scholarly journals On the kinetic foundations of Kaluza's magnetohydrodynamics

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Sandoval-Villalbazo ◽  
Alma R. Sagaceta-Mejía ◽  
Ana L. García-Perciante
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Kinetic Theory ◽  
Relativistic Effect ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Minkowski Space Time ◽  
Dimensional Minkowski Space ◽  
Relativistic Approach ◽  
Relativistic Description ◽  
Thermodynamic Forces ◽  
Complete Framework

AbstractRecent work has shown the existence of a relativistic effect present in a single component non-equilibrium fluid, corresponding to a heat flux due to an electric field [J. Non-Equilib. Thermodyn. 38 (2013), 141–151]. The treatment in that work was limited to a four-dimensional Minkowski space-time in which the Boltzmann equation was treated in a special relativistic approach. The more complete framework of general relativity can be introduced to kinetic theory in order to describe transport processes associated to electromagnetic fields. In this context, the original Kaluza's formalism is a promising approach [Sitz. Ber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1921), 966–972; Gen. Rel. Grav. 39 (2007), 1287–1296; Phys. Plasmas 7 (2000), 4823–4830]. The present work contains a kinetic theory basis for Kaluza's magnetohydrodynamics and gives a novel description for the establishment of thermodynamic forces beyond the special relativistic description.

scholarly journals Drift kinetic theory of alpha transport by tokamak perturbations

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Tolman ◽  
Peter J. Catto
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Kinetic Theory ◽  
Alpha Particle ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Alpha Particles ◽  
Alpha Power ◽  
Mode Amplitude ◽  
Effective Collision Frequency ◽  
Perturbation Frequency ◽  
Particle Confinement

Upcoming tokamak experiments fuelled with deuterium and tritium are expected to have large alpha particle populations. Such experiments motivate new attention to the theory of alpha particle confinement and transport. A key topic is the interaction of alpha particles with perturbations to the tokamak fields, including those from ripple and magnetohydrodynamic modes like Alfvén eigenmodes. These perturbations can transport alphas, leading to changed localization of alpha heating, loss of alpha power and damage to device walls. Alpha interaction with these perturbations is often studied with single-particle theory. In contrast, we derive a drift kinetic theory to calculate the alpha heat flux resulting from arbitrary perturbation frequency and periodicity (provided these can be studied drift kinetically). Novel features of the theory include the retention of a large effective collision frequency resulting from the resonant alpha collisional boundary layer, correlated interactions over many poloidal transits and finite orbit effects. Heat fluxes are considered for the example cases of ripple and the toroidal Alfvén eigenmode (TAE). The ripple heat flux is small. The TAE heat flux is significant and scales with the square of the perturbation amplitude, allowing the derivation of constraints on mode amplitude for avoidance of significant alpha depletion. A simple saturation condition suggests that TAEs in one upcoming experiment will not cause significant alpha transport via the mechanisms in this theory. However, saturation above the level suggested by the simple condition, but within numerical and experimental experience, which could be accompanied by the onset of stochasticity, could cause significant transport.

Boundary-value problems in the kinetic theory of gases. Part 2. Thermal creep

1971 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. R. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Kinetic Theory ◽  
Effective Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Thermal Creep ◽  
Kinetic Theory Of Gases ◽  
Boundary Wall ◽  
Creep Velocity

The effect of a temperature gradient in a gas inclined at an angle to a boundary wall has been investigated. For an infinite half-space of gas it is found that, in addition to the conventional temperature slip problem, the component of the temperature gradient parallel to the wall induces a net mass flow known as thermal creep. We show that the temperature slip and thermal creep effects can be decoupled and treated quite separately.Expressions are obtained for the creep velocity and heat flux, both far from and at the boundary; it is noted that thermal creep tends to reduce the effective thermal conductivity of the medium.

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer in Rectangular Microchannels Under H2 Boundary Condition During Developing and Fully Developed Laminar Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Dharaiya ◽  
S. G. Kandlikar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Aspect Ratios

Study of fluid flow characteristics at microscale is gaining importance with shrinking device sizes. Better understanding of fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels will have important implications in electronic chip cooling, heat exchangers, MEMS, and microfluidic devices. Due to short lengths employed in microchannels, entrance header effects can be significant and need to be investigated. In this work, three dimensional model of microchannels, with aspect ratios (α = a/b) ranging from 0.1 to 10, are numerically simulated using CFD software tool fluent. Heat transfer effects in the entrance region of microchannel are presented by plotting average Nusselt number as a function of nondimensional axial length x*. The numerical simulations with both circumferential and axial uniform heat flux (H2) boundary conditions are validated for existing data set for four wall heat flux case. Large numerical data sets are generated in this work for rectangular cross-sectional microchannels with heating on three walls, two opposing walls, one wall, and two adjacent walls under H2 boundary condition. This information can provide better understanding and insight into the transport processes in the microchannels. Although the results are seen as relevant in microscale applications, they are applicable to any sized channels. Based on the numerical results obtained for the whole range, generalized correlations for Nusselt numbers as a function of channel aspect ratio are presented for all the cases. The predicted correlations for Nusselt numbers can be very useful resource for the design and optimization of microchannel heat sinks and other microfluidic devices.

Interacting Fields

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-252
Author(s):  
J. Iliopoulos ◽  
T.N. Tomaras
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Perturbation Expansion ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Green Functions ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Minkowski Space Time ◽  
Dimensional Minkowski Space ◽  
Feynman Rules ◽  
Wightman Axioms

We present a simple form of the Wightman axioms in a four-dimensional Minkowski space-time which are supposed to define a physically interesting interacting quantum field theory. Two important consequences follow from these axioms. The first is the invariance under CPT which implies, in particular, the equality of masses and lifetimes for particles and anti-particles. The second is the connection between spin and statistics. We give examples of interacting field theories and develop the perturbation expansion for Green functions. We derive the Feynman rules, both in configuration and in momentum space, for some simple interacting theories. The rules are unambiguous and allow, in principle, to compute any Green function at any order in perturbation.

Flow between Stretchable Rotating Disks in an Anisotropic Porous Medium with Cattaneo Christov Heat Flux

2019 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 138-148
Author(s):  
K. Gowthami ◽  
P. Hari Prasad ◽  
B. Mallikarjuna ◽  
Oluwole Daniel Makinde
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Thermal Relaxation ◽  
Relaxation Parameter ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Rotation Parameter ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Anisotropic Porous Medium ◽  
Physical Quantities

A study on fully developed fluid flow between 2two stretchable disks in a 1porous medium is presented. The porous medium is assumed to be an anisotropic porous medium and described using Darcy’s model. Moreover Cattaneo - Christov heat flux 1model is used for heat transport processes. Numerical method 1is used to compute the solutions of non-dimensionalized equations and obtained results are discussed with the aid of graphs and table values on physical quantities (fluid velocity, fluid temperature, skin frication coefficients and Nusselt numbers) for various values of physical parameters, Darcy’ number in different directions, stretchable disk parameters, rotation parameter and thermal relaxation parameter. Increasing stretchable disks parameter reports opposite behavior on physical quantities at different disks. Positive and negative values of rotation parameter impact on physical quantities are presented and discussed. As increase in thermal relaxation parameter fluid temperature transfers in different directions between disks and Nusselt number values are enhanced at both disks.

scholarly journals Elastic shocks in relativistic rigid rods and balls

2019 ◽  
Vol 475 (2225) ◽  
pp. 20180858 ◽  
Author(s):  
João L. Costa ◽  
José Natário
Keyword(s):  
Free Boundary ◽  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Time Derivative ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Soft Phase ◽  
Minkowski Space Time ◽  
Dimensional Minkowski Space

We study the free boundary problem for the ‘hard phase’ material introduced by Christodoulou in (Christodoulou 1995 Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 130 , 343–400), both for rods in (1 + 1)-dimensional Minkowski space–time and for spherically symmetric balls in (3 + 1)-dimensional Minkowski space–time. Unlike Christodoulou, we do not consider a ‘soft phase’, and so we regard this material as an elastic medium, capable of both compression and stretching. We prove that shocks must be null hypersurfaces, and derive the conditions to be satisfied at a free boundary. We solve the equations of motion of the rods explicitly, and we prove existence of solutions to the equations of motion of the spherically symmetric balls for an arbitrarily long (but finite) time, given initial conditions sufficiently close to those for the relaxed ball at rest. In both cases we find that the solutions contain shocks if and only if the pressure or its time derivative do not vanish at the free boundary initially. These shocks interact with the free boundary, causing it to lose regularity.

Effects of Interfacial Phenomena and Conduction on an Evaporating Meniscus

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Wayner
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Temperature Field ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Slip Velocity ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Liquid Pressure ◽  
Thickness Profile ◽  
Concentration Changes

An overview of some of the theoretical models describing the effects of chemical potential, excess free energy, free energy gradient, film thickness profile, temperature profile, superheat, thermal conduction, concentration gradient, velocity profile, slip velocity, apparent contact angle, and kinetic theory on the phase change heat transfer processes in an evaporating meniscus are presented. The relative importance of the parameters is demonstrated. Experimental techniques and confirming experimental data are also presented. In essence, the microscopic thickness profile of the evaporating meniscus is measured optically to obtain the details of the liquid pressure field and modeled to give the fluid flow rate and the evaporative heat flux. The macroscopic temperature field of the substrate is measured and numerically modeled to give the microscopic temperature field and a complementary calculation of the evaporative heat flux. For closure, the values of the slip velocity and concentration change on evaporation need to be correctly assumed. The interfacial transport processes are very sensitive to small interfacial temperature and concentration changes, which are difficult, if not impossible, to measure directly. However, the liquid pressure gradients can be directly measured. The effects of the interacting phenomena on the phase change processes are demonstrated using these complementary experimental-modeling procedures. The processes are found to be very complex and simple modeling/experiments can only confirm the general phenomena and give insight.

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