NEW CONCEPTS IN SPRAYING DISPERSANTS FROM BOATS

1985 ◽  
Vol 1985 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Tom E. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Water Surface ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Air Stream ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Coverage Rates ◽  
Wide Swath

ABSTRACT A new approach to applying chemical dispersants from boats has been developed. The equipment has a greater swath width and, thus, greater coverage rates than existing technology. Coverage rates of 2½ square miles per day per boat are likely and four or more square miles per day is possible. The method utilizes high speed fans which create a focused air stream with maximum velocities of 90 miles per hour. Dispersant is injected into and propelled by the air stream. With the air stream acting as a carrier for the dispersant, the spraying of smaller volumes of concentrate dispersant or dilute dispersant over a wide swath width is made possible. The focused air stream and dispersant impacts the water surface in approximately a straight line. The water surface is gently agitated by the air stream and liquid impact. A dispersant fan sprayer has been built and tested statically on land and demonstrated offshore on a supply vessel while spraying water. Design parameters include fan size, air stream velocity, expected swath width, and concentrate (low volume) versus dilute (large volume) spraying.

scholarly journals Full-Field Bridge Deflection Monitoring with Off-Axis Digital Image Correlation

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5058
Author(s):  
Long Tian ◽  
Jianhui Zhao ◽  
Bing Pan ◽  
Zhaoyang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Image Correlation ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Beam Experiment ◽  
Novel Method

Video deflectometer based on using off-axis digital image correlation (DIC) has emerged as a robust non-contact optical tool for deflection measurements of bridges. In practice, a video deflectometer often needs to measure the deflections at multiple positions of the bridge. The existing 2D-DIC-based measurement methods usually use a laser rangefinder to measure the distance from each point to the camera to obtain the scale factor for the point. It is only suitable for the deflection measurements of a few points since manually measuring distances for a large number of points is time consuming and impractical. In this paper, a novel method for full-field bridge deflection measurement based on off-axis DIC is proposed. Because the bridge is usually a slender structure and the region of interest on the bridge is often a narrow band, the new approach can determine the scale factors of all the points of interest with a spatial straight-line fitting scheme. Moreover, the proposed technique employs reliability-guided processing and a fast initial parameter estimation strategy for real-time and accurate image-matching analysis. An indoor cantilever beam experiment verified the accuracy of the proposed approach, and a field test of a high-speed railway bridge demonstrated the robustness and practicability of the technique.

Yaw Galloping of a TLWP Platform Under High Speed Currents by Analytical Methods and its Comparison With Experimental Results

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Lamas ◽  
Miguel A. M. Ramirez ◽  
Antonio Carlos Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Laboratory Facilities ◽  
Polynomial Curve ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Cfd Analyses

Flow Induced Motions are always an important subject during both design and operational phases of an offshore platform life. These motions could significantly affect the performance of the platform, including its mooring and oil production systems. These kind of analyses are performed using basically two different approaches: experimental tests with reduced models and, more recently, with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) dynamic analysis. The main objective of this work is to present a new approach, based on an analytical methodology using static CFD analyses to estimate the response on yaw motions of a Tension Leg Wellhead Platform on one of the several types of motions that can be classified as flow-induced motions, known as galloping. The first step is to review the equations that govern the yaw motions of an ocean platform when subjected to currents from different angles of attack. The yaw moment coefficients will be obtained using CFD steady-state analysis, on which the yaw moments will be calculated for several angles of attack, placed around the central angle where the analysis is being carried out. Having the force coefficients plotted against the angle values, we can adjust a polynomial curve around each analysis point in order to evaluate the amplitude of the yaw motion using a limit cycle approach. Other properties of the system which are flow-dependent, such as damping and added mass, will also be estimated using CFD. The last part of this work consists in comparing the analytical results with experimental results obtained at the LOC/COPPE-UFRJ laboratory facilities.

Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance investigations on modified H-rotor Darrieus wind turbine

2021 ◽  
pp. 0309524X2110039
Author(s):  
Amgad Dessoky ◽  
Thorsten Lutz ◽  
Ewald Krämer
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Power Coefficient ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Guide Vanes

The present paper investigates the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of the H-rotor Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) combined with very promising energy conversion and steering technology; a fixed guide-vanes. The main scope of the current work is to enhance the aerodynamic performance and assess the noise production accomplished with such enhancement. The studies are carried out in two phases; the first phase is a parametric 2D CFD simulation employing the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) approach to optimize the design parameters of the guide-vanes. The second phase is a 3D CFD simulation of the full turbine using a higher-order numerical scheme and a hybrid RANS/LES (DDES) method. The guide-vanes show a superior power augmentation, about 42% increase in the power coefficient at λ = 2.75, with a slightly noisy operation and completely change the signal directivity. A remarkable difference in power coefficient is observed between 2D and 3D models at the high-speed ratios stems from the 3D effect. As a result, a 3D simulation of the capped Darrieus turbine is carried out, and then a noise assessment of such configuration is assessed. The results show a 20% increase in power coefficient by using the cap, without significant change in the noise signal.

The Engagement of Hybrid Ultra High Space Division Multiplexing with Maximum Time Division Multiplexing Techniques for High-Speed Single-Mode Fiber Cable Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Amiri ◽  
P. G. Kuppusamy ◽  
Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed ◽  
P. Jayarajan ◽  
M. R. Thiyagupriyadharsan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
Data Rates ◽  
Fiber Optic Communication ◽  
High Space ◽  
Optic Communication

AbstractHigh-speed single-mode fiber-optic communication systems have been presented based on various hybrid multiplexing schemes. Refractive index step and silica-doped germanium percentage parameters are also preserved during their technological boundaries of attention. It is noticed that the connect design parameters suffer more nonlinearity with the number of connects. Two different propagation techniques have been used to investigate the transmitted data rates as a criterion to enhance system performance. The first technique is soliton propagation, where the control parameters lead to equilibrium between the pulse spreading due to dispersion and the pulse shrinking because of nonlinearity. The second technique is the MTDM technique where the parameters are adjusted to lead to minimum dispersion. Two cases are investigated: no dispersion cancellation and dispersion cancellation. The investigations are conducted over an enormous range of the set of control parameters. Thermal effects are considered through three basic quantities, namely the transmission data rates, the dispersion characteristics, and the spectral losses.

Parameter study and optimization design of a hat oblique tunnel portal

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440972110140
Author(s):  
Zijian Guo ◽  
Tanghong Liu ◽  
Wenhui Li ◽  
Yutao Xia
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Pareto Front ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Buffer Structure ◽  
Tunnel Entrance ◽  
The Ideal

The present work focuses on the aerodynamic problems resulting from a high-speed train (HST) passing through a tunnel. Numerical simulations were employed to obtain the numerical results, and they were verified by a moving-model test. Two responses, [Formula: see text] (coefficient of the peak-to-peak pressure of a single fluctuation) and[Formula: see text] (pressure value of micro-pressure wave), were studied with regard to the three building parameters of the portal-hat buffer structure of the tunnel entrance and exit. The MOPSO (multi-objective particle swarm optimization) method was employed to solve the optimization problem in order to find the minimum [Formula: see text] and[Formula: see text]. Results showed that the effects of the three design parameters on [Formula: see text] were not monotonous, and the influences of[Formula: see text] (the oblique angle of the portal) and [Formula: see text] (the height of the hat structure) were more significant than that of[Formula: see text] (the angle between the vertical line of the portal and the hat). Monotonically decreasing responses were found in [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] and[Formula: see text]. The Pareto front of [Formula: see text] and[Formula: see text]was obtained. The ideal single-objective optimums for each response located at the ends of the Pareto front had values of 1.0560 for [Formula: see text] and 101.8 Pa for[Formula: see text].

scholarly journals Reliability Evaluation of Fan-Out Type 3D Packaging-On-Packaging

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Pao-Hsiung Wang ◽  
Yu-Wei Huang ◽  
Kuo-Ning Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Thermal Cycling ◽  
Glass Substrate ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Coefficient Of Thermal Expansion ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Time To Failure ◽  
Wafer Level ◽  
Fine Pitch

The development of fan-out packaging technology for fine-pitch and high-pin-count applications is a hot topic in semiconductor research. To reduce the package footprint and improve system performance, many applications have adopted packaging-on-packaging (PoP) architecture. Given its inherent characteristics, glass is a good material for high-speed transmission applications. Therefore, this study proposes a fan-out wafer-level packaging (FO-WLP) with glass substrate-type PoP. The reliability life of the proposed FO-WLP was evaluated under thermal cycling conditions through finite element simulations and empirical calculations. Considering the simulation processing time and consistency with the experimentally obtained mean time to failure (MTTF) of the packaging, both two- and three-dimensional finite element models were developed with appropriate mechanical theories, and were verified to have similar MTTFs. Next, the FO-WLP structure was optimized by simulating various design parameters. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass substrate exerted the strongest effect on the reliability life under thermal cycling loading. In addition, the upper and lower pad thicknesses and the buffer layer thickness significantly affected the reliability life of both the FO-WLP and the FO-WLP-type PoP.

scholarly journals Optimal nonlinear eddy viscosity in Galerkin models of turbulent flows

2015 ◽  
Vol 766 ◽  
pp. 337-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartosz Protas ◽  
Bernd R. Noack ◽  
Jan Östh
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Broad Class ◽  
Constitutive Relations ◽  
Body Height ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Initial Vorticity

AbstractWe propose a variational approach to the identification of an optimal nonlinear eddy viscosity as a subscale turbulence representation for proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) models. The ansatz for the eddy viscosity is given in terms of an arbitrary function of the resolved fluctuation energy. This function is found as a minimizer of a cost functional measuring the difference between the target data coming from a resolved direct or large-eddy simulation of the flow and its reconstruction based on the POD model. The optimization is performed with a data-assimilation approach generalizing the 4D-VAR method. POD models with optimal eddy viscosities are presented for a 2D incompressible mixing layer at $\mathit{Re}=500$ (based on the initial vorticity thickness and the velocity of the high-speed stream) and a 3D Ahmed body wake at $\mathit{Re}=300\,000$ (based on the body height and the free-stream velocity). The variational optimization formulation elucidates a number of interesting physical insights concerning the eddy-viscosity ansatz used. The 20-dimensional model of the mixing-layer reveals a negative eddy-viscosity regime at low fluctuation levels which improves the transient times towards the attractor. The 100-dimensional wake model yields more accurate energy distributions as compared to the nonlinear modal eddy-viscosity benchmark proposed recently by Östh et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 747, 2014, pp. 518–544). Our methodology can be applied to construct quite arbitrary closure relations and, more generally, constitutive relations optimizing statistical properties of a broad class of reduced-order models.

Development of High-Speed Response Electromagnetic Linear Actuator Using for Pneumatic Control Valve

2014 ◽  
Vol 532 ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myung Jin Chung
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Control Valve ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Linear Actuator ◽  
Analytic Model ◽  
Electromagnetic Linear Actuator ◽  
Quadratic Programming Method

Analytic model of electromagnetic linear actuator in the function of electric and geometric parameters is proposed and the effects of the design parameters on the dynamic characteristics are analyzed. To improve the dynamic characteristics, optimal design is conducted by applying sequential quadratic programming method to the analytic model. This optimal design method aims to minimize the response time and maximize force efficiency. By this procedure, electromagnetic linear actuator having high-speed characteristics is developed.

Peculiarities of the Power Hydrocannon Operation

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Atanov ◽  
A. N. Semco ◽  
O. P. Petrenko ◽  
E. S. Geskin ◽  
V. Samardzic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Numerical Technique ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Jet Formation ◽  
Pressure Fields ◽  
Fluid Jets

The paper is concerned with improvement of the devices for formation of super high-speed fluid jets termed hydro cannon. Two modes of the energy injection into the fluid (the piston impact and the powder explosion) are considered and advantages of the use of the gunpowder are determined. A numerical technique for prediction of the jet formation, developed previously by one of the authors is applied for description of the velocity and pressure fields within the hydro cannon. Effect of the design parameters on the fluid acceleration is explored and suggestions for improvement of the hydro cannon design are made.

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