This paper presents the setup and performance of a drop tower experiment which investigates the behavior of liquid during self-driven capillary transport between two parallel perforated plates under microgravity. With...This paper presents the setup and performance of a drop tower experiment which investigates the behavior of liquid during self-driven capillary transport between two parallel perforated plates under microgravity. With the onset ofmicrogravity the liquid rises between the two parallel plates as a result of capillary pressure. Eight different sets of plates are tested in this study and the free surface height and the volume of transported liquid is subsequently analyzed. The plate sets differ in geometric properties of their perforations, distance, and width. In each set the perforations of both plates are identical and have a diameter of a few millimeters. The capillary rise velocity is influenced by the perforation diameter and the area porosity of the plates. As could be expected, the capillary transport capability increases with decreasing plate porosity.展开更多
Liquid sloshing is a type of free surface flow inside a partially filled water tank.Sloshing exerts a significant effect on the safety of liquid transport systems;in particular,it may cause large hydrodynamic loads wh...Liquid sloshing is a type of free surface flow inside a partially filled water tank.Sloshing exerts a significant effect on the safety of liquid transport systems;in particular,it may cause large hydrodynamic loads when the frequency of the tank motion is close to the natural frequency of the tank.Perforated plates have recently been used to suppress the violent movement of liquids in a sloshing tank at resonant conditions.In this study,a numerical model based on OpenF OAM(Open Source Field Operation and Manipulation),an open source computed fluid dynamic code,is used to investigate resonant sloshing in a swaying tank with a submerged horizontal perforated plate.The numerical results of the free surface elevations are first verified using experimental data,and then the flow characteristics around the perforated plate and the fluid velocity distribution in the entire tank are examined using numerical examples.The results clearly show differences in sloshing motions under first-order and third-order resonant frequencies.This study provides a better understanding of the energy dissipation mechanism of a horizontal perforated plate in a swaying tank.展开更多
This paper presents the experimental pressure loss of water flow through perforated plates with geometry similar to the ones of the bottom end piece of a Pressurized Water Reactors （PWR） fuel element. Geometric feat...This paper presents the experimental pressure loss of water flow through perforated plates with geometry similar to the ones of the bottom end piece of a Pressurized Water Reactors （PWR） fuel element. Geometric features like the number, pattern and diameter of holes were evaluated as well as different inlet chamfers. The recovering pressure profile downstream of the plates was also measured. The experimental results were compared with numerical modeling performed with the commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD） code CFX 11.0. The analysis of the results shows that the standard k-e turbulence model presents the best compromise between computing time and accuracy for the calculation of the total pressure loss through the perforated plates tested.展开更多
Projectile perforation of concrete slabs will produce numerous concrete fragments on the rear face of the concrete slabs. These concrete fragments will cause serious secondary damage to the indoor personnel and equipm...Projectile perforation of concrete slabs will produce numerous concrete fragments on the rear face of the concrete slabs. These concrete fragments will cause serious secondary damage to the indoor personnel and equipment of protective structures.Accurately evaluating the damage area of concrete slabs is an important problem. Therefore, a theoretical model of a rigid projectile perforation of concrete slabs is constructed using the energy method in this paper. In this model, a new shear failure method is proposed to calculate the energy consumption of the shear formation by combining with the von-Mises failure criterion and failure strain. Based on the energy conservation and principle of minimum potential energy, explicit equations for the perforation performance are formulated. The theoretical predictions agree well with the experimental results. Furthermore,experiments on a high-speed projectile normal perforation of concrete are carried out to verify the accuracy of the corresponding theoretical prediction.展开更多
文摘This paper presents the setup and performance of a drop tower experiment which investigates the behavior of liquid during self-driven capillary transport between two parallel perforated plates under microgravity. With the onset ofmicrogravity the liquid rises between the two parallel plates as a result of capillary pressure. Eight different sets of plates are tested in this study and the free surface height and the volume of transported liquid is subsequently analyzed. The plate sets differ in geometric properties of their perforations, distance, and width. In each set the perforations of both plates are identical and have a diameter of a few millimeters. The capillary rise velocity is influenced by the perforation diameter and the area porosity of the plates. As could be expected, the capillary transport capability increases with decreasing plate porosity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51490675,51322903,and 51279224)
文摘Liquid sloshing is a type of free surface flow inside a partially filled water tank.Sloshing exerts a significant effect on the safety of liquid transport systems;in particular,it may cause large hydrodynamic loads when the frequency of the tank motion is close to the natural frequency of the tank.Perforated plates have recently been used to suppress the violent movement of liquids in a sloshing tank at resonant conditions.In this study,a numerical model based on OpenF OAM(Open Source Field Operation and Manipulation),an open source computed fluid dynamic code,is used to investigate resonant sloshing in a swaying tank with a submerged horizontal perforated plate.The numerical results of the free surface elevations are first verified using experimental data,and then the flow characteristics around the perforated plate and the fluid velocity distribution in the entire tank are examined using numerical examples.The results clearly show differences in sloshing motions under first-order and third-order resonant frequencies.This study provides a better understanding of the energy dissipation mechanism of a horizontal perforated plate in a swaying tank.
文摘This paper presents the experimental pressure loss of water flow through perforated plates with geometry similar to the ones of the bottom end piece of a Pressurized Water Reactors （PWR） fuel element. Geometric features like the number, pattern and diameter of holes were evaluated as well as different inlet chamfers. The recovering pressure profile downstream of the plates was also measured. The experimental results were compared with numerical modeling performed with the commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD） code CFX 11.0. The analysis of the results shows that the standard k-e turbulence model presents the best compromise between computing time and accuracy for the calculation of the total pressure loss through the perforated plates tested.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11390362&11521062)
文摘Projectile perforation of concrete slabs will produce numerous concrete fragments on the rear face of the concrete slabs. These concrete fragments will cause serious secondary damage to the indoor personnel and equipment of protective structures.Accurately evaluating the damage area of concrete slabs is an important problem. Therefore, a theoretical model of a rigid projectile perforation of concrete slabs is constructed using the energy method in this paper. In this model, a new shear failure method is proposed to calculate the energy consumption of the shear formation by combining with the von-Mises failure criterion and failure strain. Based on the energy conservation and principle of minimum potential energy, explicit equations for the perforation performance are formulated. The theoretical predictions agree well with the experimental results. Furthermore,experiments on a high-speed projectile normal perforation of concrete are carried out to verify the accuracy of the corresponding theoretical prediction.
