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Boron aluminum composite structures
Design, analysis and fabrication techniques have been developed for boron-aluminum composite structure technology and were compared with those of conventional metal structure technology to evaluate relative performance
Acoustic wave analysis
The primary mechanism for generation of acoustic waves in a centrifugal pump, due to the rotor/stator interaction, is an unsteady source at the entrance of the blade row as represented by the unsteady velocity field. The amplitudes of wave generated by pressure loading on the blades and by velocity boundary condition are compared
Method of calculating blade-to-blade plane flow in centrifugal pump
Steam filament solution determines velocity distribution due to potential flow in the blade-to-blade plane of the radial impeller. This is used to determine the mass-averaged relative fluid angle, which is in turn used in an axisymmetric program to obtain steam surfaces of the assumed axisymmetric flow
Pump discharge oscillation study Quarterly progress report no. 3, 1 Jan. - 31 Mar. 1966
Acoustic wave transmission and generation tests for determining pump discharge oscillatio
An 80 pc Long Massive Molecular Filament in the Galactic Mid-Plane
The ubiquity of filaments in star forming regions on a range of scales is
clear, yet their role in the star formation process remains in question. We
suggest that there are distinct classes of filaments which are responsible for
their observed diversity in star-forming regions. An example of a massive
molecular filament in the Galactic mid-plane formed at the intersection of
UV-driven bubbles which displays a coherent velocity structure (< 4 km/s) over
80 pc is presented. We classify such sources as Massive Molecular Filaments
(MMFs; M > 10^4 Msun, length > 10 pc, velocity gradient < 5 km/s) and suggest
that MMFs are just one of the many different classes of filaments discussed in
the literature today. Many MMFs are aligned with the Galactic Plane and may be
akin to the dark dust lanes seen in Grand Design Spirals.Comment: To appear in proceedings of the 'Labyrinth of Star Formation' meeting
(18-22 June 2012, Chania, Greece), published by Springe
On the validity of the “thin” and “thick” double-layer assumptions when calculating streaming currents in porous media
We find that the thin double layer assumption, in which the thickness of the electrical diffuse layer is assumed small compared to the radius of curvature of a pore or throat, is valid in a capillary tubes model so long as the capillary radius is >200 times the double layer thickness, while the thick double layer assumption, in which the diffuse layer is assumed to extend across the entire pore or throat, is valid so long as the capillary radius is >6 times smaller than the double layer thickness. At low surface charge density (0.5 M) the validity criteria are less stringent. Our results suggest that the thin double layer assumption is valid in sandstones at low specific surface charge (<10 mC· m -2), but may not be valid in sandstones of moderate- to small pore-throat size at higher surface charge if the brine concentration is low (<0.001 M). The thick double layer assumption is likely to be valid in mudstones at low brine concentration (<0.1 M) and surface charge (<10 mC· m -2), but at higher surface charge, it is likely to be valid only at low brine concentration (<0.003 M). Consequently, neither assumption may be valid in mudstones saturated with natural brines. Copyright © 2012 Matthew D. Jackson and Eli Leinov
Thermal analyses of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) scientific instrument using the NASTRAN thermal analyzer (NTA): A general purpose summary
The NTA Level 15.5.2/3, was used to provide non-linear steady-state (NLSS) and non-linear transient (NLTR) thermal predictions for the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Scientific Instrument (SI). NASTRAN structural models were used as the basis for the thermal models, which were produced by a straight forward conversion procedure. The accuracy of this technique was sub-sequently demonstrated by a comparison of NTA predicts with the results of a thermal vacuum test of the IUE Engineering Test Unit (ETU). Completion of these tasks was aided by the use of NTA subroutines
View factor computer program (VIEW)
Existing view factor program, RAVFAC, was modified to accept NASTRAN and/or RAVFAC surface descriptions. Output formatting was altered to produce view factor matrices which could be directly input to NASTRAN
Summary, study of pump discharge pressure oscillations
Analytical data on pump-generated pressure, flow, blade wake, cavitation, and stall oscillations for application to turbopump desig
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