₅ super Coster Kronig processes give a considerable contribution to the decay rata of the 4p_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} hole state.     

Partial least-squares regression and fuzzy clustering — A joint approach

Chemical and physical analyses of malt, the main ingredient of beer, have been used to predict the concentration of certain volatile compounds in the finished beer.The prediction was done by means of the partial least squares regression (PLS2) in SIMCA. The total data set as well as individual malt clusters were submitted to PLS analysis. Best prediction was obtained by separating the total object matrix in classes according to similarity found by fuzzy pattern recognition (FCV). FCV was also used to separate the beer variables in classes and to select the subset of variables to be predicted.A joint approach of fuzzy pattern recognition to identify groups of samples and SIMCA-PLS2 to predict several dependent variables is suggested as a powerful tool in process-analytical chemistry.