Approximate Correction for Unsteady Pressure Differential in a Capillary-Tube Gas Viscosimeter

1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. van Doren ◽  
R. A. Guereca ◽  
H. P. Richardson ◽  
D. Cummins

Equations are developed which satisfactorily describe the change in the pressure differential with time for a closed, constant-volume system which utilizes a coiled-capillary tube and a constant-rate pump to determine gas viscosities. Viscosities are computed at transient, unsteady, and apparent-steady-state conditions. As long as the flow rates are not too high and the pressure level is not too low, the computed viscosities appear to be reliable.

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. McCarty ◽  
T. J. W. Leland

Abstract The results from recent studies of some factors affecting tire braking and cornering performance are presented together with a discussion of the possible application of these results to the design of aircraft braking systems. The first part of the paper is concerned with steady-state braking, that is, results from tests conducted at a constant slip ratio or steering angle or both. The second part deals with cyclic braking tests, both single cycle, where brakes are applied at a constant rate until wheel lockup is achieved, and rapid cycling of the brakes under control of a currently operational antiskid system.


1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 2903-2918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Horák ◽  
Zina Valášková ◽  
František Jiráček

Algorithms have been presented, analyzed and experimentally tested to stabilize the reaction temperature at constant inlet temperature and composition of the feed by controlled dispensing of the catalyst. The information for the control element is the course of the reaction temperature. If the temperature of the reaction mixture is below the set point, the catalyst is being fed into the reactor at a constant rate. If the reaction temperature is higher the catalyst dispenser is blocked; dispensing of the catalyst is not resumed until the set point temperature has been reached again. The amount of catalyst added is a function of the duration of the switching cycle. The effect has been discussed of the form of this function on the course of the switching cycle. The results have been tested experimentally on a laboratory reactor controlled in an unstable steady state.


1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Fleeter ◽  
R. L. Jay ◽  
W. A. Bennett

An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the fluctuating pressure distribution on a stationary vane row, with the primary source of excitation being the wakes from the upstream rotor blades. This was accomplished in a large scale, low speed, single stage research compressor. The forcing function, the velocity defect created by the rotor wakes, was measured with a crossed hot-wire probe. The aerodynamic response on the vanes was measured by means of flush mounted high response dynamic pressure transducers. The dynamic data were analyzed to determine the chordwise distribution of the dynamic pressure coefficient and aerodynamic phase lag as referenced to a transverse gust at the vane leading edge. Vane suction and pressure surface data as well as the pressure difference across the vane were obtained for reduced frequency values ranging from 3.65 to 16.80 and for an incidence angle range of 35.5 deg. The pressure difference data were correlated with a state-of-the-art aerodynamic cascade transverse gust analysis. The correlation was quite good for all reduced frequency values for small values of incidence. For the more negative incidence angle data points, it was shown that a convected wake phenomena not modeled in the analysis existed. Both the first and second harmonic unsteady pressure differential magnitude data decrease in the chordwise direction. The second harmonic magnitude data attains a value very nearly zero at the vane trailing edge transducer location, while the first harmonic data is still finite, albeit small, at this location. That the magnitude of the unsteady pressure differential data approaches zero near to the trailing edge, particularly the second harmonic data which has reduced frequency values to 16.8, is significant in that it reflects upon the validity of the Kutta condition for unsteady flows.


Neurosurgery ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kosteljanetz

Abstract Two methods for the determination of resistance to the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid, the bolus injection technique and the constant rate steady state infusion technique, were compared. Thirty-two patients with a variety of intracranial diseases (usually communicating hydrocephalus) were studied. There was a high degree of correlation between the resistance values obtained with the two methods, but values based on the bolus injection technique were systematically and statistically significantly lower than those obtained with the constant rate infusion test. From a practical point of view. both methods were found to be applicable in a clinical setting.


2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Srihari ◽  
Sarit K. Das

Transient analysis helps us to predict the behavior of heat exchangers subjected to various operational disturbances due to sudden change in temperature or flow rates of the working fluids. The present experimental analysis deals with the effect of flow distribution on the transient temperature response for U-type and Z-type plate heat exchangers. The experiments have been carried out with uniform and nonuniform flow distributions for various flow rates. The temperature responses are analyzed for various transient characteristics, such as initial delay and time constant. It is also possible to observe the steady state characteristics after the responses reach asymptotic values. The experimental observations indicate that the Z-type flow configuration is more strongly affected by flow maldistribution compared to the U-type in both transient and steady state regimes. The comparison of the experimental results with numerical solution indicates that it is necessary to treat the flow maldistribution separately from axial thermal dispersion during modeling of plate heat exchanger dynamics.


1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 1762-1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.L. Weaver ◽  
J.M. Tanzer ◽  
P.A. Kramer

We tested whether permucosal delivery of pilocarpine nitrate could be used to elicit significant salivary secretion. Pilocarpine (pKa 6.6 at 37°C) was applied as solutions (pHs 5.6, 6.6, 7.6; 15 mg/mL) to the buccal mucosa (2.8 cm2) of 6 anesthetized dogs. Saliva was collected continuously from cannulated submandibular and parotid ducts and blood sampled during and after drug administration. Plasma pilocarpine levels were determined by reversed-phase HPLC. Absorption rates were determined by use of data from separate zero-order intravenous infusions to the same dogs. Pilocarpine was buccally absorbed at a constant rate of 72.9 ± 38.5 μg/kg/h following its application at pH 7.6. At this pH of the drug solution, the time to appearance of pilocarpine in blood plasma was 0.31 ± 0.08 h, and the time to appearance of salivary flow was 0.86 ± 0.32 h. A threshold dose of 32.9 ± 7.5 ug/kg was required to induce secretion with the pH 7.6 drug, the steady-state plasma concentration was 28.9 ± 19.3 ng/mL, and the steady-state submandibular flow rate was 0.14 ± 0.11 mL/ min/gland pair. Salivary flow induction was symmetrical and reached levels as high as 0.35 mL/min/submandibular gland pair without apparent tachyphylaxis. Results at pHs 5.6, 6.6, and 7.6 were consistent with the hypothesis that pilocarpine is primarily absorbed as un-ionized drug. The data indicate that transmucosal delivery of pilocarpine, avoiding "first pass" hepatic loss, may hold promise for the treatment of xerostomia.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Anna Avramenko ◽  
Alexey Frolov ◽  
Jari Hämäläinen

The presented research demonstrates the results of a series of numerical simulations of gas flow through a single-stage centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser. Numerical results were validated with experiments consisting of eight regimes with different mass flow rates. The steady-state and unsteady simulations were done in ANSYS FLUENT 13.0 and NUMECA FINE/TURBO 8.9.1 for one-period geometry due to periodicity of the problem. First-order discretization is insufficient due to strong dissipation effects. Results obtained with second-order discretization agree with the experiments for the steady-state case in the region of high mass flow rates. In the area of low mass flow rates, nonstationary effects significantly influence the flow leading stationary model to poor prediction. Therefore, the unsteady simulations were performed in the region of low mass flow rates. Results of calculation were compared with experimental data. The numerical simulation method in this paper can be used to predict compressor performance.


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