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We have estimated the rate of production of lepton pairs from a magnetised hot and dense QCD medium. We get rid of all kinds of previously considered approximations in terms of the strength of the magnetic field as well as the components of the momentum of the emitted lepton pairs. We find an enhancement in the rate in presence of an arbitrary strength of the magnetic field. With further consideration of an effective model scenario, we find the appearance of a gap in the rate. The implications of such a gap and other quasi-quark effects on the rate have been investigated in detail.

Particle Size Distribution (PSD) is one of the prime guiding factors of granular media response. Degradation via weathering is a process, which brings about a gradual shift in the PSD. In nature, chemically sensitive material like calcite undergoes chemo-mechanical degradation bringing about variations in their behaviour. In the present study, an experimental investigation is carried out to get insight into the mechanical response during the coupled chemo-mechanical process. The experiments were carried out at two different rates of dissolutions in a custom made 1D compression mould. From the experiments, it is clear that the higher rate of dissolution reduces the lateral earth pressure more than the lower rate. Discrete Element Method (DEM) analyses the micromechanical process behind the observed response from experiments. The results showed a reduction in lateral stress as soon as the dissolution starts. DEM analysis confirms the competing mechanism between grain size reduction and grain rearrangement as the guiding element for the granular media response.

Under a postulated scenario of Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) with un-availability of emergency core cooling system (ECCS) for Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (IPHWR), the channel integrity needs to be assured. An experimental facility is presently being developed at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT R) India to study such a severe event. In this study a CFD simulation of fuel bundle weight simulator is being carried out using ANSYS 19.0 in transient thermal analysis using ANSYS Parametric Design Language (APDL) solver. The test facility aims to estimate the thermal aspect of weight bundle simulator which is the source of heat generation for pressure tube. Thermo-mechanical deformation of pressure tube will depend on the heat source, therefore it is of great importance to check the thermal integrity of weight bundle fuel simulator. Power requirement, weight, and dimensions of weight bundle fuel simulator is similar to the actual fuel bundle used in 700 MWe IPHWR. Simulation was done for 3 % and 2% decay heat. From analysis it was found that the rate of temperature rise in pressure tube with 3 % decay heat reached a maximum of 2 0C/sec and average rate of temperature rise was around 1 0C/sec whereas with 2% decay heat, pressure tube maximum temperature rise was 1.5 0C/sec and average rate 0.8 0C/sec. Results obtained will be further used for designing of 700 MWe full length channel set-up.

Pore size distribution is an important feature of granular materials in the context of filtration and erosion in soil hydraulic structures. Present study focuses on the evolution characteristics of pore size distribution for numerically simulated granular assemblies while subjected to various compression boundary constrain, namely, conventional drained triaxial compression, one-dimensional or oedometric compression and isotropic compression. We consider the effects initial packing of the granular assembly, loose or dense state. A simplified algorithm based on Delaunay tessellation is used for the estimation of pore size distribution for the deforming granular assemblies at various stress states. The analyses show that, the evolution of pore size is predominantly governed by the current porosity of the granular assembly while the stress path or loading process has minimal influence. Further it has also been observed that pore volume distribution reaches towards a critical distribution at the critical porosity during shear enhanced loading process irrespective of the deformation mechanism either compaction or dilation.