简介:Allometricscalingrelationsforhowbranchingtubesdeliverfluidareoftenbasedontheassumptionofisothermalconditionswhicharenotalwaysfulfilled.Thisworkreportsonthesizesofbranchingtubesforfluidflowsubjectedtoconstantwallheatflux.Itexploreshowthedeliveryoffluidandheatinfluencestheoptimalsizeofatubeandtheoptimalconfigurationofbranchingtubesforbothlaminarandturbulentflow.Besides,itpresentsananalyticalbasisforevaluationofoptimalsizeoftubesthatminimisethepowerlossassociatedwiththepumpingpowerandtheheattransfer.Thefindingsobtainedinthisstudymayhaveimportantimplicationsfordesignofsystemswithminimumthermodynamiclosses.
简介:Thermodynamicsisabranchofphysicswhichdealswiththeenergyflowintosystems.Therearetwoprincipallawsofthermodynamicswhicharedescribedonseparateslides.Thefirstlawofthermodynamicsrelatestothetransferofvariousformsofenergy,asheat,electric,magneticandchemicalenergiestoproducemechanicalwork.Thislawissometimestakenasthedefinitionofinternalenergy,andintroducesanadditionalstatevariable,enthalpy.Thefirstlawofthermodynamicsallowsformanypossiblestatesofasystemtoexist.Butexperienceindicatesthatthereisonlyonedirectionfornaturalprocessestoproceed.Thisleadstothesecondlawofthermodynamicsandthedefinitionofanotherstatevariablecalledentropy.Thesecondlawstipulatesthatthetotalentropyofasystemplusitsenvironmentcannotdecrease;itcanremainconstantforareversibleprocessbutmustalwaysincreaseforirreversibleornaturalprocesses.However,thelimitednumberofauthorsisconcernedbysystemsthatinvolvethetransferofelectricandmagneticenergiesinadditiontotheflowofheatinstudyingageneralthermodynamicsystem.Thesubmittedreviewfollowsanentropyapproachthatintroducescleardefinitionsoftheelectricchargeandmagneticfluxtoclarifyambiguitiesofthenaturesofsuchfluxesinliterature.So,thefirstandsecondlawsofthermodynamicsareappliedonthermo-electromagneticprocessesthatembracetheflowofmechanical,thermal,electric,andmagneticenergiesintosystemsthatinvolvefluidsorsolids.Accordingly,itwaspossibletomodifyredundanciesintheSIsystemofunits.Followingtheentropyapproach,itwaspossibletocasttheMaxwell’sequationsintoanenergyframeofreferencetoexplainthediscoveredTesla’swirelesspowertransmissionas“ElectricalRadiantEnergy”,andtheMITdiscoveryofwirelesspowertransmissionofthemagneticfluxas“EvanescentWaves”andtoclarifyfuzzinessofthedualityconfusionbyspecifyingauniquepropertyfortheelectronasaparticleandaun
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简介:Inthisstudy,weinvestigateanewsimpleschemeusingaplanarundulator(PU)togetherwithaproperlydispersedelectronbeam(ebeam)withalargeenergyspread(~1%)toenhancethefree-electronlaser(FEL)gain.ForadispersedebeaminaPU,theresonantconditionissatisfiedforthecenterelectrons,whilethefrequencydetuningincreasesfortheoff-centerelectrons,inhibitingthegrowthoftheradiation.ThePUcanactasafilterforselectingtheelectronsnearthebeamcentertoachievetheradiation.Althoughonlythecenterelectronscontribute,theradiationcanbeenhancedsignificantlyowingtothehigh-peakcurrentofthebeam.Theoreticalanalysisandsimulationresultsindicatethatthismethodcanbeusedfortheimprovementoftheradiationperformance,whichhasgreatsignificanceforshort-wavelengthFELapplications.
简介:Thebubblesriseupandburstatthefreesurfaceisacomplextwo-phaseprocess.AfreeenergylatticeBoltzmannmethod(LBM)modelisadoptedinthispapertostudythisphenomenon.Theinterfacecapturingtechnique[Zhengetal.,2006]isusedtodealwiththehighdensityratioproblem.TheLaplacelawandtheair-waterinterfacecapturingabilityarevalidatedforthemultiphasemodel.Theinteractionbetweenthesinglebubbleormultiplebubblesandthefreesurfacearestudiedbythemultiphasemodel.Theforceactingonthebubbleandtheevolutionofthefreesurfaceisstudied.Meanwhile,effectoftheinitialdistancebetweentwoadjacentbubblesoninteractioneffectsofmultiplebubblesisinvestigatedaswell.
简介:Therealizationofanefficientopticalsensorbasedonaphotoniccrystalmetasurfacesupportingboundstatesinthecontinuumisreported.Liquidswithdifferentrefractiveindices,rangingfrom1.4000to1.4480,areinfiltratedinamicrofluidicchamberbondedtothesensingdielectricmetasurface.Abulkliquidsensitivityof178nm/RIUisachieved,whileaQ-factorofabout2000givesasensorfigureofmeritupto445inairatbothvisibleandinfraredexcitations.Furthermore,thedetectionofultralow-molecular-weight(186Da)moleculesisdemon-stratedwitharecordresonanceshiftof6nmperlessthanaInmthicksinglemolecularlayer.Thesystemexploitsanormal-to-the-surfaceopticallaunchingscheme,withexcellentinterrogationstabilityanddemonstratesalignment-freeperformances,overcomingthelimitsofstandardphotoniccrystalsandplasmonicresonantconfigurations.