Best estimate system thermal-hydraulic codes in the nuclear engineering community, e.g., TRACE, RELAP3D, CATHARE-3, etc., were extended with 3D coarse-mesh components to better describe Thermal-Hydraulic (TH) phenomena taking place within Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) and core. The RPV is usually shaped like a cylinder while core mostly cube. Hence, TRACE code equipped Cylindrical VESSEL Cartes...

The PandaX-30T is a proposed next-generation experiment to study dark matter and neutrinos using dual-phase time projection chamber with \textasciitilde30 tons of liquid xenon. An innovative xenon handling subsystem the PandaX-30T, First-X, described in this paper. First-X developed handle safely efficiently, including liquefying long-term storing without losses or contamination, transferring c...

because microaspiration of contaminated supraglottic secretions past the endotracheal tube cuff is considered to be central in the pathogenesis of pneumonia, improved design of tracheal tubes with new cuff material and shape have reduced the size and number of folds, which together with the addition of suction ports above the cuff to drain pooled subglottic secretions leads to reduced aspiratio...

The responses of buffer-perfused terminal mesenteric arteries from 3- and 35-day-old swine to manipulation of intravascular pressure and flow rate were determined. Under in vivo conditions, these vessels demonstrated age-dependent differences in resting diameter (182 vs. 301 μm in 3- vs. 35-day-old swine). A proximal-to-distal pressure gradient was present in vessels from both age groups (Δ13 v...

In this paper, the influence of the constituent volume fractions by changing the values of the power-law exponent with uniform pressure on the vibration frequencies of reinforced functionally graded cylindrical shells is studied. The FGM shell with ring is developed in accordance to the volume fraction law from two constituents namely stainless steel and nickel. These constituents are graded th...

It is well known that it is very difficult to manufacture perfect thin cylindrical shell. Initial geometrical imperfections existing in the shell structure is one of the main determining factor for load bearing capacity of thin cylindrical shell under uniform lateral pressure. As these imperfections are random, the strength of same size cylindrical shell will also random and a statistical metho...

The present paper describes a novel recognition method of pulmonary nodules (i.e., cancer candidates) in thoracic computed tomography scans by use of three-dimensional spherical and cylindrical models that represent nodules and blood vessels, respectively. The anatomical validity of these object models and their fidelity to computed tomography scans are evaluated based on the Bayes theorem. The...