Dynamic Responses of Solid Rockets during Rapid Pressure Change

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. TURK ◽  
R. A. BATTISTA ◽  
K. K. KUO ◽  
L. H. CAVENY ◽  
M. SUMMERFIELD
1988 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehuda Finkelstein ◽  
Yuval Zohar ◽  
Yoav P. Talmi ◽  
Nelu Laurian

The Toynbee maneuver, swallowing when the nose is obstructed, leads in most cases to pressure changes in one or both middle ears, resulting in a sensation of fullness. Since first described, many varying and contradictory comments have been reported in the literature concerning the type and amount of pressure changes both in the nasopharynx and in the middle ear. In our study, the pressure changes were determined by catheters placed into the nasopharynx and repeated tympanometric measurements. New information concerning the rapid pressure variations in the nasopharynx and middle ear during deglutition with an obstructed nose was obtained. Typical individual nasopharyngeal pressure change patterns were recorded, ranging from a maximal positive pressure of + 450 to a negative pressure as low as −320 mm H2O.


Author(s):  
Brent S. Murray ◽  
Zhiping Du ◽  
Rammile Ettelaie ◽  
Kristel Maisonneuve ◽  
Ingrid Söderberg

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 1651-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Ludwig ◽  
P. V. Romero ◽  
P. D. Sly ◽  
J. J. Fredberg ◽  
J. H. Bates

The interrupter method for measuring respiratory system resistance involves interrupting flow at the airway opening and measuring the resultant changes in pressure. We have recently shown (J. Appl. Physiol. 65: 408-414, 1988) that in open-chest mongrel dogs, under control conditions, the initial rapid pressure change (delta Pinit) reflects conducting airway resistance and the subsequent gradual pressure change (delta Pdif) reflects stress recovery of the tissues. We questioned whether the same interpretation would apply after induced constriction. Accordingly, we performed interruption experiments on anesthetized, paralyzed, tracheostomized, open-chest mongrel dogs during passive expiration, measuring pressure at the trachea and in three different alveolar regions with alveolar capsules. We recorded measurements before and after the administration of increasing concentrations of histamine aerosol (0.1-30.0 mg/ml). We found a significant increase in the heterogeneity of alveolar pressures during the relaxed expiration with increasing concentrations of histamine. Despite the introduction of significant mechanical heterogeneities, delta Pinit still reflected the pressure drop as the result of the resistance of the conducting airways. delta Pdif, however, reflected a combination of the stress recovery of the tissues and pendelluft.


2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-432
Author(s):  
M. Suzuki ◽  
Y. Morii ◽  
H. Nakamura ◽  
K. Maruta

Abstract Zero-dimensional computations of nanosecond-order ignition using a nanosecond discharge are performed with two constraints. The effects of these constraints are assessed to study the experimental rapid pressure change properly at the initial stages. The computations are carried out with the following constraints: constant internal energy and volume (U&V) and constant enthalpy and pressure (H&P), revealing differences between the two solutions. As the pressure remains constant under the H&P constraint, the total number density of all species decreases during ignition. In this case, O radicals are less generated and consumed. The progression of all reactions and temperatures increases under the H&P constraint less intensely than under the U&V constraint. Significant differences are found between the results calculated under the U&V and H&P constraints. Therefore, large discrepancies with real phenomena can be caused if the loss due to pressure reduction is not treated well.


2019 ◽  
Vol 476 (20) ◽  
pp. 2981-3018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petar H. Lambrev ◽  
Parveen Akhtar

Abstract The light reactions of photosynthesis are hosted and regulated by the chloroplast thylakoid membrane (TM) — the central structural component of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants and algae. The two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrangement of the lipid–protein assemblies, aka macroorganisation, and its dynamic responses to the fluctuating physiological environment, aka flexibility, are the subject of this review. An emphasis is given on the information obtainable by spectroscopic approaches, especially circular dichroism (CD). We briefly summarise the current knowledge of the composition and three-dimensional architecture of the granal TMs in plants and the supramolecular organisation of Photosystem II and light-harvesting complex II therein. We next acquaint the non-specialist reader with the fundamentals of CD spectroscopy, recent advances such as anisotropic CD, and applications for studying the structure and macroorganisation of photosynthetic complexes and membranes. Special attention is given to the structural and functional flexibility of light-harvesting complex II in vitro as revealed by CD and fluorescence spectroscopy. We give an account of the dynamic changes in membrane macroorganisation associated with the light-adaptation of the photosynthetic apparatus and the regulation of the excitation energy flow by state transitions and non-photochemical quenching.


2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (02) ◽  
pp. 200-203
Author(s):  
H. Mizuta ◽  
K. Yana

Abstract:This paper proposes a method for decomposing heart rate fluctuations into background, respiratory and blood pressure oriented fluctuations. A signal cancellation scheme using the adaptive RLS algorithm has been introduced for canceling respiration and blood pressure oriented changes in the heart rate fluctuations. The computer simulation confirmed the validity of the proposed method. Then, heart rate fluctuations, instantaneous lung volume and blood pressure changes are simultaneously recorded from eight normal subjects aged 20-24 years. It was shown that after signal decomposition, the power spectrum of the heart rate showed a consistent monotonic 1/fa type pattern. The proposed method enables a clear interpretation of heart rate spectrum removing uncertain large individual variations due to the respiration and blood pressure change.


1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 356-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sekine ◽  
M. Ogawa ◽  
T. Togawa ◽  
Y. Fukui ◽  
T. Tamura

Abstract:In this study we have attempted to classify the acceleration signal, while walking both at horizontal level, and upstairs and downstairs, using wavelet analysis. The acceleration signal close to the body’s center of gravity was measured while the subjects walked in a corridor and up and down a stairway. The data for four steps were analyzed and the Daubecies 3 wavelet transform was applied to the sequential data. The variables to be discriminated were the waveforms related to levels -4 and -5. The sum of the square values at each step was compared at levels -4 and -5. Downstairs walking could be discriminated from other types of walking, showing the largest value for level -5. Walking at horizontal level was compared with upstairs walking for level -4. It was possible to discriminate the continuous dynamic responses to walking by the wavelet transform.


2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zribi ◽  
N. B. Almutairi ◽  
M. Abdel-Rohman

The flexibility and low damping of the long span suspended cables in suspension bridges makes them prone to vibrations due to wind and moving loads which affect the dynamic responses of the suspended cables and the bridge deck. This paper investigates the control of vibrations of a suspension bridge due to a vertical load moving on the bridge deck with a constant speed. A vertical cable between the bridge deck and the suspended cables is used to install a hydraulic actuator able to generate an active control force on the bridge deck. Two control schemes are proposed to generate the control force needed to reduce the vertical vibrations in the suspended cables and in the bridge deck. The proposed controllers, whose design is based on Lyapunov theory, guarantee the asymptotic stability of the system. The MATLAB software is used to simulate the performance of the controlled system. The simulation results indicate that the proposed controllers work well. In addition, the performance of the system with the proposed controllers is compared to the performance of the system controlled with a velocity feedback controller.


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