We perform extended numerical simulation of the dynamics of dry friction, based on a model derived from the phenomenological description proposed by Baumberger et al. @Nature ~London! 367, 544 ~1994!# and Heslot et al. @Phys. Rev. E 49, 4973 ~1994!#. Under a quasistationary approximation, the model is related to the Dieterich-Ruina aging ~or slowness! law, which was introduced by Dieterich @Pur...

We present the results of a numerical investigation of the turbulent kinematic dynamo problem in a high Prandtl number regime. The scales of the magnetic turbulence we consider are far smaller than the Kolmogorov dissipative scale, so that the magnetic wavepackets evolve in a nearly smooth velocity field. Firstly, we consider the Kraichnan-Kazantsev model (KKM) in which the strain matrix is tak...

We carried out direct numerical simulations of the flow past a two-dimensional S822 wind turbine blade section at a chord Reynolds number of Re=100,000 and an angle of attack of α = 5deg. Without blade rotation the separated boundary layer “rolls up” into spanwise vortices which then “break up” into smaller scale structures leading to transition to turbulence. Simulation results compare favorab...

Dynamics of gyrostat satellite moving along a circular orbit in the central Newtonian gravitational field is studied. A symbolicnumerical method for determination of all equilibrium orientations of gyrostat satellite in the orbital coordinate system with given gyrostatic torque and given principal central moments of inertia is proposed. A computer algebra method based on the algorithm for the c...

Powder injection molding (PIM) is an important netshape manufacturing process and has received much attention. One of the most critical steps in PIM process is debinding. It consumes a major part of the processing time. Failure of the powder compact often results if the process is accelerated. Thermal debinding is a common methodology for the final removal of residual polymer from a PIM compact...

S EPARATION of supersonic flow in a convergent–divergent nozzle is a fundamental fluid phenomenon that affects a large variety of applications, from fuel systems to aircraft engine nozzles. When a supersonic nozzle is operated at pressure ratioswell below its design point, a shock forms inside the nozzle andflowdownstreamof the shock separates from the nozzle walls. Even though flow separation ...

Electromagnetic metamaterials have emerged as a new class of effective media where exotic properties are determined from structural geometry and dimensions of the basic building blocks, or meta-atoms. Through such a bottom-up approach, metamaterials have found applications in the construction of terahertz functional devices and components with unprecedented performance. In this paper, we numeri...

We present and analyze reliable numerical techniques for simulating complex flow and transport phenomena related to natural gas transportation in pipelines. Such kind of problems are of high interest in the field of petroleum and environmental engineering. Modeling and understanding natural gas flow and transformation processes during transportation is important for the sake of physical realism...

Gravitational perturbations which are present in any realistic stellar collapse to a black hole, die off in the exterior of the hole, but experience an infinite blueshift in the interior. This is believed to lead to a slowly contracting lightlike scalar curvature singularity, characterized by a divergence of the hole’s (quasi-local) mass function along the inner horizon. The region near the inn...

Campbell diffusers have a unique feature in that they lack axial symmetry in the end walls. It has been proposed that the asymmetry of the end wall in a vaned diffuser can be tailored to improve its performance. This concept is applied to the redesign of two vaned diffuser configurations: (1) diffuser with straight leading edge; (2) diffuser with parabolic leading edge. In the redesign, the ori...