Variable radio sources and the two-fluid models

Author(s):  
G. Pelletier ◽  
Jacques Roland ◽  
Hélène Sol



1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Campbell-Wilson ◽  
R. W. Hunstead

AbstractThis paper is a preliminary report on the flux density monitoring of calibration sources used at the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope. We show two examples of large amplitude variability at 843 MHz which we attribute to refractive scintillation in the Galactic interstellar medium.





Author(s):  
Aurelia Chenu ◽  
Konstantin Mikityuk ◽  
Rakesh Chawla

In the framework of PSI’s FAST code system, the TRACE thermal-hydraulics code is being extended for representation of sodium two-phase flow. As the currently available version (v.5) is limited to the simulation of only single-phase sodium flow, its applicability range is not enough to study the behavior of a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) during a transient in which boiling is anticipated. The work reported here concerns the extension of the two-fluid models, which are available in TRACE for steam-water, to sodium two-phase flow simulation. The conventional correlations for ordinary gas-liquid flows are used as basis, with optional correlations specific to liquid metal when necessary. A number of new models for representation of the constitutive equations specific to sodium, with a particular emphasis on the interfacial transfer mechanisms, have been implemented and compared with the original closure models. As a first application, the extended TRACE code has been used to model experiments that simulate a loss-of-flow (LOF) accident in a SFR. The comparison of the computed results, with both the experimental data and SIMMER-III code predictions, has enabled validation of the capability of the modified TRACE code to predict sodium boiling onset, flow regimes, dryout, flow reversal, etc. The performed study is a first-of-a-kind application of the TRACE code to two-phase sodium flow. Other integral experiments are planned to be simulated to further develop and validate the two-phase sodium flow methodology.



AIChE Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2691-2707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yesim Igci ◽  
Sankaran Sundaresan


1998 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 271-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Kedziora-Chudczer ◽  
D. L. Jauncey ◽  
M. H. Wieringa ◽  
J. E. Reynolds ◽  
A. K. Tzioumis

AbstractThis is a progress report on the ATCA IDV survey of compact, flat or inverted spectrum radio sources. We found that four sources: PKS 0405–385, PKS 1034–293, PKS 1144–397, and PKS 1519–273 out of the sample of 125 show high flux density variability on the daily timescale. The characteristics of observed IDV are discussed and we reflect on its possible origin.



1982 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 317-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Fanti ◽  
L. Padrielli ◽  
M. Salvati

Flux variations are a common feature of flat spectrum compact extra-galactic radio sources. Detailed analysis and quantitative comparisons with theoretical models (e.g. van der Laan, 1966) are difficult due to the complex characteristics of the flux variations, which generally appear to consist of different outbursts blended together in time. Nevertheless, the general consensus is that the basic process has been correctly identified and consists in an expansion of a synchrotron radiating plasma cloud of relativistic electrons and magnetic field partially opaque to its own radiation. The main differences between data and predictions of the theory are that the variations propagate too fast and with too large amplitude toward lower frequencies. This behaviour however may be indicative of continuous energy supply and consequent accelerated expansion.



2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 877-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Ullmann ◽  
A Goldstein ◽  
M Zamir ◽  
N Brauner


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