Discrete Element Model (DEM) is used to simulate bubble and particle interactions with vortical flows. In this Euler-Lagrange approach, volume-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved using a co-located grid finite volume method. The dispersed phase is assumed spherical and is modeled by tracking the centroids of the particles/bubbles in a Lagrangian frame. In addition to interphase momentum...

Biological trickling filters are widely used for sewage treatment. This study models a biological filter based on an anaerobic–anoxic–oxic process (A2O–BTF), established by combination of aerobic and anaerobic technology. The performance operational parameters were analyzed using Sumo, commercially available wastewater treatment (WWTP) simulation software. the conventional three-stage (Three-St...

We report a photothermal nanoblade that utilizes a metallic nanostructure to harvest short laser pulse energy and convert it into a highly localized and specifically shaped explosive vapor bubble. Rapid bubble expansion and collapse punctures a lightly-contacting cell membrane via high-speed fluidic flows and induced transient shear stress. The membrane cutting pattern is controlled by the meta...

In the chemical process industry bubble columns are widely used and there is a lot of interest in the modelling of the gas-liquid flow in such equipment with the aid of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). In order to validate CFD simulations of gas-liquid flows in bubble columns one needs detailed measurement data at moderate gas fractions (i.e. up to 5 vol.%). For the validation of CFD results...

We report on the development of a numerical method to simulate two-dimensional compressible multicomponent flows. Our scheme is shockand interface-capturing, quasi-conservative and high-order accurate. We validate it for two-dimensional problems including shock-bubble interactions and examine the shockinduced asymetric collapse of a cylindrical gas bubble in water, where wave strengths and puls...

This thesis investigates the use of a kaleidoscope in measuring the reflectance properties of realworld surfaces, in particular to obtain the Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF) of the surfaces. The kaleidoscope technique for reflectance measurement represents an innovative economical and simple approach to obtaining reflectance functions of real-world surfaces. While theoretically the techniq...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the relative chemopreventive efficacy of two black tea polyphenols, Polyphenon-B [P-B] and BTF-35 on 7,12-dimethylbenz [a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster buccal pouch (HBP) carcinogenesis. METHODS Hamsters were divided into 6 groups. The right buccal pouches of animals in groups 1-3 were painted with 0.5% of DMBA three times a week for 14 weeks. While hamsters in grou...

The Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF) is a suitable representation for the appearance of highly detailed surface structures under varying illumination and viewing conditions. Since real-time rendering of the full BTF data via linear interpolation is not feasible on current graphics hardware due to its huge size, suitable approximations are required in order to reduce the amount of data and t...

Bidirectional Texture Functions (BTF) have proven to be a well-suited representation for the reproduction of measured real-world surface appearance and provide a high degree of realism. We present an approach for designing novel materials by interpolating between several measured BTFs. For this purpose, we transfer concepts from existing texture interpolation methods to the much more complex ca...

Myosin-II thick filament formation in Dictyostelium is an excellent system for investigating the phenomenon of self-assembly, as the myosin molecule itself contains all the information required to form a structure of defined size. Phosphorylation of only three threonine residues can dramatically change the assembly state of myosin-II. We show here that the C-terminal 68 kDa of the myosin-II tai...