Assessment of the transition k-k-ω model application to transitional oscillatory pipe flows.

The flow transition from laminar to turbulent inside of typical thermoacoustic devices influences the heat-exchange capacities of these devices and dramatically impacts overall performances as well. A few measurements [Eckmann and Grotberg (1991), J. Fluid Mech.

Characteristic-based non-linear simulation of large-scale standing-wave thermoacoustic engine.

A few linear theories [Swift, J. Acoust. Soc.

Glassy conformations in wrinkled membranes.

Partially polymerized membranes display a striking mechanical transition at low temperature known as the wrinkling transition. Fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy as well as profile measurements using an atomic force microscope revealed the existence of three degrees of wrinkling depending on the degree of the membrane polymerization. At low polymerization the membrane undergoes a cascade of wrinkling to form a folded phase with a characteristic exponent eta equal to 3, at intermediate polymerization, the membrane is in an intermediate-wrinkled phase (similar to the crumpling of an elastic sheet) with eta approximately 2.