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Periarticular calcifications
Periarticular calcification and ossification is a frequent finding on imaging and may sometimes pose a diagnostic challenge. The differential diagnoses for this radiological finding are wide and can be classif...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Calculation of Structural Response and Response Sensitivity with Improved Substructuring Method
Structural response and response sensitivity play an important role in the fields of model updating, damage identification and dynamic optimization. Calculation of response and response sensitivity of a large ...
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Open AccessSingle Droplet on Micro Square-Post Patterned Surfaces – Theoretical Model and Numerical Simulation
In this study, the wetting behaviors of single droplet on a micro square-post patterned surface with different geometrical parameters are investigated theoretically and numerically. A theoretical model is prop...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Investigation on the Jump Phenomenon of Linear Compressor
According to the experiments on the linear compressor operating in the refrigeration system, the occurrence conditions and regularity of jump phenomenon is investigated on different working conditions. When ju...
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Growth and leaf gas exchange in Populus euphratica across soil water and salinity gradients
Soil water and salinity conditions of the riparian zones along the Tarim River, northwest China, have been undergoing alterations due to water use by human or climate change, which is expected to influence the...
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Numerical modeling and analysis of grooved surface applied to film cooling
In order to improve the efficiency of film cooling, numerical investigation was carried out to study the effects of different film-cooled plates on surface heat transfer. Both grooved and non-grooved surfaces ...
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LBM Simulation of Viscous Fingering Phenomenon in Immiscible Displacement of Two Fluids in Porous Media
This article presents the lattice Boltzmann simulation of viscous fingering phenomenon in immiscible displacement of two fluids in porous media. Such phenomenon generally takes place when a less viscous fluid ...
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Solid desiccant dehumidification techniques inspired from natural electroosmosis phenomena
Electroosmosis has been shown to be an effective means of different applications in various fields such as Mi- cro-Electro-Mechanical systems (MEMS) and biomimetics applications. This paper aims to prove the c...
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Superhydrophobic Composite Films Based on THS and Nanoparticles
The present paper reports a facile and direct method to render superhydrophobicity onto substrate surfaces. SiO2 nanoparticles of various sizes are added into trimethoxyhexadecylsilane (THS) solutions to prepare ...
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Simulation of the influence of surface wettability on viscous fingering phenomenon in porous media
Fingering phenomena are common occurrence in the natural world. It generally takes place when a less viscous fluid displaces a more viscous fluid typically in porous media. Nowadays, such phenomena have extens...
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Wetting Behaviours of a Single Droplet on Biomimetic Micro Structured Surfaces
Natural surfaces with super hydrophobic properties often have micro or hierarchical structures. In this paper, the wetting behaviours of a single droplet on biomimetic micro structured surfaces with different ...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Behaviours of Non-Polar Droplets Merging and Interactions with Hydrophobic Surfaces
This paper presents a molecular dynamics simulation of the behaviours of non-polar droplets merging and also the fluid molecules interacting with a hydrophobic surface. Such behaviours and transport phenomena ...
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Recent advances in computational simulation of macro-, meso-, and micro-scale biomimetics related fluid flow problems
Over the last decade, computational methods have been intensively applied to a variety of scientific researches and engineering designs. Although the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method has played a domi...
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Numerical simulation of electroosmotic flow near earthworm surface
The electroosmotic flow near an earthworm surface is simulated numerically to further understand the anti soil adhesion mechanism of earthworm. A lattice Poisson method is employed to solve electric potential ...
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CFD simulation of fish-like body moving in viscous liquid
The study of fish-like bodies moving in liquid is an interesting and challenging research subject in the fields of biolocomotion and biomimetics. Typically the effect of tail oscillation on fluid flow around s...
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The Concept of Electroosmotically Driven Flow and Its Application to Biomimetics
The concept of electroosmotically driven flow is built around understanding how the ionized particles or fluid are driven to flow by electroosmosis forces. Apart from the major applications of this concept to ...
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Enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer in a horizontal water layer through surface roughness and screen coverage
An experimental investigation was carried out to study the augmentation of heat transfer in saturated pool boiling of a liquid water layer on a heated horizontal stainless steel plate by roughing the surface ...
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Particle image velocimetry measurements of the separated flow behind a rearward facing step
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure mean flow and turbulence characteristics in the separated flow behind a rearward facing step. The confidence limits characterising estimates of mean velocit...
