Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Exploding Wires in Controlled Atmospheres

1967 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 360-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther C. Cassidy ◽  
Stanley Abramowitz
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Species ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Time History ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Spectroscopic Technique ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Exploding Wires ◽  
Controlled Atmospheres ◽  
History Of

A spectroscopic technique for continuous and time-resolved study of the atomic and molecular species produced by electrically exploded wires is described. A high-speed drum camera is utilized to record the time history of the explosion spectrum. More detailed studies (from photographic plates) of the spectrum at selected times are then conducted by use of a rotating shutter. Results are presented from experiments with aluminum wires exploded in various controlled atmospheres.

Multiple phase transitions investigated by high-speed TEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-551
Author(s):  
Oleg Bostanjoglo ◽  
Peter Thomsen-Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Short Exposure ◽  
Semiconductor Film ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Short Exposure Time ◽  
Multiple Phase ◽  
Model Substance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Electron Image

Thin GexTe1-x (x = 0.15-0.8) were studied as a model substance of a composite semiconductor film, in addition being of interest for optical storage material. Two complementary modes of time-resolved TEM were used to trace the phase transitions, induced by an attached Q-switched (50 ns FWHM) and frequency doubled (532 nm) Nd:YAG laser. The laser radiation was focused onto the specimen within the TEM to a 20 μm spot (FWHM). Discrete intermediate states were visualized by short-exposure time doubleframe imaging /1,2/. The full history of a transformation was gained by tracking the electron image intensity with photomultiplier and storage oscilloscopes (space/time resolution 100 nm/3 ns) /3/. In order to avoid radiation damage by the probing electron beam to detector and specimen, the beam is pulsed in this continuous mode of time-resolved TEM,too.Short events ( <2 μs) are followed by illuminating with an extended single electron pulse (fig. 1c)

Comparison of Time-Resolved Turbine Rotor Blade Heat Transfer Measurements and Numerical Calculations

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Abhari ◽  
G. R. Guenette ◽  
A. H. Epstein ◽  
M. B. Giles
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Time History ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Numerical Calculations ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Turbine Rotor Blade ◽  
History Of

Time-resolved turbine rotor blade heat transfer data are compared with ab initio numerical calculations. The data was taken on a transonic, 4-to-1 pressure ratio, uncooled, single-stage turbine in a short duration turbine test facility. The data consists of the time history of the heat transfer distribution about the rotor chord at midspan. The numerical calculation is a time accurate, 2-D, thin shear layer, multiblade row code known as UNSFLO. UNSFLO uses Ni’s Lax-Wendroff algorithm, conservative boundary conditions, and a time tilting algorithm to facilitate the calculation of the flow in multiple blade rows of arbitrary pitch ratio with relatively little computer time. The version used for this work had a simple algebraic Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model. The code is shown to do a good job of predicting the quantitative time history of the heat flux distribution. The wake/boundary layer and transonic interaction regions for suction and pressure surfaces are identified and the shortcomings of the current algebraic turbulence modelling in the code are discussed. The influence of hardware manufacturing tolerance on rotor heat transfer variation is discussed. A physical reasoning explaining the discrepancies between the unsteady measurement and the calculations for both the suction and pressure surfaces are given, which may be of use in improving future calculations and design procedures.

Analysis of Liquid Slug Motion in a Voided Line

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Yang ◽  
D. C. Wiggert
Keyword(s):  
Momentum Transfer ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Time History ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Liquid Slug ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Pressure Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
Good Agreement

A quasi-two-dimensional two-phase flow cylindrical model of slug motion in a voided line is developed that can reasonably predict the change of flow pattern of the slug, air entrainment, “holdup” and the distribution of axial velocity. However, when using the theory of incompressible momentum transfer to estimate the pressure-time history of slug at the elbow, the calculated results are not in good agreement with those of the experiments. Further analysis of the experimental results indicate that an acoustic, or waterhammerlike response may occur immediately upon impact of the high-speed slug with the elbow, and subsequently, the waveform exhibits momentum transfer due to the acceleration of the slug at the elbow.

On the mechanics of high speed liquid jets

1977 ◽  
Vol 357 (1689) ◽  
pp. 143-162 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Speed ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Supersonic Jet ◽  
Time History ◽  
Taylor Instability ◽  
Liquid Jets ◽  
Late Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
Theoretical Evidence

Both experimental and theoretical methods are used to investigate the mechanics of the emergence and flight of a liquid jet travelling at speeds supersonic relative to the sound speed of the liquid. The experimental work uses an Imacon image converter camera to follow the mechanical events at micro-second framing intervals. The theoretical investigation employs similarity arguments and the Tschaplygin transformation to investigate the role of liquid overcompression in the process of the jet emergence. In addition, simple theoretical arguments are used to examine the effects of Stokes drag on the small liquid particle shroud surrounding the jet and Taylor instability effects in the late time history of the jet’s flight. An evacuated chamber is used to verify the theoretical prediction that subsonic (relative to the liquid sound speed) jets will not undergo the violent decompression process predicted for supersonic jets. The experimental and theoretical evidence are synthesized into an overall picture of the jet’s history from initial decompression of an overdense supersonic jet to the breakup of the resulting liquid slugs by deceleration and Taylor instability.

scholarly journals The wake of hovering flight in bats

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (109) ◽  
pp. 20150357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Håkansson ◽  
Anders Hedenström ◽  
York Winter ◽  
L. Christoffer Johansson
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Time History ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Flapping Flight ◽  
Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Hovering Flight ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Nectar Feeding ◽  
Weight Support ◽  
Mechanical Power Output

Hovering means stationary flight at zero net forward speed, which can be achieved by animals through muscle powered flapping flight. Small bats capable of hovering typically do so with a downstroke in an inclined stroke plane, and with an aerodynamically active outer wing during the upstroke. The magnitude and time history of aerodynamic forces should be reflected by vorticity shed into the wake. We thus expect hovering bats to generate a characteristic wake, but this has until now never been studied. Here we trained nectar-feeding bats, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae , to hover at a feeder and using time-resolved stereoscopic particle image velocimetry in conjunction with high-speed kinematic analysis we show that hovering nectar-feeding bats produce a series of bilateral stacked vortex loops. Vortex visualizations suggest that the downstroke produces the majority of the weight support, but that the upstroke contributes positively to the lift production. However, the relative contributions from downstroke and upstroke could not be determined on the basis of the wake, because wake elements from down- and upstroke mix and interact. We also use a modified actuator disc model to estimate lift force, power and flap efficiency. Based on our quantitative wake-induced velocities, the model accounts for weight support well (108%). Estimates of aerodynamic efficiency suggest hovering flight is less efficient than forward flapping flight, while the overall energy conversion efficiency (mechanical power output/metabolic power) was estimated at 13%.

Analysis of the dynamic response and fatigue reliability of a full-scale carbody of a high-speed train

2018 ◽  
Vol 232 (7) ◽  
pp. 2006-2023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaohui Lu ◽  
Linyuan Dang ◽  
Xing Zhang ◽  
Zhen Feng ◽  
Jing Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Failure Rate ◽  
Surrogate Model ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Time History ◽  
Strength Degradation ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Fatigue Reliability ◽  
History Of

For a vehicle operating under different line conditions, coupled with track irregularity and many other factors, the carbody is subjected to extremely complex random loads, and the load mainly exists in the form of an alternating load; therefore, the primary type of failure is fatigue failure. With the continuous improvement in train speed, lightweight designs of carbody structures and the application of high-strength aluminium alloy, the safety and reliability of a carbody require more attention. An investigation of the dynamic fatigue reliability of a full-scale carbody of a high-speed train under random load conditions is carried out. A dynamics model of the vehicle system has been established for acquiring the time history of forces acting on the carbody by each air spring (hereinafter referred to as ‘the load–time history’). A surrogate model (a simple model instead of a complex carbody model) of the carbody is established based on the Box–Behnken matrix design and the polynomial fitting method; then, the load–time history is transformed to the stress–time history of the points of concern, and the results are compared with the results of the transient analysis, which verify the accuracy and effectiveness of the surrogate model. Then, a stress block spectrum is obtained by rain flow counting, and the stress probability distribution is determined. Combined with the probability distribution of fatigue strength, a dynamic stress–strength interference model (the area of interference between strength and stress in the model changes over time) is established. The failure rate and dynamic reliability of the points of concern for two cases are analysed: without considering the strength degradation and considering the strength degradation. The results show that without considering the strength degradation during service, with increased service mileage, the fatigue strength reliability of the points of concern decreases continuously, and the corresponding failure rate of the points of concern decreases with time and reaches a steady value, which has the characteristics of the first two stages of the bathtub curve. By considering the strength degradation during service, the reliability of the points of concern decreases gradually, and the corresponding failure rate of the points of concern decreases and then increases, with all the features of the bathtub curve. In addition, compared with the base metal region, the fatigue resistance of the welded structure decreases due to welding. Under the same service conditions, the reliability of the welded region is relatively low, and fatigue failure is more likely to occur.

Comparison of Time-Resolved Turbine Rotor Blade Heat Transfer Measurements and Numerical Calculations

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 818-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Abhari ◽  
G. R. Guenette ◽  
A. H. Epstein ◽  
M. B. Giles
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Time History ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Numerical Calculations ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Turbine Rotor Blade ◽  
History Of

Time-resolved turbine rotor blade heat transfer data are compared with ab initio numerical calculations. The data were taken on a transonic, 4-to-1 pressure ratio, uncooled, single-stage turbine in a short-duration turbine test facility. The data consist of the time history of the heat transfer distribution about the rotor chord at midspan. The numerical calculation is a time accurate, two-dimensional, thin shear layer, multiblade row code known as UNSFLO. UNSFLO uses Ni’s Lax-Wendroff algorithm, conservative boundary conditions, and a time tilting algorithm to facilitate the calculation of the flow in multiple blade rows of arbitrary pitch ratio with relatively little computer time. The version used for this work had a simple algebraic Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model. The code is shown to do a good job of predicting the quantitative time history of the heat flux distribution. The wake/boundary layer and transonic interaction regions for suction and pressure surfaces are identified and the shortcomings of the current algebraic turbulence modeling in the code are discussed. The influence of hardware manufacturing tolerance on rotor heat transfer variation is discussed. A physical reasoning explaining the discrepancies between the unsteady measurement and the calculations for both the suction and pressure surfaces are given, which may be of use in improving future calculations and design procedures.

Analysis on Load Spectrum of Bogie Frame for High-Speed EMU

2014 ◽  
Vol 633-634 ◽  
pp. 1166-1173
Author(s):  
Yu Guang Wang ◽  
Da Fu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Time History ◽  
Load Spectrum ◽  
Safe Operation ◽  
Bogie Frame ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
History Of

The load spectrum, on which there is not a thorough research, is the key factor of the safe operation of EMU. A dynamic model of some high-speed EMU is established and the load time history of main load on frame is obtained through simulation and analysis based on the Beijing-Tianjin route. The load spectrum for main load is calculated by rain-flow counting, the crossing contrast of load spectrum in basic and fault conditions is proceeded as well, the extent of impact of all kinds of fault conditions to bogie main load is analyzed and a brief introduction of estimation method of the frame fatigue life is put forward in this paper.

Analysis and Selection of Fluid-Film Bearings for Spool-Shaft Gas Turbines

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-606
Author(s):  
W. Shapiro ◽  
R. Colsher ◽  
O. Decker
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Time History ◽  
Fluid Film ◽  
Fluid Film Bearings ◽  
High Speed Rotation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Speed Rotation

The mechanical simplicity and damping qualities of fluid-film bearings makes them attractive possibilities for spool-shaft bearings of gas turbines. The simultaneous high-speed rotation of journal and bearing, however, causes whirl stability to be a major problem. Computerized analysis was utilized to screen a spectrum of practical candidate configurations. Stability threshold plots were expeditiously generated using accurately determined cross-coupled spring and damping coefficients to represent the bearings. Performance of each bearing type was determined as a function of configuration, ambient pressure, and machined clearance. The selected three-lobe design was further tested with a “time-transient” analysis that accurately traced a complete time history of the motions of the system in its various degrees of freedom.

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