This paper illustrates the reasons behind the research strategy that has led to a new generation of trimaran hulls by minimizing the hull's drag-design approach. The objective of this study was to search for the opti...This paper illustrates the reasons behind the research strategy that has led to a new generation of trimaran hulls by minimizing the hull's drag-design approach. The objective of this study was to search for the optimal side-hull yaw and roll angle to minimize induced drag of trimarans a^d so to investigate the differences in the performance results of a trimaran hull. Specifically, this research has been based on a critical analysis of the diversity of ama yaw and roll angles and outriggers positioning. Then, the paper will be comparing the results of the test series of the yaw and roll angles of trimaran areas. Design and towing tank test of a scaled trimaran model will be illustrated and compared along with some key and relevant results. The term "ama" is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability.展开更多
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer prevention; however, it is still an imperfect modality. Precancerous lesions can be lost during screening examinations, thus increasing the risk of interval cance...Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer prevention; however, it is still an imperfect modality. Precancerous lesions can be lost during screening examinations, thus increasing the risk of interval cancer. A variety of factors either patient-, or endoscopist dependent or even the procedure itself may contribute to loss of lesions. Sophisticated modalities including advanced technology endoscopes and add-on devices have been developed in an effort to eliminate colonoscopy's drawbacks and maximize its ability to detect potentially culprit polyps. Novel colonoscopes aim to widen the field of view. They incorporate more than one cameras enabling simultaneous image transmission. In that way the field of view can expand up to 330°. On the other hand a plethora of add-on devices attachable on the standard colonoscope promise to detect lesions in the proximal aspect of colonic folds either by offering a retrograde view of the lumen or by straightening the haustral folds during withdrawal. In this minireview we discuss how these recent advances affect colonoscopy performance by improving its quality indicators(cecal intubation rate, adenoma detection rate) and other metrics(polyp detection rate, adenomas per colonoscopy, polyp/adenoma miss rate) associated with examination's outcomes.展开更多
A novel single-ring absolute optical shaft encoder is designed by studying the encoding principle of traditional absolute optical shaft encoder in this paper. The description of the orientation algorithm of the encode...A novel single-ring absolute optical shaft encoder is designed by studying the encoding principle of traditional absolute optical shaft encoder in this paper. The description of the orientation algorithm of the encoder is specified, and an example for explaining the orientation arithmetic is given, which indicates that the theory of the encoder works. The visual interface to acquire signals of CCD is shown with VB,which provides reliable foundation to process data. The effective factors of measurement precision of the encoder are analyzed.展开更多
The walking creatures' athletic ability is related to their body' s musculoskeletal system.A kind of musculoskeletal body for quadruped robots is developed,which will be used to assist the leg mechanism to ach...The walking creatures' athletic ability is related to their body' s musculoskeletal system.A kind of musculoskeletal body for quadruped robots is developed,which will be used to assist the leg mechanism to achieve spinning gait in order to improve the robot mobility in unstructured environment.A bionic-flexible-spine model driven by pneumatic artificial muscles(PAMs) is proposed.Because the body has the flexible property,the robot can achieve spinning gait quickly,which is similar to walking creatures by coordinated movement between body bending and legs side-swing.The kinematics of the bending of the musculoskeletal body and side-swing of leg mechanism of quadruped robot for spinning gait are studied.According to the stability analysis of spinning gait,the relationship between body bending angle and leg swing angle can be determined.The PID controller is designed to conduct the bending experiment,and the bending characteristic of the musculoskeletal body is studied.Experimental results show that the biggest bending angle of the musculoskeletal body can reach 30°.展开更多
An improved spherical, movable transfer skirt for autonomous submersibles has been devised. It was designed to permit the transfer of equipment and personnel from a submersible to the pressure chamber of an oil storag...An improved spherical, movable transfer skirt for autonomous submersibles has been devised. It was designed to permit the transfer of equipment and personnel from a submersible to the pressure chamber of an oil storage sea-bed structure. It also allowed mating at large vertical angles while the submersible remained horizontal. Seal failure modes and procedures for analyzing the sealing ability of the mating flange of the hull transfer skirt were thoroughly analyzed using conservative estimation methods. In the analysis, sea currents and mating angles were considered. Results showed that when considering the effects of currents, spherical radius and mating angle, their influence on seal ring failure should be considered first. The critical mating depth for a seal ring failure was larger than for either sliding or rotational failure modes. The critical mating depth can be used to determine the mating method of the submersible. The analytical procedures and results can be used as a reference for the design of spherical hull transfer skirts.展开更多
Mini turbo-pumps having a diameter smaller than 100mm are employed in many fields;automobile radiator pump,ventricular assist pump,cooling pump for electric devices,washing machine pump and so on.Further,the needs for...Mini turbo-pumps having a diameter smaller than 100mm are employed in many fields;automobile radiator pump,ventricular assist pump,cooling pump for electric devices,washing machine pump and so on.Further,the needs for mini turbo-pumps would become larger with the increase of the application of it for electrical machines.It is desirable that the mini turbo-pump design is as simple as possible due to restriction to make precise manufactures.But the design method for the mini turbo-pump is not established because the internal flow condition for these small-sized fluid machineries is not clarified and conventional theory is not conductive for small-sized pumps.Three types of rotors with different outlet angles are prepared for an experiment and a numerical analysis.The performance tests are conducted with these rotors in order to investigate the effect of the blade outlet angle on performance and internal flow condition of mini turbo-pumps.It is clarified from the experimental results that head of the mini turbo-pump increases and maximum efficiency flow rate shifts to larger flow rate according to the increase of the blade outlet angle,however the maximum efficiency decreases with the increase of it.In the present paper,the performance of the mini turbo-pump is shown and the internal flow conditions are clarified with the results of the experiment and the numerical flow analysis.Furthermore,the effects of the blade outlet angle on the performance are investigated and high performance design with simple structure for the mini turbo-pump would be considered.展开更多
文摘This paper illustrates the reasons behind the research strategy that has led to a new generation of trimaran hulls by minimizing the hull's drag-design approach. The objective of this study was to search for the optimal side-hull yaw and roll angle to minimize induced drag of trimarans a^d so to investigate the differences in the performance results of a trimaran hull. Specifically, this research has been based on a critical analysis of the diversity of ama yaw and roll angles and outriggers positioning. Then, the paper will be comparing the results of the test series of the yaw and roll angles of trimaran areas. Design and towing tank test of a scaled trimaran model will be illustrated and compared along with some key and relevant results. The term "ama" is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability.
文摘Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer prevention; however, it is still an imperfect modality. Precancerous lesions can be lost during screening examinations, thus increasing the risk of interval cancer. A variety of factors either patient-, or endoscopist dependent or even the procedure itself may contribute to loss of lesions. Sophisticated modalities including advanced technology endoscopes and add-on devices have been developed in an effort to eliminate colonoscopy's drawbacks and maximize its ability to detect potentially culprit polyps. Novel colonoscopes aim to widen the field of view. They incorporate more than one cameras enabling simultaneous image transmission. In that way the field of view can expand up to 330°. On the other hand a plethora of add-on devices attachable on the standard colonoscope promise to detect lesions in the proximal aspect of colonic folds either by offering a retrograde view of the lumen or by straightening the haustral folds during withdrawal. In this minireview we discuss how these recent advances affect colonoscopy performance by improving its quality indicators(cecal intubation rate, adenoma detection rate) and other metrics(polyp detection rate, adenomas per colonoscopy, polyp/adenoma miss rate) associated with examination's outcomes.
文摘A novel single-ring absolute optical shaft encoder is designed by studying the encoding principle of traditional absolute optical shaft encoder in this paper. The description of the orientation algorithm of the encoder is specified, and an example for explaining the orientation arithmetic is given, which indicates that the theory of the encoder works. The visual interface to acquire signals of CCD is shown with VB,which provides reliable foundation to process data. The effective factors of measurement precision of the encoder are analyzed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51375289)Shanghai Municipal National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.13ZR1415500)Innovation Fund of Shanghai Education Commission(No.13YZ020)
文摘The walking creatures' athletic ability is related to their body' s musculoskeletal system.A kind of musculoskeletal body for quadruped robots is developed,which will be used to assist the leg mechanism to achieve spinning gait in order to improve the robot mobility in unstructured environment.A bionic-flexible-spine model driven by pneumatic artificial muscles(PAMs) is proposed.Because the body has the flexible property,the robot can achieve spinning gait quickly,which is similar to walking creatures by coordinated movement between body bending and legs side-swing.The kinematics of the bending of the musculoskeletal body and side-swing of leg mechanism of quadruped robot for spinning gait are studied.According to the stability analysis of spinning gait,the relationship between body bending angle and leg swing angle can be determined.The PID controller is designed to conduct the bending experiment,and the bending characteristic of the musculoskeletal body is studied.Experimental results show that the biggest bending angle of the musculoskeletal body can reach 30°.
文摘An improved spherical, movable transfer skirt for autonomous submersibles has been devised. It was designed to permit the transfer of equipment and personnel from a submersible to the pressure chamber of an oil storage sea-bed structure. It also allowed mating at large vertical angles while the submersible remained horizontal. Seal failure modes and procedures for analyzing the sealing ability of the mating flange of the hull transfer skirt were thoroughly analyzed using conservative estimation methods. In the analysis, sea currents and mating angles were considered. Results showed that when considering the effects of currents, spherical radius and mating angle, their influence on seal ring failure should be considered first. The critical mating depth for a seal ring failure was larger than for either sliding or rotational failure modes. The critical mating depth can be used to determine the mating method of the submersible. The analytical procedures and results can be used as a reference for the design of spherical hull transfer skirts.
文摘Mini turbo-pumps having a diameter smaller than 100mm are employed in many fields;automobile radiator pump,ventricular assist pump,cooling pump for electric devices,washing machine pump and so on.Further,the needs for mini turbo-pumps would become larger with the increase of the application of it for electrical machines.It is desirable that the mini turbo-pump design is as simple as possible due to restriction to make precise manufactures.But the design method for the mini turbo-pump is not established because the internal flow condition for these small-sized fluid machineries is not clarified and conventional theory is not conductive for small-sized pumps.Three types of rotors with different outlet angles are prepared for an experiment and a numerical analysis.The performance tests are conducted with these rotors in order to investigate the effect of the blade outlet angle on performance and internal flow condition of mini turbo-pumps.It is clarified from the experimental results that head of the mini turbo-pump increases and maximum efficiency flow rate shifts to larger flow rate according to the increase of the blade outlet angle,however the maximum efficiency decreases with the increase of it.In the present paper,the performance of the mini turbo-pump is shown and the internal flow conditions are clarified with the results of the experiment and the numerical flow analysis.Furthermore,the effects of the blade outlet angle on the performance are investigated and high performance design with simple structure for the mini turbo-pump would be considered.