Physical Transformation AtlasPTA
Pathway · p-863b176eb9 · extends a recorded pathway

Bulk fluid flow → Cooling

Bulk fluid flowOcean wave motionPressure gradientElastic deformationMechanical 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 Wave-impact piezoelectric harvester · 3/6 relations shared
route-level evidence
0 sources for the complete composition · 6 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.24 · Bulk fluid flow × Turbomachineryfamily: TurbomachineryD.10 × C.09 · Bulk fluid flow × Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto)family: Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto)

Steps

  1. 01
    kinetic → mechanical · loss to thermal
    • wind fetch over open water
    liquid
    refs [1] [2]
  2. 02
    mechanical → mechanical
    refs [1] [2]
  3. 03
    mechanical → mechanical
    • pressure acting on a diaphragm or shell
    solid
    refs [3]
  4. 04
    mechanical → mechanical
    • the deformed member carries a cyclic stress or strain state that can drive a stress-driven conversion (flexoelectric
    • elastocaloric
    • piezoelectric)
    refs [3] [4]
  5. 05
    mechanical → thermal
    • stress large enough to drive the martensitic transformation of a shape-memory alloy
    solid
    refs [5] [6]
  6. 06
    Elastocaloric effect —converts into→ Coolingdemonstratedclaim record
    thermal → thermal · loss to thermal
    refs [5]

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 · 6

  1. [1]
    S. H. Salter. Wave power (1974)
    Nature 249, 720–724 · doi:10.1038/249720a0 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    J. Falnes. Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems: Linear Interactions Including Wave-Energy Extraction (2002)
    Cambridge University Press · doi:10.1017/CBO9780511754630 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    J. F. Nye. Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices (1985)
    Oxford University Press · book, no DOI · record
  4. [4]
    A. Erturk, D. J. Inman. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (2011)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119991151 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  5. [5]
    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
  6. [6]
    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-863b176eb9: Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/path/863b176eb9

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