scholarly journals Diamagnetic levitation and thermal gradient driven motion of graphite

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manato Fujimoto ◽  
Mikito Koshino
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Diamagnetic Levitation

Fission Gas Bubbles in Fractured UO2

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 286-287
Author(s):  
O. M. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Gas Bubbles ◽  
Inert Gas ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Fission Gas ◽  
Beam Heating ◽  
Limited Application ◽  
Bubble Characteristics ◽  
Electron Beam Heating

The swelling of irradiated UO2 has been attributed to the migration and agglomeration of fission gas bubbles in a thermal gradient. High temperatures and thermal gradients obtained by electron beam heating simulate reactor behavior and lead to the postulation of swelling mechanisms. Although electron microscopy studies have been reported on UO2, two experimental procedures have limited application of the results: irradiation was achieved either with a stream of inert gas ions without fission or at depletions less than 2 x 1020 fissions/cm3 (∼3/4 at % burnup). This study was not limited either of these conditions and reports on the bubble characteristics observed by transmission and fractographic electron microscopy in high density (96% theoretical) UO2 irradiated between 3.5 and 31.3 x 1020 fissions/cm3 at temperatures below l600°F. Preliminary results from replicas of the as-polished and etched surfaces of these samples were published.

Toward living nanomachines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Mast ◽  
Friederike Möller ◽  
Moritz Kreysing ◽  
Severin Schink ◽  
Benedikt Obermayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Evolution ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Minimal System ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Temperature Oscillations ◽  
Fluid Convection ◽  
Inanimate Matter ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Periodic Temperature

How does inanimate matter become transformed into animate matter? Living systems evolve by replication and selection at the molecular level and this chapter considers how to establish a synthetic, minimal system that can support molecular evolution and thus life. Molecular evolution cannot be explained by starting with high concentrations of activated chemicals that react toward their chemical equilibrium; persistent non-equilibria are required to maintain continuous reactivity and we especially consider thermal gradients as an early driving force for Darwinian molecular evolution. The temperature difference across water-filled compartments implements a laminar fluid convection with periodic temperature oscillations that allow for the melting and replication of DNA. Simultaneously, dissolved molecules are moved along the thermal gradient by an effect called thermophoresis. The combined result is an efficient molecule trap that exponentially favors long over short DNA and thus maintains complexity. Future experiments will reveal how thermal gradients could actively drive the Darwinian process of replication and selection.

Investigations on oxidation, hot corrosion and thermal gradient performance of low k-La2Mo2O9 thermal barrier coating

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Dharuman ◽  
M Arulmozhi ◽  
Mukiri Soban Babu ◽  
L John Berchmans ◽  
Gosipathala Sreedhar
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Barrier Coating ◽  
Hot Corrosion ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Barrier Coating ◽  
Low K

Thermo-structural analysis of cryogenic tanks with common bulkhead configuration

2021 ◽  
pp. 095441002110247
Author(s):  
S Sumith ◽  
R Ramesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Thermal Analyses ◽  
Positive Margin ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Liquid Oxygen ◽  
Launch Vehicles ◽  
Element Analysis

In launch vehicles, cryogenic propulsion stages store liquid oxygen (LOX) at 76 K and liquid hydrogen (LH2) at 20 K, generally in two separate insulated tanks connected through tubular truss components. Consequently, load transfer from the LH2 tank to the LOX tank is very much localized, resulting in a nonoptimal design. This article presents an alternative single tankage design using a common bulkhead (CBH) to enhance the payload capability, which enables maintaining LH2 temperature within a specified temperature when exposed to a temperature gradient. A sandwich insulator using aramid honeycomb embedded with polyimide foam keeps the LH2 temperature within 20 ± 1 K is proposed, based on transient heat transfer analysis for 1000 s. The foam-filled honeycomb core is treated as equivalent foam in the analysis as the thermal conductivity of the core and the foam is quite close. The efficacy of the insulator is established by an experiment to measure the back wall temperature when liquid nitrogen is loaded on the top skin of the panel, and the insulator maintains a temperature gradient of 123 K for 1000 s. A good agreement is obtained between the transient finite element analysis results with experimental data. An externally insulated LOX tank configuration with an optimum length of the skirt–cylinder where the temperature reaches 80 K is arrived at based on slosh, buckling, and thermal analyses. No thermal gradient is found across the thickness of the skirt, while the thermal gradient is observed along the length of the skirt as anticipated. An integrated thermo-structural analysis of the cryo-system is carried out considering temperature-dependent material properties. A positive margin for the skirt is obtained. A payload gain of 366 kg is estimated based on the present study for the new design option with a CBH and skirt as compared to the traditional tubular truss arrangements.

scholarly journals Aggregation Temperature of Escherichia coli Depends on Steepness of the Thermal Gradient

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (11) ◽  
pp. 2816-2828
Author(s):  
Chih-Yu Yang ◽  
Michael Erickstad ◽  
Loïc Tadrist ◽  
Edward Ronan ◽  
Edgar Gutierrez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Aggregation Temperature

Medium pressure metamorphism with inverted thermal gradient associated with ophiolite nappe emplacement in Timor

1989 ◽  
Vol 24 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 333-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sopaheluwakan ◽  
H. Helmers ◽  
S. Tjorkrosapoetro ◽  
E.Surya Nila
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Medium Pressure ◽  
Nappe Emplacement

scholarly journals Preparation of ZrO2(3Y)/SUS(410) Functionally Gradient Plasma Material by Thermal Gradient Sintering.

1994 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 649-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoru Omori ◽  
Masakazu Kawahara ◽  
Hirotaka Sakai ◽  
Akira Okubo ◽  
Toshio Hirai
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Functionally Gradient
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