Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in Finite-Size BEC Systems

The Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transition in two-dimensional BEC systems is calculated taking into account the fact that in experiments these are finite-size systems. The outer boundaries of the condensate effectively act as hard walls, and this has a polarizing effect on the vortex pairs of the KT transition, causing the superfluid fraction to become strongly anisotropic. The decreased pair energy near the walls results in a strongly enhanced vortex density near the boundaries. Since the pair density can now be directly measured, we extend here our previous calculations to include the vortex density as a function of the distance from the boundaries. Possible experiments using sound propagation in the gases are proposed to probe the anisotropic properties of the superfluid density, including an unusual sharp dip in the superfluid density that is predicted to occur down the middle of a long superfluid strip.      

Fluxon pinning in the nodeless pairing state of superconducting YBa<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>7</Subscript>

Positive-muon spin rotation (μ+SR) spectroscopy and magnetic moment measurements were used to probe fluxon (or vortex) formation in the superconducting mixed state of a high-purity YBa₂Cu₃O₇ crystal. Random potentials caused by crystal-lattice defects pin fluxons. A fluxon lattice forms in an external magnetic field, and changes of thermal activation lead to fluxon pinning and depinning. The root second moment of the local magnetic field distribution (σ) determined by μ+SR contains information on the magnetic penetration depth and the pinning. Fluxon pinning leads to temperature-dependent transverse displacements of the fluxons that decrease σ and also fluctuations in the separation between fluxons that tend to increase σ. By accounting for the field-dependent and temperature-activated fluxon disorder, it is found that the experimental results for the penetration depth are consistent with a supercon-ducting order parameter of a strong-coupling two-fluid model, confirming that the superconductivity is nodeless with s-wave superconducting pairing. Quantitative results for fluxon displacements are discussed within the context of the fluxon field-temperature phase diagram.     

用缠绕式膜组件强化传递过程的研究

用中空纤维膜实验研究了缠绕式膜组件对膜分离传递过程的促进作用,并从理论上分析了缠绕式膜组件对膜两侧对流传递过程的影响,膜蒸馏实验结果表明,相对于普通的中空纤维膜组件,这种膜组件可提高渗透通量50％以上。     

Exploring contraction–expansion inertial microfluidic-based particle separation devices integrated with curved channels

Separation of particles or cells has various applications in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Inertial cell separation, in particular, has been gaining a great attention in the recent years since it has exhibited a label-free, high-throughput and efficient performance. In this work, first, an inertial contraction–expansion array microchannel device, capable of passively separating two particles with diameters of 4 and 10 μm, was numerically studied. Then, the validated model was combined with curved geometries in order to investigate the effect of curve features on the separation process. The overall purpose was to investigate the interaction between the two different separation methods (separation with curved channels and with contraction–expansion arrays) to find an ideal model that can enjoy the merits of both contraction–expansion and curved channel based methods. Moreover, the relation between separation strength and the aspect ratio in the contraction and expansion zones of the simulated model as well as its height were examined. Then, a new model that combines the curved and the contraction–expansion geometries was tested for its efficiency. This new geometry showed that separation could be achieved with shorter lengths compared with straight contraction–expansion geometries.     

基于动态模态分解的叶道涡非定常解耦与重构

为进一步探索混流式水轮机偏负荷工况下叶道涡的演变机制,引入动态模态分解方法并结合数值模拟与实验对水轮机叶道涡的非定常流场进行相干结构的解耦.数值结果表明,叶道涡呈低频特性,演化的主频为0.5倍水轮机转频;涡管状叶道涡空腔起源于叶轮上冠,并与叶片背面的片状涡连为一体.应用动态模态分解方法获得了叶道涡速度场的动态模态,并将...     

The Aesthetics of Air: Experiments in Visualising the Invisible

Malte Wagenfeld tackles the difficult problem of visualising air, and in his physical experiments reveals a world of eddies, swirls and wafting particles circulating around moving bodies. Here he offers a literal and conceptual glimpse at the invisible nature of atmosphere. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

管内含螺旋纽带诱导的螺旋涡特性

引言螺旋纽带广泛应用于换热器的强化换热中,其结构简单、成本低且换热性能好[1-2]。占据全管的长螺旋纽带结构在强化换热上的应用研究已有很长     

Towards a programming culture in the design arts

In his introduction to this issue of AD, guest-editor Mike Silver celebrates ‘the flexible language of commands and logical procedures’ of computers whose creative potential has until now been undervalued in architecture. He explains how the ‘happy accident’ of late 1990s blob architecture is now giving way to a focus on programming and composing new code, which promises ‘to generate new and unprecedented modes of expression’. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

迪恩涡强化传热技术的初步实验研究

对迪恩涡的强化传热作用进行了初步的实验研究,发现在迪恩涡的作用下,90°弯管的传热系数明显高于直管;弯管的阻力损失在层流区略高于直管,但是在过渡区之后便开始低于直管的阻力损失。迪恩涡强化传热技术在提高传热系数、降低阻力损失方面有着极大的潜力,是一种节能的强化传热技术。     

Magnetic Non-Spherical Particles Inducing Vortices in Microchannel for Effective Mixing

Mixing in microfluidic channels is dominated by diffusion owing to the absence of chaotic flow. However, high-efficiency microscale mixing over short distances is desired for the development of lab-on-chip systems. Here, enhanced mixing in microchannels achieved using magnetic nonspherical particles (MNSPs), is reported. Benefiting from the nonspherical shape of the MNSPs, secondary vortices exhibiting cyclical characteristics appear in microchannels when the MNSPs rotate under an external magnetic field. Increasing the rotation rate enlarges the secondary vortices, expanding the mixing zone and enhancing the mixing, resulting in a mixing efficiency exceeding 0.9 at Re of 0.069–0.69. Complementary micro-particle image velocimetry (µPIV) for flow field analysis clarifies the mixing mechanism. In addition, a chaotic vortex area is generated in the presence of two MNSPs, which shortens the distance required for achieving an appropriate mixing efficiency. This study demonstrates the potential of employing MNSPs as efficient mixers in lab-on-chip devices.