Flow physics of normal and abnormal bioprosthetic aortic valves

Flow physics of transvalvular flows in the aorta with bioprosthetic valves are investigated using computational modelling. For the efficient simulations of flow-structure-interaction in transvalvular flows, a simplified, reduced degree of freedom valve model is employed with a sharp interface immersed boundary based incompressible flow solver. Simulations are performed for normal as well as abnormal valves with reduced leaflet motion that models the effect of early leaflet thrombosis. The structure of the aortic jet and the hemodynamic stresses on the aortic wall are analysed to understand the hemodynamic impacts and possible long-term clinical implications of sub-clinical, reduced leaflet motion. The simulation results have shown that the reduced leaflet motion tilts the direction of aortic jet and generates stronger flow separation and re-attachment on the aortic wall downstream from the reduced motion leaflets. The modified flow pattern increases the wall pressure fluctuation and average wall shear stress on the downstream aortic wall, and results in the asymmetric oscillatory shear index distributions, which may have long-term clinical implications such as aortic wall damage and remodelling.     

带阀点效应水火联合调度问题的一种半定凸松弛求解法

水火联合调度问题是电力系统中一类复杂的优化问题。合理安排调度周期内的水火电出力,确定一个最优发电计划,可以带来巨大的经济效益。在实际系统中,汽轮机调汽阀开启时出现的拔丝现象会使机组耗量特性产生阀点效应。忽略阀点效应,在一定程度上降低求解的精度。本文考虑带阀点效应的水火联合调度问题。该问题非凸非光滑,且带有非线性约束,直接使用确定性全局优化方法求解是相当困难的。本文使用高效的半定规划求解此问题。首先用耗量特性函数的初始周期代替其余有限的周期,并对其进行二次拉格朗日插值拟合。再通过引进0-1变量,得到整个耗量特性函数的近似,进而把问题松弛为半定规划模型。最后,采用凸规划应用软件包CVX求解一个仿真算例,得到一个近似全局最优解。     

Next-generation NATO reference mobility model complex terramechanics – Part 2: Requirements and prototype

In part 2 of this paper, the Complex Terramechanics (CT) software tools requirements recommended by the NATO research task group RTG-248 are presented along with example simulations from a CT prototype software tool which attempts to satisfy the requirements.     

心瓣流体动力学研究进展

心瓣流体动力学是近年来才形成的一门新兴边缘学科分支。本文比较全面地介绍了该学科的主要研究内容、研究特点、发生发展的历史和现状,以及笔者及其同事在这方面的工作,提出并论述了对学科发展有重大影响的几个富有挑战性的问题,从而预示了学科的发展方向     

洗衣机节水技术研究及其力学原理

利用全自动洗衣机高速脱水时产生的向心力，将衣物上的水沿脱水桶壁向下排出，由此设计了节水型洗衣机，并对这种洗衣机进行了力学原理分析，给出了关键结构参数，以及关键部件——排水阀的设计．新型洗衣机结构简单，洗涤容量进一步扩大，减少了水和洗涤剂的用量，有利于环境保护．     

生物瓣膜应力的数值模拟

应用有限元方法分析了瓣架的材料特性、瓣叶的材料特性和瓣叶的钙化等因素对瓣叶的应力分布的影响。分析结果表明：采用全弹性材料的瓣架将改善瓣叶的应力分布，最大应力区域将远离接缝部位；将生物瓣瓣叶材料简化为拟线弹性材料时，对瓣叶最大主应力等值线的分布影响不大，计算结果在一定范围内存在差异；当瓣叶出现钙化时，钙化点及其周围产生应力集中，促进钙化的进一步加剧。     

中国聚变工程实验堆涉氚阀门技术现状

阐述了中国聚变工程实验堆(CFETR)中涉氚阀门的技术要求及现状。CFETR涉氚阀门应选择寿命长、响应时间快的全金属阀门，在工作压力0.25MPa下整体漏率小于10^-9Pa·m³×s^-1。     

ITER聚变功率关闭系统的一种阀门箱 结构的有限元分析

用ANSYS软件对ITER聚变功率关闭系统(FPSS)的一种阀门箱的结构在ITER各种典型荷载组合下的应力和应变进行了有限元分析，并遵照ASME及ITER标准对分析结果进行了评判。结果表明这种阀门箱结构能够满足ITER的设计要求。     

Energy dissipation and pressure decay during transients in viscoelastic pipes with an in-line valve

In this paper, the effect of a partially closed in-line valve, viscoelasticity, and unsteady friction on the transient behavior of a pressurized pipe is examined. Such an analysis is executed by considering global energy quantities evaluated by means of a one-dimensional numerical model calibrated on the basis of a huge amount of laboratory tests. In the numerical experiments, the effect of the initial conditions and in-line valve characteristics has been analyzed by considering different values of the initial Reynolds number, N₀, in-line valve head loss coefficient, χ, and location, δ. By introducing dimensionless quantities, exponential laws are shown to interpolate the time-history of maxima of both pressure and global energy quantities reliably with the related coefficients being a function of N₀, χ, and δ. Thus, the links between the decay of pressure peaks at single sections and the dissipation of the global kinetic and internal energy are established. Moreover, it is shown that a given decay of pressure peaks may derive from very different transients. This result has crucial implications to inverse transient analysis based on the evaluation of the pressure decay at a given section with particular attention to the uniqueness of the solution.     

Time domain identification and ranking of noise sources in a pneumatic nail gun

This paper investigates the noise sources in a pneumatic nail gun. The study combines two complementary experimental approaches. The first uses simultaneous data observation, with sound, acceleration and air pressure signals simultaneously recorded in conjunction with a nail gun motion high speed video. This strategy allows the identification of the physical processes involved in the operation of the machine at different time instants, as well as the associated noise generation mechanisms. However, since multiple noise sources radiate at the same time, this observation technique is not sufficient for noise source identification and ranking. Thus, a second approach introduces a selective wrapping procedure, and the strategy assures a reliable classification of the noise sources. The investigation considers the following noise origins: the air exhaust, the machine body and the workpiece/worktable.