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Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Spatters And Spills: Spreading Dynamics For Partially Wetting Droplets, Sylvia C. L. Durian, Sam Dillavou, Kwame Markin, Adrian Portales, Bryan O. Torres Maldonado, William T. M. Irvine, Paulo E. Arratia, Douglas J. Durian
Spatters And Spills: Spreading Dynamics For Partially Wetting Droplets, Sylvia C. L. Durian, Sam Dillavou, Kwame Markin, Adrian Portales, Bryan O. Torres Maldonado, William T. M. Irvine, Paulo E. Arratia, Douglas J. Durian
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
We present a solvable model inspired by dimensional analysis for the time-dependent spreading of droplets that partially wet a substrate, where the spreading eventually stops and the contact angle reaches a nonzero equilibrium value. We separately consider small droplets driven by capillarity and large droplets driven by gravity. To explore both regimes, we first measure the equilibrium radius vs a comprehensive range of droplet volumes for four household fluids, and we compare the results with predictions based on minimizing the sum of gravitational and interfacial energies. The agreement is good and gives a reliable measurement of an equilibrium contact angle …
Review Of Vegetable Nanolubricants For Tribological Applications, Laura Peña-Parás, Martha Rodríguez-Villalobos, Demófilo Maldonado-Cortés, José Andrés González, Ricardo De Jesús Durán, Javier A. Ortega
Review Of Vegetable Nanolubricants For Tribological Applications, Laura Peña-Parás, Martha Rodríguez-Villalobos, Demófilo Maldonado-Cortés, José Andrés González, Ricardo De Jesús Durán, Javier A. Ortega
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
About 40 million tons of lubricants are used every year for various industry purposes and applications, where most of them are petroleum based oils. These oils are difficult and expensive to dispose of, have low biodegradability and are contamination risks. Recent efforts have been focused on reducing the environmental impact of petroleum based lubricants through the use of vegetable oils since they are biodegradable and have good lubricity. A drawback of vegetable oils is their poor thermal stability and oxidation, which causes them to decrease their properties at higher loads. Nanoparticle (NP) additives have been explored for improving the tribological …
A Physics-Based Model For Frost Buildup Under Turbulent Flow Using Direct Numerical Simulations, Nadim Zgheib, N. Farzaneh, S. Balachandar, S. A. Sherif
A Physics-Based Model For Frost Buildup Under Turbulent Flow Using Direct Numerical Simulations, Nadim Zgheib, N. Farzaneh, S. Balachandar, S. A. Sherif
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
We present a new model for frost buildup under turbulent (and laminar) flow using direct numerical simulations. The physical model consists of two layers, the air and the frost. The air layer is fully resolved and consists of solving for the velocity, temperature, and vapor mass fraction fields. The frost layer thickness is resolved using conservation of mass and energy. Both phases are dynamically coupled using the immersed boundary method. Three-dimensional simulations are conducted in an open-channel configuration. A number of challenges need to be overcome to make these simulations feasible. First, to enforce far-field conditions of zero …
Efficient Near Infrared To Visible Light Upconversion From Er/Yb Codoped Pvdf Fibrous Mats Synthesized Using A Direct Polymer Doping Technique, Saptasree Bose, Jack Ryan Summers, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Manuel Peredo, Carlos Trevino De Leon, Bryan Hoke, Santosh K. Gupta, Karen Lozano
Efficient Near Infrared To Visible Light Upconversion From Er/Yb Codoped Pvdf Fibrous Mats Synthesized Using A Direct Polymer Doping Technique, Saptasree Bose, Jack Ryan Summers, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Manuel Peredo, Carlos Trevino De Leon, Bryan Hoke, Santosh K. Gupta, Karen Lozano
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Highlights
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Direct Rare Earth doping in PVDF Polymer to overcome powder limitation.
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PVDF Fiber with smooth and defect free texture designed by Forcespinning.
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Doping Enhances Beta fraction of PVDF without affecting thermal Stability.
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Efficient upconversion of NIR into visible light in PVDF:Yb3+,Er3+ fibrous mats.
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Two-Photon absorption for both green and red upconversions.
Abstract
Upconverting-materials are capable of converting near infra-red (NIR) excitation into lower wavelengths. These materials could have a myriad of promising potential applications. However, in some areas, its use has been hindered by its low upconversion luminescence (UCL) efficiency and processing/handling disadvantages from luminescent materials in powder form. …