Quantum scattering calculations of vibration-vibration (VV) and vibration-translation (VT) energy transfer for non-reactive H2-H2 collisions on a full-dimensional potential energy surface are reported for energies ranging from the ultracold to the thermal regime. The efficiency of VV and VT transfer is known to strongly correlate with the energy gap between the initial and final states. In H2(v...

vibration generated by vehicles during road transport has an important effect on the agricultural products damage process, particularly vegetable and fruit. modulus of elasticity is one of the most important mechanical properties of fruits and its variation can be described as one of the damage criteria during transportation. this research was conducted to evaluate the effects of vibration para...

Based on Timoshenko laminated beam models, this paper investigates the influence of initial stress on the vibration and transverse wave propagation in individual multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) under ultrahigh frequency (above 1 THz), in which the initial stress in the MWNTs can occur due to thermal or lattice mismatch between different materials. Considering van der Waals force interaction...

We report the selective excitation of the flexural modes of microcantilevers in aqueous solutions, by applying the photothermal excitation technique. The experiments show that a particular vibration mode can be efficiently excited by focusing the intensity-modulated laser beam on regions of high curvature of the vibration shape. In addition, the resulting resonant peaks in liquid appear distort...

in the present work, study of the vibration of a functionally graded (fg) cylindrical shell made up of stainless steel, zirconia, and nickel is presented. free vibration analysis is presented for fg cylindrical shells with simply supported-simply supported and clamped–clamped boundary condition based on temperature independent material properties. the equations of motion are derived by hamilton...

Abstract The most important faults of rotating machines can be modelled by means of proper sets of equivalent excitations having a suitable harmonic content. Therefore, mathematical models of rotating machines can be used by fault identification techniques that compare the experimental vibration data to the corresponding theoretical response of the rotor-system caused by a specific set of excit...

Static shape actuation and dynamic control of nozzles can improve their performance, accuracy, reliability, etc. A new curved laminated piezothermoelastic hexahedral finite element is formulated based on the layerwise constant shear angle theory and it is used for modeling and analysis of piezothermoelastic conical shell structures subjected to control voltages for static shape actuation and dy...

OBJECTIVES (1) To investigate the development of hypoesthesia from soon after the whiplash injury to 6 months postinjury and (2) to determine differences in detection thresholds between those with initial features of poor recovery and those without these signs. METHODS Fifty-two participants with acute whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) (<1 mo) were classified as either "high-risk" (n=17; Ne...

A principal goal of the ongoing TESLA superconducting linac project is the production of affordable cryostats that still meet stringent requirements for alignment, vibration and heat leak. Each cryostat contains 8 superconducting RF cavities cooled to 1.8 K, a quadrupole magnet package cooled to 4.5 K, thermal shields cooled to 70 K and 4.5 K, active and passive magnetic shielding, cryogenic se...