We consider the mixing of similar, cohesionless granular materials in quasi-two-dimensional rotating containers by means of theory and experiment. A mathematical model is presented for the flow in containers of arbitrary shape but which are symmetric with respect to rotation by 180 degrees and half-filled with solids. The flow comprises a thin cascading layer at the flat free surface, and a fix...

Wheat flour dough is a rheologically complex viscoelastic material, whose unique time-dependent properties depend on the quality of the flour, the available moisture, and the extent to which the dough is mixed. The rheological properties developed in dough during mixing are governed by the rate, amount, and type of deformation applied. As a result, dough mixers have evolved into highly complex ...

Passive mixers have insertion loss that requires compensation in either the RF or IF gain stages to establish the overall desired receiver noise figure performance. For these passive mixers, the user must not only consider the third-order input intercept points (IIP3), but should also consider the output third-order intercept point (OIP3) when comparing the performance to integrated mixers. Pas...

The double balance mixer scheme in-phase signal input and double-quadrature Local Oscillator (LO) is suggested for application on IQ direct conversion receivers. The influence of the gain and phase mismatches of splitters is investigated. It is shown that a similar scheme using square-law detectors is promising on optical applications. Introduction The increasing interest in direct conversion r...

Except the fundamental modulation frequency, by higher-order-harmonic modulations of mode-locked laser pulses and a simple frequency demodulation circuit, a novel approach to GHz frequency-domain-photon-migration (FDPM) system was reported. With this novel approach, a wide-band modulation frequency comb is available without any external modulation devices and the only electronics to extract the...

E-plane split-block waveguide construction is well suited to many millimeter-wave components, including power dividers, frequency multipliers, and single-ended, balanced and sideband-separating mixers [1]. Recent ALMA memos have described quadrature hybrids [2] and a matched power divider [3] suitable for split-block construction. This memo describes four additional waveguide elements which can...

We present an investigation into optimizing micromixer design for enhancing dielectrophoretic (DEP) microconcentrator performance. DEP-based microconcentrators use the dielectrophoretic force to collect particles on electrodes. Because the DEP force generated by electrodes decays rapidly away from the electrodes, DEP-based microconcentrators are only effective at capturing particles from a limi...

| In this paper, we present a new implementation of the harmonic balance method which extends its applicability to circuits 2-3 orders of magnitude larger than was previously practical. The results reported here extend our previous work 1] which only considered large circuits operating in a mildly nonlinear regime. The new implementation is based on quadratically convergent Newton methods and i...

This section describes a Local Oscillator (LO) system using modern multiplier chains. The conventional approach to generating local oscillator (LO) power for millimeter and submillimeter wave heterodyne mixers is to generate power at a lower frequency using a suitable phase-locked source, and to convert this power to the desired commensurate frequency using a nonlinear diode such as a varactor ...