This computational fluid dynamic analysis attempts to simulate the incompressible steady fluid flow and heat transfer in a solar air channel with wall-mounted baffles. Two ꞌSꞌ-shaped baffles, having different orientations, i.e., ꞌSꞌ-upstream and ꞌSꞌ-downstream, were inserted into the channel and fixed to the top and bottom walls of the channel in a periodically staggered manner to develop vorti...

We present measurements of spin transport in ultracold gases of fermionic 6Li in a mixture of two spin states at a Feshbach resonance. In particular, we study the spin-dipole mode, where the two spin components are displaced from each other against a harmonic restoring force. We prepare a highly imbalanced, or polaronic, spin mixture with a spin-dipole excitation and we observe strong, unitarit...

A statistical theory of the rotational diffusion of a molecule in a two-component anisotropic mixture is developed, based on the Fokker-Planck approximation for the one-particle orientational distribution function. The friction constant of the molecular rotation is determined from the threeparticle correlation function, which takes into account interactions A-A, AB. B A and B B between two sort...

In this study, one dimensional model is developed for capsule train flow in a horizontal pipe. Simulation model calculates the pressure drop of the flow of solid-water two-phase mixture inside the pipe. Through this model, effects of different suspension viscosity models and suspension to wall friction coefficients on the pressure drop of the capsule train flow are investigated. The simulation ...

The mechanism for band formation of a granular mixture in long rotating tumblers is unresolved 70 years after the phenomenon was first observed. We explore the onset mechanism for axial segregation of a bidisperse mixture of particles of different sizes using the discrete element method. End walls initiate axial band formation via an axial flow due to friction at the end walls. The nonuniform d...

The adhesion and friction coupling of hierarchical carbon nanotube arrays was investigated with a hierarchical multiscale modeling approach. At device level, vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VA-CNT) arrays with laterally distributed segments on top were analyzed via finite element methods to determine the macroscopic adhesion and friction force coupling. At the nanoscale, molecular dynamics ...

Friction between contacting surfaces of metal materials restricts the application of mechanical support in the high-precision inertial device of a rotational gyroscope. Instead, a diskor ring-shaped rotor is electrostatically or magnetically suspended. However, stability of the rotor suspension restricts further improvement of the measurement precision. In the developed rotational gyroscope, a ...

In this investigation, special consideration was given to observe the influence of the acquired ultra-fine-grain (UFG) structure through friction stir processing (FSP) on mechanical and damping properties. As the mechanical behaviour of the composites are intensely related to their microstructure. For deeply understanding the possible mechanism and detailed microstructural observations at a lon...

[1] When not laterally confined in valleys, pyroclastic flows create their own channel along the slope by selecting a given flowing width. Furthermore, the lobe-shaped deposits display a very specific morphology with high parallel lateral levees. A numerical model based on Saint Venant equations and the empirical variable friction coefficient proposed by Pouliquen and Forterre (2002) is used to...