A Stirrer for Flasks Totally Enclosed.

A magnetohydrodynamic chaotic stirrer

A magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stirrer that exhibits chaotic advection is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The stirrer consists of a circular cavity with an electrode (C) deposited around its periphery. Two additional electrodes (A) and (B) are deposited eccentrically inside the cavity on the bottom. The cavity is positioned in a uniform magnetic field that is parallel to the cylinde...

A digestion rack for Kjeldahl flasks.

A stirrer for magnetohydrodynamically controlled minute fluidic networks

Magnetohydrodynamics may potentially provide a convenient means for controlling fluid flow and stirring fluids in minute fluidic networks. The branches of such fluidic networks consist of conduits with rectangular cross sections. Each conduit has two individually controlled electrodes positioned along opposing walls and additional disk-shaped electrodes deposited in the conduit's interior away ...

Seasickness in totally-enclosed motor-propelled survival craft: five offshore oil rig disasters.

Five mobile offshore drilling unit disasters--Alexander L. Kielland, Ocean Ranger, Vinland, Ocean Odyssey, and Rowan Gorilla I--were studied to assess the degree to which seasickness occurs and endangers the lives of occupants of totally-enclosed motor-propelled survival craft (TEMPSC). Thousands of other peacetime marine incidents were reviewed and a literature search was conducted to assess t...

Numerical method for optimizing stirrer configurations

A numerical approach for the numerical optimization of stirrer configurations is presented. The methodology is based on a parametrized grid generator, a flow solver, and a mathematical optimization tool, which are integrated into an automated procedure. The flow solver is based on the discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations by means of the finite-volume method for block-structured, bounda...