Comparison of energy and phase relaxation in metallic wires

We have determined the phase coherence time, , frommagnetoresistance measurements of long, narrow wires ofAu, Ag, and Cu, over the temperature range40 mK-6 K. In the Cu and Au wires, saturates at low temperature. In the Ag wire, continues to increase down to the lowesttemperatures measured; moreover, its temperature dependencebelow about 1 K is consistent with theoreticalpredictions of Altshuler, Aronov and Khmelnitskii published in1982. These results cast doubt on recent assertions thatsaturation of at low temperature is a universalphenomenon in metal wires. We compare these results with thoseof recent experiments on energy relaxation in similar metallicwires. The results of the two experiments are stronglycorrelated, suggesting that a single (unknown) mechanism isthe cause of the enhanced phase and energy relaxation observedin some samples.     

Universality and the scaling laws in the superfluid phase transition of3He-4He mixtures

From the second-sound velocityU ₂ near the superfluid transition point, the superfluid densities in³He-⁴He mixtures, _s (X) and _s (), were deduced along the paths of constant³He concentrationX and of constant chemical potential difference of³He and⁴He. The following critical exponents of _s are determined: (a) =XX for _s (X) in the(X, T) plane,(b) X for _s (X) in the(, T) plane, and(c) for _s () in the(, T) plane. It is found that and _X change by about 4–6% relative to with increasing³He concentration up toX=0.4 and by 8–10% up toX=0.53. It seems that, belowX=0.53, universality hold for . Values of have been found to be in good agreement with the critical exponent of _s in pure⁴He under constant pressure. The values of and _X forX0.53 are also found to be consistent with the scaling relations in the (,T) plane of³He-⁴He mixture.Work performed in part while at the Electrotechnical Laboratory.     

Critical Behavior and Scaling of Confined 3He-4He Mixtures

When helium is confined to a uniform small dimension L, its behavior is modified due to the limitation of the growth of the correlation length. This has been explored for planar confinement over a wide range of L. Less is known about confined mixtures, especially in the case of the specific heat. Here two principal effects come into play: the magnitude of the correlation length increases, and the measured heat capacity C_px must be converted to C_p, where = ₃ – ₄ , before finite-size scaling predictions can be verified. The increase in makes a given confinement L look smaller as the concentration x is increased. This, as well as changes of L itself, can be used to test predictions of correlation-length scaling. We report measurements of the specific heat of confined mixtures and compare with the well established scaling for the pure system.     

Conformational and electronic band structure analysis of a new type of high performance polybenzothiazole polymers

The energy-band structure and preferred (minimum energy) conformation of the recently synthesized polybenzothiazoles (PBT; AA and AB type), representing a new class of high-performance polymers, were determined by molecular orbital calculations. In the case of the AAPBT chain, the most stable conformation was obtained at ₁ (rotation angle about the bond joining the two bibenzothiazole moieties) = 20° and ₂ (rotation angle about the bond joining the bibenzothiazole group and thep-phenylene group) = 10°. In the case of the ABPBT chain, the corresponding minimum energy rotational angle () was found to be 20°. These conformations agree fairly well with both theoretical and experimental observations. The calculated axial band gaps were 1.94 and 2.08 eV for the AAPBT and ABPBT polymers, respectively, and these values are close to the corresponding value for polyacetylene, considered a prototype electrically-conducting polymer because of its novel electronic properties and manifold applications.     

Fourier transform of the Morse-V DD potential

The Fourier transform (k) of the Morse-V _DD potential is derived analytically. An expansion of (k) valid for smallk is given and comments are made about the occurrence of both even and odd powers ofk in the expansion.     

Computation of particle settling speed and orientation distribution in suspensions of prolate spheroids

A numerical technique for the dynamical simulation of three-dimensional rigid particles in a Newtonian fluid is presented. The key idea is to satisfy the no-slip boundary condition on the particle surface by a localized force-density distribution in an otherwise force-free suspending fluid. The technique is used to model the sedimentation of prolate spheroids of aspect ratio b/a=5 at Reynolds number 03. For a periodic lattice of single spheroids, the ideas of Hasimoto are extended to obtain an estimate for the finite-size correction to the sedimentation velocity. For a system of several spheroids in periodic arrangement, a maximum of the settling speed is found at the effective volume fraction (b/a)²04, where is the solid-volume fraction. The occurence of a maximum of the settling speed is partially explained by the competition of two effects: (i) a change in the orientation distribution of the prolate spheroids whose major axes shift from a mostly horizontal orientation (corresponding to small sedimentation speeds) at small to a more uniform orientation at larger , and (ii) a monotonic decrease of the the settling speed with increasing solid-volume fraction similar to that predicted by the Richardson–Zaki law (1–)⁵⁵ for suspensions of spheres.     

Rheological properties of aqueous silicon nitride suspensions

The effect of surface modification of Si₃N₄ particle on the colloidal behavior and the rheological properties of aqueous Si₃N₄ suspensions under steady and oscillatory conditions are investigated in detail. Due to the decrease of the oxidizing level, the isoelectric point (IEP) of the modified particle shifts to basic region gently. Attempts have been made to apply rheological models to the suspensions with various solid volume fraction (). For the as-received suspensions, the Sisco model provides the best fit in the range of 0.30 while the Casson model in 0.35 0.45. The shear behavior of modified suspensions fits to Sisco model in the range of 0.40 and Casson model in 0.45 0.54. The rheological behavior of modified suspensions is improved efficiently. The critical strain decreases and the linear viscoelastic regime narrows continuously with increasing solid concentration. For the modified suspensions, the linear viscoelastic regime broadens and the corresponding elastic modulus decreases sharply. With increasing solid concentration, the characteristic frequency shifts toward lower frequencies and the suspension transforms from more viscous to more elastic.     

Interfacial spring model for ultrasonic interactions with imperfect interfaces: Theory of oblique incidence and application to diffusion-bonded butt joints

The quasi-static distributed spring model is used to derive the ultrasonic reflectivity of an imperfectly-bonded interface as a function of frequency and angle of incidence. The results are then incorporated in a model for the corner reflection from a diffusion-bonded joint between two abutting plates, the corner being defined by the bond plane and the common lower surface plane of the plates. An immersion-inspection geometry is assumed, and seven categories of corner reflections are identified and examined in detail. These fall into two classes: those having parallel incident and exiting rays in water (=), and those having nonparallel water rays ( ). The = categories are suitable for single probe (pulse-echo) inspections of the joint. Based on the amplitude of the outgoing corner-reflected signal, two = geometries appear promising. These employ, respectively, a corner reflection involving only longitudinal waves with the interface illuminated at near-grazing incidence (LLL), and a corner reflection involving only transverse waves with the interface illuminated at near 45° incidence (TTT). In addition, two practical geometries are indicated; these both involve mode conversion upon reflection from the interface, with the incident or outgoing longitudinal wave traveling nearly parallel to the interface. Model predictions for LLL and TTT reflections are compared to measurements on diffusion-bonded Inconel specimens, and techniques for applying the model results to more complicated bond geometries are discussed.     

Kondo Impurity in a Mesoscopic Ring: Charge Persistent Current

We study the influence of a magnetic impurity or ultrasmallquantum dot on the charge persistent current of a mesoscopicring. The system consists of electrons in a one-dimensionalring threaded by spin-dependent Aharonov–Bohm/Casher fluxes,coupled via an antiferromagnetic exchange interaction to alocalized electron. By passing to a basis of electron stateswith definite parities, the problem is mapped onto a Kondomodel for the even-parity channel plus free electrons in theodd-parity channel. The twisted boundary conditionsrepresenting the fluxes couple states of opposite parityunless the twist angles satisfy =f,where f are integers, with spin index=, . For these special values of, the model is solved exactly by a Bethe ansatz.Special cases are investigated in detail. In particular weshow that the charge stiffness in the case= is insensitive to the presenceof the magnetic impurity/quantum dot.     

Eine systemkonforme Maßzahlbildung für klassifikatorische Merkmale

Zusammenfassung Diese Arbeit behandelt das Problem einer geeigneten Maßzahlkonstruktion für die Streuung eines qualitativen Merkmals. Unter der Bezeichnung Diversitätsindex sind in der Literatur eine Reihe von Konzepten zu dieser Frage entwickelt worden, die aber insgesamt keine befriedigende Motivation aufweisen; insbesondere fehlt ein wirklich stringentes Selektionskriterium für die Fülle der angebotenen Möglichkeiten. Wir gehen hingegen von plausiblen Anforderungen an ein Diversitätsmaß, die sich großteils am klassischen Adäquationsprinzip orientieren, d.h. an der Zielsetzung, Maßzahlen so zu konstruieren, daß sie dem zu beschreibenden Sachverhalt möglichst angemessen, also systemkonform sind, aus. Es wird unter Zuhilfenahme von Resultaten aus der Theorie der (quasilinearen) Funktionalmittelwerte gezeigt, daß die so erstellten Postulate es gestatten, aus einer großen Klasse von Funktionen eine eindeutige Auswahl zu treffen.     

Particle packing and rheological property of highly-concentrated ceramic suspensions: φm determination and viscosity prediction

A model is proposed which is able to predict the maximum particle packing density (_m) over a wide variety of ceramic suspensions with very large difference in particle size/shape, particle surface chemistry, and solvent chemistry. This model provides a simple method to obtain _m directly through the use of a few viscosity-concentration data for a given colloidal suspension, rather than a best-fitting approach. The model is also capable of predicting the viscosity of a variety of ceramic suspensions under different conditions of shear. A comparison with some existing viscosity model is also presented.     

Differential-flow-induced instability in a cubic autocatalator system

The formation of spatio-temporal stable patterns is considered for a reaction-diffusion-convection system based upon the cubic autocatalator, A + 2B 3B, B C, with the reactant A being replenished by the slow decay of some precursor P via the simple step P A. The reaction is considered in a differential-flow reactor in the form of a ring. It is assumed that the reactant A is immobilised within the reactor and the autocatalyst B is allowed to flow through the reactor with a constant velocity as well as being able to diffuse. The linear stability of the spatially uniform steady state (a, b) = (µ^–1, µ), where a and b are the dimensionless concentrations of the reactant A and autocatalyst B, and µ is a parameter reflecting the initial concentration of the precursor P, is discussed first. It is shown that a necessary condition for the bifurcation of this steady state to stable, spatially non-uniform, flow-generated patterns is that the flow parameter > _c(µ, ) where _c(µ,) is a (strictly positive) critical value of and is the dimensionless diffusion coefficient of the species B and also reflects the size of the system. Values of _c at which these bifurcations occur are derived in terms of µ and . Further information about the nature of the bifurcating branches (close to their bifurcation points) is obtained from a weakly nonlinear analysis. This reveals that both supercritical and subcritical Hopf bifurcations are possible. The bifurcating branches are then followed numerically by means of a path-following method, with the parameter as a bifurcation parameter, for representatives values of µ and . It is found that multiple stable patterns can exist and that it is also possible that any of these can lose stability through secondary Hopf bifurcations. This typically gives rise to spatio-temporal quasiperiodic transients through which the system is ultimately attracted to one of the remaining available stable patterns.     

Environmental crazing in a glassy polymer: the role of solvent absorption

According to a recent theory of Andrews and Bevan, the work of solvent craze formation, ₀ is governed by the cavitation properties of a solvated zone of polymer at the craze tip. In particular, the shear yield stress of this zone and its temperature dependence dictate the variation of ₀ with temperature. In order to investigate this matter further, samples of poly-methylmethacrylate were swollen to equilibrium in a variety of alcohols at different temperatures, and the equilibrium polymer fraction ₂ determined as a function of temperature and solvent. The variation of yield stress with ₂, solvent and temperature was also investigated, and the glass transition temperatures determined as functions of ₂ and solvent.The temperature at which the equilibrium swelling was just sufficient to depress the polymerT _g to a co-incident value was found to correspond closely to the characteristic temperature, identified by Andrews and Bevan, at which the temperature dependence of ₀ changes abruptly. This is shown to be in complete accord with the cavitation theory referred to.     

Stresses in a cylindrical shell supported by a core of a different material

Summary The stress problem of a thin cylindrical shell supported by an elastic core of a different material and subjected to arbitrary loading on its curved surface is considered. The problem is solved by applying the three-dimensional theory of elasticity to the core and using membrane or bending solutions for the shell. Equilibrium and compatibility equations are satisfied at the junction of the shell and the core. It is pointed out that the procedure can easily be extended to the case of a hollow core with or without another shell of another material in it. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of even a weak core in reducing the shell stresses.

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Zusammenfassung Gegenstand der Untersuchung ist eine dünne Kreiszylinderschale, die durch einen elastischen Kern aus einem anderen Werkstoff gestützt ist und eine beliebige Belastung trägt. Die Lösung verbindet die strenge, dreidimensionale Theorie des zylindrischen Kerns mit der Membran- oder Biegetheorie der Schale. An der Grenze zwischen beiden Teilen müssen die Verschiebungen und gewisse Spannungskomponenten stetig übergehen. Es wird darauf hingewiesen, daß die Lösung leicht auf den Fall ausgedehnt werden kann, daß der Kern ein Hohlzylinder ist, der möglicherweise auf der Innenseite mit einer zweiten Zylinderschale verbunden ist. Zahlenergebnisse zeigen, daß selbst ein verhältnismäsig nachgiebiger Kern einen großen (und günstigen) Einfluß auf die Spannungen in der Schale ausübt.

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Principal Symbols a Radius of the middle surface of the shell - t Thickness of the shell - =1–t/2a - u _c,v _c,w _c Displacements respectively in the axial, circumferential and radial directions of a point in the core - X(x), (), (r/a) 3×3 square matrices - ,m Parameters - l Length of the cylinder - c A vector containing constantsc ₁,c ₂ andc ₃ - =r/a - =m+4(1–v _e) - E _c,v _e Elastic constants for the core material - Stresses at a point in the core - D _c - A vector containing _rx , _r and _r - (r/a) A 3×3 matrix - Displacements at the surfacer=a of the core - A vector containing - Amplitudes of displacements - A vector containing - =(x, ,a) - _ij Constants - A A square matrix containing constants _ij - Stress resultants in the shell as defined in reference [3] - p _x,p ,P _r Components of applied loading per unit area of shell's middle surface - () - ()· - u, v, w Displacements of a point on the middle surface of the shell - E _s,v _s Elastic constants for the shell material - D _s - K - k - p _xmn,p _mn,p _rmn Amplitudes of loadsp _x,p , p_r - u _mn, v_mn,w _mn Amplitudes of displacementsu, v, With 1 Figure     

A new iterative technique of the finite element method for the analysis of the steady state incompressible viscous flow based on the transformation of variables

In this paper the convergence acceleration for solving steady-state incompressible flows, by using iterative solvers, is explored. The variable transformation: u = u – , p = –r, where u and are the rotational velocity and the velocity potential, respectively, is applied to the finite element discretized equations so as to get diagonal-dominant equations. The effectivity of the present techniques is demonstrated on the 2D lid-driven flow and the 3D flow in a disk-cylinder system.     

Disappearance of Bose-Glass Behavior in Transport Properties of YBa2Cu3O y Films with Columnar Defects

The glass transitions of the vortex system in Au-ion irradiated YBa₂Cu₃O _y films have been studied by the measurements of transport properties as a function of magnetic field B and angle of B to the direction of columnar defects. At =0°, we find an anomalous upturn behavior of the glass transition line B _g(T) at BB /3, where B is the matching field. In B>B /3, the dependence of glass transition temperature T _g reveals cusplike behavior with a peak at =0°, which is consistent with the Bose glass theory. In B<B /3, on the other hand, T _g is almost independent of , suggesting the system undergoes the vortex glass transition induced by the inherent point-like defects.     

Negative self-inductance in superconducting thin wires and weak links

One of the most promising implications of the phenomenological Ginzburg—Landau (GL) theory of superconductivity is the possible existence of current-carrying metastable states with a negative effective self-inductance. Microscopically this phenomenon can be explained as a result of the depairing mechanism which, when the center-of-mass velocityv _s of the Cooper pairs is sufficiently large, can be so strong that a further increase ofv _s will lead to a decrease of the total current. Using a one-dimensional formulation of the GL theory we investigate the thermodynamic stability of these states for different external constraints and obtain the result that a negative self-inductance can only be stable if the length of the system in the direction of the current is smaller than a critical value comparable to the GL coherence length /. It is an experimental fact that states of negative self-inductance are realized in Josephson junctions and other types of superconducting weak links because the dc supercurrent can be a decreasing function of the phase variable . The thermodynamic stability theory can therefore explain why weak links have to be short, and it also provides us with a unifying point of view by treating the phase and the current as a pair of thermodynamically conjugate variables for arbitrary one-dimensional systems. An important point is the operational phase definition as a thermodynamic parameter that can be controlled by the experimentalist. This requirement is essential for the general validity of the ac Josephson equation and it implies that must depend on the magnetic self-inductance of the system. By applying the GL theory to weak links we can delimit the validity of the usual dc Josephson equationI sin and see that deviations from this functional form are most likely to be found in thin-film bridges of the Anderson-Dayem (AD) type. When the currentI is the controlled variable the conjugate phase variable will fluctuate and the magnitude of these fluctuations depends strongly on the functional formI(). The phase fluctuations for constantI lead to a reduction of the critical current which will be absent when is the controlled variable. The observed microwave enhancement of the critical current in AD bridges, the so-called Dayem effect, can be explained as a result of a switch from current control to phase control, and the fluctuation formulae explain why the effect is negligible in structures exhibiting the classical Josephson sine law for the current-phase relation.     

An extension of the theory of oscillating cup viscometers

The theory of the fluid motion in the interior of an oscillating or rotating cup is reexamined. The quantity of interest in viscometry is the torque exerted by the fluis on the sides and rims of the cup. In this paper expressions for the torque are obtained for geometries for which the cup height approaches a fluid boundary layer thickness. Interest in such geometries is due to viscosity measurements made in mixtures in the critical region where cups of small height are used in order to minimize gravity effects.Nomenclature D() Torque on the cup, Eq. (5) - E() Truncation error term, Eq. (24) - h Internal half-height of a filled cup or the height of the liquid in a partially filled cup - I Moment of inertia of cup and suspension system - I Moment of inertia of fluid inside cup - I _n Modified Bessel function of order n - J _{i, n} Defined in Eq. (13) - R Radius of the cup - S _n Defined in Eq. (7) - S _n Defined in Eq. (10) - x Variable 2 ₀/ - z Variable 2 ₀^1/2 - () Angular displacement of the cup - Boundary layer thickness - Logrithmic decrement - Laplace transform variable - ₀ Dimensionless height h/ - Frequency ratio / ₀ - Kinematic viscosity - ₀ Dimensionless radius R/ - Density of liquid - Dimensionless time ₀ t - Phase angle of oscillation - Angular frequency of oscillation with liquid present in cup - ₀ Angular frequency of oscillation in a vacuum     

Existence and uniqueness of shock-free transonic flow past symmetrical thin wings at zero incidence

Zusammenfassung Die laminare Wirbelsenkenströmung eines kompressiblen, viskosen Mediums war Anlaß einer theoretischen Studie. Vorgestellt wird eine Berechnungsmethode, die auf einem Differenzenverfahren basiert, mit der es gelingt, den Ort des Schalldurchgangs zu bestimmen. Die Untersuchungen zeigen, daß sich dieser Ort bedingt durch die Verdrängungswirkung der Wandgrenzschichten stromaufwärts verlagert. Der Vergleich der numerischen Ergebnisse mit einigen aus der Literatur bekannten experimentellen Daten bestätigt das Rechenmodell.

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On the laminar vortex-sink flow of a compressible fluid

Summary The laminar vortex-sink flow of a viscous, compressible fluid is investigated. With the help of a difference method the location of the sonic line is determined as a function of the wall boundary layers. The comparison of the numerical results with well-known experimental data from the literature shows a good agreement.

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Formelzeichen a Schallgeschwindigkeit - c Geschwindigkeit - p Druck - r radiale Koordinate - s Wandabstand - z axiale Koordinate - Temperatur - dynamische Viskosität - Wärmeleitfähigkeit - , azimutale Koordinate - Dichte - Verhältnis der spez. Wärmen - Grenzschichtdicke - 0 kennzeichnet die Verhältnisse am Eintritt - R kennzeichnet die Verhältnisse bezüglich einer radialen Erstreckung - krit kritisch Mit 7 Abbildungen     

Instability of the self-similar front of a phase transition

The stability of self-similar diffusional processes with respect to small disturbances of plane, cylindrical, and spherical phase interfaces is investigated.Notation c weight concentration in solution - D coefficient of diffusion - K curvature - n angular number - R radius of cylinder or sphere - r, r radial coordinate and disturbance of the surface r=R - t time - u velocity of front - x, y, z linear coordinates - X coordinate of front - x disturbance of a plane front - parameter of growth rate - coefficient of surface tension - parameter introduced in (8) or (21) - , dimensionless disturbance of surface of the front and its amplitude - , , , dimensionless coordinates - , angular coordinates - H dimensionless wave number - wavelength of disturbance - concentration in solid - dimensionless time - (), amplitudes of disturbances of concentration - dimensionless concentration - dimensionless growth increment of disturbances Indices 0 and states at a plane front and in the solution far from the front - anasterisk state at a curved front - m fastest growing disturbances - a degree sign pertains to self-similar variables Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 818–827, May, 1981.