Zhong Luo 1,*, Yunpeng Zhu 2, Haopeng Liu 1 and Deyou Wang 3 1 School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; [email protected] 2 Department of Automatic Control and System Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S13JD, UK; [email protected] 3 AVIC Shenyang Aero-engine Design Institute, Shenyang 110042, China; [email protected] * ...

Key results from the EU H2020 project CENTRELINE are presented. The research activities undertaken to demonstrate proof of concept (technology readiness level—TRL 3) for so-called propulsive fuselage (PFC) wake-filling propulsion integration discussed. technology application case in wide-body market segment is motivated. developed performance bookkeeping scheme boundary layer ingestion (BLI) re...

Computations on clusters and computational GRIDS encounter similar situations where the processors used have different speeds and local RAM. In order to have efficient computations with processors of different speeds and local RAM, load balancing is necessary. That is, faster processors are given more work or larger domains to compute than the slower processors so that all processors finish the...

Aero-Pipeline Spraying System is a special ultra-working-width precision pesticide sprayer, which can broaden working scope, improve working efficiency, precisely transfer feed liquid to farm field that need to be sprayed, spray pesticides to crops in a very close range, and then improve working precision and reduce the losses of liquid materials such as pesticides. During the ultra-working-wid...

Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel combustion contributes to 2.6% of the global burden of disease. HAP emissions are an established lung carcinogen; however, associations with other cancer sites have not been fully explored. We conducted a meta-analysis of 18 case-control studies. Using fixed-effects models, utilizing the adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI...

Narrow band imaging and high definition television are recent innovations in upper aero-digestive tract endoscopy. Aim of this prospective, non-randomized, unblinded study was to establish the diagnostic advantage of these procedures in the evaluation of squamous cell cancer arising from various upper aero-digestive tract sites. Between April 2007 and January 2010, 444 patients affected by uppe...

This paper presents two major additions to our high-fidelity aero-structural design environment. Our framework uses high-fidelity descriptions for both the flow around the aircraft (Euler and Navier-Stokes) and for the structural displacements and stresses (a full finite-element model) and relies on a coupled-adjoint sensitivity analysis procedure to enable the simultaneous design of the shape ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the pattern of sensitisation to aero-allergens and food allergens among asthmatic children in Hong Kong, and to investigate any correlation between atopy and the severity of asthma. DESIGN Consecutive case series. SETTING Paediatric out-patient clinic of a university teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred and four consecutive children with physicia...