We review the utility of centrifugal microfluidic technologies applied to point-of-care diagnosis in extremely under-resourced environments. The various challenges faced in these settings are showcased, using areas in India and Africa as examples. Measures for the ability of integrated devices to effectively address point-of-care challenges are highlighted, and centrifugal, often termed CD-base...

Ballistic muscle training leads to hypertrophy of fast type fibers and training for endurance induces that of slow type fibers. Numerous studies have been conducted on electrical, extending and magnetic stimulation of cells, but the effect of centrifugal force on cells remains to be investigated. In this study, we investigated the effect of stimulating cultured myoblasts with centrifugal force ...

The centrifugal microfluidic platform has been a focus of academic and industrial research efforts for almost 40 years. Primarily targeting biomedical applications, a range of assays have been adapted on the system; however, the platform has found limited commercial success as a research or clinical tool. Nonetheless, new developments in centrifugal microfluidic technologies have the potential ...

Shaft misalignment is a common problem for many types of rotating systems. It can cause machine breakdowns due to the premature failure of bearings or other components. Common diagnostic approaches rely on detecting increasing vibration response spectra at multiples of the shaft speed. However, in many time-variant systems, such as wind turbines, the speed and load vary considerably, which can ...

The goal of this research is the derivation of method for evaluation of efficiency improvement potential for district heating systems with focus on variable speed centrifugal pump. The effectiveness of the usage of the proportional pressure control is compared with the constant pressure control. This is why, energy calculation analyses have been realized for variable speed centrifugal pumps, an...

Cavitation and the corresponding induced vibration characteristics in a centrifugal pump under part load (0.4Qd, Qd is rated flow) conditions were investigated by combining numerical simulation experimental analysis to determine internal flow signals different cavitation conditions. Under conditions, initiated at inlet of blades close tongue. Expansion low-pressure region increases size vortex ...

This paper presents a new design method of balance weights with phase angles for scroll compressors. Based on force and moment balances on crankshaft and compressor frame, mathematical formulation of shaft bearing loads, unbalanced force and moment acting on the frame has been made in terms of balance weight design parameters such as masses and phase angles of the upper and lower balance weight...

A dynamic model based on the thermoand ‡uidmechanic processes taking place in a centrifugal compressor is validated. The background for this is the need for a energy based model including the rotational speed as a state in order to perform energy based active surge control. The response of the model is compared with experimental results from the Energy Technology Laboratory at Eindhoven Univers...

Nayak et al have discussed in detail the inertial forces such as Gravitational, Coriolis-Lense-Thirring and Centrifugal forces in the Kerr-Newman Space-time in the Kerr-Newman Space-time. The main theme of this paper is to study the Gravitational and Centrifugal forces in the NUT-Kerr-Newman Space-time. Keywords—Gravitational Forces, Centrifugal Forces, Nut-KerrNewman, Space time.