[en] An experimental investigation was undertaken to determine those scaling parameters applicable to measuring the mass flow rate of gas-particle suspensions through venturis. It was found that Stokes number and the particle/gas loading ratio are the two most important parameters. The results show that pressure drop increases linearly with loading ratio and decreases monotonically with increasing Stokes number. The results also indicate that *b-ratio and orientation of venturi do not significantly affect the pressure drop. Data for irregularly shaped pulverized coal particles show higher pressure drop compared with those for spherical particles. A quasi one-dimensional numerical model overpredicts the pressure drop, but a two-dimensional model demonstrates improved agreement. (Author)

[en] Classification and analysis of pipelines and pipeline fittings according to the material of their fabrication and sphere of application used during hydrotransportation of solid loose materials through pipelines have been considered. (author)

[en] We have developed the self-consistent mean rate approach that makes it possible to analytically solve the coagulation–fragmentation balance equations subject to the mass conservation constraint. The developed approach is not restricted to a specific form of the coagulation and fragmentation rates, thus being applicable to a variety of different coagulation–fragmentation processes. As an example of the practical applicability of the developed method we have calculated the aggregate size distribution and average aggregate diameter for the case of shear induced coagulation–fragmentation

[en] We have used a variety of different applied fields to control the density, growth, and structure of colloidal crystals. Gravity exerts a body force proportional to the buoyant mass and in equilibrium produces a height-dependent concentration profile. A similar body force can be obtained with electric fields on charged particles (electrophoresis), a temperature gradient on all particles, or an electric field gradient on uncharged particles (dielectrophoresis). The last is particularly interesting since its magnitude and sign can be changed by tuning the applied frequency. We study these effects in bulk (making 'dielectrophoretic bottles' or traps), to control concentration profiles during nucleation and growth and near surfaces. We also study control of non-spherical and optically anisotropic particles with the light field from laser tweezers

[en] We examine the ultimate fate of individual opinions in a socially interacting population of leftists, centrists and rightists. In an elemental interaction between agents, a centrist and a leftist can both become centrists or both become leftists with equal rates (and similarly for a centrist and a rightist). However leftists and rightists do not interact. This interaction step between pairs of agents is applied repeatedly until the system can no longer evolve. In the mean-field limit, we determine the exact probability that the system reaches consensus (either leftist, rightist or centrist) or a frozen mixture of leftists and rightists as a function of the initial composition of the population. We also determine the mean time until the final state is reached. Some implications of our results for the ultimate fate in a limit of the Axelrod model are discussed

[en] We discuss how electrical current wires and micromagnetic elements can be used to trap or propagate paramagnetic beads, and consider their strengths and limitations. In particular, it is shown that the interactions can be effectively tuned by applying an external bias field. We demonstrate experimentally how to transport and structure a colloidal system using a domain wall, which could find use in microfluidic systems

[en] By flexible magnetic filament model its behavior under the simultaneous action of the shear flow and the magnetic field is investigated. It is found that for magnetoelastic numbers larger as the critical value, which depends on the shear rate, the periodic regime is established. For the values of the magnetoelastic number close to the critical the periodical regime is characterized by a rather slow development of the buckling instability due to the action of magnetic torques with the subsequent stage of the fast straightening of the filament. For the magnetoelastic numbers below the critical slightly bent shape of the filament orientated along the flow is established. The application of the results for the description of the viscoelasticity of the magnetorheological suspensions is discussed

[en] A complex mathematical model of processes of plant nutrition from a special regulated gas medium containing nanoparticles of basic macro- and microelements is formulated. The variation of the number of nanoparticles and the variation of the total nanoparticle volume with time, which form during the cooling process of the initial gas mixture, were investigated. The calculations of the structures, compositions and shapes of nanoparticles and the movement of nanoparticles were carried out

[en] The interaction potential of two like-charged colloid spheres with nonuniform surface charge distribution suspended in an electrolyte confined in a long charged cylinder wall is calculated in this paper. Two models of boundary conditions on the cylinder wall are considered. One is the fixed potential model, and the other is the fixed charge density model. The confinement makes a quantitative or even qualitative change to the spheres' interaction compared with the unconfined system. A long-ranged attraction emerges in the confined system, though they are repulsive in the unconfined system under the same other conditions

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