We studied the layer-by-layer collapse of molecularly thin films of a model lubricant confined between two atomically smooth substrates. The dynamics of the consecutive expulsion of four molecular layers were found to slow down with decreasing film thickness but showed no evidence for confinement-induced solidification. Using a hydrodynamic model, we show that the sliding friction of liquid lay...

The " local-equilibrium " hypothesis that assumes a local balance between the viscous dissipation and the subgrid-scale dissipation at the same physical location in turbulent flow has been commonly used for turbulence modeling. For example, based on the local equilibrium hypothesis, Germano et al. (1991) and Moin et al. (1991) developed dynamic procedures for determining the model coefficients ...

Intermittency, measured as log (F (r)/3), where F (r) is the flatness of velocity increments at scale r, is found to rapidly increase as viscous effects intensify, and eventually saturate at very small scales. This feature defines a finite intermediate range of scales between the inertial and dissipation ranges, that we shall call near-dissipation range. It is argued that intermittency is multi...

This study develops analytical relationships and computations of power dissipation in magnetic fluid (ferrofluid) subjected to alternating magnetic field. The dissipation results from the orientational relaxation of particles having thermal fluctuations in a viscous medium. r 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Heat exchangers are of key importance in overall performance and commercialization of thermoacoustic devices. The main goal in designing efficient thermoacoustic heat exchangers (TAHXs) is the achievement of the required heat transfer rate in conjunction with low acoustic energy dissipation. A numerical investigation is performed to examine the effects of geometry on both the viscous and therma...

The evolution of modulational instability, or Benjamin-Feir instability is investigated within the framework of the two-dimensional fully nonlinear potential equations, modified to include wind forcing and viscous dissipation. The wind model corresponds to the Miles’ theory. The introduction of dissipation in the equations is briefly discussed. Evolution of this instability in the presence of d...

In a strongly nonlinear viscous granular chain impacted by a single grain we observe a wave disturbance that consists of two parts exhibiting two time scales of dissipation. Above a critical viscosity there is no separation of the two pulses, and the dissipation and nonlinearity dominate the shocklike attenuating pulse.

We study the dynamics of two-dimensional surface gravity waves of fluid in a channel. The viscous dissipation in the bulk of the fluid is assumed to be negligible by comparing with the dissipation in the vicinity of the contact line. Capillarity effects are not considered. Dissipation in the vicinity of the contact line is described by contact line dissipation model suggested in de Ruijter et a...

This article presents the heat and mass transfer characteristics of unsteady MHD flow of a viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting micropolar fluid in the presence of viscous dissipation and radiation over a porous stretching sheet with chemical reaction. The governing partial differential equations (PDEs) are reduced to ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by applying suitable si...

The effect of energy absorption during the binary evolution Exotic-compact-objects (ECOs) is extensively studied. We review underlying mechanism that provides dissipation in material objects - tidal friction. show unlike typical astrophysical objects, where due to viscosity negligible, ECOs, could potentially mimic analogous black-holes (BHs) heating. stand for their differences and similaritie...