Fluid model for the piezothermal effect

E. J. Kolmes, V. I. Geyko, N. J. Fisch

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Abstract

When a gas in an externally imposed potential field is compressed, temperature gradients appear. This has been called the piezothermal effect. It is possible to analytically calculate the time-dependent behavior of the piezothermal effect using a linearized fluid model. Quantitative differences between the fluid-model results and previous numerical calculations can be explained by the effects of viscosity and heat conductivity. The fluid model casts the piezothermal effect as a spectrum of buoyancy oscillations, which yields new physical insights into the effect.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number126700
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume384
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 18 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

  • Brunt-Väisälä oscillations
  • Compression
  • Piezothermal effect
  • Rotating fluid

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