One of the most complicated and time-consuming process in ship production is to determine the optimum route of piping. The automatic system to generate optimum collision free routes for pipes is presented in this paper. In the past, research has been primarily focused on the use of only deterministic or only nondeterministic optimization techniques to find the optimal route. In this paper, the ...

© 1989 Johnson Controls, Inc. 1 Code No. LIT-351H110 The relationship between the many factors which influence the pressure and flow rate within a hydronic system can sometimes seem very confusing. This report provides a simple systematic approach for analyzing basic hydronic systems. These concepts can later be applied to more complicated systems like those discussed in Engineering Reports H11...

In this paper we propose a new argument in support of the view that focus association involves covert focus movement with pied-piping, as proposed by Drubig (1994) and more recently supported by Krifka (2006) and Wagner (2006), and against the more prominent approach which does not involve movement (Rooth 1985, 1992). The evidence will come from an interaction between the interpretation of pied...

In this paper we propose a syntactic and semantic analysis of complex questions. We consider questions involving pied piping and stranding and we propose elementary trees and semantic representations that allow to account for both constructions in a uniform way.

Many buildings had stopped their service due to damage non-structural members including ceilings, partition walls and piping after large-scale earthquakes. In particular, piping-failure-caused water leakage damaged electronic equipment resulted in a loss of functionality the building. Cyclic bending tests are conducted carbon steel pipes for supply with nominal diameters 25A, 40A, 50A 80A evalu...

In this study, a cooling system for fusion reactor divertor that utilizes swirling flow generated downstream of multi-elbow piping was proposed, and fields the (triple elbow) were investigated using visualization experiment. Additionally, heat transfer experiment conducted under one-sided heating condition to simulate environment. The results revealed flux removed by in elbow exceeded critical ...