Analysis of a Premature Failure of a Hub from a Diesel Generator of a High-Speed Motor Ship

Failure analysis is carried out on a fractured hub obtained from a diesel generator of a high-speed motor ship. Macrofractography, microfractography, standard optical metallography, material characterization techniques, and numerical modeling were used to verify the findings of the current investigation. Cracking initiation is attributed to fretting fatigue caused by a modification performed in the vicinity of the fractured hub. Operational vibrations contributed to the propagation of the cracks as typical fatigue cracks until final fracture.     

Stress analysis of a strip with a step and a crack

Stress analysis for a strip of which widths are different at the right and left handsides is carried out for before and after occurrence of a crack at a corner of a step. The strip is analyzed as a thin plate bending problem subject to transverse bending and torsion, and as a plane eleastic problem subject to bending in the plane and uniaxial tension. The rational mapping function of a sum of fractional expressions and complex variable method are used. Stress distribution and stress intensity factors are obtained.     

Transformation of a system of differential equations of heat and mass transfer in a domain with a variable boundary into a system of equations for a domain with a fixed boundary

We present a method for transforming a system of differential equations of heat and mass transfer in a region with a variable boundary into an equivalent system of equations for a region with a fixed boundary.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 873–875, November, 1976.     

Resistance of a sphere in a slow flow of a viscoelastic fluid

The authors have obtained an approximate solution of the problem of the resistance of a rigid sphere in a slow flow of a Maxwell viscoelastic fluid that is in good agreement with experimental data [1] for Weissenberg numbers We ≤ 0.7. It is shown that the effect of a decrease in the coefficient of resistance of a sphere in the interval 0.1 ≤ We ≤ 0.7 established experimentally is determined in full measure by the linear viscoelastic properties of the Maxwell fluid. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 1138–1140, November–December, 1998.     

Reminiscence of a teacher and a researcher

Abstract

The names of previous after-dinner speakers at this conference read like a Who is Who of Quantum Optics and Photonics research. When the organizers of this conference asked me to present an after-dinner talk I felt honored by the invitation, but also humbled by joining such a distinguished company. This fact gives me a “Leitmotiv” for my present talk, because being humbled by, and feeling inferior to, all the brilliant minds one encounters in one's career is a necessary occurrence, which most of the younger listeners in this audience have either experienced or will experience. I have witnessed these feelings as advisor to students at MIT. Many of them fear that everything worth doing has already been done. There is a simple answer to this. Do not get discouraged, work harder and you will also make a respectable contribution to science or engineering.     

聚醚砜四元制膜液体系的相图计算

以Ｆｌｏｒｙ－Ｈｕｇｇｉｎｓ理论为基础，对ＰＥＳ－ＰＧ－ＮＭＰ＿Ｈ２Ｏ＿）聚醚砜丙二醇－Ｎ－甲基－２－哟咯烷酮水）四元制液体系的相图进行了计算，利用三元相图考察Ｈ２Ｏ和ＰＧ对液－液相分离的影响，在三元的理论的基础上提出了低分子量添加剂的卤元改性Ｆｌｏｒｙ－Ｈｕｇｇｉｎｓ理论，并提出了一种获得四元相图的方法，利用四元相图能较争地描述四元体系，利用改性的四元理论，能了地理解该种体系的液－液相分离行为。     

Flow of a fine-dispersed heterogeneous medium in a turning channel of a gas duct

Results of a numerical study of turbulent flow of a polydispersed two-phase mixture in a turning section of a gas duct are presented. Calculated data allow a localization of the zone of particle accumulation at the channel walls and an evaluation of efficiency of the particle entrapment in a hopper.Scientific Research Institute of Applied Nathematics, Tomsk, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 51–57, July, 1992.     

Interval Estimation of the Parameters of a Distribution from a Sample of a Random Quantity

A program is developed for solving the problem of making an interval estimation of the parameters of a distribution from a single sample of a random quantity, based on a statistical modeling method. The results of a solution of the problem for certain symmetric and asymmetric distributions are presented. The average error in estimating the confidence intervals and their limits is 4–15% in the range of values of the confidence level of 0.8 P 0.998 for a sample volume of N = 500–1000.     

Autostructurizing solid phase of a refrigerant as a multi-functional low-temperature unit of a cooler

It has been shown that under certain conditions the solid phase of a refrigerant with a peculiar internal capillary-porous structure can be formed in the working circuit of a refrigerating machine. That solid porous phase does not cease circulation of the refrigerant and possess a unique ability to bring its dimensions and internal structure in correspondence with internal and external heat flows that turns it at once into an auto-adjusted combined ‘throttling-heat exchanging’ unit of the refrigerating machine. The discovered effect opens a prospect of new advanced technologies developing in the field of refrigeration engineering and cryogenics.     

Heat exchange of a swirled stream of a gas suspension in a pipe

The results of an experimental investigation of heat exchange during turbulent flow of a gas containing suspended particles of a solid material in a horizontal pipe are presented.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 198–202, August, 1986.     

Diffusion of a dissolved gas in a flow with a stationary cavity

An exact solution is obtained for the plane problem of the diffusion of a gas from a solution into a stationary cavity behind a symmetric profile for a zero cavitation number in an ideal liquid, and its approximate generalizations are indicated.     

Strength analysis of a split sleeve in a pipe containing a defect

We study the decrease in the strength of a pipe containing an artificial defect. On the basis of the analytic and numerical models, we consider the influence of the structural features of a split sleeve on its load-carrying ability. We also analyze the joint operation of a sleeve and a pipe containing an artificially made axial surface defect. The results of the numerical analysis are compared with the experimental data. Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 2, pp. 102–111, March–April, 2009.     

Drag of a plate in a uniform flow of a weak polymer solution

The problem of the drag of a plate moving in a weak polymer solution is solved on the basis of a three-layer schematization of the velocity distribution in the turbulent boundary layer.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vo. 41, No. 5, pp. 819–826, November, 1981.     

Heat Transfer of a Sphere in a Constrained Flow of a Viscous Fluid

Results of an experimental investigation of the average heat transfer of a sphere in the region of Reynolds numbers 0.1–40 are given. The increase in the Nusselt number with increase in the constraint parameter of flow is established. Based on the fractal theory, the influence of the degree of constraint on the heat transfer is physically explained and a quantitative correction is introduced.     

Specific features of the flow of a two-phase stream in a grainy bed of a separator

The structure of a two-phase stream in a regular grainy bed of a separator was analyzed. A two-phase emulsion stream in a grainy bed transforms into a stream of two mutually permeable continuous phases with a highly developed and nondegenerate (i.e., not varying noticeably with time) phase boundary surface, which creates favorable conditions both for induced coalescence of emulsion contaminations and for mass exchange between the streams. High retaining power of a grainy bed toward minor stream and the corresponding differences in the flow velocities give rise to a braking effect for impurities adsorbed on the phase boundary, which allows the use of the separator for removing solid phase particles from the product stream. The possibility of removing carbon black particles from a stream simulating a spent nuclear fuel solution was demonstrated.     

Dispersion of a solute in a Poiseuille flow of a viscoelastic fluid

Gill and Sankarasubramanian's analysis of the dispersion of Newtonian fluids in laminar flow between two parallel walls is extended to the flow of non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluids (known as Phan-Thein-Tanner (PTT)). Using a generalized dispersion model which is valid for all times after the solute injection, the diffusion coefficient K_i(t) is obtained exactly and numerically for linearized and exponential forms of the PTT fluids, respectively. The analysis leads to the novel result for K₁ and K₂(t) (which is a measure of the longitudinal dispersion coefficient of the solute). It is found that the value of K₂(t) depends on the value of Deborah number (De=a measure of the level of elasticity in the fluid) whereas the value of K₁ is constant in both cases. Finally, the effect of the Deborah number on the axial distribution of the mean concentration θ_m is investigated in detail.     

Calculation of a three-dimensional flow of a viscous incompressible liquid in the neighborhood of a shallow well on a flat surface

A three-dimensional flow in the neighborhood of a shallow well on a plane was simulated numerically on the basis of a solution of the Reynolds equations written in curvilinear nonorthogonal coordinates and closed by a two-parametric dissipative model of turbulence.The work has been financed by the Russian Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 94-02-04092 a).Civil Aviation Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 67, Nos. 5–6, pp. 373–378, November–December, 1994.     

Passage of a liquid drop through a bifurcation

Numerical simulations of the motion of a viscous liquid drop through a two-dimensional bifurcating channel are conducted using a boundary-element method for Stokes flow. The drop viscosity is assumed to be equal to the ambient fluid viscosity and the drop interface is assumed to exhibit uniform surface tension. The mean fluid pressures are prescribed at the channel inlet and two outlets, and the corresponding flow rates are computed as part of the solution. Preliminary simulations show that the shape of a two-dimensional drop moving through a channel with parallel walls is similar to that of an axisymmetric drop moving along the centerline of a circular tube. The ability of a drop to remain intact as it passes through the bifurcation is determined by the drop size and capillary number expressing the significance of surface tension. For a given drop size and channel inlet and outlet pressures, there is a critical capillary number above which a drop splits into two pieces connected by a thinning bridge. The presence of the drop has a weak effect on the inlet and outlet flow rates throughout its passage. Simulations based on a boundary-element method for a rigid particle with circular or elliptical shape reveal a significantly stronger effect due to the absence of interfacial mobility.     

Eddy-current interaction of a long coil with a slot in a conductive plate

We describe a truncated-domain method for calculating eddy currents in a plate with a long flaw. The plate is modeled as a conductive half-space and the flaw is a long slot with a rectangular cross section. A long two-dimensional (2-D) coil carrying an alternating current is aligned parallel to the slot. The coil impedance variation with frequency is determined for an arbitrary coil location. The electromagnetic field due to a long coil above a conductive half-space can be expressed as integrals of trigonometric functions. For a half-space with a long slot, however, additional boundary conditions must be satisfied at the slot walls. The truncated-domain method makes this possible by recasting the problem in a finite domain; as a result, the Fourier integral is replaced by a series. The domain can be made arbitrarily large, thereby yielding results that are numerically as close to the infinite domain solution as desired. We have used the truncated domain approach to study both eddy-current flaw interactions and edge effects in the limiting case of a very wide and deep slot. We confirmed the theoretical predictions by comparing them with results of a 2-D finite element calculation and of experiments.     

Bending of a thin plate containing a rigid inclusion and a crack

The bending of a thin infinite plate with a line crack and an arbitrarily shaped rigid inclusion is analyzed. The superposition principle is used to reduce the original formulation to two subsidiary problems. A distribution of dislocation is assumed along the crack line. The solution is obtained in an integral form by using the Green function of a point dislocation. The stress functions for both subsidiary problems are obtained by employing the rational mapping function technique. The stress intensity factors are obtained in terms of the dislocation density function. Numerical results are demonstrated for the plate containing a square rigid inclusion and a line crack.