Majid S. Delpassand1997-03-09SPE Production Operations Symposium
Abstract The progressing cavity (PC) pump is well established as the pump of choice for handling abrasive solids. PC pump design can be optimized to achieve the best wear performance available for a given size. The wear optimization of the PC pumps is achieved through geometric design for minimum internal fluid veloci…
Lubricants and Their AdditivesAdvanced materials and compositesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Brenda J. Little、Patricia Wagner、Kevin R. Hart 等 7 位作者1997-03-09OpenAlex
Abstract Synthetic iron oxides (goethite, aFeO·OH; hematite, Fe2O3; and ferrihydrite, Fe(OH)3) were used as model compounds to simulate the mineralogy of passivating films on carbon steel. Dissolution of these oxides exposed to pure cultures of the metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens, was followed by dir…
Water Treatment and DisinfectionCorrosion Behavior and InhibitionConcrete Corrosion and Durability
Franco Nori1997-03-09arXiv
Recent experiments and realistic flux-gradient-driven computer simulations provide evidence of plastic flow of flux lines in a superconductor. The striking videos of the onset of vortex motion vividly illustrate the existence of flowing "rivers" of quantized magnetic flux that intermittently form, freeze, and reappear…
SuperconductivityMaterials Science
Hisao Hayakawa、Daniel C. Hong1997-03-09arXiv
We present two continuum models A and B to study the convective instability of granular materials subjected to vibrations. We carry out the linear stability analysis for model A and uncover the instability mechanism as a supercritical bifurcation of a bouncing solution. We also explicitly determine the onset of convec…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.stat-mech
Francisco Zaera、Jinyao Liu、Mingde Xu1997-03-08The Journal of Chemical Physics
The kinetics of the oxidation of carbon monoxide on Pt(111) surfaces was studied isothermally by using an effusive directional molecular beam in an arrangement based on a variation of the dynamic method originally devised by King and Wells. Three temperature regimes were identified for this reaction on surfaces precov…
nanoparticles nucleation surface interactionsCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsCatalytic Processes in Materials Science
B.-Y. Ha、D. Thirumalai1997-03-08The Journal of Chemical Physics
A functional integral formalism is used to derive the extension of a stiff chain subject to an external force. The force versus extension curves are calculated using a mean-field approach in which the hard constraint u2(s)=1 is replaced by a global constraint 〈u2(s)〉=1 where u(s) is the tangent vector describing the c…
Advanced Materials and MechanicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
Nicola Marzari、David Vanderbilt、M. C. Payne1997-03-08arXiv
A new method is presented for performing first-principles molecular-dynamics simulations of systems with variable occupancies. We adopt a matrix representation for the one-particle statistical operator Gamma, to introduce a ``projected'' free energy functional G that depends on the Kohn-Sham orbitals only and that is…
Materials Science
J. G. E. M. Fraaije、B. A. C. van Vlimmeren、Natasha M. Maurits 等 8 位作者1997-03-08OpenAlex
In this paper we discuss a new generalized time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory for the numerical calculation of polymer phase separation kinetics in 3D. The thermodynamic forces are obtained by a mean-field density functional method, using a Gaussian chain as a molecular model. The method is especially aimed at desc…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Pathiraja A. Gunatillake、Gordon F. Meijs、Simon J. McCarthy 等 4 位作者1997-03-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
A series of copolyether macrodiols was prepared from either 1,10-decanediol or 1,6-hexanediol, by acid-catalyzed condensation polymerization using several comonomers to investigate the effect of copolymerization on reducing macrodiol crystallinity. The comonomers used to disrupt crystallinity included 2,2-diethyl-1,3-…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing
Sreelatha S. Panicker、K. N. Ninan1997-03-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
The amount of three types of hydroxyl functional groups (GOH, HOH, and VOH) in hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), remaining in samples acetylated to the same extent under two different conditions, viz., fast acetylation using acetyl chloride in presence of N-methyl imidazole catalyst and slow acetylation by ace…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer crystallization and propertiesNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites
Zahoor Ahmad、Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar、J. E. Mark1997-03-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Several types of nonbonded and chemically bonded composites of silica with linear and linear-nonlinear aramid polymers were prepared using the sol-gel process. The linear polyamide chains were synthesized by the reaction of a mixture of m- and p-phenylene diamines and terephthaloyl chloride in dimethyl acetamide. The…
Synthesis and properties of polymersSilicone and Siloxane ChemistryPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties
Ryosuke Tsukuda、S. Sumimoto、Takeo Ozawa1997-03-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Thermal conductivity and heat capacity of composites of ABS resin with glass beads and/or titania were measured. For ABS-glass-beads composites, the thermal conductivity data are in good agreement with values calculated by the Maxwell and Bruggeman equations in a temperature range above a critical temperature, but muc…
Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesThermal properties of materials
Rong Lin、Robert L. White1997-03-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
The effects of catalyst acidity and the restricted reaction volume afforded by HZSM-5 on the volatile cracking products derived from poly(styrene) are investigated. Three catalysts: silica/alumina, HZSM-5, and sulfated zirconia, were employed as cracking catalysts. Styrene, which is the principal radical depolymerizat…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesThermal and Kinetic AnalysisAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Mehrdad Yazdani‐Pedram、J. Retuert1997-03-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Modification of chitosan by grafting of vinyl pyrrolidone (VP) was carried out in homogeneous phase using potassium persulfate as redox initiator. The effect of the reaction variables on the extent of grafting was studied systematically. Values for grafting percentages up to 290% were reached. It was observed that the…
Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingPolymer Surface Interaction Studies
Nabila Dhahbi‐Megriche、Abderrahmane Béroual、Laurent Krähenbühl1997-03-07Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
In this paper, the principal pollution flashover models are reviewed and then an impedance criterion for arc propagation is proposed. This criterion differentiates the case in which the arc elongates until total flashover occurs from the case in which the arc stops before it reaches the end of the insulator. It is sho…
Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesElectrical and Bioimpedance TomographyHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena
A. Z. Menshikov、S. G. Bogdanov、Y. N. Skryabin1997-03-07arXiv
The conclusions arising from the multiple small angle neutron scattering theory, developed recently by S.V. Maleyev, R.V. Pomortsev and Y.N. Skryabin [Phys. Rev. B 50 7133 (1994)] for the value of Born parameter more than 1, are experimentally confirmed by magnetic scattering from domain structure of pure Fe and Ni, a…
Materials Science
Michel van Veenendaal、Robert Benoist1997-03-07arXiv
This paper makes a comparison between x-ray absorption (XAS) and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) in the rare earths. Atomic calculations are given for 2p -> 4f and 2p -> 5d XAS. The latter calculation includes the contraction and expansion of the 5d orbitals resulting from the complete exchange interaction…
Materials Science
Jorge Kohanoff、Sandro Scandolo、Guido L. Chiarotti 等 4 位作者1997-03-07arXiv
By performing constant-pressure variable-cell ab initio molecular dynamics simulations we find a quadrupolar orthorhombic structure, of $Pca2_1$ symmetry, for the broken symmetry phase (phase II) of solid H2 at T=0 and P =110 - 150 GPa. We present results for the equation of state, lattice parameters and vibronic freq…
Materials Science
Hisao Hayakawa、Daniel C. Hong1997-03-07arXiv
We present a thermodynamic theory of weakly excited two-dimensional granular systems from the view point of elementary excitations of spinless Fermion systems. We introduce a global temperature T that is associated with the acceleration amplitude Γin a vibrating bed. We show that the configurational statistics of weak…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.stat-mech
P. Mansky、Y. Liu、E. Huang 等 5 位作者1997-03-07OpenAlex
A simple technique for precisely controlling the interfacial energies and wetting behavior of polymers in contact with solid surfaces is described. End-functionalized statistical random copolymers of styrene and methylmethacrylate were synthesized, with the styrene fraction f varying from 0 to 1, and were end-grafted…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions