Fluid flow identification on base of the pressure difference measured on the secant of a pipe elbow

The paper presents a new method for indirect flow rate measurement in elbow flow meters. The idea of the method consists in selecting such a Reynolds number value, assumed as a coefficient in fluid flow equations, which fulfils with set accuracy the condition of equality between the measured and the computed pressure difference at the end points of the secant of the elbow arch. The calculus takes into account also the accurate flow geometry, the values of coefficients which describe the thermo-physical properties of the fluid at the measurement temperature, and proper equations of the turbulence model. A special test stand was arranged in order to implement the proposed method in practice. The numerical computations were carried out using the software package FLUENT 6.1. The results of calculations were compared with the corresponding results of measurements achieved on the stand, as well as ones found in the bibliography [?, ?]. A comparison of the outcome of calculations with experimental readings shows a high grade of consistence.     

Photolithographic patterning of organic photodetectors with a non-fluorinated photoresist system

We report on the fabrication of organic photodetectors (OPD) based on isolated islands of P3HT:PCBM. Pattern transfer to the active material was done with photolithography based on non-fluorinated solvents and the excessive organic semiconductor was removed with oxygen plasma reactive ion etching. The photoresist system used was found to be benign to the P3HT:PCBM layer as confirmed by absorption, thickness and roughness measurements. Current–voltage characteristics and external quantum efficiency (EQE) remained unchanged after the patterning process. It was demonstrated that it is possible to photolithographically pattern isolated islands with 200 μm edge length with the same dark current density (<10⁻⁵ A/cm² at −2 V bias voltage) and photocurrent density (>5 × 10⁻³ A/cm² at −2 V). Furthermore, concerning the solar cell performance, the patterned, small-area devices showed power conversion efficiency of 2.1% and fill-factor of 60%. Dark current was observed to depend on the size of the remaining semiconductor island, which was demonstrated on OPDs with diameter of 50 μm. The presented results show the feasibility of fabrication of isolated devices based on organic semiconductors patterned with non-fluorinated photolithography.     

The assessment of the umbilical blood flow of the surviving twin after the intrauterine death of the other twin

This paper summarizes our experience with Doppler velocimetry in survivors of intrauterine co-twin demise. In the first trimester, ten dichorionic deaths occurred; none of the survivors developed flow disorders. During the second trimester, there were three intrauterine demises, two of them were monochorionic and the survivors developed flow disorders: one presented transitory venous flow aberration, the other one an impaired development of diastolic flow. In the third trimester, two intrauterine deaths occurred. One case of twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) was complicated by the donor's death and the recipient showed a loss of diastolic flow. The second one happened during a dichorionic twin pregnancy. The survivor presented high systolic/diastolic daily ratio (S/D = 7.8).     

Synthesis and Properties of Amide Derivatives of 4-N,N-Dialkylaminoazobenzenes

Several disperse dyes, derivatives of 4-N, N-dialkylaminoazobenzene having acetylamino, carbamyl, phthalimide or naphthalimide substituents have been prepared. Their spectral properties and reaction to heat were determined, and their usefulness was evaluated in terms of the sublimation fastness. It was found that the dyes containing a benzamide system with an unsubstituted NH group, similar to that in phthalimide and naphthalimide derivatives, show a high sublimation fastness due to their ability to associate.     

Moral reasoning and moral conduct: An investigation prompted by Kohlberg's theory.

Investigated level of moral judgment in 53 male undergraduates using hypotheses concerning the relation to cheating of moral judgment, guilt, knowledge that another person cheated, and several motivational variables. Hypotheses were based in part on L. Kohlberg's (1976, 1981) propositions about moral judgment and behavior. Moral reasoning was assessed by administering a test regarding definition of issues, and cheating was determined by the accuracy of self-report of rotary pursuit performance. Falsely low practice times provided an incentive to cheat. As expected, results indicate that the lower the moral judgment score, the more likely an S was to cheat and the sooner he began to cheat. Cheating measures were also related to anticipatory guilt, test anxiety, need for approval, and practice trial scores. Although Ss low in moral judgment cheated more, highs also succumbed when temptation became strong. Results provide information on the relative influence on cheating behavior of situational factors, nonmoral motives, and moral reasoning. (36 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Computation of Posterior Marginals on Aggregated State Models for Soft Source Decoding

Optimum soft decoding of sources compressed with variable length codes and quasi-arithmetic codes, transmitted over noisy channels, can be performed on a bit/symbol trellis. However, the number of states of the trellis is a quadratic function of the sequence length leading to a decoding complexity which is not tractable for practical applications. The decoding complexity can be significantly reduced by using an aggregated state model, while still achieving close to optimum performance in terms of bit error rate and frame error rate. However, symbol a posteriori probabilities can not be directly derived on these models and the symbol error rate (SER) may not be minimized. This paper describes a two-step decoding algorithm that achieves close to optimal decoding performance in terms of SER on aggregated state models. A performance and complexity analysis of the proposed algorithm is given.     

Engineering Co2MnAlxSi1−x Heusler Compounds as a Model System to Correlate Spin Polarization,Intrinsic Gilbert Damping,and Ultrafast Demagnetization

Engineering of magnetic materials for developing better spintronic applications relies on the control of two key parameters: the spin polarization and the Gilbert damping, responsible for the spin angular momentum dissipation. Both of them are expected to affect the ultrafast magnetization dynamics occurring on the femtosecond timescale. Here, engineered Co₂MnAl_xSi_1-x Heusler compounds are used to adjust the degree of spin polarization at the Fermi energy, P, from 60% to 100% and to investigate how they correlate with the damping. It is experimentally demonstrated that the damping decreases when increasing the spin polarization from 1.1 × 10⁻³ for Co₂MnAl with 63% spin polarization to an ultralow value of 4.6 × 10⁻⁴ for the half-metallic ferromagnet Co₂MnSi. This allows the investigation of the relation between these two parameters and the ultrafast demagnetization time characterizing the loss of magnetization occurring after femtosecond laser pulse excitation. The demagnetization time is observed to be inversely proportional to 1 – P and, as a consequence, to the magnetic damping, which can be attributed to the similarity of the spin angular momentum dissipation processes responsible for these two effects. Altogether, the high-quality Heusler compounds allow control over the band structure and therefore the channel for spin angular momentum dissipation.     

Design and manufacturing status of trim coils for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator experiment

The stellarator fusion experiment Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is currently under construction at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik in Greifswald, Germany. The main magnetic field will be provided by a superconducting magnet system which generates a fivefold toroidal periodic magnetic field. However, unavoidable tolerances can result in small deviations of the magnetic field which disturb the toroidal periodicity. In order to have a tool to influence these field errors five additional normal conducting trim coils were designed to allow fine tuning of the main magnetic field during plasma operation. In the frame of an international cooperation the trim coils will be contributed by the US partners. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has accomplished several tasks to develop the final design ready for manufacturing e.g. detailed manufacturing design for the winding and for the coil connection area. The design work was accompanied by a detailed analysis of resulting forces and moments to prove the design. The manufacturing of the coils is running at Everson Tesla Inc; the first two coils were received at IPP.