Structure normal velocity reconstruction withsparse measurement points

To achieve normal velocity reconstruction of a vibrating surface with sparse mea- surement points, a reconstruction method is proposed by exploiting of acoustic radiation modes as expansion functions, which are capable of describing the geometric shape of a vibrating surface. Firstly, acoustic radiation modes of the vibrating surface are calculated and the rela- tionship between normal velocity and acoustic radiation modes is built. Then actual measured normal velocity values are expressed by corresponding acoustic radiation modes and the expan- sion coefficients are calculated. Subsequently, all normal velocity values can be reconstructed by the obtained expansion coefficients. Experimental validations have been performed by a double-layer steel cylindrical shell with enclosed ends in an anechoic water tank. Two cases with different wavenumber components distribution were designed by a vibration shaker and a rotor device respectively. Two experimental results both show that actual vibration distribution cannot be revealed exactly by the sparse measurement points, which corresponds to severe loss of vibration related wavenumber components. On the other hand, normal velocity and corresponding wavenumber components can be restored accurately in both two wavenumber components distribution cases according to the proposed method, which demonstrates obvious effectiveness of the proposed method.

Influence of Screw Design on Burden Descending Velocity and Particle Segregation in COREX Shaft Furnace

COREX shaft furnace（SF）is an industrial system that employs screw feeders;thus,the burden descending velocity and particle segregation in the SF can be directly affected by the design of screw.A three-dimensional actual size model of COREX-3000 SF was established using the discrete element method.Four types of burdens,including pellet,ore,flux and coke,were considered in this model.With this consideration,the effect of screw design on solid flow was investigated.Results showed that,in the base case,burdens fell primarily down from the first flight of the screw.The burden descending velocities were nearly uniform in the peripheral direction and decreased along the radial direction.In addition,the normalized particle size increased in the center area and decreased in the wall area.Reducing the flight diameter of screw benefited an even flow pattern and restrained the rolling tendency of burden from the edge to center areas.An optimized case was also proposed,in which a uniform solid flow profile could be obtained and the evenness of descending velocity along the radius could be greatly improved.

Complex eigenvalues and group velocities of normal modes in shallow water with a lossy bottom

For the stratified shallow water with a lossy bottom, the distribution and asymptotic behavior of mode eigenvalues in the complex plane are discussed on the basis of the Pekeris cut. The analysis shows that even in the shallow water with a low-speed lossy bottom there may be the proper modes which satisfy the radiation condition at infinite depth. It is also shown that when the ratio between the densities of the seawater and seabottom is close to one, there exist only a finite number of improper modes . An iterative method for evaluating the complex eigenvalues and group velocities of normal modes is presented and some numerical results are given.

3D Quench Simulation Using Finite Element Method for CR Superconducting Magnet's Strand

The CR superconducting magnet is a dipole of the FAIR project of GSI in Germany.The quench of the strand is simulated using FEM software ANSYS.From the simulation,the quench propagation can be visualized. Programming with APDL,the value of propagation velocity of normal zone is calculated.Also the voltage increasing over time of the strand is computed and pictured.Furthermore,the Minimum Propagation Zone(MPZ)is studied. At last,the relation between the current and the propagation velocity of normal zone,and the influence of initial temperature on quench propagation are studied.

Scale-up effect analysis and modeling of liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed risers using multigene genetic programming

Understanding scale-up effects on the hydrodynamics of a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed(LSCFB)unit requires both experimental and theoretical analysis.We implement multigene genetic programming(MGGP)to investigate the solid holdup and distribution in three LSCFB systems with different heights.In addition to data obtained here,we also use a portion of data sets of LSCFB systems developed by Zheng(1999)and Liang et al.(1996).Model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data in both radial and axial directions and at different normalized superficial liquid and solid velocities.The radial profiles of the solid holdup are approximately identical at a fixed average cross-sectional solid holdup for the three LSCFB systems studied.Statistical performance indicators including the mean absolute percentage error(6.19%)and correlation coefficient(0.985)are within an acceptable range.The results suggest that a MGGP modeling approach is suitable for predicting the solid holdup and distribution of a scaled-up LSCFB system.