Оscillations of a three-layer viscous fluid in a stationary tank

Due to the continued research into chemistry, biology, pharmaceutics and rocket space technology, interest in the study of the dynamics of layered fluids has increased significantly. The paper focuses on oscillations of a three-layer viscous fluid, gives the formulation of the viscous fluid free oscillations problem. Within the research, we determined natural frequencies and damping coefficients of oscillations of the three-layer viscous fluid in a cylindrical vessel by means of the boundary layer method and a mechanical analog. Oscillations of the three-layer viscous fluid were considered as joint oscillations of two partial hydrodynamic systems, one of which corresponds to oscillations of the upper and middle viscous fluids, and the other one - to oscillations of the middle and lower fluids. Then, we determined the coefficients of viscous resistance in partial hydrodynamic systems of a two-layer viscous fluid. Using the mechanical analog of oscillations of the three-layer liquid, we derived the characteristic equation for determining natural frequencies of the hydrodynamic system under consideration. Next, we calculated the dependency of natural frequencies and liquid-liquid interface damping coefficients on the height of the middle layer and the density of the upper fluid. Finally, we analyzed and compared theoretical calculations with the results obtained by other researchers and experimental investigation. The paper gives the results of experimental studies of oscillations of the three-layer fluid in a stationary cylindrical tank.

Vacua on the Brink of Decay

We consider free massive matter fields in static scalar, electric and gravitational backgrounds. Tuning these backgrounds to the brink of vacuum decay, we identify a term in their effective action that is singular. This singular term is universal, being independent of the features of the background configuration. In the case of gravitational backgrounds, it can be interpreted as a quantum mechanical analog of Choptuik scaling. If the background is tuned slightly above the instability threshold, this singular term gives the leading contribution to the vacuum decay rate. Dedicated to the memory of Ludwig Faddeev

Modeling the initial mechanical response and yielding behavior of gelled crude oil

The initial mechanical response and yielding behavior of gelled crude oil under constant shear rate conditions were investigated. By putting the Maxwell mechanical analog and a special dashpot in parallel, a quasi-Jeffreys model was obtained. The kinetic equation of the structural parameter in the Houska model was simplified reasonably so that a simplified constitutive equation of the special dashpot was expressed. By introducing a damage factor into the constitutive equation of the special dashpot and the Maxwell mechanical analog, we established a constitutive equation of the quasi-Jeffreys model. Rheological tests of gelled crude oil were conducted by imposing constant shear rates and the relationship between the shear stress and shear strain under different shear rates was plotted. It is found that the constitutive equation can fit the experimental data well under a wide range of shear rates. Based on the fitted parameters in the quasi-Jeffreys model, the shear stress changing rules of the Maxwell mechanical analog and the special dashpot were calculated and analyzed. It is found that the critical yield strain and the corresponding shear strain where shear stress of the Maxwell analog is the maximum change slightly under different shear rates. And then a critical damage softening strain which is irrelevant to the shearing conditions was put forward to describe the yielding behavior of gelled crude oil.