Wedge displacement

The load was directly recorded by a load cell, while the wedge displacement was measured with a linear potentiometer sensing the relative motion between the wedge and the load-cell platen. To prevent sticking of the actuator, a resistive film heater was mounted on the potentiometer housing. Both load and displacement data were digitally recorded and stored. 

The Champ-Sons model has been developed to quantitatively predict the field radiated by water- or solid wedge- eoupled transdueers into solids. It is required to deal with interfaces of complex geometry, arbitrary transducers and arbitrary excitation pulses. It aims at computing the time-dependent waveform of various acoustical quantities (displacement, velocity, traction, velocity potential) radiated at a (possibly large) number of field-points inside a solid medium. 

It was pointed out in Section XIII-4A that if the contact angle between a solid particle and two liquid phases is finite, a stable position for the particle is at the liquid-liquid interface. Coalescence is inhibited because it takes work to displace the particle from the interface. In addition, one can account for the type of emulsion that is formed, 0/W or W/O, simply in terms of the contact angle value. As illustrated in Fig. XIV-7, the bulk of the particle will lie in that liquid that most nearly wets it, and by what seems to be a correct application of the early oriented wedge" principle (see Ref. 48), this liquid should then constitute the outer phase. Furthermore, the action of surfactants should be predictable in terms of their effect on the contact angle. This was, indeed, found to be the case in a study by Schulman and Leja [49] on the stabilization of emulsions by barium sulfate. 

To avoid the instabilities of wedge-shaped oils films, a lubricating film can be maintained by the application of pressurized oil (or, occasionally, air) to the bearing. The hydrostatic bearing maintains a continuous film of oil even at zero speed, and induces a strong stabilizing force towards the center that counteracts any displacement of the shaft or spindle. Disadvantages include the power... 

We have considered the case of a fluid wedge that can deform under the action of the disjoining pressure. Our simulations show that the extent of deformation of the meniscus (or fluid interface) increases with increase in the volume fraction of nanoparticles/micelles, when a decrease in the diameter of micelles and with a decrease in the capillary pressure resisting the deformation is smaller. The resulting deformation of the meniscus causes the contact line to move so that it displaces the fluid that does not contain the micelles (oil) in favor of the fluid that contains it (aqueous surfactant solution). 

Figure 1. Schematic illustration of sample geometries and THG interference fringing patterns, a). Wedge sample geometry, x is the cell displacement direction, b). Wedge THG interference fringes as a function of x. c). Slab sample geometry, 8 is the angle of incidence, d). THG interference fringes as a function of 8 (Maker Fringes).

The normal operating position of a shaft inside a bearing is shown in Fig. 29-64. It can be seen that, due to radial forces, the geometric center of the shaft does not coincide with the one of the bearing. This displacement creates a "wedge, which combined with the shaft motion, forces the oil into a continuously decreasing area, and a... 

Wedge method changes sample pass length by parallel displacement of wedgelike sample Maker fringe method changes sample pass length by the rotation of sample... 

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