The ultra-fast dynamics of superconducting vortices harbors rich physics generic to nonequilibrium collective systems. The phenomenon of flux-flow instability (FFI), however, prevents its exploration ...and sets practical limits for the use of vortices in various applications. To suppress the FFI, a superconductor should exhibit a rarely achieved combination of properties: weak volume pinning, close-to-depairing critical current, and fast heat removal from heated electrons. Here, we demonstrate experimentally ultra-fast vortex motion at velocities of 10-15 km s
in a directly written Nb-C superconductor with a close-to-perfect edge barrier. The spatial evolution of the FFI is described using the edge-controlled FFI model, implying a chain of FFI nucleation points along the sample edge and their development into self-organized Josephson-like junctions (vortex rivers). In addition, our results offer insights into the applicability of widely used FFI models and suggest Nb-C to be a good candidate material for fast single-photon detectors.
Abstract Observations reveal that surface and body modes exist in solar pores under photospheric conditions. While the effects of resonant absorption on photospheric surface modes are well ...established, its effect on body modes is not known yet. In this paper, we investigate resonant absorption for the body modes under photospheric conditions. We numerically solve the dispersion relation induced by thin boundary approximation and obtain the wave dispersion curves and damping rates of three arbitrarily chosen body modes for sausage and kink waves, respectively. The results show that resonant absorption for the body modes is weaker than for the slow surface modes in both cusp and Alfvén continua. The damping behavior of body modes is similar to slow surface modes while the higher body mode has stronger resonant absorption.
Abstract
The shear flow influences the stability of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. In the presence of a dissipation mechanism, flow shear may induce an MHD wave instability below the threshold of ...the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability, which is called dissipative instability. This phenomenon is also called negative energy wave instability because it is closely related to the backward wave, which has negative wave energy. Considering viscosity as a dissipation mechanism, we derive an analytical dispersion relation for the slow sausage modes in a straight cylinder with a discontinuous boundary. It is assumed that the steady flow is inside and dynamic and bulk viscosities are outside the circular flux tube under photospheric condition. When the two viscosities are weak, it is found that for the slow surface mode, the growth rate is proportional to the axial wavenumber and flow shear, consistent within the incompressible limit. For a slow body mode, the growth rate has a peak at a certain axial wavenumber, and its order of magnitude is similar to surface mode. The linear relationship between the growth rate and the dynamic viscosity established in the incompressible limit develops nonlinearly when the flow shear and/or the two viscosities are sufficiently strong.
•Complete analysis of VB index and cutting edge wear in turning operations.•Conventional techniques plus image recognition and Tool Wear software.•Conventional measurements of edge wear used to train ...ANNs.•VB and edge number as inputs and remaining life of cutting edge as output.•Both strategies predict tool life time as accurately as industrial parameters.•VB from direct measurements and VB from ANN-based image processing software.•Second strategy is an automized process that requires no extra human-effort.
A two-step method is presented for the automatic prediction of tool life in turning operations. First, experimental data are collected for three cutting edges under the same constant processing conditions. In these experiments, the parameter of tool wear, VB, is measured with conventional methods and the same parameter is estimated using Neural Wear, a customized software package that combines flank wear image recognition and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Second, an ANN model of tool life is trained with the data collected from the first two cutting edges and the subsequent model is evaluated on two different subsets for the third cutting edge: the first subset is obtained from the direct measurement of tool wear and the second is obtained from the Neural Wear software that estimates tool wear using edge images. Although the complete-automated solution, Neural Wear software for tool wear recognition plus the ANN model of tool life prediction, presented a slightly higher error than the direct measurements, it was within the same range and can meet all industrial requirements. These results confirm that the combination of image recognition software and ANN modelling could potentially be developed into a useful industrial tool for low-cost estimation of tool life in turning operations.
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The structure of a simple monatomic system in a slit pore has been studied by means of the molecular dynamics simulation. Nowadays, it is supposed that the structure of crystals in a ...narrow pore (narrower than approximately eight atomic diameters) should be described as a set of two-dimensional layers with either triangular, or square symmetry. In addition, a buckled phase can appear with particles located in zigzag way around a plane. It is shown that all these structures can be considered as cuts of FCC or HCP structures.
The inclusive hadroproduction of two heavy quarks, featuring a large separation in rapidity, is proposed as a novel probe channel of the Balitsky–Fadin–Kuraev–Lipatov (BFKL) approach. In a ...theoretical setup which includes full resummation of leading logarithms in the center-of-mass energy and partial resummation of the next-to-leading ones, predictions for the cross section and azimuthal coefficients are presented for kinematic configurations typical of current and possible future experimental analyses at the LHC.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
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This paper investigates the propagation of MHD fast waves into a cylindrical coronal loop through an inhomogeneous stationary flow region. The background flow is assumed to have a small, ...spatially periodic structure in addition to a constant speed. This study focuses on the absorption of the wave energy in Alfvén resonance, comparing it with the constant flow case. A new flow (absorption) regime is induced by the periodic flow structure, which enhances the absorption for the antiparallel flow and inverse absorption (overreflection) for the parallel flow with respect to the axial wavevector, depending on the transitional layer and flow profiles. A giant overreflection and anomalous absorption behavior arises for some flow configurations. In the other flow regimes, its effect on the absorption is shown to be weak.
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The gut microbiome functions like an endocrine organ, generating bioactive metabolites, enzymes or small molecules that can impact host physiology. Gut dysbacteriosis is associated with many ...intestinal diseases including (but not limited to) inflammatory bowel disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis‐IBD, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, osmotic diarrhoea and colorectal cancer. The potential pathogenic mechanism of gut dysbacteriosis associated with intestinal diseases includes the alteration of composition of gut microbiota as well as the gut microbiota–derived signalling molecules. The many correlations between the latter and the susceptibility for intestinal diseases has placed a spotlight on the gut microbiome as a potential novel target for therapeutics. Currently, faecal microbial transplantation, dietary interventions, use of probiotics, prebiotics and drugs are the major therapeutic tools utilized to impact dysbacteriosis and associated intestinal diseases. In this review, we systematically summarized the role of intestinal microbiome in the occurrence and development of intestinal diseases. The potential mechanism of the complex interplay between gut dysbacteriosis and intestinal diseases, and the treatment methods are also highlighted.
Nowadays, face milling is one of the most widely used machining processes for the generation of flat surfaces. Following international standards, the quality of a machined surface is measured in ...terms of surface roughness,
Ra
, a parameter that will decrease with increased tool wear. So, cutting inserts of the milling tool have to be changed before a given surface quality threshold is exceeded. The use of artificial intelligence methods is suggested in this paper for real-time prediction of surface roughness deviations, depending on the main drive power, and taking tool wear,
V
B
into account. This method ensures comprehensive use of the potential of modern CNC machines that are able to monitor the main drive power,
N
, in real-time. It can likewise estimate the three parameters -maximum tool wear, machining time, and cutting power- that are required to generate a given surface roughness, thereby making the most efficient use of the cutting tool. A series of artificial intelligence methods are tested: random forest (RF), standard Multilayer perceptrons (MLP), Regression Trees, and radial-based functions. Random forest was shown to have the highest model accuracy, followed by regression trees, displaying higher accuracy than the standard MLP and the radial-basis function. Moreover, RF techniques are easily tuned and generate visual information for direct use by the process engineer, such as the linear relationships between process parameters and roughness, and thresholds for avoiding rapid tool wear. All of this information can be directly extracted from the tree structure or by drawing 3D charts plotting two process inputs and the predicted roughness depending on workshop requirements.