we have calculated the phonon frequencies of kc1 along symmetry directions using an approach which is a combination of the frozen phonon and force constants methods. we also calculated griineisen parameters for all modes at x and l points in the brillouin zone. finally, the slope of acoustic dispersion curves around zone center were used to calculate the three independent elastic coefficients c...

The shear flow of non-Brownian glass spheres suspended in a concentrated colloidal dispersion that exhibits non-Newtonian rheology is investigated. At low volume fractions, the addition of non-Brownian spherical particles to the colloidal dispersion leads to an increase in the shear viscosity as well as the dynamic moduli. The flow curves of these suspensions are qualitatively similar to the su...

The longitudinal, transverse and torsional wave dispersion curves in single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are used to estimate the non-local kernel for use in continuum elasticity models of nanotubes. The dispersion data for an armchair (10,10) SWCNT was obtained using lattice dynamics of SWNTs while accounting for the helical symmetry of the tubes. In our approach, the Fourier transformed ke...

Lu Han and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan A gaseous tracer technique and procedures were developed and implemented to measure the axial dispersion of gas phase in a slurry bubble column reactor using air-water-glass beads (100ìm). Residence time distribution curves were obtained by measuring the response of gaseous tracer pulse input. The gas phase axial dispersion coefficient, Dg, was determined from m...

We analyze seismic data using multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) to invert multi-mode surface-wave dispersion curves into 1D vertical shear-wave velocity profiles. The dispersion-curve patterns of the Rayleigh wave are imaged using conventional methods and the high-resolution linear radon transform (HRLRT). Comparison of these imaging techniques shows that the HRLRT provides higher ...

Accurate knowledge of the velocity dispersion of Lamb modes is important for ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation methods used in detecting and locating flaws in thin plates and in determining their elastic stiffness coefficients. Lamb mode dispersion is also important in the acoustic emission technique for accurately triangulating the location of emissions in thin plates. In this research, the...

Nanowire chains (NCs) are analyzed by use of a rigorous, full-wave, Source-Model Technique (SMT). The technique employs a proper periodic Green's function which converges regardless of whether the structure is lossless or lossy. By use of this Green's function, it is possible to determine the complex propagation constants of the NC modes directly and accurately, as solutions of a dispersion equ...

A Bragg-reflection-based ring resonator is proposed and analyzed. Closed-form expressions for the field and dispersion curves for radial Bragg gratings and photonic bandgap crystals are derived. The required gratings exhibit a chirped period and a varying index profile. Small bending radii and strong control over the resonator dispersion are possible by the Bragg confinement. Large free spectra...

An inversion scheme is proposed, relying upon the inversion of the noise of a moving ship measured on a single distant hydrophone. The spectrogram of the measurements exhibits striations which depend on waveguide parameters. The periodic behavior of striations versus range are used to estimate the differences of radial wavenumber between couples of propagative modes at a given frequency. These ...