An alytical expression for the dependence of the nonparabolicity parameter on shear stress is presented. At 3 GPa the nonparabolicity parameter is shown to increase by a factor of 1.7. Stress dependence of the nonparabolicity parameter is verified by comparing the density-of-states obtained analytically and from the empirical pseudopotential method, and good agreement is found. Increase in the ...

To ascertain whether the , ·elocity of Ice Stream B, \\'est Antarctica, may be controlled by the stres e in its marginal shear zones \ the .. Snake" and the .. Dragon'· ), we undertook a determination of the marginal hear stress in the Dragon near Camp up B by using ice itself as a stress meter. The ob erved marginal shear strain rate of0.14 a I is used to calculate the marginal shear stress fr...

The effective nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NDFM) susceptibility of graded metallic films with weak nonlinearity is exactly derived by invoking the local-field effects. It is found that the presence of gradation in metallic films can yield a broad resonant plasmon band in the optical region, which results in a large enhancement in the NDFM response and thus a large figure of merit. © 2005 Ame...

Dynamic mesh methods and user defined functions are adopted and the shear stress transport k-ω turbulent model has been used in the numerical investigation of heat transfer performance of synthetic jet impingement onto dimple/protrusioned surface. The results show that the local time-averaged Nusselt number of the dimpled/protrusioned target surface tends to be much closer with that of flat cas...

As important passive flow control methods, dimples and protrusions have been successfully implemented via geometric modifications to manipulate flow fields to get a desired flow parameters enhancement. In this research, two novel needles were proposed based on a prototype by means of the dimple and protrusion, and flow patterns within a root canal during final irrigation with these needles were...