Conveying hard and the abrasive materials has been one of the major operational problems in industrial situations. The erosion of plant components, especially the pipe bends by abrasive solid particles of a fluid stream makes installation of pneumatic conveying systems a very costly affair for industry. Most users have either lived with the problem or have employed expensive bend materials to r...

This paper outlines the novel features found in Xwake 1.1. This release of Xwake is a body of revolution (BOR) conformal finite difference time domain (FDTD) code written to model longitudinal and transverse wake fields and impedances. The package is capable of accurately modeling slowly tapered structures as well as devices containing dielectric and permeable media. A state of the art perfectl...

In recent years, the production of oil and gas has been developed in deep water depths which exceed 500m. Deep water developments are being followed strongly in different parts of the world (Caspian Sea, Gulf of Mexico, etc.). The movement of floater causes severe stress at the touchdown point (TDP) in steel catenary risers (SCR). The main objective of this study was to simulate the exact behav...

Knowledge of how air flows through the nasal passages relies heavily on model studies, as the complexity and relative inaccessibility of the anatomy prevents detailed in vivo measurement. Almost all models to date fail to incorporate the geometry of the external nose, instead employing a truncated inflow. Typically, flow is specified to enter the model domain either directly at the nares (nostr...

We report on the design and performance of a ZnSe tetra-prism for homogeneous substrate heating using a continuous wave CO(2) laser beam in pulsed laser deposition experiments. We discuss here three potential designs for homogenizing prisms and use ray-tracing modeling to compare their operation to an alternative square-tapered beam-pipe design. A square-pyramidal tetra-prism design was found t...

The swirling transport characteristics of grain particles in bulk pipeline after fluidization were studied. A spinning device was designed for the lateral filling pipe. pipe distributed uniformly along circumference same section main pipe, number set to 3–7, and included angles with 20°, 30°, 40°, respectively. CFD-DEM used simulate swirl a horizontal pipeline. multiphase inlet velocity 20 m/s,...

A 61-year-old Japanese man underwent right total hip arthroplasty for hereditary multiple exostosis. At first presentation, he had suffered from coxalgia for a long time. On radiographic images, there was a gigantic femoral head, increased shaft angle, and large diameter of the femoral neck. He had also developed coxarthrosis and severe pain of the hip joint. The transformation of the proximal ...

Offshore pipelines used for oil and gas transportation are often buried to avoid damage from fishing activities and to provide thermal insulation. Thermal expansion and contraction of the pipeline during operation can lead to lateral or upheaval buckling. A safe buried pipeline design must take into account a reliable evaluation of soil uplift resistance and pipe embedment depth. While the cost...