in this study, a three–layer artificial neural network (ann) model was developed to predict the pressure gradient in horizontal liquid–liquid separated flow. a total of 455 data points were collected from 13 data sources to develop the ann model. superficial velocities, viscosity ratio and density ratio of oil to water, and roughness and inner diameter of pipe were used as input parameters of t...

background: a pressure ulcer is a complication related to the need for the care and treatment of primarily disabled and elderly people. with the decrease of the blood flow caused by the pressure loaded, ulcers are formed and the tissue will be wasted with the passage of time. objective the aim of this study was to construct blood flow monitoring system on the heel tissue which was under externa...

background & objective: reduced blood flow due to obstruction in most cases is as a primary factor in pressure ulcer formation and create of bedsore. the aim of this study is design and manufacture a care system tissue under pressure based on variation blood flow at different depths in the tissue. material & methods: in manufacture of system two infrared light transmitter were located between o...

the pressure drop of refrigerant r-134a flow boiling inside a horizontal tube has been investigated experimentally. the test set-up which was used in this investigation is a well instrumented vapor compression refrigeration system. these instruments are thermocouples, flow meter, pressure gauges and the pressure drop measuring apparatus. this system consisted of three electrically heated evapor...

â understanding the flow behaviour in a gas well is crucial for future production strategies, obtaining bottomhole conditions from wellhead production data, analyzing production data and estimating reservoir properties. in this work, the pressure profile and flow regime are studied on four wells of a multi-well, multi-layer gas-condensate reservoir, producing at high rate. the wells are deviate...

abstract at present study constant rate of strain (crs) consolidation under non-darcy condition was investigated. in this study a governing conditions of drainage pore water were investigated using proposed equation. the crs experiments under different rates of strain were conducted on different soil samples. results these experiments and there comparison with proposed equation showed that flow...

the thermo-hydraulic behavior of the air flow over a two dimensional ribbed channel wasnumerically investigated in various rib-width ratio configurations (b/h=0.5-1.75) atdifferent reynolds numbers, ranging from 6000 to 18000. the capability of differentturbulence models, including standard k-ε, rng k-ε, standard k-ω, and sst k-ω, inpredicting the heat transfer rate was compared with the experi...

in this paper, the boundary-based estimation of pressure distribution in the cardiovascular system is investigated using two dimensional flow images. the conventional methods of non-invasive estimation of pressure distribution in the cardiovascular flow domain use the differential form of governing equations. this study evaluates the advantages of using the integral form of the equations in the...

a water distribution network is subjected to various abnormal conditions such as pipe breaks, pump failures, excessive demands etc. in the design period. under such conditions, the network may not be able to meet required demands at desired pressures, and becomes deficient. traditional network analysis assumes nodal demands to be satisfied and available nodal pressures are calculated. however, ...