X-Ray Scattering Studies of Expanded Fluid Metals

Fluid metals exhibit significant properties of thermodynamic-state dependence, since the inter-particle interaction among the constituents (electrons and ions) considerably changes depending on their thermodynamic conditions. The authors have thus far carried out X-ray scattering experiments of fluid metals in the expanded state, which have enabled them to gain insight into microscopic understanding of the structural and electronic properties of fluid metals. The purpose of this chapter is to provide intriguing aspects of fluid metals originated from the existence of conduction electrons, which distinguishes fluid metals from non-conducting fluids, through the results of fluid rubidium and mercury.

Design parameters analysis and verification of angular vibration sensor based on magnetohydrodynamics

The angular vibration is concerned in many fields such as satellite platform, manufacturing equipment for micro-electromechanical systems. However, the angular vibration with a frequency more than 15 Hz is difficult to be measured by traditional gyroscopes. The angular vibration sensor based on Magnetohydrodynamics can meet the requirements of both wide bandwidth and higher precision. In order to optimize the structure, a response of conducting fluid in the static magnetic field to the angular vibration is modeled in this paper. Based on this model, the sensitivity of the design parameters of magnetic field intensity, conducting fluids' height and width are analyzed to get an optimized parameter for higher precision and bandwidth. A prototype was developed to verify the analysis and optimization. The experiment results showed that the model is accurate with 6.7% error in lower-cut-off frequency and 1.4% error in scale factor. It can meet the design requirement of 6–1000 Hz.

Three-Dimensional Stability Characteristics of Finite Electrified Conducting Fluids Streaming through a Porous Medium

A novel procedure is utilized to investigate the surface waves between two finite conducting fluids streaming through a porous medium in the presence of a horizontal electric field. Normal mode analysis is applied to study two- and three-dimension disturbances cases. The quadratic dispersion equation of complex coefficients representing the system is derived and discussed. It is noted that based on appropriate data selections, the stability criteria do not depend on the medium permeability. It is found that electrical conductivities, viscosities, medium porosity, and surface tension enhance the stability of the system while the dimension and the fluid velocities decrease the stability of the system. Finally, the fluid depths have a dual role (stabilizing as well as destabilizing effects) on the system.