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Electrodynamic induction flowmeter
Device determines velocity and electrical conductivity of a moving fluid of high electrical resistance by imposing a transverse electro-quasistatic field on the fluid. Position changes of charge accumulations induced within the fluid by the field are sensed by relative movement between fluid and sensor
Synchronous charge-constrained electroquasistatic generator
Electroquasistatic generator depends on electroquasistatic interactions to provide synchronous operation. The generator employs a moving insulating belt, with an ac electric potential source to establish positively and negatively charged regions on the belt. The field effect of the charges on the belt creates an ac output voltage
An Electrohydrodynamic Induction Pump
Electrohydrodynamic traveling wave induction pumping of liquids and gase
Thermally induced electroconvection
Thermally induced electroconvection by using thermal gradient and dc electric field on poorly conducting flui
Functional analysis of embolism induced by air injection in Acer rubrum and Salix nigra.
The goal of this study was to assess the effect of induced embolism with air injection treatments on the function of xylem in Acer rubrum L. and Salix nigra Marsh. Measurements made on mature trees of A. rubrum showed that pneumatic pressurization treatments that created a pressure gradient of 5.5 MPa across pit membranes (ΔP pit) had no effect on stomatal conductance or on branch-level sap flow. The same air injection treatments made on 3-year-old potted A. rubrum plants also had no effect on whole plant transpiration. A separate study made on mature A. rubrum trees showed that 3.0 and 5.5 MPa of ΔP pit values resulted in an immediate 100% loss in hydraulic conductance (PLC) in petioles. However, the observed change in PLC was short lived, and significant hydraulic recovery occurred within 5-10 min post air-pressurization treatments. Similar experiments conducted on S. nigra plants exposed to ΔP pit of 3 MPa resulted in a rapid decline in whole plant transpiration followed by leaf wilting and eventual plant death, showing that this species lacks the ability to recover from induced embolism. A survey that measured the effect of air-pressurization treatments on seven other species showed that some species are very sensitive to induction of embolism resulting in leaf wilting and branch death while others show minimal to no effect despite that in each case, the applied ΔP pit of 5.5 MPa significantly exceeded any native stress that these plants would experience naturally
Electrohydrodynamic Rayleigh-Taylor bulk instability
Stability criterion for initially static, stratified fluid subject to electrical stres
Continuum Electromechanics Group - Traveling Wave Bulk Electroconvection Induced Across a Temperature Gradient
Traveling wave bulk electroconvection induced across temperature gradien
DEAN: A program for dynamic engine analysis
The Dynamic Engine Analysis program, DEAN, is a FORTRAN code implemented on the IBM/370 mainframe at NASA Lewis Research Center for digital simulation of turbofan engine dynamics. DEAN is an interactive program which allows the user to simulate engine subsystems as well as a full engine systems with relative ease. The nonlinear first order ordinary differential equations which define the engine model may be solved by one of four integration schemes, a second order Runge-Kutta, a fourth order Runge-Kutta, an Adams Predictor-Corrector, or Gear's method for still systems. The numerical data generated by the model equations are displayed at specified intervals between which the user may choose to modify various parameters affecting the model equations and transient execution. Following the transient run, versatile graphics capabilities allow close examination of the data. DEAN's modeling procedure and capabilities are demonstrated by generating a model of simple compressor rig
Continuum feedback control of a Rayleigh- Taylor type instability
Continuum feedback control of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilit
Stability and dynamics of rotating dielectrophoretic equilibria
Design of dielectrophoretic liquid orientation and expulsion systems for zero gravity environments with maximum electromechanical effects of imposed electric fiel
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