Numerical investigation on bowed blades of large meridional expansion Turbine

To improve the performance of the Turbofan engine,several measures should be considered during design process.Such measures,relating to aerodynamic characteristic design,include the maximum enthalpy per stage,the shortest axial length,the minimum blade rows and the highest efficient in design and off design condition.To satisfy theses design characters,the meridian geometry of the engine will be excurvature at a high degree transition part between HP and LP turbines.The study is to investigate the effect of blade bowing on flow loss at blade tip and root of the type of turbine.Such turbine,tending towards separation,with severe secondary flow at the tip and strong radial flow at exit,was simulated by the 3D N-S solver Numerca,and there were several different stacking line bowing schemes in all.The results show that tip negative bowing and root positive bowing is able to weaken radial flow,consequently reduce the flow loss at the tip and root.

Influence of coupled boundary layer suction and bowed blade on flow field and performance of a diffusion cascade

Based on the investigation of mid-span local boundary layer suction and positive bowed cascade, a coupled local tailored boundary layer suction and positive bowed blade method is developed to improve the performance of a highly loaded diffusion cascade with less suction slot. The effectiveness of the coupled method under different inlet boundary layers is also investigated.Results show that mid-span local boundary layer suction can effectively remove trailing edge separation, but deteriorate the flow fields near the endwall. The positive bowed cascade is beneficial for reducing open corner separation, but is detrimental to mid-span flow fields. The coupled method can further improve the performance and flow field of the cascade. The mid-span trailing edge separation and open corner separation are eliminated. Compared with linear cascade with suction, the coupled method reduces overall loss of the cascade by 31.4% at most. The mid-span loss of the cascade decreases as the suction coefficient increases, but increases as bow angle increases. The endwall loss increases as the suction coefficient increases. By contrast, the endwall loss decreases significantly as the bow angle increases. The endwall loss of coupled controlled cascade is higher than that of bowed cascade with the same bow angle because of the spanwise inverse ‘‘C＂ shaped static pressure distribution. Under different inlet boundary layer conditions, the coupled method can also improve the cascade effectively.

Flow separation control by using bowed blade in highly loaded turbine cascades

Due to the serious flow separations and centralized vortices,there are high secondary losses in highly loaded turbines.It is imperative to find measures to control the flow separation and vortices hence improve the turbine performance.This paper reports our recent progress on flow separation and vor-tices control in highly loaded turbine cascades by using bowed blades.Two sets of highly loaded tur-bine cascades with the turning angles of 113° and 160°,and each with 7 bowed blade angles 0°(straight),±10°,±20° and ±30° were experimentally investigated.Both internal flow field measurement and flow visualization on the blade surfaces were conducted,and the effects of blade bowing on the flow topology,distribution of vorticity and the flow energy loss were discussed.The results show that,for the cascade with the turning angle of 113°,the appropriately positive bow angle could reduce the flow energy loss;whereas for the cascade with the turning angle of 160°,the well selected negative bow angle can give the better aerodynamic performance.

Numerical Investigation of the Bowed Stator Effects in a Transonic Fan at LowReynolds Number

The performance of fan stage in a small turbofan engines is significantly affected at high-altitude low Reynolds number. In order to examine the effect of low Reynolds number on the fan stage, 3D numerical simulation method was employed to analyse the performance variations and the underlying flow structure in the fan stage. For the sake of decreasing the influence of low Reynolds number, the different bowed stator airfoils were redesigned and the effect of the modified design was evaluated.

Effect of Bowed/Leaned Vane on the Unsteady Aerodynamic Excitation in Transonic Turbine

To investigate the effect of bowed/leaned vane configurations on the aerodynamic performance and aerodynamic excitation in transonic high-pressure turbine, the full three-dimensional viscous unsteady numerical simulation was performed by solving N-S equations based on SAS SST method.The influence of bowed/leaned vanes on turbine efficiency and efficiency fluctuation was investigated. The action of vane modelling to the overall aerodynamic fluctuation level and the amplitude of each vane passing frequency were analyzed. By comparing instantaneous pressure fluctuation contours in the blade passage with space-time maps, the link of the pressure fluctuation on blade surface with flow distortions was achieved, which can reveal the mechanism of the impact of the vane modelling. As the results suggest, the turbine efficiency is promoted with positively leaned and bowed vane modelling, and the fluctuation of stage turbine efficiency is repressed, which contributes to the smooth running of the turbine stage. The blade aerodynamic excitation on the rotor blade is characterized by the motion of vane trailing edge shock system, and the vane configurations can reduce the fluctuation level on the rotor blade surface effectively. For the positively leaned vane configuration, the aerodynamic excitations at the root and tip region are affected by the impact of the amplitude of the first harmonic, whereas they are reduced with the decrease of the amplitude of the second and higher harmonics at midspan. For the positively bowed vane, aerodynamic excitation is repressed by reducing the amplitude of the third harmonic at the root region, and the first harmonic at the tip region, and the amplitude of each harmonic is reduced at the middle region.

Computational Study on the Boundary Layer Suction Effects in the Supersonic Compressor Flow with a Bowed Blade

Flow control methodologies have been widely used to eliminating flow separation and increasing the blade load in axial compressor.Aiming at revealing the flow mechanism of coupled bowed blading and boundary layer suction in a supersonic compressor cascade,a cascade with a diffusion coefficient of 0.62 is numerically presented.First of all,according to the available experimental data,the numerical method was validated;then,different bowed blading effects on flow field in detail were investigated;at last,based on the flow physics of purely bowed blading,the positively bowed blade was coupled with boundary layer suction on blade suction surface,whereas the negatively bowed blade was coupled with endwall suction.For coupled control method,influence mechanism on flow field,especially on the shock structure was revealed,and different aspect ratios of coupled control method were investigated as well.Results showed that the coupled positively bowed blading and suction surface suction can eliminate the flow separation effectively.Compared with that of baseline supersonic cascade,the total pressure loss coefficient of the coupled scheme was reduced by 37.4%at most.At mid-span,the shock moved downstream and the single shock was separated to a dual-shock structure since the positively bowed blading reduced the static pressure of mid-span.The coupled negatively bowed blading and endwall suction also effectively enhanced the performance of cascade by removing the corner separation,with the loss coefficient reduced by as much as 41.9%.However,the suction coefficient of optimal coupled negatively bowed blading scheme reached 10.5%,which is too high for practical use.After coupled control,the 3 D shock structure became“C”shaped distribution along spanwise because of the difference in influence mechanism of negatively bowed blading on different spanwise location.Due to the opposite influence effect of positively and negatively bowed blading,the shock structure in the two different schemes of cascades were different and showed opposite variation trends as aspect ratio increased.

Acoustics of Chinese bowed string instruments Jinghu and Erhu

This paper gives a general description of the acoustical properties of Chinese bowed string instruments Jinghu and Erhu. The resonator of instrument has been studied by equivalent circuit to show the effect of coupling motion between membrane and resonator tube. From the analysis of motion and waves on the string, an expression for frequency response of vibration of string is given. This response has direct relationship with the reflection coefficient at the bridge. The reflection coefficient has been measured by using impulse method. The frequency characteristics of sound by bowing are dependent on two kinds of motions on the string. A method to obtain the sound spectra for Jinghu and Erhu by playing seven notes is presented in this paper.

The Mars orbiter magnetometer of Tianwen-1:in-flight performance and first science results

The Mars Orbiter MAGnetometer(MOMAG)is a scientific instrument onboard the orbiter of China’s first mission for Mars—Tianwen-1.Since November 13,2021,it has been recording magnetic field data from the solar wind to the magnetic pile-up region surrounding Mars.Here we present its in-flight performance and first science results,based on its first one and one-half months’data.Comparing these early MOMAG observations to the magnetic field data in the solar wind from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN(MAVEN)mission,we report that the MOMAG magnetic field data are at the same level in magnitude,and describe the same magnetic structures with similar variations in three components.We recognize 158 clear bow shock(BS)crossings in these MOMAG data;their locations match well statistically with the modeled average BS.We also identify and compare five pairs of datasets collected when Tianwen-1’s orbiter and the MAVEN probe made simultaneous BS crossings.These BS crossings confirm the global shape of modeled BS,as well as the south-north asymmetry of the Martian BS.Two cases presented in this paper suggest that the BS is probably more dynamic at flank than near the nose.So far,MOMAG performs well,and provides accurate magnetic field vectors.MOMAG is continuously scanning the magnetic field surrounding Mars.Data from MOMAG’s measurements complement data from MAVEN and will undoubt edly advance our understanding of the plasma environment of Mars.

Experimental and numerical analysis on suitability of S-Glass-Carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites for submarine hull

Suitability of S-Glass/carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite for submarine hull subjected to hydrostatic pressure has been investigated in the present study.Metallic materials have raised concerns owing to their decomposition due to low resistance towards salinity and hence polymer composites have been explored to showcase their mechanical stability to withstand transverse and impact loads.To this end,the mechanical properties of S-Glass/carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite were experimentally investigated and higher specific strength and stiffness of the composite in comparison to many metallic materials used for submarine hull were reported.The obtained experimental values were used for the static and dynamic crash analysis of the bow,stern and foil through Finite Element Analysis(FEA);where depth of travel was varied from sea surface level of 0-7000 m.Submarine assembly was later developed with the optimum shape and thickness of each part.We also report the nonlinear crash analysis upon impact at velocity ranging from 3 to 21 m/s.Besides,kinetic energy,acceleration peak and internal energy in struck submarine revealed that travel depth 1750 m and 3500 m is recommendable,more particularly,crash safety factor of the submarine is found to be within limit when submarine encounters crash at 1750 m.

一种新型多用途污染控制船的研发及其球鼻艏的优化

Controlling marine pollution caused by hydrocarbons spilling from oil tanker accidents and oil rigs is urgently needed.Conventional pollution control vessels currently in service worldwide do not meet certain safety criteria,storage capacities,and response times owing to their technical shortcomings.This study proposes a new concept of multimission and autonomous antipollution vessels capable of acting quickly and efficiently to counter such pollution threats.The objective of this study is to carry out a total and rapid recovery of the spilled oil slick in complete safety.Hence,optimizing the bulbous bow adapted to the pollution control vessel during its displacement is necessary to horizontally straighten the accompanying waves formed around the hull and to laminate the flow upstream of the side openings for the recovery of spilled oil.This optimization improves the nautical qualities specific to this ship to reduce the total resistance to progress and to standardize the flow upstream of the side openings to allow the collection of spilled oil at high speed.This optimization study can open a field of application for the construction of modern multi-mission pollution control vessels.Tests in hull basins will be planned to validate and adjust the results obtained from the simulations.

Surgical strategy of the treatment of atypical femoral fractures

The atypical femoral fracture(AFF)has been attracting significant attention because of its increasing incidence;additionally,its treatment is challenging from biological and mechanical aspects.Although surgery is often required to manage complete AFFs,clear guidelines for the surgical treatment of AFFs are currently sparse.We reviewed and described the surgical treatment of AFFs and the surveillance of the contralateral femur.For complete AFFs,cephalomedullary intramedullary nailing spanning the entire length of the femur can be used.Various surgical techniques to overcome the femoral bowing common in AFFs include a lateral entry point,external rotation of the nail,and the use of a nail with a small radius of curvature,or a contralateral nail.In the case of a narrow medullary canal,severe femoral bowing,or pre-existing implants,plate fixation may be considered as an alternative.For incomplete AFFs,prophylactic fixation depends on several risk factors,such as a subtrochanteric location,presence of a radiolucent line,functional pain,and condition of the contralateral femur;the same surgical principles as those in complete AFFs can be applied.Finally,once AFF is diagnosed,clinicians should recognize the increased risk of contralateral AFFs,and close surveillance of the contralateral femur is recommended.

Atypical case of bow hunter’s syndrome linked to aberrantly coursing vertebral artery: A case report

BACKGROUND In bow hunter’s syndrome(BHS),also known as rotational vertebral artery(VA)syndrome,there is dynamic/rotational compression of the VA producing verte-brobasilar insufficiency.Most occurrences involve atlantoaxial rather than mid-cervical VA compromise,the latter being rarely reported.Herein,we detail successful VA decompression at mid-cervical spine,given a departure from its usual course.CASE SUMMARY The patient,a 45-year-old man,presented to our hospital with occipital headache and vertigo.Computed tomography angiography showed anomalous C4 entry of right VA,with compression upon head rotation to that side.Thyroid cartilage and anterior tubercle of C5 transverse process were visibly at fault.We opted for sur-gery,using an anterior cervical approach to remove the anterior tubercle.Patient recovery was uneventful and brought resolution of all preoperative symptoms.CONCLUSION BHS is an important consideration where aberrant coursing of VA and neurologic symptoms coexist.

Deep Learning-Based Digital Image Forgery Detection Using Transfer Learning

Deep learning is considered one of the most efficient and reliable methods through which the legitimacy of a digital image can be verified.In the current cyber world where deepfakes have shaken the global community,confirming the legitimacy of a digital image is of great importance.With the advancements made in deep learning techniques,now we can efficiently train and develop state-of-the-art digital image forensic models.The most traditional and widely used method by researchers is convolution neural networks(CNN)for verification of image authenticity but it consumes a considerable number of resources and requires a large dataset for training.Therefore,in this study,a transfer learning based deep learning technique for image forgery detection is proposed.The proposed methodology consists of three modules namely;preprocessing module,convolutional module,and the classification module.By using our proposed technique,the training time is drastically reduced by utilizing the pre-trained weights.The performance of the proposed technique is evaluated by using benchmark datasets,i.e.,BOW and BOSSBase that detect five forensic types which include JPEG compression,contrast enhancement(CE),median filtering(MF),additive Gaussian noise,and resampling.We evaluated the performance of our proposed technique by conducting various experiments and case scenarios and achieved an accuracy of 99.92%.The results show the superiority of the proposed system.

ICP刻蚀硅形貌控制研究

硅的刻蚀形貌控制是MEMS器件加工中的关键技术之一,形貌控制是硅表面刻蚀和钝化反应取得平衡的结果,任何影响刻蚀和钝化反应的因素都会影响到刻蚀形貌。采用中科院微电子研发中心研制的基于化学平衡原理的ICP-98A等离子刻蚀机,对ICP刻蚀当中影响形貌的关键工艺参数进行了研究和分析,研究了源功率RF1、射频功率RF2及气体(SF6和C4F8)比例对刻蚀形貌的影响,分析了bow ing现象产生机制,并给出了降低这种现象的工艺方法。该研究对提高硅的ICP刻蚀形貌控制具有重要的指导意义。

基于模糊Bow-tie模型的城镇燃气管道泄漏定量风险评价

燃气管道事故一旦发生后果大多比较严重。为全面分析燃气管道风险的前因后果,确定重点维护和监控的管段区域,引入了Bow-tie模型,将管道泄漏的故障树与事件树统一到一起对燃气管道进行定量风险评价。采用模糊集相关理论与专家评价相结合的方法得出管道泄漏的模糊可能值;然后基于模糊层次分析法确定管道泄漏后果因素的权重系数;再通过矩阵乘法求得泄漏后果值。以某段燃气管线为案例,全面识别出各风险因素,量化得到管道各泄漏后果事件的风险值。实际应用结果表明:①该方法可快速合理地评判出管道系统的相对风险大小;②三角模糊数与层次分析法的应用减少了传统评价中主观及模糊因素产生的评价偏差,使得评价结果更接近客观实际;③依据评价结果制订有针对性的预防维护措施,能够实现有限维护资源的合理配置,保障燃气管道的安全可靠运行。

特征点显著性约束的图像检索方法

图像检索的Bag of Words体系存在量化后的视觉词影响局部特征的辨别能力并且缺乏特征之间空间关系的缺点,影响检索效率。针对复杂背景的目标查询,提出了融合显著性信息的图像检索方法和基于显著特征点空间距离比的后验证方法。首先,提取图像显著目标区域,使用空间金字塔模型进行图像检索。然后,利用查询图像与检索图像匹配的显著特征对,计算任意两对显著特征点的距离比,保留满足阈值的比值,并求和,用以重新排序结果图像,得到最终的检索结果。实验结果表明:该方法显著提高了检索的精确度,并减少了几何验证过程的运算时间。

基于改进稀疏编码模型的图像分类算法

针对图像表示,提出了一种基于改进稀疏编码模型的图像分类算法.首先,提取表示图像视觉局部特征的SIFT(Scale-Invariant Feature Transform)描述子;然后,利用稀疏编码方法生成基于SIFT描述子的视觉词汇库,将SIFT描述子编成稀疏向量;通过有效稀疏向量的区域融合和空间结合而获取整体的稀疏向量并用于图像表示;最后,采用随机森林多分类器对稀疏向量进行训练和测试.结果表明,与现有的算法相比,该算法的性能更佳,可以有效表示图像的特性并提高其分类的准确率.

一种基于2D和3D SIFT特征级融合的一般物体识别算法

如何选择合适的特征表示一般物体类间差异和类内共性至关重要,因此,本文在2D SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform,SIFT)的基础上,提出了基于点云模型的3D SIFT特征描述子,进而提出一种基于2D和3D SIFT特征级融合的一般物体识别算法.分别提取物体2维图像和3维点云的2D和3D SIFT特征描述子,利用"词袋"(Bag of Words,Bo W)模型得到物体特征向量,根据特征级融合将两个特征向量进行融合实现物体描述,运用有监督分类器支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)实现分类识别,给出最终识别结果.最后,实验验证了本文提出算法的好处.

基于词袋模型的关联数据融合算法改进研究

词袋模型是一种最原始且普遍适用的关联数据融合算法,但是该算法中关键词匹配未利用自身语义以及语料库不足等现象,造成实体链接准确率不高。本文提出使用知识库作为背景,利用语义扩展和循环迭代来增强实体消歧的速度和准确率。该算法分为两个过程,首先对关联数据集进行初步的语义融合,然后在此基础上,利用本文提出的语义循环迭代词袋(s-i-Bo W)算法实现实体的消歧与链接。实验通过与基于传统词袋算法的关联数据融合进行了对比,证明了本文提出的语义循环迭代词袋算法具备更优的关联数据融合效果。

基于改进BOW模型的图像分类技术

针对传统BOW(Bag of Words)模型用于场景图像分类时的不足,通过引入关联规则的MFI(Maximum Frequent Itemsets)和Topology模型对其进行改进。为了突出同类图像的视觉单词,提取同类图像的MFI后,对其中频繁出现的视觉单词进行加权处理,增强同类图像的共有特征。同时,为了提高视觉词典的生成效率,利用Topology模型对原始模型进行分工并行处理。通过COREL和Caltech-256图像库的实验,证明改进后的模型提高了对场景图像的分类性能,并验证了其Topology模型的有效性和可行性。