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Uncoupling Coriolis Force and Rotating Buoyancy Effects on Full-Field Heat Transfer Properties of a Rotating Channel
Published on: October 5, 2018
Negative thermal conductivity of chains of rotors with mechanical forcing
Alessandra Iacobucci1, Frédéric Legoll, Stefano Olla
1CEREMADE, UMR-CNRS 7534, Université de Paris Dauphine, Place du Maréchal De Lattre De Tassigny, F-75775 Paris Cedex 16, France.
Abstract:
We consider chains of rotors subjected to both thermal and mechanical forcings in a nonequilibrium steady state. Unusual nonlinear profiles of temperature and velocities are observed in the system. In particular, the temperature is maximal in the center, which is an indication of the nonlocal behavior of the system. Despite this uncommon behavior, local equilibrium holds for long enough chains. Our numerical results also show that when the mechanical forcing is strong enough, the energy current can be increased by an inverse temperature gradient. This counterintuitive result again reveals the complexity of nonequilibrium states.
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