Classical Physics
We report on measurements of the mechanical vibrations of the fundamental mode of resonant capacitive transducers, consisting of parallel plates at different gaps (10 - 26 $\mu$m). Resonant frequency data were taken vs the electric field at…
Polymer-based plastics exhibit time-dependent deformation under constant stress, known as creep, which can lead to rupture or static fatigue. A common misconception is that materials under tolerable static loads remain unaffected over time.…
Motivated by the century-old problem of modeling the electron as a pointlike particle with finite self energy, we develop a new class of nonlinear perturbations of Maxwell's electrodynamics inspired by, but distinct from, the Born--Infeld…
We give an integral expression for the vector potential of a time-independent, steady azimuthal current density. Our derivation is substantially simpler and somewhat more general than others given in the literature. As an illustration, we…
Over the past decade, there has been a growing trend toward integrating human factors (HF) into traffic flow models to better understand the complexities of human behavior and its impact on traffic dynamics. This research seeks to advance…
According to classical electrodynamics, a steady loop current does not radiate. Edward, Kenyon, and Lemon show that the present-time approximation of the retarded electric field (the approximation of the magnetic one is trivial) of a steady…
The radiation-reaction problem in classical electrodynamics has long resisted a consistent solution: the Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac equation admits runaways and pre-acceleration, while the Landau-Lifshitz (LL) equation avoids these pathologies…
This research explores several critical factors affecting CFD-based prediction accuracy of submarine hydrodynamics and builds upon previous work on preliminary mesh and solver benchmarking. A scaled submarine model is analyzed numerically…
Submarines are vital for maritime defense, requiring optimized hydrodynamic performance to minimize resistance. Advancements in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) enable accurate predictions of submarine hydrodynamics for optimal design.…
We investigate a theory of time-symmetric action-at-a-distance electrodynamic or gravitational interactions where the four-forces depend only on the electric charges, the rest masses, the position four-vectors, and the four-velocities of…
Oleg D. Jefimenko's electrodynamics textbook is unique in its approaches to deriving the electric and magnetic fields of arbitrary charge and current distributions and of an arbitrarily moving point charge. However, an uncommon form of the…
The presence of surface defects (roughness, surface imperfections, profiles, etc.) in a contact inevitably leads to the modification of its local properties, such as the coefficient of friction. In railway wheelsets, this surface condition…
We present a rigorous framework for determining equilibrium configurations of uniformly rotating self-gravitating fluid bodies. This work addresses the longstanding challenge of modeling rotational deformation in celestial objects such as…
A long-standing goal in the field of "mechanical computing" is the creation of truly reprogrammable mechanical structures, where the function of each unit can be dynamically defined, modified, and accessed on demand, much like rewriting…
In the present article we determine the exact shape of an ideal spring suspended at both ends. Historically, this goes under the name of Elastica problem. The total energy of the suspended spring is a functional depending on two independent…
In 1971, Zel'dovich predicted the amplification of electromagnetic (EM) waves scattered by a rotating metallic cylinder, gaining mechanical rotational energy from the body. Since then, this phenomenon has been believed to be unobservable…
This paper revisits a model for the plasma frequency of a simple wire medium formed by a rectangular lattice of parallel metallic wires. We provide a comparative analysis of existing formulae for estimating the plasma frequency and derive a…
The contradiction of micro-reversibility and macro-irreversibility is an old problem in statistical mechanics. This article argues that irreversibility is present even at the micro level because of the mechanical-electromagnetic…
The ability of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to predict flow boiling at high heat flux and high flow velocity conditions has been investigated. High heat fluxes of about 10 MW/m 2 and high flow velocities of about 10 m/s…
A dedicated experiment FEDORA (Fusion Experiment for Divertor Optimization Research Applications) has been constructed to visualize flow boiling at scaled fusion divertor conditions. Its main purpose is to obtain the information on local…