Design of a New Water Load for S-band 750 kW Continuous Wave High Power Klystron Used in EAST Tokamak

In order to test the klystrons operated at a frequency of 3.7 GHz in a continuous wave （CW） mode, a type of water load to absorb its power up to 750 kW is presented. The distilled water sealed with an RF ceramic window is used as the absorbent. At a frequency range of 70 MHz, the VSWR （Voltage Standing Wave Ratio） is below 1.2, and the rise in temperature of water is about 30 ℃ at the highest power level.

Effect of antidepressant treatment on water load test and cortisol changes in patients with functional dyspepsia

BACKGROUND： It has been demonstrated that patients with functional dyspepsia have experiences social life stress events, and accompanied by psychological disorders, mainly manifested as depression and anxiety.Mental factors can lead to excessive gastrointestinal consensual reaction, and result in different brain-gut axis disturbance, and then cause the gastrointestinal sensorimotor abnormality and endocrine changes.OBJECTIVE： To observe the effect of antidepressant treatment on the changes of water load and serum cortisol in patients with functional dyspepsia, and analyze the therapeutic mechanism.DESIGN： A comparative observation.SETTING： The First Affiliated Hospital o Zhengzhou University.PARTICIPANTS： Forty-five patients with functional dyspepsia accompanied by depression were selected from the Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from July 2004 to July 2006, and they were 25 - 65 years of age, and their disease courses ranged 1 - 10 years. They were all accorded with the diagnostic standards for Rome Ⅱ functional dyspepsia functional dyspepsia. As the patients＇ will, they were divided into treatment group （n =30, 12 males and 18 females） and control group （n =15, 6 males and 9 females）, and there were no significant differences in the data between the two groups （P 〉 0.05）. The programs were discussed and agreed by the committee of medical ethics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Informed contents were obtained from all the patients.METHODS： In the treatment group, the patients were treated with venlafaxine sustained release capsule （75 mg per day）, and those with sleep disorder were added by benzodiazepines （alprazolam）. In the control group, the patients were given routine treatments of antacid, prokinetics, etc. Before and after 8-week treatment, the following examinations were performed： ① The gastrointestinal symptoms were assessed according to the symptoms; ② The severity of depression was evaluated with Hamilton depression scale （HAMD）; ③The relaxation of proximal stomach was observed using water load test; ④ The serum level of cortisol was detected.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： ① Symptom score; ② HAMD score; ③ Water load amount; ④Serum level of cortisol.RESULTS： All the 45 patients were involved in the analysis of results. ① Symptom score： The scores of gastrointestinal symptoms were decreased as compared with those before treatment in both the treatment group and control group （P 〈 0.05）. ② HAMD scores： The scores of HAMD were decreased as compared with those before treatment in both the treatment group and control group （P 〈 0.05）. ③ Water load amount：The total effective rate was significantly higher in the treatment group than the control group （P 〈 0.05）. ④The serum levels of cortisol after treatment were significantly lower than those before treatment in the patients with severe gastrointestinal symptoms in the treatment group and control group （P 〈 0.05）.CONCLUSION： Antidepressants can normalize the cortisol level of patients with functional dyspepsia, and then decrease gastric sensitivity and ameliorates the receptive relaxation of proximal stomach, also increase the water load amount correspondingly, and finally control the gastrointestinal symptoms of functional dyspepsia.

Numerical Investigation of Green Water Loading on Flexible Structures Using Three-Step CFD-BEM-FEM Approach

In this paper, the effect of green water impact on a flexible structure is studied based on three-step computational fluid dynamics(CFD)–boundary element method(BEM)–finite element method(FEM) approach. The impact due to shipping of water on the deck of the vessel is computed using commercial CFD software and used as an external force in coupled BEM-FEM solver. Other hydrodynamic forces such as radiation, diffraction, and Froude-Krylov forces acting on the structure are evaluated using 3 D time domain panel method. To capture the structural responses such as bending moment and shear force, 1 D finite element method is developed. Moreover, a direct integration scheme based on the Newmark–Beta method is employed to get the structural velocity,displacement, etc., at each time step. To check the effect of the green water impact on the structure, a rectangular barge without forward speed is taken for the analysis. The influence is studied in terms of bending moment, shear force, etc. Results show that the effect of green water impact on the bow region can be severe in extreme seas and lead to various structural damages. Similarly,it is also verified that vessel motion affects green water loading significantly and therefore one must consider its effect while designing a vessel.

Effects of water intrusion and loading rate on mechanical properties of and crack propagation in coal–rock combinations

Tackling the problems of underground water storage in collieries in arid regions requires knowledge of the effect of water intrusion and loading rate on the mechanical properties of and crack development in coal–rock combinations. Fifty-four coal–rock combinations were prepared and split equally into groups containing different moisture contents(dry, natural moisture and saturated) to conduct acoustic emission testing under uniaxial compression with loading rates ranging from 0.1 mm/min to 0.6 mm/min. The results show that the peak stress and strength-softening modulus, elastic modulus, strain-softening modulus, and post-peak modulus partly decrease with increasing moisture content and loading rate. In contrast, peak strain increases with increasing moisture content and fluctuates with rising loading rate. More significantly, the relationship between stiffness and stress, combined with accumulated counts of acoustic emission, can be used to precisely predict all phases of crack propagation. This is helpful in studying the impact of moisture content and loading rate on crack propagation and accurately calculating mechanical properties. We also determined that the stress thresholds of crack closure, crack initiation, and crack damage do not vary with changes of moisture content and loading rate, constituting 15.22%, 32.20%, and 80.98% of peak stress, respectively. These outcomes assist in developing approaches to water storage in coal mines, determining the necessary width of waterproof coal–rock pillars, and methods of supporting water-enriched roadways, while also advances understanding the mechanical properties of coal–rock combinations and laws of crack propagation.

THE CHANGE OF THE GENERAL FORM AND THE TRANSPORT OF THE WATER， LOAD AND SALT ABOUT THE NORTH－BRANCH OF THE CHANGJIANG RIVER MOUTH

The general form of the north-branch of the Changjiang River mouth has changed much as a result of the change of the main stream lines of the Nantong reach of the Changjiang River and the influence of human activities since 1915. By the 1930s, the main stream lines of the Nantong reach of the Changjiang River has shifted to the Tongzhou Bar west channel. The north-branch at the Changjiang River mouth has become atrophic because of Tongzhou Bar east channel's deposition. After 1958, Toughal Bar and Jiangxin Bar were exploited. And in 1970, the north channel of Jiangxin Bar was blocked up. All these things make the water of the north-branch more difficult to pass through. It leads to the decline of the total discharge percentage of the north-branch. And it causes the rising tide to go back to the south-branch. However, since 1978, with the development of Tongzhou Bar east channel and its left bank being scoured, the water amount of the north-branch has been increasing. And the water,load and salt of going back to the south-branch has been becoming less.

Rating Curve Estimation of Surface Water Quality Data Using LOADEST

Measurement of the nutrient concentrations in the stream is usually done on weekly, biweekly or monthly basis due to limited resources. There is need to estimate concentration and loads during the period when no data is available. The objectives of this study were to test the performance of a suite of regression models in predicting continuous water quality loading data and to determine systematic biases in the prediction. This study used the LOADEST model which includes several predefined regression models that specify the model form and complexity. Water quality data primarily nitrogen and phosphorus from five monitoring stations in the Neuse River Basin in North Carolina, USA were used in the development and analyses of rating curves. We found that LOADEST performed generally well in predicting loads and observation trends with general tendency/bias towards overestimation. Estimated Total Nitrogen (TN) varied from observation (“true” load) by -1% to 9%, but for the Total Phosphorus (TP) it ranged from -2% to 27%. Statistical evaluation using R2, Nash-Sutcliff Efficiency (NSE) and Partial Load Factor (PLF) showed a strong correlation in prediction.

Water Absorption and Chloride Ion Penetrability of Concrete Damaged by Freeze-thawing and Loading

In order to investigate water and chloride ion transport in damaged concrete, three types of concrete were prepared, freeze-thawing（F-T） cycling and compressive loading were adopted to induce damage to concrete. Ultrasonic pulse velocity technique was used for evaluating the damage degree of concrete, and the defects of damaged concrete were also detected by X-CT. Water absorption and chloride ion penetrability were used for describing the transport properties of damaged concrete. Effects of damage degree on the water absorption rate and chloride ion penetrability were investigated in detail and the relationships were also established. The results show that the water absorption of concrete makes various responses to damage degree due to the difference of concrete type and damage method. For same concrete with similar damage degree, the water absorption rate of F-T damaged concrete is usually larger than that of concrete damaged by loading. The chloride ion penetrability of damaged concrete increases linearly with increasing damage degree, which is more sensitive to damage degree if the original penetrability of sound concrete is higher.

Wave-Induced Loads on Very Large FPSOs at Restricted Water Depth

The effects of water depth on the wave-induced vertical bending moment and shearing force on a very large FPSO are studied by experiments and computations for regular and irregular waves. The restricted water depth composite Green function is employed to develop a program for the computation of the hydrodynamic coefficients of the very large FPSO at shallow water. A three-segment model with 1∶100 scale is tested in the State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University for the verification of the numerical method. The experimental and computational results show that the water depth has a substantial effect on wave-induced loads. The wave-induced vertical loads increase with the decrease of water depth for shallow water. Especially, for ultra-shallow water these loads increase very evidently with the decrease of water depth. The long-term prediction values of wave-induced vertical loads increase with the decrease of the ratio of water depth to draught. The long-term prediction values of wave-induced vertical loads are about 8% larger than those for deep water when the ratio of water depth to draught is 3.0. However, water depth hardly affects the long-term prediction values of wave-induced loads when the ratio of water depth to draught is larger than 5.0.

Energy-Efficient Operation of Water Systems through Optimization of Load Power Reduction in Electricity Markets

Demand response(DR) is gaining more and more importance in the architecture of power systems in a context of flexible loads and high share of intermittent generation. Changes in electricity markets regulation in several countries have recently enabled an effective integration of DR mechanisms in power systems. Through its flexible components(pumps, tanks), drinking water systems are suitable candidates for energy-efficient DR mechanisms. However, these systems are often managed independently of power system operation for both economic and operational reasons. Indeed, a sufficient level of economic viability and water demands risk management are necessary for water utilities to integrate their flexibilities to power system operation. In this paper,we proposed a mathematical model for optimizing pump schedules in water systems while trading DR blocs in a spot power market during peak times. Uncertainties about water demands were considered in the mathematical model allowing to propose power reductions covering the potential risk of real-time water demand forecasting inaccuracy.Numerical results were discussed on a real water system in France, demonstrating both economic and ecological benefits.

Characteristics of Pore Water Pressure of Saturated Silt Under Wave Loading

The characteristics of dynamic stress in the seabed under wave loading are constant principal stress and continuous rotation of the principal stress direction. Cyclic triaxial-torsional coupling shear tests were pefformed on saturated silt by the hollow cylinder apparatus under different relative densities, deviator stress ratios and vibration frequencies to study the development of pore water pressure of the saturated silt under wave loading. It was found that the development of pore water pressure follows the trend of ＂fast - steady - drastic＂. The turning point from fast to steady stage is not affected by relative density and deviator stress ratio. However, the turning point from steady to drastic stage relies on relative density and deviator stress ratio. The vibration cycle for the liquefaction of saturated silt decreases with increasing deviator stress ratio and increases with relative density. The vibration cycle for the liquefaction of the saturated silt increases with vibration frequency and reaches a peak value, after which it decreases with increasing vibration frequency for the relative density of 70%. But the vibration cycle for the liquefaction of saturated silt increases with vibration frequency for the relative density of 30%. The development of pore water pressure of the saturated silt is influenced by relative density and vibration frequency.

Study on the subgrade deformation under high-speed train loading and water–soil interaction

It is important to study the subgrade characteristics of high-speed railways in consideration of the water–soil coupling dynamic problem,especially when high-speed trains operate in rainy regions.This study develops a nonlinear water–soil interaction dynamic model of slab track coupling with subgrade under high-speed train loading based on vehicle–track coupling dynamics.By using this model,the basic dynamic characteristics,including water–soil interaction and without water induced by the high-speed train loading,are studied.The main factors-the permeability coefficien and the porosity-influencin the subgrade deformation are investigated.The developed model can characterize the soil dynamic behaviour more realistically,especially when considering the influenc of water-rich soil.

Seawater Corrosion Fatigue of Welded Joints Under Random Variable Amplitude Loading

Offshore platforms are always subjected to wave action which is random variable amplitude cyclic loading. In order to simulate the stressing condition at the 'hot spot' of the tubular joints and the marine environment, random variable amplitude fatigue tests have been carried out on welded plate joints in sea water. The tests have been conducted under the conditions of loading frequency of 0.2 Hz/, stress ratio of -1, seawater temperature of about 20°C and cathodic protection with the potential about -850 mV, SCE. The test results have been compared with the seawater corrosion fatigue life under constant amplitude loading. Miner's linear cumulative damage summation rule has been used to predict the corrosion fatigue life under variable amplitude loading. The predicted life is in good agreement with the test data.

进气歧管喷水对发动机燃烧性能的试验研究

为研究进气歧管喷水技术对汽油发动机热效率的提升潜力,基于一台研究型单缸汽油发动机,采用试验的手段对比研究了不同的喷水比例、不同的负荷工况及不同的压缩比下进气歧管喷水对发动机燃烧性能的影响。结果表明,采用进气歧管喷水技术可有效降低发动机的爆震趋势,随着喷水比例的增加,CA50逐渐提前,燃料的滞燃期及燃烧持续期增加,同时伴随着传热损失逐渐增加。相比于无喷水(w/o PWI)的结果,喷水的引入虽然导致未燃损失增加,但有利于排气能量损失大幅降低,最终反应到经济性的表现为热效率随着喷水比例的增大呈先增加后降低的趋势,油耗率的表现同热效率的结果相反;此时最佳的净指示热效率(GITE)为43.1%,相比于w/o PWI的结果升高了2.5%;最佳的净指示油耗率(GISFC)为197.9 g/(kW·h),相比于w/o PWI的结果降低了11.8 g/(kW·h)。高负荷运用喷水技术将达到更显著的热效率改善及油耗改善效果;同时,喷水技术的引入使得发动机高压缩比的应用成为可能。

空心弹高速斜入水弹道稳定性研究

空心弹是一种具有通孔结构的新型射弹,与相同口径的实心射弹相比,阻力更小,在同等装药量的条件下具有初速高的优点,其入水时呈现复杂的入水流体动力学和弹道特性.文章基于雷诺时均Navier-Stokes方程、VOF(volume of fluid)多相流模型、SST(shear stress transfer)k-ω湍流模型、Schnerr-Sauer空化模型、六自由度模型和重叠网格技术对空心弹高速入水进行了数值模拟,研究了入水速度和角度对空心弹入水空泡、空化、载荷和弹道稳定性的影响.将数值计算结果与实验结果进行对照,空泡形态和质心轨迹曲线与实验结果吻合较好,验证了数值模拟方法的可行性.结果表明:空心弹入水速度对空泡的大小和空泡内空化的程度影响较大,随着入水速度越高,空泡也越大,空化越明显,弹体的速度衰减越快,弹道越不稳定,弹体失稳越早;随着入水速度越低,空心弹的阻力和升力系数越小,弹体运动越稳定.入水角度对空泡的大小及弹体的偏转程度有较大影响,入水角度越大,弹体偏转时刻的空泡越大,空泡内的空化越明显,弹体头部的高压区域越小,阻力、升力和力矩系数越小,相同时间内弹体的偏转角越小,弹体姿态越稳定.入水角度越小,弹体的偏转角增加的越快,弹体运动越不稳定.

Degradation of Pore Structure and Microstructures in Hardened Cement Paste Subjected to Flexural Loading and Wet-dry Cycles in Sea Water

Hardened cement paste was subjected to the flexural loading and wet-dry cycles in sea water. The degradation of microstructures was obtained using scanning electron microscope （SEM）, and the energy dispersive spectrum （EDS） analysis was carried to analyze the local composition. Mercury intrusion porosimetry （Poremaster GT-60） was used to analyze the degradation of pore structures. The experimental results show that the synergistic action of the flexural loading, wet-dry cycles and sea water leads to significant deterioration of hardened cement paste. The degradation of microstructures in the tensile region is more serious than that in the compressive region. The flexural loading and wet-dry cycles accelerate the chemical attack of sea water.

高速跨介质入水多相流动与流固耦合特性研究综述

高速跨介质入水问题广泛存在于海洋工程、航空航天等领域,入水多相流动与流固耦合作用机理是该领域的研究热点,对于跨介质航行器的载荷预报、弹道稳定性评估、结构强度校核以及安全性设计等具有重要意义。本文围绕高速跨介质入水所涉及的基础关键力学问题,重点论述了高速跨介质多相流动与空泡演化、冲击载荷与降载方法、运动稳定性与流固耦合响应、流固耦合数值研究方法等方面的研究现状,并针对目前仍存在的问题提出了建议,旨在为高速跨介质入水的相关研究与设计等提供参考。

三轴加载条件下含水率对煤体力学特性影响的试验研究

含水率对煤体力学特性具有重要影响,为深入探讨三轴加载条件下含水率在煤体力学中的作用机制,选择平顶山矿区代表性煤样并设置不同含水率水平的试验组,开展了不同含水煤样的单轴压缩试验和不同围压条件下的含水煤样三轴压缩试验,并对不同含水煤样进行应力-应变关系、抗压强度等方面的综合性能测试。结果表明:不同围压条件下,含水煤体的应力-应变曲线呈现相同趋势。三轴加载条件下,含水煤体轴向方向的应力-应变曲线与单轴加载时的煤体轴向方向的应力-应变曲线形式相同。相同含水率条件下,不同围压的试验煤样出现应力峰值时的轴向应变略有不同,整体呈现围压越大,其出现应力峰值对应的轴向应变越小。整个加载过程中,试验煤样轴向应变始终为正值,即煤体轴向方向发生轴向压缩变形,与此同时,试验煤样径向产生膨胀变形。单轴/三轴加载条件下,随着含水率增加,峰值强度整体呈降低,含水率与峰值强度呈一元二次函数关系。随着围压增加,峰值强度整体呈下降趋势。随着含水率增加,岩石软化系数整体呈现降低趋势。含水率与软化系数呈一元二次函数关系。研究结果为平顶山矿区煤炭资源的合理开发和利用提供了科学依据。

不同加载角压剪耦合作用下岩石强度与渗透性演变特征

华北型石炭-二叠纪煤系基底普遍发育奥陶系灰岩含水层,煤炭开采受到底板承压含水层突水灾害和水资源流失的双重威胁,压剪耦合下岩石水力特性是大倾角承压水上开采底板岩层阻水性能评价的基础。综合采用理论分析及离散元数值计算等方法,建立了不同压剪比例下莫尔圆旋转的岩石失稳判据,揭示了压剪耦合作用下岩石强度衰减机制,提出了综合裂隙角度、裂隙扩展速度、改进体积应变等指标的应力阈值确定方法,明晰了不同加载角、渗透压差及围压条件下岩石微裂纹扩展及渗透性演化特征。主要结论如下:压剪耦合作用下岩石承载能力降低表现在强度降低与弹性模量增大2个方面;岩石弹性模量随加载角增大呈现先缓慢增大(0°~15°)后迅速增大(15°~30°)再减小(30°~45°)趋势,但仍大于初始值;岩石强度和加载角呈线性负相关关系,降低幅度和围压成正比,2 MPa围压下强度降低速度是无围压的1.9倍,由等效内摩擦角控制;随着加载角的增大岩石破坏程度降低、峰后应力由脆性跌落向塑性转变;压剪耦合作用下拉伸裂隙诱导起裂及拉剪复合裂隙主导非稳定扩展解释了不同压剪比例条件起裂应力、损伤应力阈值非线性演化的内在机制;渗透率回弹位置处于起裂与损伤应力阈值之间并接近后者,随着加载角的增大,拉剪复合裂隙(优势渗流路径)分布较为集中;岩石强度随渗透压差增大而降低,降低速率和加载角呈负相关关系;岩石峰值渗透率随着加载角的增大而减小,降低趋势随着渗透压差的增大由线性向非线性转变;加载角较大时,渗透压差与围压对岩石强度及渗透性控制作用减弱。

上海地铁某车站空调系统高效制冷机房改造实测分析

地铁车站空调系统高效技术是当前轨道交通节能降碳的主要手段,针对上海某地铁车站制冷机房高效化改造的具体情况、改造效果、能效提升进行了详细的分析和研究。改造选择了磁悬浮冷水机组,应用了变频技术来优化水泵的运行,改造后空调季制冷机房平均能效比达到5.16,年节电量约为30万kWh,节能效果显著。通过对制冷机房运行数据进行对比分析得知,负载率的优化对冷水机组能效具有直接而显著的影响,通过调整冷机出水温度和优化水泵变频策略,能进一步提高制冷机房的能效,为地铁车站制冷机房高效化改造和能效提升提供参考和帮助。

Analysis of Pollutant Load Carrying Capacity of the River Tapi Using QUAL2Kw for Surat City

River Tapi is the prime water body for Surat city, Gujarat, India. On a long stretch of 22.39 km in Surat city (Kamrej to Causeway) of the Tapi river, there are many identified and non-identified discharge points available. Excessive discharge from these points restricts the efficiency of the self-purification process which ultimately degrades the river water quality. In this paper, an attempt has been made to estimate the pollutant load-carrying capacity at different segments of the river Tapi using the QUAL2Kw tool. The study has been undertaken with different scenarios: First, the QUAL2Kw model was trained with available river water quality and hydraulic data of the Tapi river in which the complete river segment was divided into 21 reaches. The model was calibrated and validated with the actual concentrations of the pollutants entering. In the second phase, all the point source, non-point source, and headwater characteristics were considered and the pollutant load-carrying capacity of the river in terms of BOD, ISS, and N-nitrate was found. In the third phase, all the sources of pollutants entering the river have been removed and only headwater characteristics were considered for the study. The results indicate that reach no. 21 (21.23ºN, 72.82ºE) has the maximum load-carrying capacity of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) up to 2057.7 kg/day, Inorganic Suspended Solids (ISS) up to 85633.8 kg/day, and Nitrate (NO3) up to 31688.8 kg/day. However, reach no. 4 has the minimum load carrying capacity of BOD up to 1088.1 kg/day, reach 8 carries a minimum of ISS 205341.6 kg/day and NO3 10215.57 kg/day.