The swirling secondary flow in curved pipes is studied three-space dimensions using a weakly compressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (WCSPH) formulation coupled to new non-reflecting outflow boundary conditions. A large-eddy simulation (LES) model for turbulence benchmarked with existing experimental data. After validation of the present against results 90 grades pipe bend, detailed numeri...

Splashing is the main atomization source for a jet impinging on liquid layer. Increased understanding of splashing rainfall characteristics can help to reduce hazard flood discharge in hydraulic engineering. In this study, spatial distribution caused by nappe flow downstream water cushion was experimentally investigated. Effects factors impingement velocity, unit discharge, and water-cushion de...

This study analyses acoustic data elicited from an implicit priming experiment on tone 3 sandhi in Mandarin Chinese (a follow-up to Chen and Chen [1]) with the aim of examining how the tonal contours of lexical T2 and sandhi T3 are realised in a set that shared the initial parts of the word (i.e. the homogeneous condition, e.g. lipin, lixiang, lidao, liguo) and in a set that did not share the i...

. Estimation of plaque area in Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images after extraction of media and plaque-lumen interfaces is an important application of computer-aided diagnosis in medical imaging. This paper presents a novel system for fully automatic and fast calculation of plaque quantity by capturing the surrounding ring called media. The system utilizes an algorithm that consists of an e...

Dynamic soaring is a technique used the sea bird the Albatross. This technique allows for the bird to stay in the air for extended periods of time with very little effort. Dynamic soaring utilizes the wind gradient on the surface of the ocean to maintain its airspeed. A similar technique is used by RC glider pilots to achieve high speeds by using the shear wind layer on the leeward side of moun...