MRI measurements of CO2 hydrate dissociation rate in a porous medium

After obtaining experimental data of CO₂ hydrate formation and dissociation in a porous medium using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the purpose of this study was to analyze the different dissociation rate of CO₂ hydrate using two heating rates. Images were obtained by using a fast spin-echo sequence, and the field of view was set to 40×40×40 mm. The vessel pressure was monitored during hydrate formation and dissociation, which was used to compare with MRI mean intensity. The result indicated that the MRI could visualize hydrate formation and dissociation, and the MRI mean intensity of water was in good agreement with the vessel pressure changes. The hydrate formation and dissociation rates were also quantified using the MRI mean intensity of water. The experimental results showed that the higher heating rate caused the rapid hydrate dissociation.     

毛细血管内原位血栓形成的MPS模拟

血小板在原位血栓形成过程中起着重要作用.本文将血液离散为具有血浆和血小板特性的粒子,根据原位血栓的生理形成过程提出了壁面吸附的血小板与被吸附的血小板间的吸附作用力模型,使用移动粒子半隐式方法(MPS)模拟了毛细血管受损壁面处血小板聚集形成原位血栓的过程.模拟结果再现了管壁面受损处原位血栓的形成过程,结果显示原位血栓形成...     

Irradiation hardening of reactor pressure vessel steels due to the dislocation loop evolution

The irradiation hardening of reactor pressure vessel steels due to the formation of dislocation loops is analyzed. The analysis is based on the original model for the nucleation and subsequent evolution of dislocation loops in irradiated materials. The loop formation in displacement cascades is taken into account, along with the homogeneous clustering of point defects. The loop evolution is shown to contribute mainly to the athermal component of the yield stress, which is determined by interaction of gliding dislocations with strong barriers. Irradiation-induced hardening is evaluated as a function of irradiation dose and temperature, dose rate, material parameters and initial microstructure. The model results are compared with experimental data for neutron irradiated pressure vessel steels of various grades and with empirical low power expressions of the yield stress increase with increasing irradiation dose.     

脂肪颗粒在颈动脉中的运动及其对血液动力学的影响

很多研究表明, 动脉粥样硬化通常发生在具有复杂血液动力学的区域, 比如分叉动脉和弯曲动脉. 这些地方常伴随有低壁面剪切力或震荡壁面剪切力, 这是动脉粥样硬化形成的一大诱因. 使用计算流体力学软件对2D颈动脉分叉血管进行了模拟, 研究了脂肪颗粒在颈动脉中的运动及其对血液动力学的影响. 研究表明: 1)血管狭窄对于脂肪颗粒的运动有重要影响, 同时也影响栓塞的形成; 2)脂肪颗粒可能会黏附在血管壁面, 但由于血流的冲击作用, 脂肪颗粒会随后在壁面略微铺展; 3)颈动脉狭窄区域后方是下一个血栓的可能生长位点; 4)当栓塞形成时, 速度和壁面剪切力分布将变得复杂多变, 这对于血管是有害的.     

Effect of reaction vessel diameter on sonochemical efficiency and cavitation dynamics

The influence of reaction vessel diameter on the sonochemical yield was investigated by using reaction vessels with five different diameters. It was revealed that the formation of H₂O₂ and chloride ion, from the sonolysis of pure water and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene aqueous solution, was affected by the reaction vessel diameter. That is, these yields increased as the reaction vessel diameter increased up to ø 90 mm and then decreased over ø 90 mm. From the analyses of the measurement of sonochemiluminescence and the calorimetry, it was suggested that active cavitation bubbles were formed at certain zones. In the case of a larger diameter reaction vessel, it was suggested that bubble nuclei that have not grown up to the resonance size, escaped from the sonication zone to the non-sonication zone and dissolved away. As a result, the number of active cavitation bubbles and the yields of H₂O₂ and chloride ion would decrease in the case of a larger diameter reaction vessel.     

Magnetic hysteresis properties of neutron-irradiated VVER440-type nuclear reactor pressure vessel steels

The development of non-destructive evaluation methods for irradiation embrittlement in nuclear reactor pressure vessel steels has a key role for safe and long-term operation of nuclear power plants. In this study, we have investigated the effect of neutron irradiation on base and weld metals of Russian VVER440-type reactor pressure vessel steels by measurements of magnetic minor hysteresis loops. A minor-loop coefficient, which is obtained from a scaling power-law relation of minor-loop parameters and is a sensitive indicator of internal stress, is found to change with neutron fluence for both metals. While the coefficient for base metal exhibits a local maximum at low fluence and a subsequent slow decrease, that for weld metal monotonically decreases with fluence. The observed results are explained by competing mechanisms of nanoscale defect formation and recovery, among which the latter process plays a dominant role for magnetic property changes in weld metal due to its ferritic microstructure.     

A positron beam Doppler broadening analysis of formation and recovery of defects produced by ion irradiation in Fe‒C‒Cu alloys

Mechanisms of radiation embrittlement of reactor pressure vessel steels remain to be fully understood, particularly the nature of so-called ‘matrix defects’. One possible mechanism is vacancy cluster formation, probably assisted by cascade damage. In order to investigate the effect of copper on the formation and annealing processes of vacancy clusters, ion-irradiated Fe?C and Fe?C?Cu were investigated using a variable energy positron beam. Doppler broadening analysis revealed that vacancy-type defects are produced by ion irradiation and that copper addition reduces the open volume of the defects. Post irradiation annealing suggested the vacancy clusters do not have a substantial role in irradiation hardening.     

Geometric and operational optimization of 20-kHz probe-type sonoreactor for enhancing sonochemical activity

The use of a 20-kHz probe-type sonicator irradiating downward in a 500 mL vessel was optimized for the enhancement of the sonochemical activity in terms of the geometric and operational factors. These factors included the probe immersion depth (the vertical position of the probe), input power, height of the liquid from the bottom, horizontal position of the probe, and thickness of bottom plate The sonochemical oxidation reactions were investigated both quantitatively and qualitatively using calorimetry, KI dosimetry, and luminol (Sonochemiluminescence, SCL) techniques. The sonochemical activity was very positively affected by the vertical boundaries. The highest sonochemical activity was obtained when the probe was placed close to the bottom of the vessel (immersion depth of 60 mm), with a high input power (input power of 75%), and optimal liquid height condition (liquid height of 70 mm). The SCL image analysis showed that the cavitational activity zone gradually expanded around the probe body and changed into a circular shape as the experimental conditions were optimized, and consequently the sonochemical activity increased. The formation of a large bright circular-shaped activity zone could be attributed to the strong reflections of the ultrasound firstly, at the vessel bottom and secondly, at the liquid surface. On the other hand, the cavitational activity zone and the sonochemical activity were negatively affected by the horizontal boundaries when the probe was placed close to the side wall of the vessel. In addition, it was found that the sonochemical activity was also significantly affected by the thickness of the support plate owing to the reflection and transmission of the ultrasound at the boundary between the liquid and the solid media.     

Flow-correlated dilution of a regular network leads to a percolating network during tumor-induced angiogenesis

We study a simplified stochastic model for the vascularization of a growing tumor, incorporating the formation of new blood vessels at the tumor periphery as well as their regression in the tumor center. The resulting morphology of the tumor vasculature differs drastically from the original one. We demonstrate that the probabilistic vessel collapse has to be correlated with the blood shear force in order to yield percolating network structures. The resulting tumor vasculature displays fractal properties. Fractal dimension, Micro-Vascular Density (MVD), blood flow and shear force have been computed for a wide range of parameters.     

高真空多层绝热低温容器真空丧失的实验研究

突然的、完全的真空丧失是一种可能发生在高真空多层绝热容器上的严重事故。为了保证高真空多层绝热容器的安全使用,真空丧失后的漏热量是进行高真空多层容器设计的一个重要参数。利用一个工业化高真空多层绝热低温量热器,以液氮为介质研究了其真空丧失前以及内筒壁及外筒壁泄露后的传热。结果表明,真空丧失后排放率及漏热量都会急剧增加,但是多层绝热材料仍然起到了一定的保温作用。由于空气中的部分气体在绝热层内部的凝结,导致低温容器外壁泄露后的漏热量远高于内壁泄露后的漏热量。     

Physical model of the dependence of the Nusselt number on the Rayleigh number

The dependence of the Nusselt number on the Rayleigh number at the stage preceding the turbulent regime of convection is substantiated and obtained in analytic form. At this stage, the Nusselt number can be described by the power dependence on the Rayleigh number, which contains five constants. One of these constants is the same for all liquids and is the critical Rayleigh number Ra_cr = 1700 ± 51. The remaining four constants are strictly individual for each type of liquid. For liquid helium, the critical Rayleigh number Ra_cr = 35000 ± 4000 has the threshold value (Ra₁^mix)th = 37 085.75. This value is determined by the small ratio of the diameter of the vessel to its height, as well as the formation of a cylindrical convection cell at the bottom of the vessel with a mode number of 2 and a radial number determined by the fourth root of the firstorder Bessel function of the first kind.     

Quantitative retinal-blood flow measurement with three-dimensional vessel geometry determination using ultrahigh-resolution Doppler optical coherence angiography

Retinal blood flow quantification by retinal vessel segmentation with Doppler optical coherence angiography is presented. Vessel diameter, orientation, and position are determined in an en face vessel image and two representative cross-sectional flow images of the vessel. Absolute blood flow velocity is calculated with the help of the measured Doppler frequency shift and determined vessel angle. The volumetric flow rate is obtained with the position and the region of the vessel lumen. The volumetric blood flow rate of retinal arteries before and after a bifurcation is verified in a healthy human eye.     

Magnetic hysteretic characterization of the irradiation-induced embrittlement of Fe,Fe–Cu model alloys,and reactor pressure vessel steel

Neutron irradiation is known to cause embrittlement of iron-based materials; in the nuclear industry, this effect can be detrimental for reactor pressure vessel steels. In this paper, we investigate the variations of the magnetic hysteretic behavior due to neutron irradiation, for four materials, i.e. nominally pure Fe, Fe-0.1 wt% Cu and Fe-0.3 wt%Cu model alloys, and a reactor pressure vessel steel, JRQ A533-B. Two parameters related to the magnetization loop shape, i.e. maximum relative differential permeability and peak intensity of local interaction field distribution, are measured as a function of neutron fluence. For all materials both parameters decrease with increasing fluence, due to the irradiation-induced formation of nano-size defects. This decreasing trend in magnetic parameters during embrittlement is noticeable regardless the origin of the embrittlement, which can be only Cu-precipitation (thermal aging of Fe–Cu), only matrix damage (irradiation of pure Fe), or both mechanisms (irradiation of Fe–Cu or steel). The magnetic parameters relatively change up to 40%, which indicates the potential of magnetic characterization to assess irradiation-induced material hardening and embrittlement.     

CFETR水冷包层模块真空室内破口事故安全分析

使用 RELAP5 对 CFETR 水冷固态增殖包层的 3#包层模块建立模型,并开展了稳态工况和不同破口 面积下的真空室内破口事故分析。结果表明,事故发生后真空室压力迅速升高,小破口事故时,向大泄压罐泄压 可防止真空室超压;大破口事故时,真空室超压保护系统无法有效地控制压力上升,且增大泄压罐体积以缓解真 空室压力的效果不显著。在添加联箱出口止回阀后,可有效防止冷却剂逆向流动进入真空室,使真空室压力维持 在安全范围内,不需要启用真空室超压保护系统。      

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为进一步提高HL-2A装置的放电参数和优化等离子体位形，给出了三种可能的主机改造途径：保留真空室，去掉并调整真空室内部分多极场线圈的局部改造方案；保留真空室，重新布局极向场线圈的中等规模改造方案；重新设计真空室和极向场线圈系统的大规模改造方案。对三种改造方案对放电参数和位形的影响和改造工程的可行性进行了分析比较，重新设计真空室和极向场线圈系统的大规模改造方案是最佳选择。     

ShipsEar: An underwater vessel noise database

There is a manifest shortage of audio databases available to underwater acoustics researchers. With the aim of palliating this situation, ShipsEar, a database of underwater recordings of ship and boat sounds, has been made available to the research community at http://atlanttic.uvigo.es/underwaternoise/. The database is currently composed of 90 records representing sounds from 11 vessel types. It includes detailed information on technical aspects of the recordings and environmental and other conditions during acquisition. To demonstrate the usefulness of ShipsEar, a vessel classifier was developed, based on cepstral coefficients and Gaussian mixture models. It was tested on a subset of ShipsEar database in which the original 11 vessel types were merged into 4 vessel size classes. The system yielded an overall classification rate of 75.4%, and 100% accuracy in detecting vessel presence. ShipsEar is potentially useful for the development and testing of applications based on processing underwater vessel sound.     

A blood vessel exposed to ultrasound: a mathematical simulation of the temperature field

In this article we present a mathematical simulation of the temperature field in and around a blood vessel when it is sonicated by a focused ultrasound beam. A simplified geometry is considered: a cylindrical blood vessel is embedded in tissue parallel to a flat skin surface. The ultrasound transducer is placed on the skin above the blood vessel, perpendicular to the skin surface. The 3D geometry of the problem is simplified by transformation, which maps the domain into a parallelepiped. A computational algorithm and computer program were developed. The simulation provides the conditions for successful occlusion of a blood vessel and demonstrates the significant role of the blood flow rate on the temperature difference between the vessel wall and the surrounding tissue. Comparing the predictions with published experimental data tested the validity of the method.     

立式低温容器真空丧失热分层现象数值模拟研究

对立式低温容器在真空丧失条件下的内部热分层现象进行了分析,采用双流体模型结合CFD求解器计算了立式低温容器内的流动及传热过程,考察了侧壁及底部热通量对液体热分层现象的影响。结果表明:侧壁热通量较底部热通量更易使容器内部产生热分层;容器内部形成的环流及其成长是导致热分层及温度突跳的根本原因。     

血液对流换热的数值计算

在血管壁施加第三类边界条件是计算血液与组织间对流换热的一种近似计算方法.为分析其可行性,用有限元数值模拟方法计算血管分支结构中血液与组织的对流换热,得到不同流速和半径下分支血管内血液的截面平均Nu数沿管长的变化曲线.结果表明,血管树中分支血管的Nu数变化幅度不大,且趋于稳定值的速度很快.以相同边界条件下包含简单血管系统的舌体为例,分别用近似方法和完全耦合计算方法,进行血液流场和舌体温度场模拟.通过比较计算结果,得出两种方法得到的温度场分布趋势基本相同;用完全耦合计算方法得到的舌体温度略高于用近似方法得到的舌体温度,两者差值小于0.2℃.     

Forced vibrations of a bubble in a liquid-filled elastic vessel

There is increasing demand for accurate characterization of the in vivo behavior of microbubble agents used for ultrasound imaging and therapy. This study examines bubble-vessel interaction, in particular the propagation of disturbances along the vessel wall. Finite element simulations of a 3 μm radius microbubble suspended in a viscous liquid and enclosed in a 4 μm radius elastic vessel were performed, and the results compared with existing analytical results for wave propagation in elastic liquid-filled tubes. The vessel wall was shown to have a significant effect upon the amplitude of bubble oscillation and hence acoustic radiation from it, as well as distension of the vessel wall. It was found that the most important factor was the ratio of the excitation frequency to the natural "ring" frequency of the vessel which in turn depends upon its dimensions and mechanical properties. As this ratio increases, the motion of the vessel wall becomes increasingly localized to the site of the bubble. It was also shown that the validity of the results obtained using the applied model of vessel elasticity is limited to frequencies below the ring frequency, and this should be taken into account in the development of protocols for ultrasound safety and/or therapeutic procedures.