scholarly journals Surface tension of liquid nickel: Re-evaluated and revised data

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 107-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA WERKOVITS ◽  
THOMAS LEITNER ◽  
GERNOT POTTLACHER
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Electromagnetic Levitation ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Liquid Nickel ◽  
Surface Tension Data ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
First Results ◽  
Elevated Surface

Nickel is an important component in many alloys, so reliable surface tension data in the liquid phase are essential for simulation processes in the metal industry. First results for surface tension of liquid nickel from our working group by Aziz et al. [1], which led to the first publication on the topic of our Electromagnetic Levitation (EML) setup, delivered unusual high values compared to the literature, which itself covers a wide range. To find the reason for this behaviour the aim of this work was to investigate the surface tension of nickel samples from different suppliers at similar purity grades by the Oscillating Drop (OD) technique using the EML setup of the Thermophysics and Metalphysics Group at Graz University of Technology. Since no significant deviations between samples from different suppliers have been found, an extensive literature research according to various experimental and evaluation parameters has been performed. In the course of this investigation, the earlier obtained experimental data of Aziz et al. were re-evaluated. Due to gained awareness in evaluating the translational frequency in vertical direction, the mystery of these elevated surface tension results could be solved, so that in the end the originally obtained results of Aziz have been drastically decreased through re-evaluation.

scholarly journals A modular microfluidic system based on a multilayered configuration to generate large-scale perfusable microvascular networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yue ◽  
Da Zhao ◽  
Duc T. T. Phan ◽  
Xiaolin Wang ◽  
Joshua Jonghyun Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Microfluidic System ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Microvascular Networks ◽  
Biological Studies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Flexibility

AbstractThe vascular network of the circulatory system plays a vital role in maintaining homeostasis in the human body. In this paper, a novel modular microfluidic system with a vertical two-layered configuration is developed to generate large-scale perfused microvascular networks in vitro. The two-layer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) configuration allows the tissue chambers and medium channels not only to be designed and fabricated independently but also to be aligned and bonded accordingly. This method can produce a modular microfluidic system that has high flexibility and scalability to design an integrated platform with multiple perfused vascularized tissues with high densities. The medium channel was designed with a rhombic shape and fabricated to be semiclosed to form a capillary burst valve in the vertical direction, serving as the interface between the medium channels and tissue chambers. Angiogenesis and anastomosis at the vertical interface were successfully achieved by using different combinations of tissue chambers and medium channels. Various large-scale microvascular networks were generated and quantified in terms of vessel length and density. Minimal leakage of the perfused 70-kDa FITC-dextran confirmed the lumenization of the microvascular networks and the formation of tight vertical interconnections between the microvascular networks and medium channels in different structural layers. This platform enables the culturing of interconnected, large-scale perfused vascularized tissue networks with high density and scalability for a wide range of multiorgan-on-a-chip applications, including basic biological studies and drug screening.

scholarly journals Surface Tension and Density of Liquid Hot Work Tool Steel W360 by voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG Measured with an Electromagnetic Levitation Apparatus

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Leitner ◽  
Anna Werkovits ◽  
Siegfried Kleber ◽  
Gernot Pottlacher
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Tool Steel ◽  
Pure Iron ◽  
Electromagnetic Levitation ◽  
Liquid Density ◽  
Hot Work Tool Steel ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Main Component

AbstractW360 is a hot work tool steel produced by voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, a special steel producer located in Styria, Austria. Surface tension and density of liquid W360 were studied as a function of temperature in a non-contact, containerless fashion using the oscillating drop method inside an electromagnetic levitation setup. For both, surface tension and density, a linear model was adapted to present the temperature dependence of these measures, including values for the uncertainties of the fit parameters found. The data obtained are compared to pure iron (with 91 wt% the main component of W360), showing an overlap for the liquid density while there is a significant difference in surface tension (− 5.8 % at the melting temperature of pure iron of 1811 K).

scholarly journals Star formation thresholds derived From THINGS

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S237) ◽  
pp. 397-397
Author(s):  
F. Bigiel ◽  
F. Walter ◽  
E. de Blok ◽  
E. Brinks ◽  
B. Madore
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gravitational Instability ◽  
Critical Density ◽  
Nearby Galaxy ◽  
Uv Emission ◽  
Radial Profiles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
First Results ◽  
Type Mass

AbstractWe present first results from THINGS (The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey), which consists of high quality HI maps obtained with the VLA of 34 galaxies across a wide range of galaxy parameters (Hubble type, mass/luminosity). We compare the distribution of HI to the UV emission in our sample galaxies. In particular we present radial profiles of the HI (tracing the neutral interstellar medium) and UV (mainly tracing regions of recent star formation) in our sample galaxies. The azimuthally averaged HI profiles are compared to the predicted critical density above which organized large-scale star formation is believed to start (this threshold is based on the Toomre-Q parameter, which in turn is a measure for local gravitational instability).

Dynamics and Performance of a Harmonically Excited Vertical Impact Damper

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjiv Ramachandran ◽  
George Lesieutre
Keyword(s):  
Loss Factor ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Coefficient Of Restitution ◽  
Numerical Continuation ◽  
Particle Impact ◽  
Impact Damper ◽  
High Loss ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Performance

Particle impact dampers (PIDs) have been shown to be effective in vibration damping. However, our understanding of such dampers is still limited, based on the theoretical models existing today. Predicting the performance of the PID is an important problem, which needs to be investigated more thoroughly. This research seeks to understand the dynamics of a PID as well as those parameters which govern its behavior. The system investigated is a particle impact damper with a ceiling, under the influence of gravity. The base is harmonically excited in the vertical direction. A two-dimensional discrete map is obtained, wherein the variables at one impact uniquely dictate the variables at the next impact. This map is solved using a numerical continuation procedure. Periodic impact motions and “irregular” motions are observed. The effects of various parameters such as the gap clearance, coefficient of restitution, and the base acceleration are analyzed. The dependence of the effective damping loss factor on these parameters is also studied. The loss factor results indicate peak damping for certain combinations of parameters. These combinations of parameters correspond to a region in parameter space where two-impacts-per-cycle motions are observed over a wide range of nondimensional base accelerations. The value of the nondimensional acceleration at which the onset of two-impacts-per-cycle solutions occurs depends on the nondimensional gap clearance and the coefficient of restitution. The range of nondimensional gap clearances over which two-impacts-per-cycle solutions are observed increases as the coefficient of restitution increases. In the regime of two-impacts-per-cycle solutions, the value of nondimensional base acceleration corresponding to onset of these solutions initially decreases and then increases with increasing nondimensional gap clearance. As the two-impacts-per-cycle solutions are associated with high loss factors that are relatively insensitive to changing conditions, they are of great interest to the designer.

Strain-Rate Effect on the Tensile Behaviour of High Strength Alloys

2011 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 124-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezio Cadoni ◽  
Matteo Dotta ◽  
Daniele Forni ◽  
Stefano Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Constitutive Law ◽  
Tensile Behaviour ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Split Hopkinson Tensile Bar ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
First Results

In this paper the first results of the mechanical characterization in tension of two high strength alloys in a wide range of strain rates are presented. Different experimental techniques were used for different strain rates: a universal machine, a Hydro-Pneumatic Machine and a JRC-Split Hopkinson Tensile Bar. The experimental research was developed in the DynaMat laboratory of the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland. An increase of the stress at a given strain increasing the strain-rate from 10-3 to 103 s-1, a moderate strain-rate sensitivity of the uniform and fracture strain, a poor reduction of the cross-sectional area at fracture with increasing the strain-rate were shown. Based on these experimental results the parameters required by the Johnson-Cook constitutive law were determined.

Analytical evaluation of track response in the vertical direction due to a moving load

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (18) ◽  
pp. 2989-3006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wlodzimierz Czyczula ◽  
Piotr Koziol ◽  
Dariusz Kudla ◽  
Sergiusz Lisowski
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Moving Load ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Steady State Response ◽  
Concentrated Force ◽  
State Response ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Rail Deflection

In the literature, typical analytical track response models are composed of beams (which represent the rail) on viscoelastic or elastic foundations. The load is usually considered as a single concentrated force (constant or varying in time) moving with constant speed. Concentrated or distributed loads or multilayer track models have rarely been considered. One can find some interesting results concerning analysis of distributed loads and multilayer track structures that include both analytical and numerical approaches. However, there is a noticeable lack of sufficient comparison between track responses under concentrated or distributed load and between one and multilayer track models. One of the unique features of the present paper is a comparison of data obtained for a series of concentrated and distributed loads, which takes into account a wide range of track parameters and train speeds. One of the fundamental questions associated with the multilayer track model is the level of coupling between the rail and the vibrations of the sleepers. In this paper, it is proved that sleepers are weakly coupled with the rail if the track is without significant imperfections, and the steady-state response is analyzed for this case. In other words, sleeper vibrations do not influence the rail vibrations significantly. Therefore the track is analyzed by means of a two-stage model. The first step of this model determines rail vibration under a moving load, and then the sleeper vibration is calculated from previously obtained kinematic excitation. The model is verified by comparison of the obtained results with experimental data. Techniques based on Fourier series are applied to the solution of the steady-state track response. Another important problem associated with track response under moving loads arises from the analysis of the effect of longitudinal forces in rails on vertical displacement. It is shown that, in the case of the steady-state response, longitudinal forces do not influence rail displacements significantly and this observation remains correct for a wide range of track parameters and train speeds. The paper also analyzes the legitimacy of the statement that additional rail deflection between sleepers, compared to the continuous rail support, can be considered as a track imperfection.

Towards Nonlinear Wave Reconstruction and Prediction From Synthetic Radar Images

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea State ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
State Reconstruction ◽  
Radar Images ◽  
First Results ◽  
Marine Radar ◽  
Offshore Activities

The use of remotely wave sensing by a marine radar is increasingly needed to provide wave information for the sake of safety and operational effectiveness in many offshore activities. Reconstruction of radar images needs to be carried out since radar images are a poor representation of the sea surface elevation: effects like shadowing and tilt determine the backscattered intensity of the images. In [1], the sea state reconstruction and wave propagation to the radar has been tackled successfully for synthetic radar images of linear seas, except for a scaling in the vertical direction. The determination of the significant wave height from the shadowed images only has been described in [2]. This paper will summarize these methods, and provides the first results for the extension to nonlinear seas.

Probing Inclusion Complexes of Pentoxifylline and Pralidoxim inside Cyclic Oligosaccharides by Physicochemical Methodologies

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (8) ◽  
pp. 1109-1127
Author(s):  
Biraj Kumar Barman ◽  
Kanak Roy ◽  
Mahendra Nath Roy
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Inclusion Complexes ◽  
Apparent Molar Volume ◽  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
Drug Delivery Systems ◽  
Surface Tension Data ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Inclusion Phenomena

Abstract Structurally different Molecules namely Pentoxifylline and Pralidoxim were chosen along with α-cyclodextrin and β-cyclodextrin to study host-guest inclusion phenomena. The formations of host guest inclusion complexes were confirmed by studying 1H-NMR spectra, FT-IR spectra, apparent molar volume and viscosity co-efficient. The stabilities of inclusion complexes were compared calculating the binding constant from UV-VIS spectroscopic study. The 1:1 stoichiometry of the inclusion complexes were also determined by analysing the Jobs plot and surface tension data. The values for Gibbs’ free energy were found negative for both the processes. Based on all the above experiments the inclusion processes were found feasible for both the compounds. These types of inclusion complexes are of high interest in the field of research and industry as these are used as drug delivery systems.

scholarly journals FRATs: Searching for fast radio transient in real-time with LOFAR

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S291) ◽  
pp. 233-233
Author(s):  
Heino Falcke ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Search Space ◽  
Large Field ◽  
New Radio ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Imaging Observation ◽  
Previous Decade ◽  
First Results ◽  
Single Radio ◽  
Radio Transients

AbstractLOFAR is an innovative new radio interferometer operating at low radio frequencies from 10 to 270 MHz. It combines a large field-of-view, high fractional bandwidth, rapid response, and a wide range of baselines from tens of meters to thousand kilometers. Its use of phased-array technology and its digital nature make LOFAR an extremely versatile instrument to search for transient radio phenomena on all time scales. Here we discuss in particular the search for fast radio transients (FRATs) at sub-second time scales. In fact, at these time scales the radio sky is rather dynamic due to coherent emission processes. Objects like pulsars, flaring stars, or planets like Jupiter are able to produce bright short flares. For pulsars, most previous detection strategies made use of the rotation of pulsars to detect them, using Fourier techniques, but it is also possible to detect pulsars and other objects through their single pulses. Such surveys have, e.g., led in the previous decade to the detection of Rapid Radio Transients (RRATS), but the unprobed search space is still rather large. LOFAR is now conducting a rather unique survey over the entire northern sky, searching for bright dispersed single radio pulses. This FRATs survey makes use of the LOFAR transient buffer boards (TBBs), which had initially been used to detect nanosecond radio pulses from cosmic rays. The TBBs store the radio data from each single receiver element of LOFAR and allow one to look back in time. A trigger system that runs parallel to normal imaging observation allows one to detect single pulses in an incoherent beam of all LOFAR stations, covering several tens to hundred square degrees at once. Once triggered, the data can be used to localize the pulse and to discriminate cosmic sources from terrestrial interference through 3D localization. The system has been successfully tested with known pulsars and first results of the ongoing survey will be presented.

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