Effect of Temperature and Flange Support on Critical Pressure of Conical Acrylic Windows Under Short Term Pressure Loading

1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 853-861
Author(s):  
J. D. Stachiw

Temperature and the seating arrangement in the flange have a significant effect on the critical pressure of conical acrylic windows. Over 400 acrylic windows with 90 deg conical angle were used in this study to establish experimentally the relationship between thickness to minor diameter ratio (t/D), temperature, seating arrangement in the flange, and critical pressure under short term hydrostatic loading. The data indicates that utilizing 70 deg F as standard of comparison, there is, approximately 20 percent increase in critical short term pressure when 32 deg F, and 20 percent decrease when 90 deg F ambient temperatures are utilized, respectively. It was also found that the short term critical pressure of some conical acrylic windows is influenced by the seating arrangement in the flange. As a rule, an increase in the ratio of minor window diameter to minor flange opening diameter (D/Df) raised the short term critical pressure of windows with t/D ≥ 0.375 significantly. For windows with t/D < 0.375, it did not raise the critical pressure.

1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (3) ◽  
pp. R377-R382 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Heath ◽  
H. T. Hammel

Body temperatures and rates of O2 consumption and CO2 production were measured in four Chinese pangolins (Manis pentadactyla) during short-term exposures (2-4 h) to ambient temperatures (Ta) of 10-34 degrees C. At Ta less than 27 degrees C the pangolins curled into a sphere. At Ta greater than 28 degrees C the animals laid on their backs with their soft abdominal skin exposed. Rectal temperatures between 33.4 and 35.5 degrees C were recorded from animals exposed to Ta of 10-32 degrees C. At Ta greater than or equal to 32 degrees C the animals appeared to be markedly heat stressed, rate of breathing was elevated, and core temperature rose somewhat. Resting metabolic rates averaged 3.06 ml O2 X kg-1 X min-1. This is significantly lower than would be predicted from the relationship between body mass and metabolic rate established by Kleiber (The Fire of Life: an Introduction to Animal Energetics. New York: Wiley, 1975) for other eutherian mammals. The magnitude of the metabolic response to Ta below the lower critical temperature was inversely correlated to the mass of the pangolin, the slope being greatest for the smallest animals. Respiratory quotients of 0.85-1.0 were observed.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
pouran raeissi ◽  
touraj harati ◽  
mohammad hadian ◽  
Sepehr Ahmadian ◽  
Kobra Farhadi

Abstract Background: This study aims to investigate the impacts of fuel price policies on the concentration of air pollutants emitted from the transport sector.Methods: Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) estimation models were used to investigate the impacts of gasoline and diesel prices along with the weather and economic variables on the following traffic-related pollutants: Carbon monoxide (CO), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and Particular matter 10 micrometers or less (PM10).Results: In the short term, one percent increase in gasoline prices leads to 0.02 and 0.012 percent decrease in the concentration of CO and PM10, respectively. In addition, in the short term, one percent increase in diesel prices leads to 0.008, 0.02, and 0.015 percent decrease in the concentration of CO, PM10, and NO2, respectively. Results demonstrate that one percent increase in gasoline prices leads to 0.011 and 0.02 percent increase in NO2 concentration in the short term and long term, respectively. Fuel prices had a greater impact on air pollutant concentration in the long term than in the short term. In the long term, one percent increase in diesel prices leads to 0.011, 0.024, and 0.029 percent decrease in the concentration of CO, NO2, and PM10, respectively.Conclusion: Although fuel price increases lead to a significant reduction in air pollution concentration, other factors related to weather conditions (wind speed, temperature, and rainfall) as well as economic activities have a greater impact on air pollution. Therefore, other policies such as improving fuel quality and technology along with other economic policies can be more effective.


1967 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-425
Author(s):  
J. D. Stachiw

An experimental study has been conducted to determine the critical pressure of conical acrylic windows under short-term hydrostatic loading. Conical windows with 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 deg included angle, and thickness-to-diameter ratios in the 0.125 to 1.0 range have been tested to destruction. Both their critical pressures and displacements through the mounting have been recorded and plotted for ready reference of designers.


2014 ◽  
Vol 986-987 ◽  
pp. 428-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Liang Zhong ◽  
Bei Zhao ◽  
Da Zhang ◽  
Hai Bao

This paper presents the results of a study regarding the relationship between temperature and power load of the electric power system. Weather-influenced load part is picked up from original load series data with the conclusion that the lagged effect of temperature on load is within 12 hours. Furthermore, decision tree and step regression methods are employed to get a group of decision trees and corresponding regression equations which are able to quantitatively describe the relationship between load and temperature. A short-term load forecasting algorithm is then developed and its practical implementation shows this quatitative analysis method could reliably reflect the influence of the temperature changes on the load and effectively improve the accuracy of short-term load forecasting.


Author(s):  
Shivananda B Nayak ◽  
Dharindra Sawh ◽  
Brandon Scott ◽  
Vestra Sears ◽  
Kareshma Seebalack ◽  
...  

Purpose: i) To determine the relationship between the cardiac biomarkers ST2 and NT-proBNP with ejection fraction (EF) in heart failure (HF) patients. ii) Assess whether a superiority existed between the aforementioned cardiac markers in diagnosing the HF with reduced EF. iii) Determine the efficacy of both biomarkers in predicting a 30-day cardiovascular event and rehospitalization in patients with HF with reduced EF iv) To assess the influence of age, gender, BMI, anaemia and renal failure on the ST2 and NT-proBNP levels. Design and Methods: A prospective double-blind study was conducted to obtain data from a sample of 64 cardiology patients. A blood sample was collected to test for ST2 and NT-proBNP. An echocardiogram (to obtain EF value), electrocardiogram and questionnaire were also obtained. Results: Of the 64 patients enrolled, 59.4% of the population had an EF less than 40%. At the end of the 30- day period, 7 patients were warded, 37 were not warded, one died and 17 were non respondent. Both biomarkers were efficacious at diagnosing HF with a reduced EF. However, neither of them were efficacious in predicting 30-day rehospitalization. The mean NT-proBNP values being: not rehospitalized (2114.7486) and 30 day rehospitalization (1008.42860) and the mean ST2 values being: not rehospitalized (336.1975), and 30-day rehospitalization. (281.9657). Conclusion: Neither ST2 or NT-proBNP was efficacious in predicting the short- term prognosis in HF with reduced EF. Both however were successful at confirming the diagnosis of HF in HF patients with reduced EF.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Suman

The highest yield (420 kg/ha) was recorded in the year 2011-12. In Front-Line Demonstration, it was 27.27 percent more over the farmers practice (320 kg/ha), however, the lowest yield (350 kg/ha) was recorded in the year 2010-11 under Front-Line Demonstration and 310 kg/ha in farmers' practice. Increase in the yield (27.27%) under Front-Line Demonstration over farmers practice was obtained during the year 2011-12. The variation in the percent increase in the yield was found due to variation in agro climate parameter under rainfed condition. Under sustainable agricultural practices, with this study it is concluded that the Front- LineDemonstration programme was effective in changing attitude, skill and knowledge of improved / recommended practices of High Yielding Varieties of peas included adoption. This also improved the relationship between farmers and scientist and built confidence between them.


Author(s):  
Claudius Härpfer

In recent times we find many plebiscitary acts that seek to democratically legitimize political processes in any direction. They have in common that they interrupt the normal routine of representative democracies to a certain degree and create an extra-daily state of affairs, which entails not only direct but also indirect consequences. The text attempts to systematize some of these mechanisms from a Weberian perspective using Brexit as an example. After a brief overview of Weber’s short-term politically inspired statements on plebiscitary democracy, the text systematizes Weber’s understanding of the state as a bureaucratic apparatus that requires any kind of leader to be controlled. Subsequently, the text discusses the relationship between domination, legality, and rationality in order to finally point out the danger of erosion of truth and legality through the emergence of competing consensus communities in the face of competing conceptions of order.


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