The instructional process at most engineering courses often diverges from real situations, as the learning moves simplest to complex problems. In undergraduate mechanical courses, calculation of operating parameters in a simple branch pumping system transient regime, is typical example gap between classroom and field. present work, an toolbox developed implement pre-existing analytic solution f...

Transient ow analyses have numerous geophysical and geotechnical applications and they are necessary for the understanding and development of laboratory measurement techniques in rock and soil mechanics, particularly in the determination of the permeability of substances. In this paper, we formulate a Genetic Algorithm inversion technique for the retrieval of homogeneous or spacewise dependent ...

This paper studies the motion control of single-rod hydraulic actuators regulated by proportional directional control(PDC) valves with deadband and nonlinear flow gains. The boom motion control of a hydraulic robot arm driven by a singlerod hydraulic actuator is used as a case study. The experimental system dynamics are highly nonlinear. In addition, the system has large extent of modeling unce...

The identification of spatial variations in hydraulic conductivity (K) on a scale of relevance for transport investigations has proven to be a considerable challenge. Recently, a new field method for the estimation of interwell variations in K has been proposed. This method, hydraulic tomography, essentially consists of a series of short-term pumping tests performed in a tomographic-like arrang...

Estimation of the hydraulic properties of aquifers, petroleum reservoir rocks, and soil systems is a fundamental task in many branches of Earth sciences and engineering. The transient diffusion equation proposed by Fourier early in the 19th century for heat conduction in solids constitutes the basis for inverting hydraulic test data collected in the field to estimate the two basic parameters of...

Over the past 30 years, several large integral facilities have been utilized in order to understand transient behavior in nuclear power plants. The main objective of these integral facilities was to enhance our physical understanding of transient phenomena during LOCA or non-LOCA transients. An integral database was also used as a basis for the development and verification of thermal hydraulic ...