scholarly journals Side Branch Interaction with Main Line Standing Waves and Related Signal Handling Approaches

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Arthur Ruggles ◽  
Eric M. Moore ◽  
Michael Shehane

Data from a low pressure air test facility are used to quantify the influence of the acoustic field in the main line on side branch resonance behavior. The main line of diameter = 7.6 cm may accumulate acoustic energy broadcast from a resonating branch of diameter = 1.9 cm ( = 0.25). The side branch resonance amplitude is a strong function of branch position along the main line with the normalized pressure rising to 1.2 in the most favorable branch positions with Strouhal number near 0.3. Large time variation of the side branch and main line resonance amplitude is apparent for most branch positions. A moving window is used on the time history to collect an array of power spectral densities (PSDs). Peak amplitude values from the PSD array are represented in a probability density function (PDF) that provides a repeatable characterization of data from the system.

Lubricants ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Marzieh Salehi ◽  
Jacques W. M. Noordermeer ◽  
Louis A. E. M. Reuvekamp ◽  
Anke Blume

Tire performance is determined based on the interaction between the tire and the road as a counter-surface, and is of the utmost importance for driving safety. When studying tire friction and abrasion, the characteristics of the roads/counter-surfaces are crucial. The excitations on the tire come from the road asperities. A proper characterization of the counter-surface texture is, therefore, an absolute necessity in order to optimize tire performance. The present study provides the required knowledge over the counter-surfaces employed as common substrates in a Laboratory Abrasion Tester (LAT100), which are typically based on embedded corundum particles for dry/wet friction and abrasion experiments. All surfaces are scanned and characterized by laser microscopy. The surface micro and macro roughness/textures are evaluated and compared with asphalt and concrete as the real roads by power spectral densities (PSD). The reliability of the high-frequency data based on the device type should be considered carefully. The reliable cut-off wavenumber of the PSDs is investigated based on image analyses on the range of tested frequency for micro and macro textures obtained by optical scanning devices. The influence of the texture wavelength range on the rubber−surface interaction is studied on a laboratory scale.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 242-256
Author(s):  
Christian Voelkner ◽  
Mirco Wendt ◽  
Regina Lange ◽  
Max Ulbrich ◽  
Martina Gruening ◽  
...  

The functionality of living cells is inherently linked to subunits with dimensions ranging from several micrometers down to the nanometer scale. The cell surface plays a particularly important role. Electric signaling, including information processing, takes place at the membrane, as well as adhesion and contact. For osteoblasts, adhesion and spreading are crucial processes with regard to bone implants. Here we present a comprehensive characterization of the 3D nanomorphology of living, as well as fixed, osteoblastic cells using scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM), which is a nanoprobing method that largely avoids mechanical perturbations. Dynamic ruffles are observed, manifesting themselves in characteristic membrane protrusions. They contribute to the overall surface corrugation, which we systematically study by introducing the relative 3D excess area as a function of the projected adhesion area. A clear anticorrelation between the two parameters is found upon analysis of ca. 40 different cells on glass and on amine-covered surfaces. At the rim of lamellipodia, characteristic edge heights between 100 and 300 nm are observed. Power spectral densities of membrane fluctuations show frequency-dependent decay exponents with absolute values greater than 2 on living osteoblasts. We discuss the capability of apical membrane features and fluctuation dynamics in aiding the assessment of adhesion and migration properties on a single-cell basis.


Author(s):  
Arthur Ruggles ◽  
Eric M. Moore ◽  
Michael Shehane ◽  
Bi Yao Zhang ◽  
John Sparger

Side branch resonance can cause standing waves in the main line. The main line standing wave modifies the acoustic boundary condition between the side branch and the main line. This interaction leads to drift in the side branch resonant frequency, and to sensitivity in the side branch and main line resonant amplitude as a function of branch position along the main line standing wave. In many cases the mainline standing wave is not stationary, leading to temporal modulation of the side branch frequency and amplitude. These features are examined using novel signal interrogation techniques that expose frequency and amplitude variation in time. Data from a low pressure air test facility are used to reinforce the theory and demonstrate the system behavior. Finally, the connection between the dynamic pressure signal features and methods for main line and branch component endurance prediction is developed. Components such as steam dryers, safety relief valves, and heat exchangers would be candidates for endurance prediction using these methods.


2014 ◽  
Vol 596 ◽  
pp. 610-615
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Qiang Li Luan ◽  
Zhang Wei Chen ◽  
Hui Nong He

Hydraulic shaker, equipment of simulating laboratory vibration environment, can accurately replicate the given power spectral density (PSD) and time history with an appropriate control algorithm. By studying method Hv estimator of frequency response function (FRF) estimation, a FRF identification strategy based on the Hv estimator is designed to increase the convergence rapidity and improve the system response function specialty. The system amplitude-frequency characteristics in some frequency points or frequency bands have large fluctuation. To solve this issue, a step-varying and frequency-sectioning iterative correction control algorithm is proposed for the control of 2-axial exciter PSD replication tests and the results show that the algorithm has a good effect on the control of hydraulic shaker, and can achieve reliable and high-precision PSD replication.


1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomy Varghese ◽  
Kevin D. Donohue

Characterization of tissue microstructure from the backscattered ultrasound signal using the spectral autocorrelation (SAC) function provides information about the scatterer distribution in biological tissue. This paper demonstrates SAC capabilities in characterizing periodicities in A-scans due to regularity in the scatterer distribution. The A-scan is modelled as a cyclostationary signal, where the statistical parameters of the signal vary in time with single or multiple periodicities. This periodicity manifests itself as spectral peaks both in the power spectral density (PSD) and in the SAC. Periodicity in the PSD will produce a well defined dominant peak in the cepstrum, which has been used to determine the scatterer spacing. The relationship between the scatterer spacing and the spacing of the spectral peaks is established using a stochastic model of the echo-formation process from biological tissue. The distribution of the scatterers within the microstructure is modelled using a Gamma function, which offers a flexible method of simulating parametric regularity in the scatterer spacing. Simulations of the tissue microstructure for lower orders of regularity indicate that the SAC components reveal information about the scatterer spacing that are not seen in the PSD and the cepstrum. The echo-formation process is tested by simulating microstructure of varying regularity and analyzing their effect on the SAC, PSD and cepstrum. Experimental validation of the simulation results are provided using in vivo scans of the breast and liver tissue that show the presence of significant spectral correlation components in the SAC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Pace ◽  
Dario Valentini ◽  
Angelo Pasini ◽  
Ruzbeh Hadavandi ◽  
Luca d'Agostino

The paper describes the results of recent experiments carried out in the Cavitating Pump Rotordynamic Test Facility for the dynamic characterization of cavitation-induced flow instabilities as simultaneously observed in the stationary and rotating frames of a high-head, three-bladed axial inducer with tapered hub and variable pitch. The flow instabilities occurring in the eye and inside the blading of the inducer have been detected, identified, and monitored by means of the spectral analysis of the pressure measurements simultaneously performed in the stationary and rotating frames by multiple transducers mounted on the casing near the inducer eye and on the inducer hub along the blade channels. An interaction between the unstable flows in the pump inlet and in the blade channels during cavitating regime has been detected. The interaction is between a low frequency axial phenomenon, which cyclically fills and empties each blade channel with cavitation, and a rotating phenomenon detected in the inducer eye.


Author(s):  
Angelo Cervone ◽  
Cristina Bramanti ◽  
Emilio Rapposelli ◽  
Luca d’Agostino

The aim of the present paper is to provide some highlights about the most interesting experimental activities carried out during the years 2000–2004 through the CPRTF (Cavitating Pump Rotordynamic Test Facility) at Centrospazio/Alta S.p.A. After a brief description of the facility, the experimental activities carried out on a NACA 0015 hydrofoil for the characterization of the pressure coefficient on the suction side and evaluation the cavity length and oscillations are presented. Then, the results obtained to characterize the performance and the cavitation instabilities on three different axial inducers are showed: in particular, a commercial three-bladed inducer, the four-bladed inducer installed in the LOX turbopump of the Ariane Vulcain MK1 rocket engine and the “FAST2”, a two-bladed one manufactured by Avio S.p.A. using the criteria followed for the VINCI180 LOX inducer. The most interesting results are related to the effects of the temperature on the cavitation instabilities on hydrofoils and inducers. Experiments showed that some instabilities, like the cloud cavitation on hydrofoils and the surge on inducers, are strongly affected by the temperature, while others seem not to be influenced by the thermal effects. In the final part of this paper, some indications of the main experimental activities scheduled for the next future are provided.


1971 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vrudhula K. Murthy ◽  
L. Julian Haywood ◽  
John Richardson ◽  
Robert Kalaba ◽  
Steven Salzberg ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Bheemaiah

Study on Kundalini Meditation of Super-conscious Meditation of the Himalayan Tradition and Sahaja Meditation, to determine the average power spectral densities and power ratios of TP9, AF7, AF8, and TP10, electrodes and two ear electrodes on a Muse Headset.These parameters are used to create quantitative criteria to indicate degree of meditation and to create a trigger for bird chirp events.We find an increase in Delta and Theta wave power densities, in the deep meditation state as compared to the initiation and restful states. keywords: Kundalini, super consciousness, neurosky, muse, chakra based meditation, alpha to beta ratio, delta to beta ratio, power spectral densities, differential power spectral densities, fMRi, time series, iD convolutional networks. Lyapunov coefficient


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