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Area of Science:

  • Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Multistable thermodynamic properties in fluids offer novel energy harvesting and storage pathways.
  • Metamaterial principles can be applied to engineer artificial multistable fluids by controlling microstructure.
  • Understanding fluid dynamics is key to harnessing energy from transitions between equilibrium states.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the dynamics of compressible metafluids within elastic capsules.
  • To investigate the transitions between different equilibrium states in these artificial fluids.
  • To explore the potential for energy harvesting and storage using fluidic multistability.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical and experimental study of metafluid dynamics.
  • Analysis of single and multiple multistable elastic capsules in a fluid-filled tube.
  • Investigation of velocity, pressure, and temperature fields.

Main Results:

  • The study analyzed the dynamics of calorically-perfect compressible gas within multistable elastic capsules.
  • Both single capsule dynamics and the interaction of multiple capsules were investigated.
  • Energy harvesting from external temperature variations (temporal or spatial) was demonstrated.

Conclusions:

  • Fluidic multistability enables energy capture and indefinite storage.
  • Metafluids can transport energy as a fluid under standard atmospheric conditions.
  • This approach offers a novel method for energy management without requiring thermal isolation.