The Characteristic of Dose Equivalent Rates of Photon and Neutron Outside the Treatment Room under High-energy Electron Mode of Linac

Objective:The study aimed to explore the characteristic of dose equivalent rates(DERs)of photon and neutron outside the treatment room under high-energy electron mode(dose rate 1000 MU/min)of linac and to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment room protection.Methods:A 451 P pressurized ion chamber and a thermo neutron detector were used to measure the DERs of the photon and neutron at selected points.The effects of field size,applicator size,applicator,anthropomorphic phantom(CDP)and lead block on DER were investigated respectively.Results:The DERs of a photon at the center of shielding door(point A),control console(point B),primary shielding walls(point C,D)and roof of treatment room(point E)increased with increasing electron energy,but decreased with the increasing field size.The DERs of a photons at points A and B are smaller than 2.5μSv/h for all scenarios,while those at point D greater than 2.5μSv/h when irradiated by 18-22 Me V electron.In addition,CDP may change the DERs of a photon at points C and D about 5% to 30%.On the other hand,the DERs of neutron increase with increasing electron energy but decrease with the increase of field size and applicator size,however,the lead block and the applicator itself will change the DERs of leak neutron at point A,but its amplitude is less than 0.5μSv/h.The maximum DER of neutron at point A is 6.18μSv/h irradiated by 22 Me V electron.For other scenarios,they are all in the range of national standards limits.Conclusion:The DERs of a photon and neutron outside the treatment room mainly depend on the energy,field size and irradiation direction of the electron beam.If high-energy 18 Me V and 22 Me V electron beams will be used,the primary shielding walls and shielding doors need reconstructing or increasing thickness.

Relationship between Formation Water Rate,Equivalent Penetration Rate and Volume Flow Rate of Air in Air Drilling

Formation water invasion is the most troublesome problem associated with air drilling. However, it is not economical to apply mist drilling when only a small amount of water flows into wellbore from formation during air drilling. Formation water could be circulated out of the wellbore through increasing the gas injection rate. In this paper, the Angel model was modified by introducing Nikurade friction factor for the flow in coarse open holes and translating formation water rate into equivalent penetration rate. Thus the distribution of annular pressure and the relationship between minimum air injection rate and formation water rate were obtained. Real data verification indicated that the modified model is more accurate than the Angel model and can provide useful information for air drilling.

Calculation of the Distribution Rule of Equivalent Strain Rate near Explosive Welding Interface

The objectives of this study were to analyze the distribution of equivalent strain rate near the stagnation point and probe into the effects of colliding angle on strain rate. An ideal fluid model of symmetrically colliding was used to research them. Calculations showed the equivalent strain rate and the colliding half angle are closely related to each other with the material geometrical size and explosive velocity selected, the equivalent strain has large gradient within several jet thicknesses near the stagnation point, the maximal strain points are lined up along a beeline, but a curve near the stagnation point. With different colliding angles, they can be fitted by using exponential curve. That is, the exponential curve can be regarded as the token curve in explosive welding..

Distributed Energy Saving Mechanism Based on CoMP in LTE-A System

To reduce the energy consumption of the LTE-A system,a distributed energy-saving mechanism based on Co MP(Co MPDESM) is proposed to solve the inadequate coverage problem under the dormant cells.First,the network is divided into clusters based on the equivalent cell principle.Then,we transfer global optimization into a group of subproblems.Second,a joint processing-based cooperative cell selection model is constructed to determine cooperative cells and dormant cells.Third,the compensative cells with a determined threshold are selected to control users' access.Finally,a simulation is implemented in Matlab.Results show that the energy-saving rate can reach 36.4% and that the mechanism meets the network coverage requirement.Thus,joint processing can be effectively applied in an energy saving mechanism and used to improve the network performance of edge users without increasing transmission power.

Impact of random and scattered coincidences from outside of field of view on positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging with different reconstruction protocols

Image quality in positron emission tomography(PET)is affected by random and scattered coincidences and reconstruction protocols.In this study,we investigated the effects of scattered and random coincidences from outside the field of view(FOV)on PET image quality for different reconstruction protocols.Imaging was performed on the Discovery 690 PET/CT scanner,using experimental configurations including the NEMA phantom(a body phantom,with six spheres of different sizes)with a signal background ratio of 4:1.The NEMA phantom(phantom I)was scanned separately in a one-bed position.To simulate the effect of random and scatter coincidences from outside the FOV,six cylindrical phantoms with various diameters were added to the NEMA phantom(phantom II).The 18 emission datasets with mean intervals of 15 min were acquired(3 min/scan).The emission data were reconstructed using different techniques.The image quality parameters were evaluated by both phantoms.Variations in the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)in a 28-mm(10-mm)sphere of phantom II were 37.9%(86.5%)for ordered-subset expectation maximization(OSEM-only),36.8%(81.5%)for point spread function(PSF),32.7%(80.7%)for time of flight(TOF),and 31.5%(77.8%)for OSEM+PSF+TOF,respectively,indicating that OSEM+PSF+TOF reconstruction had the lowest noise levels and lowest coefficient of variation(COV)values.Random and scatter coincidences from outside the FOV induced lower SNR,lower contrast,and higher COV values,indicating image deterioration and significantly impacting smaller sphere sizes.Amongst reconstruction protocols,OSEM+PSF+TOF and OSEM+PSF showed higher contrast values for sphere sizes of 22,28,and 37 mm and higher contrast recovery coefficient values for smaller sphere sizes of 10 and 13 mm.

Queue clearance rate method for estimating passenger car equivalents at signalized intersections

This study explored the use of queue clearance rate method for estimating passenger car equivalent （PCE） at signalized intersections. PCE was estimated based on the assumption that the rate at which a queue of vehicles clears the intersection is a function of its composition. Results of this method were compared with the results estimated by some popular techniques. A fourqegged intersection was simulated in VISSIM software and different techniques were used to convert the traffic mix into a uniform one. Parameters of VISSIM were modified to closely reflect the traffic behaviour under heterogeneous traffic conditions. All approaches of the intersection were loaded to saturated conditions and accuracy of estimated PCEs were established by comparing converted flow （PCE/h） with the capacity of an all-car traffic stream. Method based on saturation flow delivered the best result, but its use was limited to traffic composed only of two types of vehicles. Results of regression and optimization techniques were almost similar and the converted flow was close to the capacity of all-car stream. However, accuracy of these methods strongly relied on the correct measurement of saturation flow. Queue clearance rate method did not require value of saturation flow and yielded good estimates of PCE throughout the simu- lation runs. The maximum difference between the converted flow and capacity estimated with all car situations was found to be less than 10% in all cases considered in this study.

WHU-Grace01s:A new temporal gravity field model recovered from GRACE KBRR data alone

A new temporal gravity field model called WHU-Grace01s solely recovered from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment （GRACE） K-Band Range Rate （KBRR） data based on dynamic integral approach is presented in this paper. After meticulously preprocessing of the GRACE KBRR data, the root mean square of its post residuals is about 0.2 micrometers per second, and seventy-two monthly temporal solutions truncated to degree and order 60 are computed for the period from January 2003 to December 2008. After applying the combi- nation filter in WHU-Grace01s, the global temporal signals show obvious periodical change rules in the large-scale fiver basins. In terms of the degree variance, our solution is smaller at high degrees, and shows a good consistency at the rest of degrees with the Release 05 models from Center for Space Research （CSR）, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam （GFZ） and Jet Pro- pulsion Laboratory 0PL）. Compared with other published models in terms of equivalent water height distribution, our solution is consistent with those published by CSR, GFZ, JPL, Delft institute of Earth Observation and Space system （DEOS）, Tongji University （Tongji）, Institute of Theoretical Geodesy （ITG）, Astronomical Institute in University of Bern （AIUB） and Groupe de Recherche de Geodesie Spatiale （GRGS}, which indicates that the accuracy of WHU-Grace01s has a good consistency with the previously published GRACE solutions.

Boundary-effect and scale-heating rate equivalence effect of cracking behavior in the rock models subjected to heating from the central borehole

Thermal cracking is broadly observed in rock engineering.A finite element numerical model which considers the heterogeneity of rock materials and the damage evolution process was used to simulate the thermal cracking behavior of square rock samples heated from the central borehole.The thermal and mechanical behaviors of two cases,i.e.,the case with large size but low heating rate and the case with small size but high heating rate were compared to study the crack initiation location in the models with different model sizes and heating rates.The simulated stress and temperature fields,as well as the failure pattern,were in good agreement with the experimental observations.The temperature and thermal stress distribution during the heating process in both cases indicated that high tensile stress was concentrated around the thermal gradient front,which resulted in the cracks initiating at the location with a certain distance away from the borehole.The results show that under the same heating rate,crack initiation location moves outwards with the increment of the model size then remains approximately at one location,which reflects the boundary-effect.Furthermore,the results indicate that the relative crack initiation locations in two cases are nearly the same if the ratio between the heating rate in two cases(Tx/Ty)nearly equal to the square of the inverse ratio of corresponding model side lengths((ay/ax)2).This concept is named the scale-heating rate equivalence effect in this study.It is beneficial for studying thermal cracking of rock both numerically and experimentally since the model size can be significantly decreased.

Numerical description of coalbed methane desorption stages based on isothermal adsorption experiment

Quantitative description of desorption stages of coalbed methane is an important basis to objectively understand the production of coalbed methane well,to diagnose the production state,and to optimize the management of draining and collection of coalbed methane.A series of isothermal adsorption experiments were carried out with 12 anthracite samples from 6 coalbed methane wells located in the south of the Qinshui Basin,based on the results of isothermal adsorption experiments,and an analytical model was developed based on the Langmuir sorption theory.With the model,a numerical method that adopts equivalent desorption rate and its curve was established,which can be used to characterize the staged desorption of coalbed methane.According to the experimental and numerical characterizations,three key pressure points determined by the equivalent desorption rate curvature that defines pressure-declining desorption stage,have been proposed and confirmed,namely,start-up pressure,transition pressure and sensitive pressure.By using these three key pressure points,the process of coalbed methane desorption associated with isothermal adsorption experiments can be divided into four stages,i.e.,zero desorption stage,slow desorption stage,transition desorption stage,and sensitive desorption stage.According to analogy analysis,there are differences and similarities between the processes of coalbed methane desorption identified by isothermal adsorption experiments and observed in gas production.Moreover,it has been found that larger Langmuir volume and ratio of Langmuir constants are beneficial to earlier advent of steady production stage,whereas it is also possible that the declining production stage may occur ahead of schedule.