The mixed convection of power-law fluids along a wedge in a porous medium is investigated numerically using an implicit finite
difference method. Robin boundary condition is applied at the wedge surface. To explore the effects of mixed convection, both
forced and free convection dominated regimes are considered separately. Non-similarity solutions are obtained for the variable
heat transfer coefficient. Local dimensionless skin friction and Nusselt number are presented in tabular and graphical forms
for the selected values of wedge and convective parameters. The wedge angle geometry parameter r m, power index of pseudoplastic fluids n and mixed convection parameter ξ range from 0 to 1 in both regimes, whereas different values of convective parameter hc are considered for investigating the behavior of skin friction and heat transfer rates. 相似文献
This paper presents a new methodology in form of three sequencing techniques for the development of alternative quarry plans
using cement quarry production-sequencing algorithm. The algorithm generates multi-period quarry plans, satisfying geometric
(slope) and cement plant production capacity constraints. The benefits of the approach are demonstrated through application
on an existing cement manufacturing operation in Midwestern USA.
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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 2, pp. 103–114, March–April, 2008. 相似文献
Designing accelerators for the real-time computation of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms for state-of-the-art Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) demodulators has always been challenging. We have scaled-up a template-based Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable Array device for faster FFT processing that generates special purpose accelerators based on the user input. Using a basic and a scaled-up version, we have generated a radix-4 and mixed-radix (2, 4) FFT accelerator to process different length and types of algorithms. Our implementation results show that these accelerators satisfy not only the execution time requirements of FFT processing for Single Input Single Output (SISO) wireless standards that are IEEE-802.11 a/g and 3GPP-LTE but also for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) IEEE-802.11n standard. 相似文献
Several toxic compounds are known to induce apoptosis in mammalian cell lines. The human neuroblastoma
cells (SH-SY5Y) were exposed to the phosphatase inhibiting toxin okadaic acid (OA) or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
to induce apoptosis as well as generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitoxantrone (MXT) was used as a positive
control for apoptosis. The SH-SY5Y cells were transfected with eukaryotic expression plasmid pHyPer-dMito encoding
mitochondrial-targeted fluorescent or pHyPer-dCito encoding cytoplasmic-targeted fluorescent sensor for hydrogen
peroxide (HyPer). The ERp57, also called GRP58 (Glucose-regulated protein 58), is a stress protein induced in
conditions like glucose starvation and viral infection. Recently ERp57 was shown to translocate from the endoplasmatic
reticulum to the cell surface in anthracycline-induced apoptotic cells. ERp57 co-translocation together with calreticulin
has been suggested to be crucial for recognizing tumor cells to induce immunogenic cell death. ERp57 translocation
after exposure to okadaic acid was studied using immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. These studies indicated
that okadaic acid has induced the translocation of ERp57 to the cellular membrane. 相似文献
Selective laser melting (SLM) has provided an alternative to the conventional fabrication techniques for Ti-6Al-4V alloy parts because of its flexibility and ease in creating complex features. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the process parameters and heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V fabricated using SLM. The influences of various process parameters on the relative density, tensile properties, impact toughness, and hardness of Ti-6Al-4V alloy parts were studied. By employing parameter optimization, a high-density high-strength Ti-6Al-4V alloy was fabricated by SLM. A relative density of 99.45%, a tensile strength of 1 188 MPa, and an elongation to failure of 9.5% were achieved for the SLM-fabricated Ti-6Al-4V alloy with optimized parameters. The effects of annealing and solution aging heat treatment on the mechanical properties, phase composition, and microstructure of the SLM-fabricated Ti-6Al-4V alloy were also studied. The ductility of the heat-treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy was improved. By applying a heat treatment at 850 ℃ for 2 h, followed by furnace cooling, the elongation to failure and impact toughness were found to be increased from 9.5% to 12.5%, and from 24.13 J/cm2 to 47.51 J/cm2, respectively.The full text can be downloaded at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-022-00389-y 相似文献
One of the most significant considerations in the design of a heat sink is thermal
management due to increasing thermal flux and miniature in size. These heat sinks utilize
plate or pin fins depending upon the required heat dissipation rate. They are designed to
optimize overall performance. Elliptical pin fin heat sinks enhance heat transfer rates and
reduce the pumping power. In this study, the Firefly Algorithm is implemented to optimize
heat sinks with elliptical pin-fins. The pin-fins are arranged in an inline fashion. The natureinspired metaheuristic algorithm performs powerfully and efficiently in solving numerical
global optimization problems. Based on mass, energy, and entropy balance, three models
are developed for thermal resistance, hydraulic resistance, and entropy generation rate in
the heat sink. The major axis is used as the characteristic length, and the maximum velocity
is used as the reference velocity. The entropy generation rate comprises the combined effect
of thermal resistance and pressure drop. The total EGR is minimized by utilizing the firefly
algorithm. The optimization model utilizes analytical/empirical correlations for the heat
transfer coefficients and friction factors. It is shown that both thermal resistance and
pressure drop can be simultaneously optimized using this algorithm. It is demonstrated that
the performance of FFA is much better than PPA. 相似文献
No reference image quality assessment (NR-IQA) has received considerable importance in the last decade due to a rise in the use of multimedia content in our daily lives. Due to limitations in technology, multiple distortions may be introduced in the images that need to be assessed. Recently feature selection has shown promising results for single distorted NR-IQA and their effectiveness on multiple distorted images still need to be addressed. In this paper, impact of feature level fusion and feature selection on multiple distorted image quality assessment is presented. To this end features are extracted from multiple distorted images using six NR-IQA techniques (BLIINDS-II, BRISQUE, CurveletQA, DIIVINE, GM-LOG, SSEQ) that extract features in different (discrete cosine transform, spatial, curvelet transform, wavelet transform, spatial and gradient, spatial and spectral) domains. The extracted features from different domains are fused to generate a single feature vector. All combinations of feature-level fusion from six different techniques have been evaluated. Three different feature selection algorithms (genetic search, linear forward search, particle swarm optimization) are then applied to select optimum features for NR-IQA. The selected features are then used by the support vector regression model to predict the quality score. The performance of the proposed methodology is evaluated for two multiple distorted IQA databases (LIVE multiple distorted image dataset (LIVEMD), multiply distorted image database (MDID2017)), two singly synthetically distorted IQA databases (Tampere image database (TID2013), Computational and subjective image quality database (CSIQ)), and one screen content IQA database (Screen content image quality database (SIQAD)). Experimental results show that the fusion of features from different domains gives better performance in comparison to existing multiple-distorted NR-IQA techniques with SROCC scores of 0.9555, 0.9587, 0.6892, 0.9452, and 0.7682 on the LIVEMD, MDID, TID2013, CSIQ, and SIQAD databases respectively. Moreover, the performance is further improved when the genetic search feature selection algorithm is applied to fused features to remove the redundant and irrelevant features. The SROCC scores are improved to 0.9691, 0.9723, and 0.6897 for LIVEMD, MDID, and TID2013 databases respectively.