Effects of the Blade Shape on the Trailing Vortices in Liquid Flow Generated by Disc Turbines

Particle image velocimetry technique was used to analyze the trailing vortices and elucidate their rela-tionship with turbulence properties in a stirred tank of 0.48 m diameter,agitated by four different disc turbines,in-cluding Rushton turbine,concaved blade disk turbine,half elliptical blade disk turbine,and parabolic blade disk turbine.Phase-averaged and phase-resolved flow fields near the impeller blades were measured and the structure of trailing vortices was studied in detail.The location,size and strength of vortices were determined by the simplified λ2-criterion and the results showed that the blade shape had great effect on the trailing vortex characteristics.The larger curvature resulted in longer residence time of the vortex at the impeller tip,bigger distance between the upper and lower vortices and longer vortex life,also leads to smaller and stronger vortices.In addition,the turbulent ki-netic energy and turbulent energy dissipation in the discharge flow were determined and discussed.High turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent energy dissipation regions were located between the upper and lower vortices and moved along with them.Although restricted to single phase flow,the presented results are essential for reliable de-sign and scale-up of stirred tank with disc turbines.

Detecting Magma Mixing Processes Using Scanning Electron Microscopy Method

This review work explains some of the most important techniques to detect the occurrence of magma mixing phenomena in the volcanic rocks by using SEM （scanning electron microscope）. In particular, the most useful methods related to the different types of mixing are reviewed： complete mixing （blending） or incomplete mixing （mingling）. For blending, backscattered electron images and EDS （energy dispersive spectroscopy） are the most accurate methods： an example taken from a sample of ash of the 2007 Stromboli volcano eruption was used. For mingling, the best method is given by X-ray elemental mapping （in particular of Ca and Si）, as explained through the example taken from a sample of the 2003 explosive eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano. The aim of this work was to establish whereas would be useful to use backscattered eletron images, EDS, or X-ray elemental mapping techniques, according to the different types of mixing that occur very often in magmatic systems.

Wing tip vortex structure behind an airfoil with flaps at the tip

In this work, the wing tip vortex structure behind a NACA 0015 airfoil with and without small flaps was studied using a Partical Image Velocimetry （PIV） system. The experiment was carried out in a low speed wind tunnel with a test section of 0.5 m x 0.5 m. The Reynolds number （Re）, defined by the chord length of the wing （C）, was 8.1 x 104. The angle of attack was fixed at 10~. The PIV measurements were made from 0 to 2C, measured from the trailing edge of the model. The dihedral angle of three flaps was -15~, 0~ and 15~, respectively. Compared with the clean airfoil, the one with three flaps significantly changed the wing tip vortex structure, the vorticity and the core of the wing tip vortex. The occurrence of three flaps decreased the gradient of pressure on the two sides of the wing tip, which depressed wing tip vortex formation to some extent. Vortices shed from three flaps influence the evolution of the wingtip vortex generated by the base airfoil. The interaction of those vortices resulted in a weakening of the wing tip vortex.

Experimental investigation on cumulative propagation of thin film buckling under cyclic load

As instrument technology is needed for rapid determination of the smaller,thinner and lighter specimens,more stringent demands are related to thin films such as micro-electro-mechanical systems(MEMS),dielectric coatings and electronic packaging.Therefore,the requirement for testing platforms for rapidly determine the mechanical properties of thin films is increasing.Buckling of a film/substrate system could offer a variety of applications,ranging from stretchable electronics to micro-nanoscale metrology.In this paper,a fatigue-loading device has been designed to make the cyclic loading available for investigating the cumulative propagation of thin film buckling.The straight side buckling of thin compressed titanium film with the thickness of 50 nm deposited on organic glass substrates is investigated by using an optical microscope.The cumulative buckling propagation under the cyclic loading of a sequence of peak compression with the frequency 1 Hz is recorded by CCD camera.The buckling extension lengths are calculated by digital image measurement technology.