Method of liquid flow measurement using a modified PIV method

W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań pomiaru prędkości ruchu cieczy. Prędkość określono na podstawie zdjęć fotograficznych z wizualizacji ruchu cieczy, w której znajdowały się znaczniki optyczne. Przedstawiona metoda umożliwia wyznaczenie prędkości ruchu cieczy z dokładnością do kilku procent wartości mierzonej.Phenomena related to the flow around different types of obstacles belong to one of the most difficult issues of fluid mechanics. Fluid flowing to the obstacle is disturbing what is associated with the formation of vortices. The frequency and intensity of vortices depend on flow and type of obstacle. The phenomenon is used in vortex flow meters. The paper present the test stand of flow visualization for vortex bluff bodies of vortex flowmeter. Very important parameter, which is necessary to designate in testing space is flow velocity. The paper proposes a method of measuring the velocity of liquid motion based on the image recorded during the visualization. The flow velocity was determined by the photographic images from the fluid flow visualization in which the tags were located. Pictures were taken with a camera with a long exposure time. The proposed method enables the determination of the fluid velocity to a certain percentage of the measured value. The uncertainty of this measurement significantly depends on the value of the measured velocity. In order to maintain the desired measurement accuracy, it is necessary to adjust the exposure time accordingly

Experimental determination of velocity profile in a rectangular channel

Badania zrealizowane na potrzeby niniejszego artykułu miały na celu eksperymentalną ocenę wpływu typowego elementu armatury instalacyjnej oraz wartości turbulencji przepływu na wyznaczanie długość odcinka prostego pozwalającego na stabilizację strugi przepływającego płynu.The research reported in this article was concerned with experimental evaluation of the effect of installation of a typical element of armature and the level of flow turbulence on the length of the straight tube section needed for the development of fluid flow. In order to carry out the tests, an experimental setup was built, which main element consists of a steel channel through which ambient air is delivered inside the installation. The channel has a square cross-section and length of 160 mm. Along this channel, a system of three 30o elbows was installed and combined to form a single 90° segmented bend. With the purpose of assessing the flow disturbance at specified distances from the flow obstruction, it was necessary to determine the velocity profile of the fluid flow in the channel. This goal applied a measuring system comprising a Pitot tube connected to a linear module. This setup provided the measurements of the velocity along the entire section of the channel with the measurement space traversed with a step equal to 2mm

An improved comparison of three rough set approaches to missing attribute values

In a previous paper three types of missing attribute values: lost values, attribute-concept values and "do not care" conditions were compared using six data sets. Since previous experimental results were affected by large variances due to conducting experiments on different versions of a given data set, we conducted new experiments, using the same pattern of missing attribute values for all three types of missing attribute values and for both certain and possible rules. Additionally, in our new experiments, the process of incremental replacing specified values by missing attribute values was terminated when entire rows of the data sets were full of missing attribute values. Finally, we created new, incomplete data sets by replacing the specified values starting from 5% of all attribute values, instead of 10% as in the previous experiments, with an increment of 5% instead of the previous increment of 10%. As a result, it is becoming more clear that the best approach to missing attribute values is based on lost values, with small difference between certain and possible rules, and that the worst approach is based on "do not care" conditions, certain rules. With our improved experimental setup it is also more clear that for a given data set the type of the missing attribute values should be selected individually

Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I action on progesterone secretion by porcine corpora lutea isolated at various periods of the luteal phase

This study was conducted to investigate the interactions between growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on progesterone (P4) secretion by porcine luteal cells cultured in vitro. Cells isolated from corpora lutea (CL) collected at three different periods of the luteal phase (CL1 - early luteal phase; CL2 - middle luteal phase and CL3 - late luteal phase) were incubated with different doses of GH (10, 100 or 200 ng/ml). After 48 h cultures were terminated and the media were frozen until further P4 concentration analysis. GH (100 ng/ml) increased P4 secretion by CL1 and CL2 and had no effect on CL3. In separate studies these cells were treated for 48 h with IGF-I alone or with GH combined with IGF-I. IGF-I alone increased basal P4 secretion only by cells collected from CL1 while concurrent treatment with GH had no effect on P4 secretion by any type of CL. To investigate the possible mechanism of GH and IGF-I mediated induction of P4 secretion, an inhibitory study was conducted. In this experiment, luteal cells collected from CL1 were cultured in the absence or presence of cycloheximide (an inhibitor of protein synthesis) or actinomycin D (an inhibitor of DNA transcription). Cycloheximide or actinomycin D completely blocked the stimulatory effect of both GH and IGF-I on P4 production but did not reduce basal progesterone secretion suggesting involvement of gene transcription and translation in the GH and IGF-I action on luteal cells. Additionally, the activity of 3ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3ß-HSD) under the influence of GH added alone or together with IGF was measured by the conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone. Stimulation of P4 secretion in P5-treated cells in GH-stimulated cultures was not observed, however, high stimulatory effect was noted in IGF-I treated cultures. In conclusion, the present studies indicate that there is direct and cycle stage dependent influence of GH and IGF-I on steroidogenesis in porcine luteal cells. It is suggested that both IGF and GH may exert some regulatory action during CL development in the pig