scholarly journals Dynamic Measurements of Tank Wall Deformations as a New Method for Assessing its Technical Condition

2021 ◽  
Vol 2096 (1) ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
E Sh Gaysin ◽  
A R Valeev ◽  
R R Tashbulatov

Abstract The paper proposes a new approach to assessing the residual resource of the wall of a vertical steel tank by the criterion of low-cycle loading, taking into account its actual deformations. The method is based on the principle of measuring the difference in the power of the luminous flux at the ends of the light tube (light guide) when it is bent. An experiment was carried out using an optical pair (LED and photodiode) and an optical fiber. For this purpose, templates with known radii of curvature were prepared, a prototype of an Arduino-based device was developed and an optical fiber was manufactured, which was subsequently fixed on the wall of a two-hundred-liter metal barrel. As a result of the experiments, a formula was obtained for determining the curvature of the wall depending on the readings of the sensor. The sensitivity of the proposed method is estimated. An algorithm for determining the number of cycles before the formation of fatigue cracks is proposed, taking into account the actual values of the wall deflection.

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 864-869
Author(s):  
Ying Liu

Plastic optical fiber (POF) is a new type of sensing material. Compared with traditional quartz optical fiber, it has the advantages of good tenacity, low cost, easy processing, and high sensitivity. A new type of POF-Fatigue sensor (nPOF-Fs) is designed by using POF, which is based on the changes the luminous flux. The change in the relative displacement of the two ends of the fiber is obtained through the change in the luminous flux in the POF, which is later converted into an electrical signal by the photoelectric conversion device. By collecting and analyzing the signals, accurate measurement of the dynamic response of the workpiece is achieved. Combined with the signal processing algorithm that can detect and monitor the crack expansion of steel structures under cyclic loading based on the RMS envelope and Hilbert transform filters, the fatigue crack can be monitored in real-time. The results obtained by nPOF-Fs are fundamentally coincide with the results acquired by the COD sensor. In view of the higher cost of monitoring with the COD sensor, the use of a POF sensor combined with a signal processing algorithm in monitoring the occurrence and expansion of fatigue cracks has great potential in the field of structural monitoring.


2018 ◽  
pp. 5-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Grigoryev ◽  
V. A. Pavlyushina

The phenomenon of economic growth is studied by economists and statisticians in various aspects for a long time. Economic theory is devoted to assessing factors of growth in the tradition of R. Solow, R. Barrow, W. Easterly and others. During the last quarter of the century, however, the institutionalists, namely D. North, D. Wallis, B. Weingast as well as D. Acemoglu and J. Robinson, have shown the complexity of the problem of development on the part of socioeconomic and political institutions. As a result, solving the problem of how economic growth affects inequality between countries has proved extremely difficult. The modern world is very diverse in terms of development level, and the article offers a new approach to the formation of the idea of stylized facts using cluster analysis. The existing statistics allows to estimate on a unified basis the level of GDP production by 174 countries of the world for 1992—2016. The article presents a structured picture of the world: the distribution of countries in seven clusters, different in levels of development. During the period under review, there was a strong per capita GDP growth in PPP in the middle of the distribution, poverty in various countries declined markedly. At the same time, in 1992—2016, the difference increased not only between rich and poor groups of countries, but also between clusters.


2020 ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Sergio Antonio Camargo ◽  
Lauro Correa Romeiro ◽  
Carlos Alberto Mendes Moraes

The present article aimed to test changes in cooling water temperatures of males, present in aluminum injection molds, to reduce failures due to thermal fatigue. In order to carry out this work, cooling systems were studied, including their geometries, thermal gradients and the expected theoretical durability in relation to fatigue failure. The cooling system tests were developed with the aid of simulations in the ANSYS software and with fatigue calculations, using the method of Goodman. The study of the cooling system included its geometries, flow and temperature of this fluid. The results pointed to a significant increase in fatigue life of the mold component for the thermal conditions that were proposed, with a significant increase in the number of cycles, to happen failures due to thermal fatigue.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (20) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Rychlik ◽  
Krzysztof Ligier

This paper discusses the method used to identify the process involving fatigue cracking of samples on the basis of selected vibration signal characteristics. Acceleration of vibrations has been chosen as a diagnostic signal in the analysis of sample cross section. Signal characteristics in form of change in vibration amplitudes and corresponding changes in FFT spectrum have been indicated for the acceleration. The tests were performed on a designed setup, where destruction process was caused by the force of inertia of the sample. Based on the conducted tests, it was found that the demonstrated sample structure change identification method may be applied to identify the technical condition of the structure in the aspect of loss of its continuity and its properties (e.g.: mechanical and fatigue cracks). The vibration analysis results have been verified by penetration and visual methods, using a scanning electron microscope.


Linguistics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 1701-1735
Author(s):  
Jeroen van de Weijer ◽  
Weiyun Wei ◽  
Yumeng Wang ◽  
Guangyuan Ren ◽  
Yunyun Ran
Keyword(s):  

AbstractIn this article we present a new approach to words of the type zigzag, chitchat, etc. in English. Such words form a formal (phonological) and functional (semantic) pattern in English. We argue that this pattern should be analysed in a construction-based approach, which has clear advantages over other approaches, e.g. analyses involving extragrammaticality or a synchronically productive reduplication process. We propose to extend the construction-based approach beyond its original scope (syntactic constructions) to words that may even no longer be morphologically complex. Finally, we make a tentative suggestion about how the difference between productive and unproductive patterns could be captured in the construction-based approach.


2018 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 06002
Author(s):  
P.V. Chepur ◽  
A.A. Tarasenko ◽  
A.A. Gruchenkova

The problem of the limiting states occurrence in the structures of a vertical steel tank is investigated in this work. To study the SSS of the metal structures of the object, the authors created a numerical model of the RVS-20000 tank in the ANSYS software complex. The model considers the maximum number of elements with their geometry and connections affecting the tank SSS under non-axisymmetric loading, including beyond the elasticity of steel. Dependences between the parameters of intrinsic stiffness of the VST are obtained. The results of the finite element analysis made it possible to develop a technique for assessing the technical condition of the structure with the development of irregular subsidence of the external bottom contour. The proposed technique can be used by both operating and design organizations in making managerial decisions regarding the repair of RVS-20000 subjected to the base subsidence.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gülşah Uslu ◽  
Taha Özyürek ◽  
Mustafa Gündoğar ◽  
Koray Yılmaz

Background. The aim of this study was to compare the cyclic fatigue resistance of 2Shape, Twisted File (TF) and EndoSequence Xpress (ESX) nickel-titanium rotary files at intracanal temperature (35°C). Methods. Twenty 2Shape TS1 (25/.04), 20 TF (25/.04) and 20 ESX (25/.04) files were tested for cyclic fatigue at intracanal temperature (35°C). All the instruments were rotated in artificial canals which were made of stainless steel with an inner diameter of 1.5 mm, 60° angle of curvature and a radius curvature of 5 mm until fracture occurred; the time to fracture was recorded in seconds using a digital chronometer and the number of cycles to fracture (NCF) for each file was calculated. Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni correction was performed to statistically analyze data using SPSS 21.0. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Results. NCF values revealed that the 2Shape had significantly the highest cyclic fatigue resistance, followed by TF and ESX at intracanal temperature (P<0.05). The difference was significant between the TF and ESX groups (P<0.05). There was no significant difference among the 2Shape, TF and ESX files with respect to the lengths of the fractured file fragments (P>.05). Conclusion. Within the limitations of present study, it was concluded that the cyclic fatigue resistance of 2Shape files at the intracanal temperature is higher than that of TF and ESX files.


2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 915-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Kai Chang ◽  
Yoke Rung Wong ◽  
Shian Chao Tay

The Lim/Tsai tendon repair technique has been modified clinically to achieve a 6-strand repair using a single looped suture with one extratendinous knot. We compared biomechanical performance of the original and modified methods using 20 porcine flexor digitorum profundus tendons. The ultimate tensile strength, load to 2 mm gap force, mode of failure, and time taken to repair each tendon were recorded during a single cycle loading test in 10 tendons with each repair method. We found that despite having the same number of core strands, the single looped suture modified Lim/Tsai technique possessed significantly greater ultimate tensile strength and load to 2 mm gap force. Also, less repair time was required. We conclude that the modified 6-strand repair using a single looped suture has better mechanical performance than the original method. The difference likely was due to the changes in locations of the knots and subsequent load distribution during tendon loading.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Khrulev ◽  
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Olexii Saraiev ◽  
Iryna Saraieva ◽  
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The analysis of the crankshaft bearing condition of the automotive internal combustion engines in the case of insufficiency and breakage of oil supply to them is carried out. It is noted that this fault is one of the most common causes of damage to rubbing pairs in operation. At the same time, the different groups of bearings are often damaged, which cannot be explained within the framework of existing models of plain bearing lubrication. The objective of the work is to develop a mathematical model of oil supply to connecting rod bearings in emergency mode, taking into account the characteristic features of the bearing design. The model also, depending on the nature of the damage, should help to determine and explain the causes of bearing failures if they occur in different modes when operating conditions are broken. A computational model has been developed that makes it possible to assess the effect of design differences in the features of oil supply and the action of the centrifugal forces during crankshaft rotation on the oil column in the lubrication hole where oil is supplied to the conrod bearing. Calculations of the change in time of the oil supply pressure to the connecting rod bearings for the various designs of the crankshaft lubrication holes have been performed. It is shown that, depending on the operating mode of the engine and its design, the oil pressure in front of the connecting rod bearings does not disappear immediately after oil supply failure to crankshaft. Moreover, the lower the crankshaft speed is, the longer the lubrication of the conrod bearings will continue. The calculation results are confirmed by the data of the expert studies of the engine technical condition, in which the crankshaft was wedged in the damaged main bearings was found in the absence of serious damage to the connecting rod ones. It has been found that such features of the damage correspond to an rapid breakage of the oil supply to the crankshaft in the case of such operational damage as the oil pump and pressure reducing valve failure, the oil filter seal and oil pan destruction, etc. The developed model explains the difference in lubrication conditions and in the damage feature to the main and connecting rod bearings in the emergency cases of the oil supply breakage, which are observed during operation, and helps to clarify the failure causes. This makes it possible to use the model and the obtained data when providing auto technical expert studies of the failure causes of automobile internal combustion engines This makes it possible to use the model and the obtained data when providing auto technical expert studies of the failure causes of automobile internal combustion engines when the operating conditions are broken.


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