简介:BackgroundInresponsetotheevolutionofscienceandtechnologyfromcompartmentalizationtoreunification,thestudyofcomplexsystemsandmulti-scalemethodologyhasreceivedincreasingattentionfromvariousscientificdisciplinesandengineeringfields,somuchsothatcomplexityhassometimesbeencalledthescienceofthe21stcenturywithmulti-scalemethodologyasanaccompanyingchallenge.
简介:Utilizationofwindenergyisapromisingwaytogeneratepower,andwindturbinebladesplayakeyroleincollectingthewindenergyeffectively.Thispaperattemptstomeasurethedeformationparameterofwindturbinebladesinmechanicsexperimentsusingavideometricmethod.Inviewthatthebladesexperiencesmallbucklingdeformationandlargeintegraldeformationsimultaneously,weproposedaparallelnetworkmeasurement(PNM)methodincludingthekeytechniquessuchascameranetworkconstruction,c...
简介:Theinelasticseismicresponsesofshear-typemultistoreybuildingswithregularasymmetrywereanalyzed.Theeffectsofthefundamentallateralperiod,thefundamentalfrequencyratiooftranslationaltotorsional,theeccentricratio,earthquakeintensityandorthogonalearthquakeexcitationsoninelasticdisplacementandductilitywerestudiedrespectively.Numericalresultsshowthataforementionedfactorsinfluencetheseismicresponsesofthebuildings.Theeffectoftheorthogonalinputofgroundmotionislikelytoberestrictedtothemovingstatusofeccentricelements.
简介:Experimentalresultsontheinstabilityoftheisothermalnatural-convectionboundarylayeraroundaverticalheatedflatplatearepresented.ItisdemonstratedthatthecharacteristicsoftheinstabilitywaveintheouterlayerisconsistentwiththecalculationofBrewster&Gebhart.Afteraninitialgrowthofitslowfrequencycomponentsatthedownstreamsideoftheturningpointoftheneutralcurve(Gr≈120)itscomparativelyhigherfrequencycomponentsdevelopandbecometurbulentsubsequentlywithabuoyancysubrangeinitspowerspectra.Simultane-ously,inthemeasurementattheinnerlayernearthewallaviscousinstabilitysignalthesameastheTollmien-Schlichtingwavesinordinaryboundarylaycranditssub-harmonicsinamuchhigherfrequencydomainisdiscoveredandaninertialsubrangecanbeobservedinthespectraatGr≈378.6.
简介:Mostfluidflowsinnatureandengineeringapplicationsareinthestateofturbulence.Turbulentmotionsusuallyexhibitawiderangeofspatialandtemporalscales,suchastheflowofnaturalgasandoilinpipelines,thewakesofcarsandsubmarines,theboundarylayerofanaircraft,thecurrentintheoceansurface,theatmosphericboundarylayer,theinterstellargasclouds(gaseousstars),andtheEarth’swakeinthesolarwind.Turbulencecangreatlyimprovetheheatandmasstransferefficiencyofmacroscopicflow.Forexample,chemicalengineersuseturbulencetomixupandhomogenizefluidcomponentsandtoincreasechemicalreactionratesinliquidsorgases.However,turbulencecanalsoleadtoincreasesindrag,aerodynamicheat,andhydrodynamicandaerodynamicnoise.Forinstance,theaerodynamicloadingofhigh-speedaircraftcanbesignificantlyincreasedduetoturbulence.