Physical Transformation AtlasPTA
Pathway · p-52118d0745 · extends a recorded pathway

Bulk fluid flow → Cooling

Bulk fluid flowFlow-induced vibrationMechanical vibrationResonant vibrationMechanical stress or strainElastocaloric effectCooling

Epistemic state of the route

known constituent relations
5 / 6 established or replicated · weakest constituent demonstrated
constituent maturity floor
K4 · experimentally observed
search for this exact route
Not assessed — complete composition not searched.
recorded-pathway overlap
shares relations, in order, with Flow-induced-vibration piezoelectric harvester · 4/6 relations shared
route-level evidence
0 sources for the complete composition · 5 cited by the constituent steps
boundaries and interfaces
BOUNDARY compatible · no region transition

Explorematrix context · physics checks · steps · route evidence · constituent evidence · cite

Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.10 × C.09 · Bulk fluid flow × Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto)family: Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto)

Steps

  1. 01
    kinetic → mechanical · loss to thermal
    • a bluff or flexible body in the stream at a Reynolds number where vortex shedding locks to a structural mode
    bulk flow required
    refs [1]
  2. 02
    mechanical → mechanical
    refs [1]
  3. 03
    mechanical → mechanical · loss to thermal
    • a cantilever or seismic mass with natural frequency near the excitation
    solid
    refs [2] [3]
  4. 04
    mechanical → mechanical
    • cyclic bending stress at the root of the cantilever
    solid
    refs [3]
  5. 05
    mechanical → thermal
    • stress large enough to drive the martensitic transformation of a shape-memory alloy
    solid
    refs [4] [5]
  6. 06
    Elastocaloric effect —converts into→ Coolingdemonstratedclaim record
    thermal → thermal · loss to thermal
    refs [4]

Evidence for the complete composition · 0

No source on record for this exact composition. The sources below support the individual steps, not the route as a whole.

Evidence for the constituent relations · 5

  1. [1]
    H. B. Radousky, H. Liang. Energy harvesting: an integrated view of materials, devices and applications (2012)
    Nanotechnology 23, 502001 · doi:10.1088/0957-4484/23/50/502001 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    S. Roundy, P. K. Wright, J. Rabaey. A study of low level vibrations as a power source for wireless sensor nodes (2003)
    Computer Communications 26, 1131–1144 · doi:10.1016/S0140-3664(02)00248-7 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    A. Erturk, D. J. Inman. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (2011)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119991151 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  4. [4]
    J. Tušek et al.. A regenerative elastocaloric heat pump (2016)
    Nature Energy 1, 16134 · doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.134 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  5. [5]
    X. Moya, S. Kar-Narayan, N. D. Mathur. Caloric materials near ferroic phase transitions (2014)
    Nature Materials 13, 439–450 · doi:10.1038/nmat3951 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Cite this route

Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). route p-52118d0745: Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/path/52118d0745

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