scholarly journals Cylindrical Couette flow of a vapor-gas mixture: Ghost effect and bifurcation in the continuum limit

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 087103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Yoshida ◽  
Kazuo Aoki
Keyword(s):  
Couette Flow ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Gas Mixture ◽  
Cylindrical Couette Flow ◽  
The Continuum

Instability and Collapse in Discrete Wave Equations

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
A. Carpio ◽  
G. Duro
Keyword(s):  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Wave Equations ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Initial States ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Continuum

AbstractUnstable growth phenomena in spatially discrete wave equations are studied. We characterize sets of initial states leading to instability and collapse and obtain analytical predictions for the blow-up time. The theoretical predictions are con- trasted with the numerical solutions computed by a variety of schemes. The behavior of the systems in the continuum limit and the impact of discreteness and friction are discussed.

scholarly journals A frictional Cosserat model for the slow shearing of granular materials

2002 ◽  
Vol 457 ◽  
pp. 377-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. SRINIVASA MOHAN ◽  
K. KESAVA RAO ◽  
PRABHU R. NOTT
Keyword(s):  
Angular Velocity ◽  
Granular Material ◽  
Shear Layer ◽  
Granular Materials ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Couette Flow ◽  
Velocity Fields ◽  
Cosserat Continuum ◽  
Cosserat Model ◽  
Cylindrical Couette Flow

A rigid-plastic Cosserat model for slow frictional flow of granular materials, proposed by us in an earlier paper, has been used to analyse plane and cylindrical Couette flow. In this model, the hydrodynamic fields of a classical continuum are supplemented by the couple stress and the intrinsic angular velocity fields. The balance of angular momentum, which is satisfied implicitly in a classical continuum, must be enforced in a Cosserat continuum. As a result, the stress tensor could be asymmetric, and the angular velocity of a material point may differ from half the local vorticity. An important consequence of treating the granular medium as a Cosserat continuum is that it incorporates a material length scale in the model, which is absent in frictional models based on a classical continuum. Further, the Cosserat model allows determination of the velocity fields uniquely in viscometric flows, in contrast to classical frictional models. Experiments on viscometric flows of dense, slowly deforming granular materials indicate that shear is confined to a narrow region, usually a few grain diameters thick, while the remaining material is largely undeformed. This feature is captured by the present model, and the velocity profile predicted for cylindrical Couette flow is in good agreement with reported data. When the walls of the Couette cell are smoother than the granular material, the model predicts that the shear layer thickness is independent of the Couette gap H when the latter is large compared to the grain diameter dp. When the walls are of the same roughness as the granular material, the model predicts that the shear layer thickness varies as (H/dp)1/3 (in the limit H/dp [Gt ] 1) for plane shear under gravity and cylindrical Couette flow.

Coupled dynamics of populations supported by discrete sites and their continuum limit

2010 ◽  
Vol 466 (2121) ◽  
pp. 2561-2586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy R. Field ◽  
Robert J. A. Tough
Keyword(s):  
Evolution Equation ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Rate Equation ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Infinite Chain ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Birth Death

The illumination of single population behaviour subject to the processes of birth, death and immigration has provided a basis for the discussion of the non-Gaussian statistical and temporal correlation properties of scattered radiation. As a first step towards the modelling of its spatial correlations, we consider the populations supported by an infinite chain of discrete sites, each subject to birth, death and immigration and coupled by migration between adjacent sites. To provide some motivation, and illustrate the techniques we will use, the migration process for a single particle on an infinite chain of sites is introduced and its diffusion dynamics derived. A certain continuum limit is identified and its properties studied via asymptotic analysis. This forms the basis of the multi-particle model of a coupled population subject to single site birth, death and immigration processes, in addition to inter-site migration. A discrete rate equation is formulated and its generating function dynamics derived. This facilitates derivation of the equations of motion for the first- and second-order cumulants, thus generalizing the earlier results of Bailey through the incorporation of immigration at each site. We present a novel matrix formalism operating in the time domain that enables solution of these equations yielding the mean occupancy and inter-site variances in the closed form. The results for the first two moments at a single time are used to derive expressions for the asymptotic time-delayed correlation functions, which relates to Glauber’s analysis of an Ising model. The paper concludes with an analysis of the continuum limit of the birth–death–immigration–migration process in terms of a path integral formalism. The continuum rate equation and evolution equation for the generating function are developed, from which the evolution equation of the mean occupancy is derived, in this limit. Its solution is provided in closed form.

scholarly journals Effective Action and Measure in Matrix Model of IIB Superstrings

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (31) ◽  
pp. 2331-2340 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Chekhov ◽  
K. Zarembo
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Auxiliary Field ◽  
Large N ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Reparametrization Invariance ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Induced Measure

We calculate an effective action and measure induced by the integration over the auxiliary field in the matrix model recently proposed to describe IIB superstrings. It is shown that the measure of integration over the auxiliary matrix is uniquely determined by locality and reparametrization invariance of the resulting effective action. The large-N limit of the induced measure for string coordinates is discussed in detail. It is found to be ultralocal and, thus, is possibly irrelevant in the continuum limit. The model of the GKM type is considered in relation to the effective action problem.

scholarly journals BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IN THE DIRAC APPROACH TO GRAPHENE DEVICES

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 240-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.G. BENEVENTANO ◽  
E.M. SANTANGELO
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Zeta Function ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Casimir Energy ◽  
Local Boundary ◽  
Graphene Devices ◽  
The Continuum

We study a family of local boundary conditions for the Dirac problem corresponding to the continuum limit of graphene, both for nanoribbons and nanodots. We show that, among the members of such family, MIT bag boundary conditions are the ones which are in closest agreement with available experiments. For nanotubes of arbitrary chirality satisfying these last boundary conditions, we evaluate the Casimir energy via zeta function regularization, in such a way that the limit of nanoribbons is clearly determined.

High-resolution spectroscopy near the continuum limit: the microwave spectrum of trans-3-bromo-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane

2018 ◽  
Vol 117 (9-12) ◽  
pp. 1351-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank E. Marshall ◽  
Nicole Moon ◽  
Thomas D. Persinger ◽  
David J. Gillcrist ◽  
Nelson E. Shreve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Microwave Spectrum ◽  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
The Continuum
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