Free-convection flow in the stokes problem for a vertical plate with variable surface temperature     

Basant Kumar Jha  Ravindra Prasad  Surendra Rai 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1991,175(1):157-163

The free-convection flow of an incompressible viscous fluid past an infinite, vertical plate for impulsive as well as uniformly accelerated motion of the plate is discussed when the plate temperatuve varies as the square root of time. The Laplace transform technique is used to obtain the expressions for velocity and skin-friction. The influence of the various parameters, entering into problem, on the velocity field and skin-friction is extensively discussed.  相似文献   

Numerical modelling of rheological properties of landslide debris     

Ray  Arunava  Verma  Harshal  Bharati  Ashutosh Kumar  Rai  Rajesh  Koner  Radhakanta  Singh  Trilok Nath 《Natural Hazards》2022,110(3):2303-2327

Debris flow has caused severe human casualties and economic losses in landslide-prone areas around the globe. A comprehensive understanding of the morphology and deposition mechanisms of debris flows is crucial to delineate the extent of a debris flow hazard. However, due to inherent complex field topography and varying compositions of the flowing debris, coupled with a lack of fundamental understanding about the factors controlling the geomaterial flow, interparticle interactions and its final settlement resulted in a limited understanding of the flow behaviour of the landslide debris. In this study, a physical model was set up in the laboratory to simulate and calibrate the debris flow using PFC, a distinct element modelling-based software. After calibration, a case study of the Varunavat landslide was taken to validate the developed numerical model. Following validation with an acceptable level of confidence, several models were generated to evaluate the effect of slope height, slope angle, slope profile, and grain size distribution of the dislodged geomaterial in the rheological properties of debris flow. Both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the landslide debris flow was performed. Finally, the utility of retaining wall and their effect on debris flow is also studied with different retaining wall positions along the slope surface.

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Design flood estimation in ungauged catchments using genetic algorithm-based artificial neural network (GAANN) technique for Australia   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

K. Aziz  Sohail Rai  A. Rahman 《Natural Hazards》2015,77(2):805-821

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Seismological evidence for a decoupled lithospheric segment in south Indian shield     

D. S. Rames  S. S. Rai  D. Srinagesh  V. K. Gaur 《Geophysical Journal International》1990,102(1):113-120

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Weak discontinuities in non-equilibrium flows     

Arisudan Rai 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1987,135(2):335-345

The eclipsing binary system UV Psc was observed in the near-infrared (JHK), and a wave-like distortions have been observed similar to those in the visible. The out-of-eclipse observations have shown real large amount of scatter. This cannot be attributed to the existence of spots on one of the components, which can explain the wave-like distorition of the light curves, but probably to the intrinsic variability of one of them.  相似文献   

VLF radiation from lightning     

P. P. Pathak  J. Rai †  N. C. Varshneya 《Geophysical Journal International》1982,69(1):197-207

Summary. Electrical and magnetic fields due to arbitrarily oriented lightning over an imperfectly conducting ground have been obtained. The theory has been applied to K -changes, return strokes and horizontal lightning. The results are in good agreement with the experimental observations previously reported by many workers.  相似文献   

Non-uniform propagation of weak waves through thermally-conducting and dissociating gases     

Arisdudan Rai  J. P. Vishwakarma 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1988,140(2):373-383

Non-uniform propagation of weak discontinuities headed by wavefronts of arbitrary shape along bi-characteristics of a hyperbolic system through thermally-conducting and dissociating gases are studied. An explicit criterion for the growth and decay of weak waves along bi-characteristic curves in the characteristic manifold of the governing differential equations is given. The two fundamental theorems on the global behaviour of the time-dependent wave amplitude of a weak wave has been concluded.  相似文献   

The effects of saturant salinity and pressure on the electrical resistivity of Hawaiian basalts     

Chandra S. Rai  Murli H. Manghnani 《Geophysical Journal International》1981,65(2):395-405

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Geochemistry of granitoids of Bilgi area,northern part of eastern Dharwar craton,southern India — Example of transitional TTGs derived from depleted source   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Sukanta Dey  A. K. Rai  Anjan Chaki 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2009,73(6):854-870

Mildly deformed granitoids exposed around Bilgi in the northernmost part of the eastern Dharwar craton are divided into two groups viz. granodiorites and monzogranites. The granodiorites contain microgranular enclaves and amphibolite xenoliths, and show low-Al TTG affinity with high SiO₂ (71–74 %), Na₂O, Y and Sr/Y, moderate to moderately high Mg#, Cr and Ni, low to moderate LILE, and low Nb and Ta. However, compared to similar TTGs from different cratons the Bilgi granodiorites have distinctly higher K₂O, K₂O/Na₂O, Rb and lower REE and Th. The amphibolite xenoliths are characterized by variable enrichment of K₂O, Rb, Ba and Th and depletion of Ti, Zr and P compared to MORB. The microgranular enclaves are quartz diorite to granodiorite in composition with high Mg, Ni and Cr, and compared to MORB, are enriched in LILE and depleted in Ti and Y. The monzogranites, compared to the granodiorites, display higher SiO₂, K₂O and Rb with lower Mg#, although still maintaining the high Na₂O, Ni and Cr and low REE character. The Bilgi granodiorites are explained as transitional TTGs late synkinematic with respect to regional deformation. Geochemical signatures and regional geological set up suggest that they are probably derived from partial melting of a highly depleted slab material (metabasalt) followed by variable contamination or assimilation of intermediate crustal rocks in a subduction zone set up. Late stage fluid activity on the granodioritic magma is probably responsible for the generation of monzogranites. The amphibolite xenoliths predate the granodiorites and possibly represent fragments of a schist belt carried away by the granitic magma. They are probably island arc basalt derived from mantle source that has been metasomatized by slab-derived fluids. The microgranular enclaves are coeval with the Bilgi granodiorites and also likely to be island arc magmas derived from mantle variably enriched in slab-derived and within-plate components.  相似文献   

Prospects for predicting cycle 24     

Arnab Rai Choudhuri 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2008,29(1-2):41-47

Although we have reliable data of solar polar fields only from the mid-1970s, it seems that the polar field at a minimum is well correlated with the next cycle, but the strength of the cycle is not correlated with the polar field produced at its end. We explain this by suggesting that the Babcock-Leighton mechanism of poloidal field generation from tilted active regions involves randomness, whereas the other aspects of the dynamo process are more ordered. To model actual cycles, we have to ‘correct’ our theoretical dynamo model by ‘feeding’ information about the polar field at the minima. Following this process, we find that our model fits the observed sunspot numbers of cycles 21–23 reasonably well and predicts that cycle 24 will be the weakest in a century.  相似文献