Flow regimes,hold–up and pressure drop for two phase flowin helical coils

Experimental results on flow pattern, hold–up and pressure drop are presented for cocurrent upward and downward air water flow in helical coils. A tube of 0.01 m internal diameter was used and the ratio of coil to tube diameter was varied from 11 to 156.5. Water flow rate was varied from 4.9 × 10-⁶ m³/s to 92 × 10-⁶ m³/s while the range of gas flow rate covered was 83 × 10-⁶ m³/s to 610 × 10-⁶ m³/s. A new mechanistic approach is proposed to correlate pressure drop data in coils. The proposed model retains the identity of each phase and separately accounts for the effects of curvature and tube inclination resulting from the torsion of the tube. This makes it possible to use a single model to predict pressure drop for both upward and downward two–phase flow in coiled tubes. Required correlations for hold–up, interfacial friction factor and friction factors for individual phases are provided.     

Vibrational dynamics and heat capacity in syndiotactic poly(propylene) form I

Normal modes of vibration of syndiotactic polypropylene (sPP) and their dispersion are obtained in the reduced zone scheme for helical form I having the conformational sequence (t₂g₂) using Urey-Bradley force field and Wilson's GF matrix method as modified by Higgs. Optically active frequencies corresponding to the zone center and zone boundary are assigned and characteristic features of the dispersion curves are discussed. In general the dispersion in the helical form is less as compared to the planar form. Heat capacity has been calculated via density-of-states using Debye relation in the temperature range 10-460 K and compared with the experimental measurements.     

Review:Mg and Its Alloy——Scope, Future Perspectives and Recent Advancements in Welding and Processing

镁/镁合金焊接与加工的最新进展与未来展望

Sachin Kumar,武传松

（山东大学 材料科学与工程学院,济南 250061）

中文说明：

该文非常详细地综述了镁及镁合金的生产、加工及焊接的研究现状。尤其是在镁合金焊接部分,作者比较详细地阐述了熔化焊、激光焊、固相焊及钎焊等方法在镁合金焊接中的研究现状、存在问题与发展动向。该文对于镁合金焊接研究人员具有重要的参考价值。

关键词：镁;镁合金;加工;焊接;连接;最新进展

     

A data mining approach to characterize road accident locations

Data mining has been proven as a reliable technique to analyze road accidents and provide productive results. Most of the road accident data analysis use data mining techniques, focusing on identifying factors that affect the severity of an accident. However, any damage resulting from road accidents is always unacceptable in terms of health, property damage and other economic factors. Sometimes, it is found that road accident occurrences are more frequent at certain specific locations. The analysis of these locations can help in identifying certain road accident features that make a road accident to occur frequently in these locations. Association rule mining is one of the popular data mining techniques that identify the correlation in various attributes of road accident. In this paper, we first applied k-means algorithm to group the accident locations into three categories, high-frequency, moderate-frequency and low-frequency accident locations. k-means algorithm takes accident frequency count as a parameter to cluster the locations. Then we used association rule mining to characterize these locations. The rules revealed different factors associated with road accidents at different locations with varying accident frequencies. The association rules for high-frequency accident location disclosed that intersections on highways are more dangerous for every type of accidents. High-frequency accident locations mostly involved two-wheeler accidents at hilly regions. In moderate-frequency accident locations, colonies near local roads and intersection on highway roads are found dangerous for pedestrian hit accidents. Low-frequency accident locations are scattered throughout the district and the most of the accidents at these locations were not critical. Although the data set was limited to some selected attributes, our approach extracted some useful hidden information from the data which can be utilized to take some preventive efforts in these locations.

     

Modal analysis of prestressed draft pad of freight wagons using finite element method

The present work intends to investigate dynamic behaviour of draft gear using finite element method. The longitudinal force that the draft gear absorbs usually leads to the failure of its components, especially, the load bearing draft pads. Dynamic behaviour of an individual draft pad and a draft gear is determined and characterized with exciting frequencies and corresponding mode shapes. The effect of compressive prestress load on the dynamic behaviour of an individual draft pad is also determined as the draft pads in assembled state are under constant axial compressive force in the draft gear. The vibration characteristics of individual draft pad are compared with draft pads that are part of draft gear. The modal analysis gives us a basis for subjecting a draft pad to higher frequency loading for determining its fatigue behaviour.

     

Semi-Supervised Deep Learning for Multi-Tissue Segmentation from Multi-Contrast MRI

Journal of Signal Processing Systems - Segmentation of thigh tissues (muscle, fat, inter-muscular adipose tissue (IMAT), bone, and bone marrow) from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans is useful...     

Frequency regularization of a linked wind–diesel system using dual structure fuzzy with ultra-capacitor

Microgrids (μ-grids) are gaining increased interest around the world for supplying cheap and clean energy. In this paper, a μ-grid comprising a wind turbine generator (WTG) and diesel generator (DG) is considered. It is one of most practical and demanding systems suitable for the present energy crisis in isolated or rural areas. However, wind energy is intermittent in nature while load demand changes frequently. Therefore, a µ-grid can experience large frequency and power fluctuations. The speed governor of the DG tries to minimize the frequency and power deviations in µ-grid though its operation is slow and cannot adequately minimize system deviations. The paper proposes a novel arrangement based on a dual structured fuzzy (DSF) whose structure changes according to the switching limit with a reduced rule base. It has the capability to switch between proportional and integral actions and hence improves the frequency regularization of the μ-grid. The proposed strategy is tested in a μ-grid and the results considering step load alteration, load alteration at different instants of time, nonstop changing load request are compared with some of the well published methods to validate the effectiveness and simplicity of the present design. In addition, it shows that ultra-capacitor establishment in a μ-grid has a positive impact in minimizing system deviations with DSF for the studied cases.     

Parametric optimization of multiwalled carbon nanotube-assisted electric discharge machining of Al-10%SiCp metal matrix composite by response surface methodology

The demand for miniaturized products having a glossy surface or nano-level surface is increasing exponentially in automobile, aerospace, biomedical, and semiconductor industries. The mirror-like surface finish has generated a need to develop advanced machining processes. The addition of powder particle into electric discharge machining (EDM) oil is considered a promising technique to achieve surface integrity at the miniaturization level. In this research, the Al–10%SiC_p metal matrix composite (MMC) has been machined after mixing the appropriate amount of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into the EDM dielectric fluid. An advanced experimental setup has been designed and fabricated in the laboratory for conducting the experiments. This proposed technology is called nano powder mixed electric discharge machining (NPMEDM). The input parameters of NPMEDM are also optimized using central composite rotatable design (CCRD) based on response surface methodology (RSM) in order to obtain the best surface finish and material removal rate (MRR). The MRR has been increased by 38.22% and surface finish has been improved by 46.06% after mixing the MWCNTs into the EDM dielectric fluid. The results indicate that the combination of parameters A5, B5, C5, and D5 might have produced maximum MRR, whereas A1, B1, C1, and D3 have produced minimum surface roughness (SR).     

Machine Learning-Informed Predictive Design and Analysis of Electrohydrodynamic Printing Systems

Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) processes are promising techniques for manufacturing nanoscopic products with different shapes (such as thin films, nanofibers, 2D/3D nanostructures, and nanoparticles) and materials at a low cost using simple equipment. A key challenge in their adoption by nonexperts is the requirement of enormous time and resources in identifying the optimum design/process parameters for the underlying material and EHD system. Machine learning (ML) has made exciting advancements in predictive modeling of different processes, provided it is trained on high-quality datasets at appropriate volumes. This article extends the suitability of such ML-enabled approaches to a new technological domain of EHD spraying and drop-on-demand printing. Different ML models like ridge regression, random forest regression, support vector regression, gradient boosting regression, and multilayer perceptron are trained and their performance using evaluation metrics like RMSE and R2_score is examined. Tree-based algorithms like gradient boosting regression are found to be the most suitable technique for modeling EHD processes. The trained ML models show substantially higher accuracy (average error < 5%) in replicating these nonlinear processes as compared to previously reported scaling laws (average error ≈ 42%) and are well suited for predictive modeling/analysis of the underlying EHD system and process.     

On finding fundamental cut sets

In this paper a linear time algorithm is proposed for preprocessing the edges of a graph. After preprocessing (in linear time), the fundamental cut set of any tree edge can be determined in time proportional to the size of that cut set.