In this paper, the flow characteristics due to asymmetric sudden contraction is discussed based on experimental investigation when the flow through the contracted section passed from subcritical to critical flow. The experiments are conducted on a 30 cm wide, 45 cm deep and 10.5 m long laboratory flume. Different contraction ratios are considered. Different lengths of the contracted section are...

Striatal projections to the globus pallidus and entopeduncular nucleus are thought to be GABAergic and inhibitory. Thus, striatal lesions might be expected to increase the spontaneous discharge rate of neurons in these nuclei. To test this prediction, we recorded spontaneous single unit activity from awake cats sitting quietly before and 7-160 days after striatal lesions. Striatal lesions were ...

The accuracy of secondary-electron emission coefficients, that are used as input data of discharge models, seriously influences the calculated discharge characteristics. As it is very difficult to consider all possible electron emission processes of a cold cathode separately, in most of the recent models an apparent secondary coefficient gamma is applied, which is often assumed to be constant, ...

Gas turbine engine efficiency can be increased by the improvements of the cooling air system. In this study, gas turbine preswirl cooling system is computationally analyzed using a validated three-dimensional quasi-steady model. In the first phase of the study, the system is analyzed with respect to different operating conditions, for understanding its behavior. In this part, the dependence of ...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether a home-based intermediate care program in a large Canadian city lowers the cost of care and to look at whether such home-based programs could be a solution to the increasing demands on Canadian hospitals. DESIGN Single-arm study with historical controls. SETTING Department of Family Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital (Civic campus) in Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Patien...

Pulses with different amplitudes occur when an inner partial discharge fault exists in SF6-gas-insulated DC high-voltage electrical equipment. SF6 decomposes following complex physical and chemical processes. Discussing and quantifying the mathematical relationship of pulse discharge quantities to SF6 decomposition component characteristics is helpful to evaluate and predict the insulation faul...

This paper is a state of the art of the understanding on the physics of homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure. It is based on the analysis of present and previous work about the behavior of these discharges and the conditions to get them. Mechanisms controlling the homogeneity during gas breakdown and discharge development are successively discussed. The breakdown has...

Based on the modern spectrum estimation theory and wavelet packet analysis (WPA), a new method is proposed for suppressing discrete spectral interference (DSI) within partial discharge (PD) signal. Firstly, the frequencies of DSI are determined based on the FFT of measured signal. Then, a model of DSI could be assumed and its parameters, such as amplitude and phase can be calculated by using th...

Prediction of highly non-linear behaviour of suspended sediment flow in rivers is of prime importance in environmental studies and watershed management. In this study, the predictive performance of artificial neural network (ANN) integrated with genetic algorithm (GA) was assessed. GA was used to optimize the parameters and architecture of the ANN. Five simulation scenarios (S1–S5) were develop...