In this research, the behaviour of the differential equation governing volume flow through a pressure-controlled valve is examined with particular attention given to the rather troublesome transition between an open and closed valve. A closed-form solution for the time evolution of volume flow is given and used to derive an update for the volume flow. The result is a smooth, nearly alias free t...

We investigate magnetic Taylor–Couette flow in the presence of an imposed axial magnetic field. First we calculate nonlinear steady axisymmetric solutions and determine how their strength depends on the applied magnetic field. Then we perturb these solutions to find the critical Reynolds numbers for the appearance of wavy modes, and the related wavespeeds, at increasing magnetic field strength....

Flows of dissipative particles driven by the peristaltic motion of a tube are numerically studied. A transition from a slow "unjammed" flow to a fast "jammed" flow is found through the observation of the flow rate at a critical width of the bottleneck of a peristaltic tube. It is also found that the average and fluctuation of the transition time, and the peak value of the second moment of the f...

recently, particular attention has been paid to the stepped spillways due to the increasing effect of energy dissipation and the reduction of cavitations risks with the development of roller compacted concrete (rcc) technique. flow regimes on the spillways divide into three groups, namely skimming, jet and transition flow. compared to the numerical methods, the majority of performed studies in ...

Use of patient-specific drain-phase parameters has previously been suggested to improve peritoneal dialysis (PD) adequacy. Improving management of the drain period may also help to minimize intraperitoneal volume (IPV). A typical gravity-based drain profile consists of a relatively constant initial fast-flow period, followed by a transition period and a decaying slow-flow period. That profile w...

We discuss the physics of embolic stroke using a minimal model of emboli moving through the cerebral arteries. Our model of the blood flow network consists of a bifurcating tree into which we introduce particles (emboli) that halt flow on reaching a node of similar size. Flow is weighted away from blocked arteries inducing an effective interaction between emboli. We justify the form of the flow...

Systematic studies of global observables in different collision systems are indispensable for mapping the QCD phase diagram. Fluctuations in these quantities can provide fundamental information relevant for the phase transitions. The following global observables relevant to critical behavior are studied: the longitudinal density correlation, K to π and p to π fluctuations, and the constituent q...

Bisimulation-based information flow properties were introduced by Focardi and Gorrieri [6] as a way of specifying security properties for transition system models. These properties were shown to be decidable for finite-state systems. In this paper, we study the problem of verifying these properties for some well-known classes of infinite state systems. We show that all the properties are undeci...

In self-gravitating stars, two dimensional or geophysical flows and in plasmas, long range interactions imply a lack of additivity for the energy; as a consequence, the usual thermodynamic limit is not appropriate. However, by contrast with many claims, the equilibrium statistical mechanics of such systems is a well understood subject. In this proceeding, we explain briefly the classical approa...