Combustion instability is a process which involves unsteady chemical kinetic, fluid mechanic, and acoustic processes. It can lead to unstable behavior and be detrimental in ways ranging from faster part fatigue to catastrophic system failure. In terms of combustion methodology, combustion instability has been a key issue for lean premixed combustion. The primary objective of this work is to imp...

We investigated three models of Brownian motors which convert rotational diffusion into directed translational motion by switching on and off a potential. In the first model a spatially asymmetric potential generates directed translational motion by rectifying rotational diffusion. It behaves much like a conventional flashing ratchet. The second model utilizes both rotational diffusion and drif...

A processing approach for the collection and retention of mammalian cells within a high porosity polyester mesh having millimeter-sized pores has been studied. Cell retention occurs via energizing the mesh with a low intensity, resonant acoustic field. The resulting acoustic field induces the interaction of cells with elements of the mesh or with each other and effectively prevents the entrainm...

Many measurement schemes have been developed to study the resonant characteristics of a bubble near a surface. The desire is to be able to measure the free field characteristics of such a bubble. For experimental investigations, a trade-off must be made between the size of the apparatus and the free field measurement. Thus there is a need to study the effect of surface interference on the reson...

We present a study on achieving intense acoustic cavitation generated by ultrasonic vibrations in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) based microfluidic devices. The substrate to which the PDMS is bonded was forced into oscillation with a simple piezoelectric transducer attached at 5 mm from the device to a microscopic glass slide. The transducer was operated at 100 kHz with driving voltages ranging be...

A model of speech production is a tool that can provide insight into the relation of articulatory processes and acoustic characteristics present in a speech signal. When such a model includes components representing the voice source, acoustic wave propagation, and vocal tract movement it can produce actual speech that can be listened to and evaluated as if it were produced by a human. In this c...

The acoustically driven spin-wave resonance in a phononic-crystal cavity is numerically investigated. designed enables confinement of gigahertz vibrations wavelength-scale point-defect structure and sustains variety modes. Inhomogeneous strain distributions the modes modify magnetostrictive coupling excitation susceptible to an external-field orientation. In particular, monopole-like mode havin...