Development of technological line for obtaining flax trust

One of the most effective ways to intensify heat transfer when blowing surfaces with air is jet blowing. High intensity of transfer processes during jetting, relatively low energy costs for its implementation, simplicity and flexibility of control of this process have led to its widespread use in various fields. Mathematical modeling of heat transfer regularities in systems of impact jets is significantly complicated due to the three-dimensional nature of the flue-channel flow near the surfaces of complex shape. Therefore, it is advisable to use experimental research methods. The purpose of this study is to justify the use of the method of regular thermal regime to determine the average heat transfer coefficient during jet cooling of the surface. Regular mode of cooling (heating) of bodies is characterized by the fact that the relative rate of change of excess temperature for all points of the body remains constant. Since the thermal model was made of a highly thermally conductive duralumin alloy, the condition Bi <0.1 was met, when the average temperatures on the surface and volume will be the same. Therefore, the experiments recorded the readings of only one thermocouple. To compare the results of this experimental study with the results of other authors, cases of blowing a smooth concave surface with single - and three - row jet systems were chosen. The first case was studied in [3,4], the second - in [5]. The results of the performed test experiments agree satisfactorily with the data of these works, which were obtained both by the method of regular mode [5] and other methods of recording heat fluxes ([3] - passive heat flux sensor; [4] - electrocalorimetry). The difference between the average heat transfer coefficients and the known literature data does not exceed ±7..12%, which indicates a sufficient probability of the results obtained in this work, and the possibility of using the method of regular thermal regime in the study of jet cooling of complex bodies. Key words: heat exchange, jet system, cooling, concave surface

The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China

The Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna in Northwest China preserves a large number of specimens of the sexually dimorphic pteranodontoid pterosaur Hamipterus tianshanensis, including 3D eggs and embryos. During the last decade, several more fossils have been collected in this area, including three somphospondylan sauropod specimens. The first is Silutitan sinensis gen. et sp. nov., which consists of an articulated middle to posterior cervical vertebrae series. The second, Hamititan xinjiangensis gen. et sp. nov., consists of an incomplete articulated caudal sequence that could be assigned to lithostrotian titanosaurs based on the strongly procoelous caudal vertebrae with lateral concave surface, as well as marked ventrolateral ridges. The third specimen consists of four sacral vertebral elements, apparently unfused, with exposed camellate internal bone and regarded as somphospondylan. Cladistic analyses based on different datasets recovered Silutitan sinensis as an euhelopodid closely related to Euhelopus and Hamititan xinjiangensis as a titanosaur. Besides the pterosaur Hamipterus and one theropod tooth, these dinosaurs are the first vertebrates reported in this region, increasing the diversity of the fauna as well as the information on Chinese sauropods, further supporting a widespread diversification of somphospondylans during the Early Cretaceous of Asia.

CREEPING SURFACE LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC WAVE: MAIN PROPERTIES AND APPLICATION POSSIBILITIES

Creeping ultrasonic waves have long been successfully used for flaw detection of near-surface and near-bottom zones of metal products. However, due to the fact that the creeping wave generates a lateral transverse wave directed into the metal volume at the third critical angle, it is also possible to test internal defects in principle. At known velocities of propagation of longitudinal and transverse waves in the metal, the third critical angle is easily calculated. Therefore, the time of propagation of the ultrasonic signal along any trajectory between points on the surface and in the volume of the metal can be calculated. Usually, creeping waves are used to test products of plane-parallel shape. There are no cases of their application on curved surfaces in the literature. It is possible that the creeping wave can also propagate over a concave surface. The aim of the article is to test experimentally new ways of using creeping waves. The propagation trajectories of the creeping and lateral transverse waves were studied on a steel plate. The time of passage of the ultrasonic signal along such trajectories of different lengths was measured, and the measurement results were compared with the calculated time values. The measured and calculated values coincided with accuracy sufficient for the coherent accumulation of echo signals that passed through the metal part of the path by the creeping wave and another part of the path by the lateral transverse wave.The propagation of the creeping wave over a concave surface was studied on a steel sample with cylindrical faces of different radii. As a result, it turned out that on a concave surface, the creeping wave propagates at the same speed of longitudinal waves as on a flat surface, but it decays much more strongly with distance. Studies have shown that creeping waves can be used in ultrasonic tomography, where a preliminary calculation of the propagation trajectories of ultrasonic signals is required. The propagation of creeping waves over concave surfaces extends the capabilities of the TOFD method to the area of intube testing