Transverse plane

About: Transverse plane is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17069 publications have been published within this topic receiving 194059 citations. The topic is also known as: axial plane.

The flow of conducting fluids in circular pipes under transverse magnetic fields

Abstract: The flow rate of liquid metals is commonly measured by electromagnetic flowmeters. In these the fluid moves through a region of transverse magnetic field, inducing a potential difference between two electrodes on the walls of the pipe. The ratio of signal to flow rate is dependent on the velocity profile, and this is affected by electromagnetic forces.In this paper the ultimate steady velocity profile and its associated pressure gradient and induced potential are calculated for the case of laminar flow in a circular pipe whose walls are conducting but without contact resistance. Laminar flow is encouraged by a transverse field. When the fluid conductivity and field strength are sufficiently high, boundary layers occur with a thickness inversely proportional to normal field intensity. The induced potential difference is then 0·926 of the value corresponding to the case of uniform velocity if the walls are non-conducting.The distance the fluid must travel after entering the transverse field before the steady state is reached is next estimated by a Rayleigh approximation. The inlet velocity is taken to be uniform and effects which occur at the edge of the field are neglected. The process falls into two stages, first a boundary-layer growth and then an adjustment of the velocity away from the walls, occupying a much greater length of pipe. The entry length is shorter than it is in the case of flow in a rectangular pipe, but is still too long for appreciable distortion of the velocity profile to occur within practical flowmeters except at low flow rates. The pressure drop associated with the adjustment of the velocity profile is found to be independent of field strength, if this is high, and about one-eighth of the drop which occurs in the non-conducting case.Experiments are described in which steady-state pressure gradients and induced potential differences were measured in mercury flowing along Perspex pipes of 0·5 and 0·25 in. bore in transverse fields up to 14500 gauss. The results confirmed the steady-state theory within the limitations of experimental accuracy and the assumption in the theory of high conductivity and an intense field. The experiments also covered the entry region in many cases, and showed that the theoretical entry lengths were correct in order of magnitude but over-estimated. However, the exact entry condition was uncertain, and steady readings were difficult to obtain in the entry region.

Means for localizing target coordinates in a body relative to a guidance system reference frame in any arbitrary plane as viewed by a tomographic image through the body

Abstract: A localizer system is described which enables determination of the coordinates of a target located inside the human body and visualized on a tomographic scan image for essentially any arbitrary scan plane through the body It involves a means of fixing a frame in a known relationship to the body and placing the localizer system in a fixed position relative to the frame There is an axial axis defined for the localizer, and there are both parallel and transverse (perpendicular) rod elements as well as diagonal rod elements on the localizer These appear as spot images on the scan plane image and are sufficient in number and location to enable accurate calculation of a target image on the scan and determination of the target coordinates in space relative to the localizer This applies to plane scan cuts which are substantially parallel or perpendicular to the localizer axis

Transverse Oscillations of Coronal Loops

Abstract: On 14 July 1998 TRACE observed transverse oscillations of a coronal loop generated by an external disturbance most probably caused by a solar flare. These oscillations were interpreted as standing fast kink waves in a magnetic flux tube. Firstly, in this review we embark on the discussion of the theory of waves and oscillations in a homogeneous straight magnetic cylinder with the particular emphasis on fast kink waves. Next, we consider the effects of stratification, loop expansion, loop curvature, non-circular cross-section, loop shape and magnetic twist. An important property of observed transverse coronal loop oscillations is their fast damping. We briefly review the different mechanisms suggested for explaining the rapid damping phenomenon. After that we concentrate on damping due to resonant absorption. We describe the latest analytical results obtained with the use of thin transition layer approximation, and then compare these results with numerical findings obtained for arbitrary density variation inside the flux tube. Very often collective oscillations of an array of coronal magnetic loops are observed. It is natural to start studying this phenomenon from the system of two coronal loops. We describe very recent analytical and numerical results of studying collective oscillations of two parallel homogeneous coronal loops. The implication of the theoretical results for coronal seismology is briefly discussed. We describe the estimates of magnetic field magnitude obtained from the observed fundamental frequency of oscillations, and the estimates of the coronal scale height obtained using the simultaneous observations of the fundamental frequency and the frequency of the first overtone of kink oscillations. In the last part of the review we summarise the most outstanding and acute problems in the theory of the coronal loop transverse oscillations.

Diffraction-free space-time beams

Abstract: Diffraction-free optical beams propagate freely without change in shape and scale. Monochromatic beams that avoid diffractive spreading require two-dimensional transverse profiles, and there are no corresponding solutions for profiles restricted to one transverse dimension. Here, we demonstrate that the temporal degree of freedom can be exploited to efficiently synthesize one-dimensional pulsed optical sheets that propagate self-similarly in free space. By introducing programmable conical (hyperbolic, parabolic, or elliptical) spectral correlations between the beam's spatio-temporal degrees of freedom, a continuum of families of axially invariant pulsed localized beams is generated. The spectral loci of such beams are the reduced-dimensionality trajectories at the intersection of the light-cone with spatio-temporal spectral planes. Far from being exceptional, self-similar axial propagation is a generic feature of fields whose spatial and temporal degrees of freedom are tightly correlated. These one-dimensional `space-time' beams can be useful in optical sheet microscopy, nonlinear spectroscopy, and non-contact measurements.