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Oscillatory Motion (oscillatory + motion)
Selected AbstractsEmission Intensity Enhancement of DC Arc Plasma Induced by External Oscillating Magnetic FieldCONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS, Issue 10 2007M. M. Stoiljkovi Abstract Direct current (dc) arc plasma with continuous aerosol supply was coupled with an external oscillatingmagnetic field of a few tens of mT and a frequency of up to 1 kHz. Such configuration was used to alter the plasma-related radiative properties. The magnetic field was oriented perpendicularly to the electric field in the plasma and forced the arc column to oscillate as a whole with respect to the surrounding atmosphere. The magnitude of the appliedmagnetic.eld controls the amplitude of the oscillatory motion. Several parameters that can contribute to the radiative properties of the plasma were investigated (arc current, composition of aerosol introduced into the plasma, amplitude and frequency of the magnetic field applied). Spectral emission from different zones of the plasma column was measured by optical emission spectroscopy (OES). In comparison to steady-state plasma, the applied magnetic field induces an intensity enhancement of emission of the most analytes considered. The intensity enhancement is strongly affected by the amplitude and frequency of plasma column oscillations, i.e. by plasma column velocity. Also, intensity enhancement depends on the plasma zone observed. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] Self-propulsion of oscillating wings in incompressible flowINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Issue 1 2008A. Carabineanu Abstract In this paper, we show that the oscillatory motion of an airfoil (wing) in an ideal fluid can determine the apparition of thrust. In the framework of the linearized perturbation theory, the pressure jump over the oscillating wing is the solution of a two-dimensional hypersingular integral equation. Using appropriate quadrature formulas, we discretize the oscillatory lifting surface integral equation in order to obtain the jump of the pressure across the surface. Integrating numerically, we obtain the drag coefficient. For some oscillatory motions, if the frequency of the oscillations surpasses a certain value, the drag coefficient becomes negative, i.e. there appears a propulsive force. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] URANS computations for an oscillatory non-isothermal triple-jet using the k,, and second moment closure turbulence modelsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Issue 9 2003M. Nishimura Abstract Low Reynolds number turbulence stress and heat flux equation models (LRSFM) have been developed to enhance predictive capabilities. A new method is proposed for providing the wall boundary condition for dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy, ,, to improve the model capability upon application of coarse meshes for practical use. The proposed method shows good agreement with accepted correlations and experimental data for flows with various Reynolds and Prandtl numbers including transitional regimes. Also, a mesh width about 5 times or larger than that used in existing models is applicable by using the present boundary condition. The present method thus enhanced computational efficiency in applying the complex turbulence model, LRSFM, to predictions of complicated flows. Unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier,Stokes (URANS) computations are conducted for an oscillatory non-isothermal quasi-planar triple-jet. Comparisons are made between an experiment and predictions with the LRSFM and the standard k,, model. A water test facility with three vertical jets, the cold in between two hot jets, simulates temperature fluctuations anticipated at the outlet of a liquid metal fast reactor core. The LRSFM shows good agreement with the experiment, with respect to mean profiles and the oscillatory motion of the flow, while the k,, model under-predicts the mixing due to the oscillation, such that a transverse mean temperature difference remains far downstream. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] The mathematical pendulum from Gauß via Jacobi to RiemannANNALEN DER PHYSIK, Issue 6 2009W. Dittrich Abstract The goal of this article is to introduce double-periodic elliptic functions on the basis of a "simple" mechanical system, that of the mathematical pendulum. Thereby it is not geometry that is in the foreground, as in Gauß's analysis of the lemniscatian curve, but rather the calculation of the specific attributes of elliptic functions with the aid of a periodic integrable system. Not the spatial degree of freedom, but the time variable is continued into the complex plane. This will make it possible for us to not only identify the known real period of the pendulum oscillation, but also to detect a second imaginary period. Only then does the solution of the equation of motion become a Jacobi-type elliptic function. Using the Cauchy integral theorem, which Gauß was already familiar with, as well as the simplest Riemannian surface of the function , we want to calculate the analytic and topological characteristics of the oscillatory motion of a pendulum. Our intent is to show that elliptic functions could have appeared much earlier than 1796 in the literature. Admittedly, for this the field of complex numbers was necessary, as represented in the Gaußian plane of complex numbers. However, Gauß was unwilling to publish his findings because of his "fear of the cry of the Boeotians". [source] Tracking large solid constructs suspended in a rotating bioreactor: A combined experimental and theoretical studyBIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING, Issue 6 2009L.J. Cummings Abstract We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the trajectory of a large solid cylindrical disc suspended within a fluid-filled rotating cylindrical vessel. The experimental set-up is relevant to tissue-engineering applications where a disc-shaped porous scaffold is seeded with cells to be cultured, placed within a bioreactor filled with nutrient-rich culture medium, which is then rotated in a vertical plane to keep the growing tissue construct suspended in a state of "free fall." The experimental results are compared with theoretical predictions based on the model of Cummings and Waters (2007), who showed that the suspended disc executes a periodic motion. For anticlockwise vessel rotation three regimes were identified: (i) disc remains suspended at a fixed position on the right-hand side of the bioreactor; (ii) disc executes a periodic oscillatory motion on the right-hand side of the bioreactor; and (iii) disc orbits the bioreactor. All three regimes are captured experimentally, and good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained. For the tissue engineering application, computation of the fluid dynamics allows the nutrient concentration field surrounding a tissue construct (a property that cannot be measured experimentally) to be determined (Cummings and Waters, 2007). The implications for experimental cell-culture protocols are discussed. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009; 104: 1224,1234. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] Self-propulsion of oscillating wings in incompressible flowINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Issue 1 2008A. Carabineanu Abstract In this paper, we show that the oscillatory motion of an airfoil (wing) in an ideal fluid can determine the apparition of thrust. In the framework of the linearized perturbation theory, the pressure jump over the oscillating wing is the solution of a two-dimensional hypersingular integral equation. Using appropriate quadrature formulas, we discretize the oscillatory lifting surface integral equation in order to obtain the jump of the pressure across the surface. Integrating numerically, we obtain the drag coefficient. For some oscillatory motions, if the frequency of the oscillations surpasses a certain value, the drag coefficient becomes negative, i.e. there appears a propulsive force. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Shaping stable periodic motions of inertia wheel pendulum: theory and experiment,ASIAN JOURNAL OF CONTROL, Issue 5 2009Leonid B. Freidovich Abstract We consider an underactuated two-link robot called the inertia wheel pendulum. The system consists of a free planar rotational pendulum and a symmetric disk attached to its end, which is directly controlled by a DC-motor. The goal is to create stable oscillations of the pendulum, which is not directly actuated. We exploit a recently proposed feedback-control design strategy based on motion planning via virtual holonomic constraints. This strategy is shown to be useful for design of regulators for achieving orbitally exponentially stable oscillatory motions. The main contribution is a step-by-step procedure on how to achieve oscillations with pre-specified amplitude from a given range and an arbitrary independently chosen period. The theoretical results are verified via experiments with a real hardware setup. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society [source] | |||||||||||||