Bulk Modulus


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bulk modulus

[¦bəlk ′mäj·ə·ləs]

Bulk Modulus

 

the ratio of the value of uniform pressure to the value of the relative volume compression caused by this pressure.

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The consequence is that the back flow from the delivery volume due to the incomplete filling of the chamber generates high-pressure oscillations, being the equivalent bulk modulus coincident with the value of the pure oil (very stiff system).
Modelling of a Variable Displacement Lubricating Pump with Air Dissolution Dynamics
Since the waveguide is the host frame of unit cell, the effective bulk modulus [B.sub.eff] is defined as
The Effect of Geometrical Parameters on Resonance Characteristics of Acoustic Metamaterials with Negative Effective Modulus
In order to further predict theoretically the mechanical properties such as hardness ([H.sub.V]) and crack, the bulk modulus (B), shear modulus (G), hardness ([H.sub.V]), and universal elastic anisotropy index ([A.sup.U]) values are shown in Table 7.
Simulation and Experimental Study on Properties of Ag/Sn[O.sub.2] Contact Materials Doped with Different Ratios of Ce
where [epsilon] is the volume strain, [T.sub.0] is the initial temperature, T - [T.sub.0] is the change in temperature, [[beta].sub.b] is the volume thermal expansion coefficient of solid skeleton, [P.sub.e] is the effective pressure, and [K.sub.d] is the bulk modulus of drainage.
Thermomechanical Behavior of Late Indo-Chinese Granodiorite under High Temperature and Pressure
Moreover, a better understanding of variations in fluid density and effective bulk modulus is thus essential for modeling and simulations of such FTPS struts in order to achieve reasonably accurate predictions of stiffness and damping properties of the struts.
Effects of Entrapped Gas within the Fluid on the Stiffness and Damping Characteristics of a Hydro-Pneumatic Suspension Strut
The bulk modulus appears to be less sensitive than the shear modulus to the relaxation that occurs after the application of the homogeneous strain.
Grain Size Dependence of Elastic Moduli in Nanocrystalline Tungsten
The GGA methods are able to predict the ground state properties (lattice constants, elastic moduli, and bulk modulus) of alpha uranium bulk.
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The measure of this compressibility is called the bulk modulus of the fluid and is defined by the differential equation
The jet fuel hydrodynamic cavitation bubble size with cavitation power and energy from Rayleigh-Plesset equation
From this, Macken [8] derives an "interactive bulk modulus of spacetime", which we identify with the spacetime continuum bulk modulus, given by
The burgers spacetime dislocation constant [b.sub.0] and the derivation of Planck's constant
Osmium has a low compressibility and has high bulk modulus. Powdered osmium when exposed to the air becomes highly toxic in nature.
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where [V.sub.w] = velocity of the pressure wave in the line, in feet per second; K = bulk modulus of water (300,000 lbs./sq.
Hammer and autoignition
As an example, we calculated two cases with different values of fluid salinity, viscosity and solid bulk modulus in a full space model and a half space model, respectively.
Medium effect on the characteristics of the coupled seismic and electromagnetic signals

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