The flow structure in the aerated region of the roller generated by breaking waves remains a great challenge to study, with large quantities of entrained air and turbulence interactions making it very difficult to investigate in details. A number of analogies were proposed between breaking waves in deep or shallow water, tidal bores and hydraulic jumps. Many numerical models used to simulate wa...

The longitudinal train dynamics is controlled by traction and braking on board subsystems, such as Wheel Slide Protection (WSP) system and antiskid device. The integration and mutual interaction between the two systems are continuously increasing on high speed applications, especially when degraded adhesion conditions occur. Traditionally, braking and traction performances should be verified on...

The purpose of this study is to measure and compare the hemolysis produced by roller pumps with varied occlusion settings and a centrifugal pump. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in the Index of Hemolysis (IH = gm Hb/100 L pumped) produced by a roller pump (RP) at four different occlusion settings and a centrifugal pump (CP) at the same blood flow rate (4.5 L/min) and afterloa...

We present an asymptotic analysis of the thickness of the liquid film that coats a smooth solid substrate when it is withdrawn from a bath of non-Newtonian fluid, and compare our results with experimental measurements. The film thickness is, to a good approximation, uniform above the point where the film is withdrawn from the fluid bath, and depends on the rotation rate, the fluid properties an...

Nanoimprinting technology was first developed in 1995 and is now recognized as one of the most promising approaches for large-area and low-cost fabrication of nanostructures. In this presentation, three types of roller-based nanoimprinting and contact-printing methods developed in NCKU in recent years will be addressed. First of all, a Laser-Assisted Roller Imprinting (LARI) method which can di...

We propose a phenomenological model for the polygonal hydraulic jumps discovered by Ellegaard and co-workers [Nature (London) 392, 767 (1998); Nonlinearity 12, 1 (1999); Physica B 228, 1 (1996)], based on the known flow structure for the type-II hydraulic jumps with a "roller" (separation eddy) near the free surface in the jump region. The model consists of mass conservation and radial force ba...

Encapsulation of chemicals in liposomes and microneedling are currently used techniques to enhance the penetration of several substances through skin and hair. In this study, we apply a liposomal melanin-fluorescein compound to an ex vivo model of human skin, using a new electrical microneedling device (Nanopore turbo roller). The product was applied by hand massage (A) or with the assistance o...

We report our techniques on conducting a closed-circuit femoral-femoral bypass during descending aortic surgery by which collected blood can be easily returned into the right atrium. The main circuit was composed of a centrifugal pump, an artificial membrane lung, and a filter. A reservoir with a roller pump was connected to the main circuit via a filter. Extracorporeal circulation was establis...