scholarly journals Thermal instability revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 492 (3) ◽  
pp. 4484-4499 ◽  
Author(s):  
S A E G Falle ◽  
C J Wareing ◽  
J M Pittard

ABSTRACT Field’s linear analysis of thermal instability is repeated using methods related to Whitham’s theory of wave hierarchies, which brings out the physically relevant parameters in a much clearer way than in the original analysis. It is also used for the stability of non-equilibrium states and we show that for gas cooling behind a shock, the usual analysis is only quantitatively valid for shocks that are just able to trigger a transition to the cold phase. A magnetic field can readily be included and we show that this does not change the stability criteria. By considering steady shock solutions, we show that almost all plausible initial conditions lead to a magnetically dominated state on the unstable part of the equilibrium curve. These results are used to analyse numerical calculations of perturbed steady shock solutions and of shocks interacting with a warm cloud.

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Maksimov

The stability of sliding has been studied, taking into account frictional heating effect and friction coefficient dependence upon the interface temperature and sliding velocity. The collective—thermal and mechanical—sliding instability has been found to exist; instability emergence conditions and dynamics (both in linear and nonlinear stages) have been determined. It is shown that both the threshold and the dynamics of thermofrictional instability differ qualitatively from the analogous characteristics of “stick-slip” phenomenon. Namely, the oscillational instability behavior due to the energy exchange between thermal and mechanical modes has been found to occur under certain initial conditions; the velocities range has been determined for which collective sliding instability may occur whereas the stick-slips would be not possible. The nonlinear analysis of instability evolution has been carried out for pairs with the negative thermal-frictional sliding characteristics, the final stage of sliding dynamics has been described. It is found that stable thermofrictional oscillations can occur on the nonlinear stage of sliding instability development; the oscillations frequency and amplitude have been determined. The possibility has been discussed of the experimental observation of new dynamical sliding phenomena at low temperatures.


1970 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rosenblat ◽  
D. M. Herbert

A Boussinesq fluid is heated from below. The applied temperature gradient is the sum of a steady component and a low-frequency sinusoidal component. An asymptotic solution is obtained which describes the behaviour of infinitesimal disturbances to this configuration. The solution is discussed from the viewpoint of the stability or otherwise of the basic state, and possible stability criteria are analyzed. Some comparison is made with known experimental results.


Author(s):  
Felipe Cruz Rodrigues de Campos ◽  
Marcos Cueva ◽  
Kazuo Nishimoto ◽  
Ana Paula Dos Santos Costa

To be classified and approved by a classification society, all offshore structures shall be submitted and analyzed according to standard rules. The stability criteria are based on the IMO–MODU (International Maritime Organization–Mobile Offshore Drilling Units) Code which has reference to almost all types of floating units such as surface, column-stabilized and self elevating, but problems were found when dealing with monocolumn concept due to differences between this concept and those presented by the rules. The monocolumn studied is a floating production system (FPS) platform designed to handle steel catenary risers (SCR) in a depth of 1800 m in Brazilian oil fields. In this project, special concern was given to sea keeping behavior, constructability and security. This paper discusses the last item, focusing on subdivision and stability analysis. In order to overcome difficulties in finding the appropriate criteria, the work was developed using a special criteria, discussed with Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and PETROBRAS, which could be implanted in future classifications for this type of hull.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 431-441
Author(s):  
Fabián Toledo , Sánchez ◽  
Pedro Pablo Cárdenas Alzate ◽  
Carlos Arturo Escudero Salcedo

In the analysis of the dynamics of the solutions of ordinary differential equations we can observe whether or not small variations or perturbations in the initial conditions produce small changes in the future; this intuitive idea of stability was formalized and studied by Lyapunov, who presented methods for the stable analysis of differential equations. For linear or nonlinear systems, we can also analyze the stability using criteria to obtain Hurwitz type polynomials, which provide conditions for the analysis of the dynamics of the system, studying the location of the roots of the associated characteristic polynomial. In this paper we present a stability study of a Lotka-Volterra type model which has been modified considering the carrying capacity or support in the prey and time delay in the predator, this stable analysis is performed using stability criteria to obtain Hurwitz-type polynomials.


Author(s):  
A.A. Dronic A.A. ◽  

The article presents an assessment of the stability of introduced cherry varieties to spring return frosts in 2020 in the conditions of the sharply continental climate of the Astrakhan region. As a result of unfavorable weather conditions, the total damage score of all varieties was 2-5 points. Almost all the studied varieties showed an insufficient level of resistance to recurrent frosts.


2006 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Ahmed ◽  
Faiz Mohammad

The films of polyaniline:polyethyleneterephthalate films were prepared by polymerizing aniline soaked in polyethyleneterephthalate films of different thicknesses. The films were characterized by FTIR as well as for their electrical properties. The electrical properties of the films were observed to be of good quality as almost all the films showed a great increase in their electrical conductivity from insulator to semiconductor region after doping with hydrochloric acid. All the films in their doped state follow the Arrhenius equation for the temperature dependence of electrical conductivity from 35 to 115oC. The thermooxidative stability was studied by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. The stability in terms of dc electrical conductivity retention was also studied under ambient conditions by two slightly different techniques viz. isothermal and cyclic techniques. The dc electrical conductivity of the films was found to be stable below 90oC for all the films under ambient conditions.


1992 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
YOHANNES KETEMA

This paper is concerned with analyzing Melnikov’s method in terms of the flow generated by a vector field in contrast to the approach based on the Poincare map and giving a physical interpretation of the method. It is shown that the direct implication of a transverse crossing between the stable and unstable manifolds to a saddle point of the Poincare map is the existence of two distinct preserved homoclinic orbits of the continuous time system. The stability of these orbits and their role in the phenomenon of sensitive dependence on initial conditions is discussed and a physical example is given.


1996 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Ruderman ◽  
E. Verwichte ◽  
R. Erdélyi ◽  
M. Goossens

The stability of the MHD tangential discontinuity is studied in compressible plasmas in the presence of anisotropic viscosity and thermal conductivity. The general dispersion equation is derived, and solutions to this dispersion equation and stability criteria are obtained for the limiting cases of incompressible and cold plasmas. In these two limiting cases the effect of thermal conductivity vanishes, and the solutions are only influenced by viscosity. The stability criteria for viscous plasmas are compared with those for ideal plasmas, where stability is determined by the Kelvin—Helmholtz velocity VKH as a threshold for the difference in the equilibrium velocities. Viscosity turns out to have a destabilizing influence when the viscosity coefficient takes different values at the two sides of the discontinuity. Viscosity lowers the threshold velocity V below the ideal Kelvin—Helmholtz velocity VKH, so that there is a range of velocities between V and VKH where the overstability is of a dissipative nature.


1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Flik ◽  
C. L. Tien

Intrinsic thermal stability denotes a situation where a superconductor can carry the operating current without resistance at all times after the occurrence of a localized release of thermal energy. This novel stability criterion is different from the cryogenic stability criteria for magnets and has particular relevance to thin-film superconductors. Crystals of ceramic high-temperature superconductors are likely to exhibit anisotropic thermal conductivity. The resultant anisotropy of highly oriented films of superconductors greatly influences their thermal stability. This work presents an analysis for the maximum operating current density that ensures intrinsic stability. The stability criterion depends on the amount of released energy, the Biot number, the aspect ratio, and the ratio of the thermal conductivities in the plane of the film and normal to it.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Yinjing Guo ◽  
Xiangrong Wang ◽  
Xueqing Zhang

This paper extends the stochastic stability criteria of two measures to the mean stability and proves the stability criteria for a kind of stochastic Itô’s systems. Moreover, by applying optimal control approaches, the mean stability criteria in terms of two measures are also obtained for the stochastic systems with coefficient’s uncertainty.


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