Nonlinear waves in counter-current gas–liquid film flow

Self-sustained nonlinear waves in traffic flow.

In analogy to gas-dynamical detonation waves, which consist of a shock with an attached exothermic reaction zone, we consider herein nonlinear traveling wave solutions to the hyperbolic ("inviscid") continuum traffic equations. Generic existence criteria are examined in the context of the Lax entropy conditions. Our analysis naturally precludes traveling wave solutions for which the shocks trav...

Nonlinear standing waves in Couette-Taylor flow.

A nonlinear stability analysis by Demay and looss [J. Mec. Theor. Appl. , special issue, p. 193 (1984)] of flow between concentric rotating cylinders (the Couette-Taylor system) predicted a transition from the basic flow to a state with ribbons, which are traveling waves in the azimuthal direction but standing waves in the axial direction. We have observed the transition to ribbons in laborator...

On Nonlinear Water Waves in a Channel

Flow velocity profile of micro counter-current flows.

Flow velocity profiles of micro counter-current flow of aqueous and butylacetate phases in a microchannel having a width of 100 microm were measured by micro particle image velocimetry. In order to analyze the hydrodynamic characteristics of the counter-current flow, we derived a simple analytical model for the velocity profile. When flow rates of the aqueous and organic phases were 0.2 and 0.1...

Micro Counter-current Flow System for Highly Efficient Extraction

We demonstrated micro counter-current flow in a glass microchip utilizing surface modification patterning method to control surface tension. In order to visualize the micro counter-current flow, fluorescent microparticle dispersion solutions were observed by fluorescence microscopy. When the flow volume ratio of water and organic solution was changed, the switching point of flow direction was o...