Recent content by Algis

Hi Kaluza, I am dealing with exactly the same issue of coupled vs radiating leaky coax. What are the two papers you refer to? Have you read the reknown Bell-Labs paper on this topic? It is very good and shows real life empirical results...

Actually, I was not trying to tie the two problems together. The first case, in response to your original tire example of isentropic internal expansion and isenthalpic expansion through the valve, my question was simply where did the work (done by the isentropic expanding gas in the tire) go? I...

Response to MGB_Phys re pushing gas Thanks MGB_Phys. I am glad I am not totally off on this. Your explanation was excellent. But a followup question. If the particles in an ideal gas never collide with each other, how do ideal gases mix when they reach equilibrium? Say you have a...

This is the second question pertaining to my earlier post. An ideal gas is composed of particles of no volume. Hence, they will never collide with each other, only with the walls. How does an ideal gas ‘push’ the downstream gas through the tire valve? I can sort of visualize the pushing...

I am new to this forum, and this is a long-winded general querry, but directed at the excellent description by Q_Goest, of isentropic and isenthalpic processes as air is let out of a tire valve. I have two questions that were crystalized by your explanation that have hounded me for a very...