Longitudinal Tubes Research Articles

Separating jets from bulk matter in heavy ion collisions at the LHC

We discuss a theoretical scheme that accounts for bulk matter, jets, and the interaction between the two. The physical picture of our approach is the following: Initial hard scatterings result in mainly longitudinal flux tubes, with transversely moving pieces carrying the pt of the partons from hard scatterings. These flux tubes constitute eventually both bulk matter (which thermalizes, flows, and finally hadronizes) and jets, according to some criteria based on partonic energy loss. High energy flux tube segments will leave the fluid, providing jet hadrons via the usual Schwinger mechanism of flux-tube breaking caused by quark-antiquark production. But the jets may also be produced at the freeze-out surface. Here we assume that the quark-antiquark needed for the flux tube breaking is provided by the fluid, with properties (momentum, flavor) determined by the fluid rather than the Schwinger mechanism. Considering transverse fluid velocities up to 0.7c, and thermal parton momentum distributions, one may get a "push" of a couple of GeV to be added to the transverse momentum of the string segment. This will be a crucial effect for intermediate pt jet hadrons.

On the compactness of tubular heat exchangers

The effect of the open flow area of the intertubular channel on heat transfer parameters in the case of longitudinal flow past tubes is considered using tube-in-tube heat exchangers with smooth and profiled tubes as examples. It is demonstrated that the heat transfer efficiency can be enhanced by reducing the open flow area. By optimizing the tubular and intertubular spaces, it is possible to make the tubular heat exchanger much more compact.

Mass closure technique plus wound edges augmentation with two longitudinal subcutaneous tubes for all ages and all incisions to avoid burst abdomen

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Labeling studies on cortical bone formation in the antlers of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

The formation and mineralization process of antlers, which constitute the fastest growing bones in vertebrates, is still not fully understood. We used oxytetracycline injections to label different stages of bone formation in antlers of 14 red deer between days 28 and 156 of antler growth. Results show that initially a trabecular scaffold of woven bone is formed which largely replaces a pre-existing scaffold of mineralized cartilage. Lamellar bone is then deposited and from about day 70 onwards, primary osteons fill in the longitudinal tubes lined by the scaffold in a proximal to distal sequence. Mineral apposition rate (MAR) in early stages of primary osteon formation is very high (average 2.15μm/d). Lower MARs were recorded for later stages of primary osteon formation (1.56μm/d) and for the smaller secondary osteons (0.89μm/d). Results suggest a peak in mineral demand around day 100 when the extent of mineralizing surfaces is maximal. A few secondary osteons were formed in a process of antler modeling rather than remodeling, as it occurred simultaneously with formation of primary osteons. The degree of cortical porosity reflects a reduction in MAR during later stages of osteonal growth, whereas cortical thickness is determined earlier. Injections given when the antlers were largely or completely clean from velvet produced no labels in antler bone, strongly suggesting that antlers are dead after velvet shedding. The rapidity of antler mineralization and the short lifespan of antlers make them an extraordinary model to assess the effects of chemicals impairing or promoting bone mineralization.

Jets, bulk matter, and their interaction in heavy ion collisions at several TeV

We discuss a theoretical scheme that accounts for bulk matter, jets, and the interaction between the two. The aim is a complete description of particle production at all transverse momentum (${p}_{t}$) scales. In this picture, the hard initial scatterings result in mainly longitudinal flux tubes, with transversely moving pieces carrying the ${p}_{t}$ of the partons from hard scatterings. These flux tubes constitute eventually both bulk matter (which thermalizes and flows) and jets. We introduce a criterion based on parton energy loss to decide whether a given string segment contributes to the bulk or leaves the matter to end up as a jet of hadrons. Essentially low ${p}_{t}$ segments from inside the volume will constitute the bulk, high ${p}_{t}$ segments (or segments very close to the surface) contribute to the jets. The latter ones appear after the usual flux tube breaking via q-qbar production (Schwinger mechanism). Interesting is the transition region: Intermediate ${p}_{t}$ segments produced inside the matter close to the surface but having enough energy to escape, are supposed to pick up q-qbar pairs from the thermal matter rather than creating them via the Schwinger mechanism. This represents a communication between jets and the flowing bulk matter (fluid-jet interaction). Also very important is the interaction between jet hadrons and the soft hadrons from the fluid freeze-out. We employ this picture to investigate Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV. We discuss the centrality and ${p}_{t}$ dependence of particle production and long-range dihadron correlations at small and large ${p}_{t}$.

Evolution of energy density fluctuations in A + A collisions

Two-particle angular correlation for charged particles emitted in Au + Au collisions at the center-of-mass of 200 MeV measured at RHIC energies revealed novel structures commonly referred to as a nearside ridge. The ridge phenomenon in relativistic A + A collisions is rooted probably in the initial conditions of the thermal evolution of the system. In this study we analyze the evolution of the bumping transverse structure of the energy density distribution caused by fluctuations of the initial density distributions that could lead to the ridge structures. We suppose that at very initial stage of collisions the typical one-event structure of the initial energy density profile can be presented as the set of longitudinal tubes, which are boost invariant in some space-rapidity region and are rather thin. These tubes have very high energy density comparing to smooth background density distribution. The transverse velocity and energy density profiles at different times of the evolution till the chemical freeze-out (at the temperature T = 165 MeV) will be reached by the system are calculated for sundry initial scenarios.

Longitudinal correlation of the triangular flow event plane in a hybrid approach with hadron and parton cascade initial conditions

The longitudinal long-range correlations of the triangular flow event plane angles are calculated in a Boltzmann + hydrodynamics hybrid approach. The potential to disentangle different energy deposition scenarios is explored by utilizing two different transport approaches for the early non-equilibrium evolution. In the hadronic transport approach the particle production in high energy heavy ion reactions is mainly governed by string excitation and fragmentation processes which are absent in the parton cascade approach. We find that in both approaches the initial state shows a strong longitudinal correlation of the event plane angles which is diluted but still persists in the final state momentum space distributions of the produced particles. A ridge-like structure can also be caused by near-collinear gluon radiation in a parton cascade approach and does not necessarily prove longitudinal flux tubes in the initial state.

Forward–backward multiplicity correlations at STAR

Forward–backward multiplicity correlations measured at STAR are discussed. A strong long-range correlation for inclusive charged hadrons was measured as a function of pseudorapidity separation (Δ η) in Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV , and were shown to decrease with decreasing centrality. STAR preliminary results show the correlation strength for pions, kaons, (anti)protons as a function of rapidity separation (Δ y) in 0–10% and 10–20% Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV . The Color Glass Condensate picture, which describes particle sources as longitudinal flux tubes, predicts that the correlation will grow with centrality. Fluctuations in the number of gluons at early times will produce a long-range correlation strength larger for pions than for baryons. A strong, long-range correlation is measured for pions in central collisions, which decreases for 10–20% collisions.

Damage Evolution and Life Prediction of a P91 Longitudinal Welded Tube Under Internal Pressure Creep

The clarification of creep damage mechanism and the establishment of remaining life prediction methods of longitudinal welded piping of P91 steel are important subjects to maintain a reliable operation of boilers in thermal power plants. Internal pressure creep tests were conducted on P91 steel longitudinal welded tubes to characterize the evolution of creep damage with time and to evaluate a life prediction method. Interrupted creep tests were performed for damage observation in addition to rupture tests. Three dimensional finite element creep analyses of the longitudinal welded tube specimens were conducted to identify the stress and creep strain distributions within the specimen during creep. Failure occurred at a heat affected zone (HAZ) without a significant macroscopic deformation. It was found that the initiation of creep voids had concentrated at the midthickness region in the HAZ rather than in the surface. The creep analysis results indicated that the triaxial tensile stress yielded at the midthickness region in the HAZ due to difference of creep deformation property among the base metal, the HAZ, and the weld metal. It was suggested that the triaxial stress state caused acceleration of the creep damage evolution in the HAZ, resulting in internal failure of the tube specimens. A rupture time prediction method of the welded tube is proposed based on the maximum principal stress and the triaxial stress factor in the HAZ. The void growth behavior in the HAZ was well predicted by the previously proposed void growth simulation method by introducing a void initiation function to the method.

Damage assessment method of P91 steel welded tube under internal pressure creep based on void growth simulation

Development of creep damage assessment methods for longitudinal welded piping of P91 steel is important and an urgent subject to maintain reliable operation of boilers in ultra super critical thermal power plants. Internal pressure creep tests were conducted on P91 steel longitudinal welded tubes to characterize the evolution of creep damage in a heat-affected zone (HAZ) of the longitudinal welded pipe. Failure occurred at a heat-affected zone without significant macroscopic deformation. It was found that initiation of creep voids had concentrated at mid-thickness region rather than surface. Three-dimensional finite element (FE) creep analysis of the creep tested specimens was conducted to identify stress and creep strain distribution within the specimen during creep. Finite element creep analysis results indicated that triaxial tensile stress yielded at the mid-thickness region of the HAZ. It was suggested that the triaxial stress state caused acceleration of the creep damage evolution in the heat-affected zone resulting in internal failure of the tube specimens. Void growth behavior in the heat-affected zone was well predicted with the previously proposed void growth simulation method by introducing void initiation function to the method. A “limited strain” was defined as rupture criterion and dependency of the maximum stress and multiaxiality on the “limited strain” was derived by the void growth simulation. Creep damage distribution in the HAZ under the internal creep test was calculated by proposed damage assessment method.

Arcyria monticola from Hokkaido, northern Japan: its habit, detailed morphology, and comparison with Arcyria imperialis

Arcyria monticola was found in Hokkaido, northern Japan. This is the first record of its locality, except for the type locality. The linearly expanding capillitium with many coils characterizing A. monticola consists of very elastic longitudinal tubes, short lateral tubes, and many small intricate nets. A longitudinal tube coils around a small intricate net, which forms a core. In contrast, A. imperialis, the other known Arcyria species with a linearly expanding capillitium, has neither short lateral tubes nor nets. The microscopic character of the A. imperialis capillitium is also totally different from that of A. monticola.

&lt;i&gt;Arcyria monticola&lt;/i&gt; from Hokkaido, northern Japan: its habit, detailed morphology, and comparison with &lt;i&gt;Arcyria imperialis&lt;/i&gt;

Arcyria monticola was found in Hokkaido, northern Japan. This is the first record of its locality, except for the type locality. The linearly expanding capillitium with many coils characterizing A. monticola consists of very elastic longitudinal tubes, short lateral tubes, and many small intricate nets. A longitudinal tube coils around a small intricate net, which forms a core. In contrast, A. imperialis, the other known Arcyria species with a linearly expanding capillitium, has neither short lateral tubes nor nets. The microscopic character of the A. imperialis capillitium is also totally different from that of A. monticola.

Mathesia Mainelli (Hippuritoidea, Monopleuridae) from the Late Aptian−Albian of the Mediterranean Region: A Revision

Agria darderi Astre and Mathesia terticolloquiirudistarum Mainelli represent a single taxonomic entity: Mathesia darderi (Astre). Mathesia is characterized by an erect posterior myophoral plate and an anterior myophoral crest in the LV, the RV myophores being on the shell wall. A peculiar shell structure is observed in the RV: the junction between the outer calcitic shell layer and the inner formerly aragonitic shell layer is scalloped or festooned and usually includes longitudinal tubes. The overall morphological traits and myocardinal organisation of Mathesia are similar to those of Debrunia, although the latter lacks the scalloped or tubular inner shell features of the former. Debrunia is regarded as the ancestor of Mathesia. The palaeobiogeographical distribution of Mathesia darderi includes the southern and northern margins of the Mediterranean Tethys, and its maximum geographical extent coincides with the late Aptian-Albian.

Growth of Long Range Forward-Backward Multiplicity Correlations with Centrality inAu+AuCollisions atsNN=200 GeV

Forward-backward multiplicity correlation strengths have been measured with the STAR detector for Au + Au and p + p collisions at square root of s(NN) = 200 GeV. Strong short- and long-range correlations (LRC) are seen in central Au + Au collisions. The magnitude of these correlations decrease with decreasing centrality until only short-range correlations are observed in peripheral Au + Au collisions. Both the dual parton model (DPM) and the color glass condensate (CGC) predict the existence of the long-range correlations. In the DPM, the fluctuation in the number of elementary (parton) inelastic collisions produces the LRC. In the CGC, longitudinal color flux tubes generate the LRC. The data are in qualitative agreement with the predictions of the DPM and indicate the presence of multiple parton interactions.

Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer Behavior of a Phase Change Material Fluid in Finned Tubes

The heat transfer behavior of phase change material fluid (PCM) under laminar flow conditions in circular tubes and internally longitudinal finned tubes was studied. An effective specific heat technique was used to model the phase change process. Heat transfer results for a smooth circular tube with PCM fluid were obtained under hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed conditions. Results for the finned tube were obtained using the H2 and T boundary conditions. It was determined that the Nusselt number was strongly dependent on the Stefan number, fin thermal conductivity value, and height of the fins.

Numerical study of the intensified heat transfer of an internally longitudinal ridged finned tube under pulsating flow

AbstractThe turbulent pulsating flow and heat transfer in an internally longitudinal protuberant finned tube was numerically investigated by solving unsteady three‐dimensional elliptical Navier–Stokes equations. The realized k–ϵ turbulent model was adopted. The dynamic behaviors of velocity field, average Nusselt number, and friction number of the internally longitudinal protuberant finned tube were numerically analyzed in a pulsating period, and it was further investigated by changing the frequency of the pulsating flow. It was found that the intensity of heat transfer enhancement increases with an increase of pulsating frequency, while the pressure drop will be increased simultaneously, the intensification of heat transfer in internally longitudinal protuberant finned tubes are gradually better than the pressure drop with an increase of pulsating frequency. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20253

An investigation of the heat transfer behavior of longitudinal finned membrane water wall tubes in circulating fluidized bed boilers

Experiments were conducted in a cold model circulating fluidized bed (CFB) having riser cross sectional area of 100 mm × 100 mm, height of 4.8 m, bed temperature of 75°C and superficial velocity of 8 ms − 1 . Local sand having average diameter of 231 μm, particle density of 2774 kg m − 3 and bulk density of 1515 kg m − 3 was used as bed material. The experiments were conducted for three tube configurations: a membrane tube, a membrane tube with a longitudinal fin at the tube crest and a membrane tube with two longitudinal fins at 45° on both sides of the tube crest. Heat transfer, heat transfer coefficient ratio and heat transfer ratio of the three tubes are presented as a function of cross sectional average suspension density. The results show that membrane tubes with one and two longitudinal fins have higher heat transfer than membrane tubes although they have lower heat transfer coefficient. In addition, numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the heat transfer behavior of the three tubes under the normal operating conditions of CFB boilers. It was found that the membrane tube with two longitudinal fins at 45° on both sides of the tube crest had the flattest inner wall tube heat flux profile. Moreover, in terms of temperature distribution in the tube material, it has the lowest profile.

The morphogenesis of ephyra in Coronatae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

The morphogenesis of ephyrae of Atorella vanhoeffeni Bigelow, 1909 (Werner, 1967) and of Nausithoe maculata Jarms, 1990 during strobilation is described. We found differences in the developmental pattern of marginal structures and structural changes of longitudinal muscle tubes in particular. During strobilation the polyp’s tetraradiate symmetry is passed to the ephyra of both taxa as a tetraradiate central symmetry that we consider a major plesiomorphic character. The present results also indicate divergent patterns of ephyra development during strobilation that lead to variable marginal symmetries of ephyrae and thus of medusae. Therefore, the marginal symmetry of medusae of N. maculata is octoradiate and of A. vanhoeffeni is hexaradiate. We conclude the latter is stated as derived pattern. These results lead us to maintain both families Nausithoidae and Atorellidae.

Analysis of pion elliptic flow and Hanbury-Brown–Twiss interferometry in a granular quark-gluon plasma droplet model

In many simulations of high-energy heavy-ion collisions on an event-by-event analysis, it is known that the initial energy density distribution in the transverse plane is highly fluctuating. Subsequent longitudinal expansion will lead to many longitudinal tubes of quark-gluon plasma which have tendencies to break up into many spherical droplets because of sausage instabilities. We are therefore motivated to use a model of quark-gluon plasma granular droplets that evolve hydrodynamically to investigate pion elliptic flows and Hanbury-Brown-Twiss interferometry. We find that the data of pion transverse momentum spectra, elliptic flows, and HBT radii in \sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV Au + Au collisions at RHIC can be described well by an expanding source of granular droplets with an anisotropic velocity distribution.

Pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of turbulent flow in annular tubes with internal wave-like longitudinal fins

Measured were pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics with uniform axial heat input using air as the working fluid in both the entrance and fully developed regions of annular tubes with wave-like longitudinal fins. Five series of experiments were performed for turbulent flow and heat transfer in the annular tubes with number of waves equal to 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20, respectively. The test tube has a double-pipe structure with the inner blocked tubes as an insertion. The wave-like fins are in the annulus and span its full width. The friction factor and Nusselt number in the fully developed region were obtained. The friction factor and Nusselt number can be well corrected by a power-law correction in the Reynolds number range tested. In order to evaluate the thermal performance of the longitudinal finned tubes over a plain circular tube, comparisons were made under three conditions: (1) identical pumping power; (2) identical pressure drop and (3) identical mass flow. It was found that under the three constraints all the wave-like finned tubes can enhance heat transfer with the tube with wave number 20 being superior. Finally, discussion on the enhancement mechanism is conducted and a general correlation for the fully developed heat transfer is provided, which can cover all the fifty data of the five tubes with a mean deviation of 9.3%.