Polar ships face significant risks from ice accretion on decks,superstructures,and power systems.Ice formation on the power intake system particularly affects vessel stability and safety.While freshwater icing has bee...Polar ships face significant risks from ice accretion on decks,superstructures,and power systems.Ice formation on the power intake system particularly affects vessel stability and safety.While freshwater icing has been extensively researched,comprehensive multi-parameter studies on ice accretion for intake structures remain insufficient.This investigation examines the icing characteristics of the air shroud,a critical component of marine gas turbines,resulting from saltwater droplet freezing.The study utilized a custom-built cyclic ice wind tunnel,with flow field quality verified through Five-hole probe and Hot wire anemometer methods,and droplet field quality validated using Laser,Flowmeter,Ice blade,and Icing calibration grid techniques.The research analyzes ice distribution and thickness on the shroud under varying NaCl concentrations,considering temperature,liquid water content(LWC),and median volume diameter(MVD).The findings reveal that decreased salinity facilitates rime ice formation,resulting in rough ice texture.Temperature reduction,increased LWC,and larger MVD enhanced salinity's influence on ice thickness.The shroud exhibits substantial radial ice accretion,with coverage extending to approximately 90%.These results establish a foundation for further investigation of saltwater icing mechanisms and pioneer icing research in marine gas turbine intake systems.展开更多
During high-speed rotation,the surface of aeronautic spiral bevel gears will generate significant pressure and viscous forces,which will cause a certain amount of windage power loss and reduce the efficiency of the tr...During high-speed rotation,the surface of aeronautic spiral bevel gears will generate significant pressure and viscous forces,which will cause a certain amount of windage power loss and reduce the efficiency of the transmission system.Based on the computational fluid dynamics,this paper analyzes the windage power loss of a single spiral bevel gear and a spiral bevel gear pair under oil injection lubrication.In addition,the shroud is used to suppress gear windage loss,and the clearance size and opening angle of the designed shroud are optimized.Finally,by comparing and analyzing the experimental results,the following conclusions were obtained:(1)For a single gear,the speed is the most important factor affecting windage loss,followed by the hand of spiral,and rotation direction;(2)For gear pairs,under oil injection lubrication,the input speed has the greatest impact on windage power loss,followed by the influence of oil injection port speed,temperature and oil injection port pressure;(3)Installing a shroud is an effective method to reduce windage power loss;(4)In the pure air phase,the smaller the clearance between the shroud and the gear surface,and the smaller the radial direction between the shroud and the shaft,the better the effect of reducing windage;(5)In the two-phase flow of oil and gas,it is necessary to design oil drainage holes on the shroud to ensure the smooth discharge of lubricating oil and improve the drag reduction effect.展开更多
In its totality and complexity, the theme of forcing in Christian events is almost impossible to investigate. In fact, a lot of scholars and a very long time would be necessary to analyse the numerous events. Thus, we...In its totality and complexity, the theme of forcing in Christian events is almost impossible to investigate. In fact, a lot of scholars and a very long time would be necessary to analyse the numerous events. Thus, we decided to investigate such events only in the study of the Shroud of Turin, an archaeological find known worldwide. The above topic is essential for Christianity. Furthermore, we must take into account that also among the followers of other religions, atheists and agnostics, there is a considerable interest. We think this is due to the unexpected characteristics that the Body Image, which appears on the Burial Linen of the Nazarene, shows. In this article, we would like to demonstrate that the practice of forcing is still in use. These actions, which are also present on the other side, in the non-Christian world, are the result of conflicts of religious interests. To confirm the presence of the Almighty is not necessarily the forcing. Finding a solution to these problems is not our job. However, we want to highlight them through scientific literature.展开更多
After almost fifteen years, we remind our fellow scientists of the Stochastic process, a natural mechanism for obtaining the Shroud Body Image. The above process is considered the only source of energy present in an a...After almost fifteen years, we remind our fellow scientists of the Stochastic process, a natural mechanism for obtaining the Shroud Body Image. The above process is considered the only source of energy present in an ancient tomb: the thermal one emitted by the corpse of Jesus Christ. It, for all corpses, is notoriously so weak that the only process that could be triggered is the Stochastic one. However, the best-known expert scientists in the Shroud of Turin investigation did not take this model into account, even if it guaranteed a latent image, typical of the Stochastic process, and a fibrils distribution as appears on the Shroud surface. The above scientists and many others had already chosen the Radiative hypothesis, which is based on the emission of radiation (Ultraviolet) and nuclear particles (Protons and Neutrons) by the corpse of Jesus Christ. These emissions are impossible;conversely, if they were true, we would have to talk about miracles. Today, after four decades, it would be appropriate to accept that the Radiative hypothesis (which in the Turin Shroud case becomes a miraculous hypothesis) cannot be in line with both Physics and Theology. We think that we should all be more fiscal when we judge our work.展开更多
In this paper, in order to clarify the gains of the shroud in the shrouded tail rotor system, a thrust division factor q , which represents the ratio of the shroud thrust to the total thrust of the shrouded tail ro...In this paper, in order to clarify the gains of the shroud in the shrouded tail rotor system, a thrust division factor q , which represents the ratio of the shroud thrust to the total thrust of the shrouded tail rotor, is introduced. With the help of q , the slipstream theory for the static and axial flow states of the shrouded tail rotor are fully derived. Based on the sliptream theory, the variations of the thrust, power and disk area against q for different cases are emphatically analysed and the comparisons between a shrouded tail rotor and an isolated one are made. It is shown that, although the shroud can provide as much as 50% of the total thrust of shrouded tail rotor for the static state, the thrust gains of the shroud rapidly decrease for the axial flow state, which depends on the flow velocity ratio.展开更多
In this paper, a special-purpose CAD/CAM software package, BliskCad/Cam, based on a commercial CAD/CAM software Unigraphics is developed to reduce difficulties in CNC-EDM of the shrouded turbine blisks. The software p...In this paper, a special-purpose CAD/CAM software package, BliskCad/Cam, based on a commercial CAD/CAM software Unigraphics is developed to reduce difficulties in CNC-EDM of the shrouded turbine blisks. The software package consists of five modules such as electrode design, path searching, and machining simulation module. Functions of BliskCad/Cam include parametrical reconstruction of 3-D model of the blisk, intelligent design of complex shaped electrode, automatic generation of NC codes, search of interference-free tool path for multi-axis NC-EDM and machining simulation, etc. Experimental verification is conducted by using BliskCad/Cam and the results show that it satisfies the requirements, and can realize precision machining and reduce accessorial time remarkably.展开更多
Fine bubbles will create when the inert gas is introduced to the high rapidsteel stream within the shroud nozzle between ladle and tundish. The collision and attachment amongthe bubbles and fine inclusions will promot...Fine bubbles will create when the inert gas is introduced to the high rapidsteel stream within the shroud nozzle between ladle and tundish. The collision and attachment amongthe bubbles and fine inclusions will promote the floatation efficiency of inclusions in the tundish.The behaviors of the bubbles, such as the dispersion in shroud, coalescence and floatation intundish, are studied. The results show that the maximum sizes of the bubbles in the water and steelflow within the shroud in the length of 1.2 m are 0.70-1.44 mm and 1.53-3.16 mm respectively whenthe flow rates are 0.006-0.016 m^3/s; the terminal velocities of fine bubbles in the water andmolten steel within the tundish are 0.02-0.2 and 0.05-0.6 m/s.展开更多
As a novel supersonic jet technology,preheating shrouded supersonic jet was developed to deliver oxygen into molten bath efficiently and affordably.However,there has been limited research on the jet behavior and impin...As a novel supersonic jet technology,preheating shrouded supersonic jet was developed to deliver oxygen into molten bath efficiently and affordably.However,there has been limited research on the jet behavior and impingement characteristics of preheating shrouded supersonic jets.Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)models were established to investigate the effects of main and shrouding gas temperatures on the characteristics of flow field and impingement of shrouded supersonic jet.The preheating shrouded supersonic jet behavior was simulated and measured by numerical simulation and jet measurement experiment respectively.The influence of preheating shrouded supersonic jet on gas jet penetration and fluid flow in liquid bath was calculated by the CFD model which was validated against water model experiments.The results show that the uptrend of the potential core length of shrouded supersonic jet would be accelerated with increasing the main and shrouding gas temperatures.Also,preheating supersonic jets demonstrated significant advantages in penetrating and stirring the liquid bath.展开更多
Numerical and physical models have been built and validated to study the multiphase flow inside three ladle shrouds and a four-strand tundish.A conventional straight ladle shroud and two types of trumpet-shaped ladle ...Numerical and physical models have been built and validated to study the multiphase flow inside three ladle shrouds and a four-strand tundish.A conventional straight ladle shroud and two types of trumpet-shaped ladle shroud(TLS)have been comparatively investigated.The maximum velocity at ladle shroud outlet reduces from 1.3 to 0.5 m/s,which indicates a quieter tundish pool.It is demonstrated that the use of a TLS can also decrease the maximum surface velocity from 0.16 to 0.13 m/s,which reduces the tendency of forming tundish open eye.The flow pattern and mixing behavior are improved inside the tundish,especially in enlarging the plug volume from 6.61%to 9.04%.The difference between the near and far outlets is narrowed when the TLS is applied.A computational program was developed to calculate characteristic parameters of different ladle shroud designs,and a dimensionless index was proposed to evaluate their mass and inner volume.Plant trials have been carried out,and the results showed that TLS can reduce level fluctuation in the pouring zone,which is beneficial to promoting better protective performance from secondary contamination and heat loss during continuous casting.展开更多
Patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation still suffer from high rates of complication that linked to the flow field within the blood pump.So it is essential to optimise the geometry of the pump.The specificat...Patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation still suffer from high rates of complication that linked to the flow field within the blood pump.So it is essential to optimise the geometry of the pump.The specification of shroud design is arguably the necessary design parameter in the centrifugal pump.However,the hemodynamic performances of the different shroud designs have not been studied extensively.In this study,ten different shroud designs were made and divided into two groups as the different covering locations(A:Covering the blade leading edge,B:Covering the blade trailing edge).In every group,six shroud designs with the covering proportions of 0,1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5,1 were made.Detailed computational fluid dynamics(CFD)analyses were performed to investigate their effects on hemodynamics and hydraulic performance at the constant flow condition(4000 rpm,5 L/min).The percentage volumes of the scalar shear stress in specific threshold(τ<1 Pa:Thrombosis,τ>9 Pa:the destruction of von Willebrand factor,τ>50 Pa:Platelet activation,τ>150 Pa:Break of red blood)were used to compare the blood damage of the different shroud designs.Also,the modified index of hemolysis(MIH)were calculated based on a Eulerian approach for different pumps.CFD simulations predicted an increase in the pump head,hydraulic efficiency,a fraction of fluid volume with scalar shear stress values above a threshold(9 Pa,50 Pa,150 Pa)and MIH with increasing shroud covering proportions from 0 to 1 in the same covering location.Also,these above results were higher in group B than group A.This means that the risks of the hemolysis,thrombosis and bleeding increased as the rise of the covering proportion and they were higher in the pump whose shroud covers the blade trailing edge.展开更多
This paper describes the flow simulation of a dual rotor, three-bladed wind turbine module with a shroud to determine its performance. The parameters that were evaluated are the effects of adding a second rotor, wind ...This paper describes the flow simulation of a dual rotor, three-bladed wind turbine module with a shroud to determine its performance. The parameters that were evaluated are the effects of adding a second rotor, wind speed, distance between the two rotors, the size of the front rotor and the shroud. The results were obtained by using the Solid Works 2015 flow simulation program. Also, the benefits and cost issues for wind generating systems are illustrated.展开更多
The shroud continues to remain one of the most studied and controversial artifacts in human history. Many tests, X-ray fluorescence, reflectance, spectrometry and low energy/high-resolution X ray transmission have sho...The shroud continues to remain one of the most studied and controversial artifacts in human history. Many tests, X-ray fluorescence, reflectance, spectrometry and low energy/high-resolution X ray transmission have shown that the crucified body is not compatible with a painted image. Researchers confirm that the alleged blood is real blood. We documented the self-assembly of geometric triangular chiral hexagon complex (GTCHC) with structural organization of embryoid bodies in cancer tissues. The identification of these structures is not only limited to malignant tumors but also appears in extreme injured tissues. Our interest is to determine if we can predict and identify these patterns in the Shroud of Turin. Based on pattern recognition image was analyzed over 100 shroud images. We identified a central spectral emission line that exhibits a characteristic signature on a plot of residual electromagnetic radiation, head area narrowing and low extremities broadening, indication of decay energy changes in the velocity of the molecules in the traversal trajectory. This Electromagnetic collision event generates in the cloth stagnant blood areas with patterns identical to those identified for us in cancer damage tissues. Inflammatory cytokines activate stem cells and Notch signaling proteins in cascade of interactions to generate real clonal human embryoid template. Can we predict function from structure? These structures evoke life, regeneration, but not death. Our findings suggest the image of a crucified man on the Shroud of Turin is a real physical electromagnetic collision event in response to extreme tissue injury, with the fact that supports our previous findings in cancer tissues as real and predictable. Proteins derived from these emergent damage tissue derivate stem cells could be used to design biologic templates in regenerative medicine and develop novel strategies in cancer therapy.展开更多
This paper describes a flow simulation model used to determine the effects of a shroud on the performance of a wind turbine. Also, it focuses on comparing the standard type of wind turbines— upwind turbine with three...This paper describes a flow simulation model used to determine the effects of a shroud on the performance of a wind turbine. Also, it focuses on comparing the standard type of wind turbines— upwind turbine with three blades fixed on a horizontal axis—with a new type that is called a shrouded wind turbine. In addition, the two types of turbines are compared in terms of velocities profiles, pressure distribution and power output when applying four different velocities of winds: 10, 20, 30, 40 mph. Numerical values and graphs are highlighted in order to show the main differences between the shrouded turbine and the conventional one. Finally, a conclusion and some recommendations are provided to summarize the scope of this research and give a better prediction for a future optimal design of the shrouded turbines.展开更多
The formation of iron aluminide coating was attempted through annealing of plasma-sprayed iron/aluminum composite deposit.Shrouded plasma spraying with nitrogen as protective gas was employed to prepare iron/aluminum ...The formation of iron aluminide coating was attempted through annealing of plasma-sprayed iron/aluminum composite deposit.Shrouded plasma spraying with nitrogen as protective gas was employed to prepare iron/aluminum composite coating using mechanically blended iron and aluminum powders with Fe/Al atomic ratio of 65:35.Annealing of the as-sprayed coating was carried out in argon atmosphere at 450,500,550,and 600 o C for different durations.The microstructure of the coatings was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction.The effect of annealing on the microstructure and phase evolution in the coatings was examined.The results show that iron/aluminum composite coating with low oxide inclusions and porosity is deposited by shrouded plasma spraying.It is found that Fe2Al5 intermetallics forms as an intermediate phase in the composite coating during annealing.As the annealing duration and temperature increase,iron aluminide intermetallic phases in the coatings increase and the microstructure becomes more homogeneous.After annealing at 600 o C for 336 h,FeAl and Fe3Al intermetallic phases will present in the coating as the main phases.展开更多
Based on a current coherent jet,this study proposes a supersonic combustion(SC)coherent jet in which the main oxygen jet is surrounded by a supersonic fuel gas.The characteristics of the proposed coherent jet are anal...Based on a current coherent jet,this study proposes a supersonic combustion(SC)coherent jet in which the main oxygen jet is surrounded by a supersonic fuel gas.The characteristics of the proposed coherent jet are analyzed using experimental methods and numerical simulations in the high-temperature environment of electric arc furnace(EAF)steelmaking.The SC coherent jet achieved stable combustion in the EAF steelmaking environment.The simulated combustion temperature of the supersonic shrouding methane gas was 2930 K,slightly below the theoretical combustion temperature of methane–oxygen gas.The high speed and temperature of the supersonic flame effectively weakened the interaction between the main oxygen jet and the external ambient gas,inhibiting the radial expansion of the main oxygen jet and maintaining its high speed and low turbulence over a long distance.These features improved the impact capacity of the coherent jet and strengthened the stirring intensity in the EAF bath.展开更多
The O_(2)-CaO jet with shrouding combustion flame demonstrates some advantages in quick melting and effective slag foaming by delivering lime powder deeply into the molten bath.Combining the discrete particle model an...The O_(2)-CaO jet with shrouding combustion flame demonstrates some advantages in quick melting and effective slag foaming by delivering lime powder deeply into the molten bath.Combining the discrete particle model and the eddy dissipation concept model with the detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms(GRI-Mech 3.0),computational fluid dynamics models of the O_(2)-CaO jet with different shrouding fuel mediums injection were developed.Firstly,the results of the numerical simulation were validated by the measured data of cold test for O_(2)-CaO injection.Then,the interaction between the particles and the gas jet of the O_(2)-CaO jet and the effect of shrouding fuel medium species on the fluid flow characteristics of the O_(2)-CaO jet were analyzed.Results show that the CaO particles can be effectively heated by the shrouding high-temperature combustion flame and compared with the O_(2)-CaO jet without shrouding gas,the potential core length was increased about 2.5,3.3 and 4.3 times by the shrouding flame generated from CO,CH_(4) and C_(3)H_(8).And with shrouding CH_(4) and C_(3)H_(8) injection,the CaO particles can be clustered together in a long distance,which would be helpful to improve the utilization efficiency of CaO particles.展开更多
A ladle shroud is one of the functional refractories for continuous casting,which undergoes severe thermal shock by molten steel when used without pre-heating.The composite ladle shroud with an insulating liner presen...A ladle shroud is one of the functional refractories for continuous casting,which undergoes severe thermal shock by molten steel when used without pre-heating.The composite ladle shroud with an insulating liner presents excellent thermal shock resistance.Finite element simulation is an effective method to explore the maximum thermal stress for predicting the thermal shock resistance of ladle shrouds.In this paper,the influence of the lining materials and the structure of ladle shrouds on the thermal stress distribution is systematically researched.The working mechanism of the lining material on the body material is also presented.Lining materials with low thermal expansion,elastic modulus and thermal conductivity are helpful to improve the thermal shock resistance and an optimum lining thickness is suggested.The lining material can both serve as thermal resistance for the body material to buffer the thermal stress,and apply a strain load to the body material by the thermal strain to increase the stress.展开更多
The Turin Shroud was extensively scientifically investigated in 1978. In its pinkish red bloodstains, normal features of human blood were found, but also seemingly anomalous ones. In the present study, hitherto unnoti...The Turin Shroud was extensively scientifically investigated in 1978. In its pinkish red bloodstains, normal features of human blood were found, but also seemingly anomalous ones. In the present study, hitherto unnoticed details of the data are presented, Shroud data and more modern reference data are compared, and the results of a few experiments with linen, madder dye and blood are shown. It turns out that the Shroud’s ‘anomalous’ data are strong consistent evidence that its bloodstains contain acid heme-madder lake, of which the heme derived from cold acid postmortem blood and the madder had been applied to the Shroud at manufacture. It implies that the bloodstains were formed on the Shroud before the still not reproduced body-image was. Several other ‘red-color’ hypotheses for the Shroud’s bloodstains are discussed and dismissed.展开更多
The Turin Shroud, recently accessible for hands-on scientific research, is now extensively investigated. Its pinkish red blood stains that seem anomalous ones are studied by modern techniques (notably by resolute opti...The Turin Shroud, recently accessible for hands-on scientific research, is now extensively investigated. Its pinkish red blood stains that seem anomalous ones are studied by modern techniques (notably by resolute optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray). Exploration by these techniques of a blood stain located on the face permits us to discover some red-colour particles (hematite, biotite and cinnabar) of exogenous material in this stain. We finally characterize these red-colour particles and try to explain their presences in the blood stain. Globally, all these red-colour particles cannot explain all of the reddish appearance of the area under study.展开更多
The radiative hypothesis has been revisited showing other characteristics, produced by the protons used as dyes in total disagree with the ones of the Body Image that appears on the Shroud of Turin. Our investigations...The radiative hypothesis has been revisited showing other characteristics, produced by the protons used as dyes in total disagree with the ones of the Body Image that appears on the Shroud of Turin. Our investigations highlight that for the protons to reach 3.7 cm in air, the distance that measures the range of discoloration effects, must be emitted with an energy of about 1.5 MeV using Wilson and Brobeck’s empirical formula and 1.35 MeV using Bethe’s. This last formula provides a result closer to reality. Bethe shows that the penetration depth is greater than that calculated empirically. Such a value of proton energy (1.35 MeV) makes it possible to satisfy the discoloration effects range for the Shroud but it is incompatible with a depth of penetration in linen that is only 200 nm. Moreover, using the same subatomic particles, we obtained on the colored linen a distribution of energy represented by regression but not linear. Thus, also the possible I(z) correlation, between color intensity and body-sheet distance, which should be due to the oxidizing action of protons, does not agree with that extracted from the Shroud of Turin.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U2241270)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2025M774341)+1 种基金the Heilongjiang Province Postdoctoral Special Funding Project(Grant No.LBHTZ2408)the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Funding Project of Heilongjiang in the New Era(Grant No.LJYXL2024-007)。
文摘Polar ships face significant risks from ice accretion on decks,superstructures,and power systems.Ice formation on the power intake system particularly affects vessel stability and safety.While freshwater icing has been extensively researched,comprehensive multi-parameter studies on ice accretion for intake structures remain insufficient.This investigation examines the icing characteristics of the air shroud,a critical component of marine gas turbines,resulting from saltwater droplet freezing.The study utilized a custom-built cyclic ice wind tunnel,with flow field quality verified through Five-hole probe and Hot wire anemometer methods,and droplet field quality validated using Laser,Flowmeter,Ice blade,and Icing calibration grid techniques.The research analyzes ice distribution and thickness on the shroud under varying NaCl concentrations,considering temperature,liquid water content(LWC),and median volume diameter(MVD).The findings reveal that decreased salinity facilitates rime ice formation,resulting in rough ice texture.Temperature reduction,increased LWC,and larger MVD enhanced salinity's influence on ice thickness.The shroud exhibits substantial radial ice accretion,with coverage extending to approximately 90%.These results establish a foundation for further investigation of saltwater icing mechanisms and pioneer icing research in marine gas turbine intake systems.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51175422,61973011)Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Basic Research Plan of China(Grant No.2022JM-195)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Chinathe Research Start-up Funds of Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University(Grant No.2024KQ036)。
文摘During high-speed rotation,the surface of aeronautic spiral bevel gears will generate significant pressure and viscous forces,which will cause a certain amount of windage power loss and reduce the efficiency of the transmission system.Based on the computational fluid dynamics,this paper analyzes the windage power loss of a single spiral bevel gear and a spiral bevel gear pair under oil injection lubrication.In addition,the shroud is used to suppress gear windage loss,and the clearance size and opening angle of the designed shroud are optimized.Finally,by comparing and analyzing the experimental results,the following conclusions were obtained:(1)For a single gear,the speed is the most important factor affecting windage loss,followed by the hand of spiral,and rotation direction;(2)For gear pairs,under oil injection lubrication,the input speed has the greatest impact on windage power loss,followed by the influence of oil injection port speed,temperature and oil injection port pressure;(3)Installing a shroud is an effective method to reduce windage power loss;(4)In the pure air phase,the smaller the clearance between the shroud and the gear surface,and the smaller the radial direction between the shroud and the shaft,the better the effect of reducing windage;(5)In the two-phase flow of oil and gas,it is necessary to design oil drainage holes on the shroud to ensure the smooth discharge of lubricating oil and improve the drag reduction effect.
文摘In its totality and complexity, the theme of forcing in Christian events is almost impossible to investigate. In fact, a lot of scholars and a very long time would be necessary to analyse the numerous events. Thus, we decided to investigate such events only in the study of the Shroud of Turin, an archaeological find known worldwide. The above topic is essential for Christianity. Furthermore, we must take into account that also among the followers of other religions, atheists and agnostics, there is a considerable interest. We think this is due to the unexpected characteristics that the Body Image, which appears on the Burial Linen of the Nazarene, shows. In this article, we would like to demonstrate that the practice of forcing is still in use. These actions, which are also present on the other side, in the non-Christian world, are the result of conflicts of religious interests. To confirm the presence of the Almighty is not necessarily the forcing. Finding a solution to these problems is not our job. However, we want to highlight them through scientific literature.
文摘After almost fifteen years, we remind our fellow scientists of the Stochastic process, a natural mechanism for obtaining the Shroud Body Image. The above process is considered the only source of energy present in an ancient tomb: the thermal one emitted by the corpse of Jesus Christ. It, for all corpses, is notoriously so weak that the only process that could be triggered is the Stochastic one. However, the best-known expert scientists in the Shroud of Turin investigation did not take this model into account, even if it guaranteed a latent image, typical of the Stochastic process, and a fibrils distribution as appears on the Shroud surface. The above scientists and many others had already chosen the Radiative hypothesis, which is based on the emission of radiation (Ultraviolet) and nuclear particles (Protons and Neutrons) by the corpse of Jesus Christ. These emissions are impossible;conversely, if they were true, we would have to talk about miracles. Today, after four decades, it would be appropriate to accept that the Radiative hypothesis (which in the Turin Shroud case becomes a miraculous hypothesis) cannot be in line with both Physics and Theology. We think that we should all be more fiscal when we judge our work.
文摘In this paper, in order to clarify the gains of the shroud in the shrouded tail rotor system, a thrust division factor q , which represents the ratio of the shroud thrust to the total thrust of the shrouded tail rotor, is introduced. With the help of q , the slipstream theory for the static and axial flow states of the shrouded tail rotor are fully derived. Based on the sliptream theory, the variations of the thrust, power and disk area against q for different cases are emphatically analysed and the comparisons between a shrouded tail rotor and an isolated one are made. It is shown that, although the shroud can provide as much as 50% of the total thrust of shrouded tail rotor for the static state, the thrust gains of the shroud rapidly decrease for the axial flow state, which depends on the flow velocity ratio.
文摘In this paper, a special-purpose CAD/CAM software package, BliskCad/Cam, based on a commercial CAD/CAM software Unigraphics is developed to reduce difficulties in CNC-EDM of the shrouded turbine blisks. The software package consists of five modules such as electrode design, path searching, and machining simulation module. Functions of BliskCad/Cam include parametrical reconstruction of 3-D model of the blisk, intelligent design of complex shaped electrode, automatic generation of NC codes, search of interference-free tool path for multi-axis NC-EDM and machining simulation, etc. Experimental verification is conducted by using BliskCad/Cam and the results show that it satisfies the requirements, and can realize precision machining and reduce accessorial time remarkably.
基金The project is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50274007).
文摘Fine bubbles will create when the inert gas is introduced to the high rapidsteel stream within the shroud nozzle between ladle and tundish. The collision and attachment amongthe bubbles and fine inclusions will promote the floatation efficiency of inclusions in the tundish.The behaviors of the bubbles, such as the dispersion in shroud, coalescence and floatation intundish, are studied. The results show that the maximum sizes of the bubbles in the water and steelflow within the shroud in the length of 1.2 m are 0.70-1.44 mm and 1.53-3.16 mm respectively whenthe flow rates are 0.006-0.016 m^3/s; the terminal velocities of fine bubbles in the water andmolten steel within the tundish are 0.02-0.2 and 0.05-0.6 m/s.
基金Item Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51474024,51334001)National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the 12th Five-year Plan of China(12FYP 2015BAF03B01)
文摘As a novel supersonic jet technology,preheating shrouded supersonic jet was developed to deliver oxygen into molten bath efficiently and affordably.However,there has been limited research on the jet behavior and impingement characteristics of preheating shrouded supersonic jets.Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)models were established to investigate the effects of main and shrouding gas temperatures on the characteristics of flow field and impingement of shrouded supersonic jet.The preheating shrouded supersonic jet behavior was simulated and measured by numerical simulation and jet measurement experiment respectively.The influence of preheating shrouded supersonic jet on gas jet penetration and fluid flow in liquid bath was calculated by the CFD model which was validated against water model experiments.The results show that the uptrend of the potential core length of shrouded supersonic jet would be accelerated with increasing the main and shrouding gas temperatures.Also,preheating supersonic jets demonstrated significant advantages in penetrating and stirring the liquid bath.
基金The funding of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52004024)is highly appreciated.
文摘Numerical and physical models have been built and validated to study the multiphase flow inside three ladle shrouds and a four-strand tundish.A conventional straight ladle shroud and two types of trumpet-shaped ladle shroud(TLS)have been comparatively investigated.The maximum velocity at ladle shroud outlet reduces from 1.3 to 0.5 m/s,which indicates a quieter tundish pool.It is demonstrated that the use of a TLS can also decrease the maximum surface velocity from 0.16 to 0.13 m/s,which reduces the tendency of forming tundish open eye.The flow pattern and mixing behavior are improved inside the tundish,especially in enlarging the plug volume from 6.61%to 9.04%.The difference between the near and far outlets is narrowed when the TLS is applied.A computational program was developed to calculate characteristic parameters of different ladle shroud designs,and a dimensionless index was proposed to evaluate their mass and inner volume.Plant trials have been carried out,and the results showed that TLS can reduce level fluctuation in the pouring zone,which is beneficial to promoting better protective performance from secondary contamination and heat loss during continuous casting.
基金This work partly sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11602007,91430215,11572014)BJUT Foundation Fund(Grant No.015000514316007)+1 种基金Key research and development program(2016YFC0103201,2017YFC0111104)New Talent(015000514118002).
文摘Patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation still suffer from high rates of complication that linked to the flow field within the blood pump.So it is essential to optimise the geometry of the pump.The specification of shroud design is arguably the necessary design parameter in the centrifugal pump.However,the hemodynamic performances of the different shroud designs have not been studied extensively.In this study,ten different shroud designs were made and divided into two groups as the different covering locations(A:Covering the blade leading edge,B:Covering the blade trailing edge).In every group,six shroud designs with the covering proportions of 0,1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5,1 were made.Detailed computational fluid dynamics(CFD)analyses were performed to investigate their effects on hemodynamics and hydraulic performance at the constant flow condition(4000 rpm,5 L/min).The percentage volumes of the scalar shear stress in specific threshold(τ<1 Pa:Thrombosis,τ>9 Pa:the destruction of von Willebrand factor,τ>50 Pa:Platelet activation,τ>150 Pa:Break of red blood)were used to compare the blood damage of the different shroud designs.Also,the modified index of hemolysis(MIH)were calculated based on a Eulerian approach for different pumps.CFD simulations predicted an increase in the pump head,hydraulic efficiency,a fraction of fluid volume with scalar shear stress values above a threshold(9 Pa,50 Pa,150 Pa)and MIH with increasing shroud covering proportions from 0 to 1 in the same covering location.Also,these above results were higher in group B than group A.This means that the risks of the hemolysis,thrombosis and bleeding increased as the rise of the covering proportion and they were higher in the pump whose shroud covers the blade trailing edge.
文摘This paper describes the flow simulation of a dual rotor, three-bladed wind turbine module with a shroud to determine its performance. The parameters that were evaluated are the effects of adding a second rotor, wind speed, distance between the two rotors, the size of the front rotor and the shroud. The results were obtained by using the Solid Works 2015 flow simulation program. Also, the benefits and cost issues for wind generating systems are illustrated.
文摘The shroud continues to remain one of the most studied and controversial artifacts in human history. Many tests, X-ray fluorescence, reflectance, spectrometry and low energy/high-resolution X ray transmission have shown that the crucified body is not compatible with a painted image. Researchers confirm that the alleged blood is real blood. We documented the self-assembly of geometric triangular chiral hexagon complex (GTCHC) with structural organization of embryoid bodies in cancer tissues. The identification of these structures is not only limited to malignant tumors but also appears in extreme injured tissues. Our interest is to determine if we can predict and identify these patterns in the Shroud of Turin. Based on pattern recognition image was analyzed over 100 shroud images. We identified a central spectral emission line that exhibits a characteristic signature on a plot of residual electromagnetic radiation, head area narrowing and low extremities broadening, indication of decay energy changes in the velocity of the molecules in the traversal trajectory. This Electromagnetic collision event generates in the cloth stagnant blood areas with patterns identical to those identified for us in cancer damage tissues. Inflammatory cytokines activate stem cells and Notch signaling proteins in cascade of interactions to generate real clonal human embryoid template. Can we predict function from structure? These structures evoke life, regeneration, but not death. Our findings suggest the image of a crucified man on the Shroud of Turin is a real physical electromagnetic collision event in response to extreme tissue injury, with the fact that supports our previous findings in cancer tissues as real and predictable. Proteins derived from these emergent damage tissue derivate stem cells could be used to design biologic templates in regenerative medicine and develop novel strategies in cancer therapy.
文摘This paper describes a flow simulation model used to determine the effects of a shroud on the performance of a wind turbine. Also, it focuses on comparing the standard type of wind turbines— upwind turbine with three blades fixed on a horizontal axis—with a new type that is called a shrouded wind turbine. In addition, the two types of turbines are compared in terms of velocities profiles, pressure distribution and power output when applying four different velocities of winds: 10, 20, 30, 40 mph. Numerical values and graphs are highlighted in order to show the main differences between the shrouded turbine and the conventional one. Finally, a conclusion and some recommendations are provided to summarize the scope of this research and give a better prediction for a future optimal design of the shrouded turbines.
文摘The formation of iron aluminide coating was attempted through annealing of plasma-sprayed iron/aluminum composite deposit.Shrouded plasma spraying with nitrogen as protective gas was employed to prepare iron/aluminum composite coating using mechanically blended iron and aluminum powders with Fe/Al atomic ratio of 65:35.Annealing of the as-sprayed coating was carried out in argon atmosphere at 450,500,550,and 600 o C for different durations.The microstructure of the coatings was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction.The effect of annealing on the microstructure and phase evolution in the coatings was examined.The results show that iron/aluminum composite coating with low oxide inclusions and porosity is deposited by shrouded plasma spraying.It is found that Fe2Al5 intermetallics forms as an intermediate phase in the composite coating during annealing.As the annealing duration and temperature increase,iron aluminide intermetallic phases in the coatings increase and the microstructure becomes more homogeneous.After annealing at 600 o C for 336 h,FeAl and Fe3Al intermetallic phases will present in the coating as the main phases.
基金financially supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. FRF-GF18-008B)
文摘Based on a current coherent jet,this study proposes a supersonic combustion(SC)coherent jet in which the main oxygen jet is surrounded by a supersonic fuel gas.The characteristics of the proposed coherent jet are analyzed using experimental methods and numerical simulations in the high-temperature environment of electric arc furnace(EAF)steelmaking.The SC coherent jet achieved stable combustion in the EAF steelmaking environment.The simulated combustion temperature of the supersonic shrouding methane gas was 2930 K,slightly below the theoretical combustion temperature of methane–oxygen gas.The high speed and temperature of the supersonic flame effectively weakened the interaction between the main oxygen jet and the external ambient gas,inhibiting the radial expansion of the main oxygen jet and maintaining its high speed and low turbulence over a long distance.These features improved the impact capacity of the coherent jet and strengthened the stirring intensity in the EAF bath.
基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(FRF-TP-19-031A1)the China Post Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020T130053,2019M660459)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51734003).
文摘The O_(2)-CaO jet with shrouding combustion flame demonstrates some advantages in quick melting and effective slag foaming by delivering lime powder deeply into the molten bath.Combining the discrete particle model and the eddy dissipation concept model with the detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms(GRI-Mech 3.0),computational fluid dynamics models of the O_(2)-CaO jet with different shrouding fuel mediums injection were developed.Firstly,the results of the numerical simulation were validated by the measured data of cold test for O_(2)-CaO injection.Then,the interaction between the particles and the gas jet of the O_(2)-CaO jet and the effect of shrouding fuel medium species on the fluid flow characteristics of the O_(2)-CaO jet were analyzed.Results show that the CaO particles can be effectively heated by the shrouding high-temperature combustion flame and compared with the O_(2)-CaO jet without shrouding gas,the potential core length was increased about 2.5,3.3 and 4.3 times by the shrouding flame generated from CO,CH_(4) and C_(3)H_(8).And with shrouding CH_(4) and C_(3)H_(8) injection,the CaO particles can be clustered together in a long distance,which would be helpful to improve the utilization efficiency of CaO particles.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFB0304000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51772277 and 51372231).
文摘A ladle shroud is one of the functional refractories for continuous casting,which undergoes severe thermal shock by molten steel when used without pre-heating.The composite ladle shroud with an insulating liner presents excellent thermal shock resistance.Finite element simulation is an effective method to explore the maximum thermal stress for predicting the thermal shock resistance of ladle shrouds.In this paper,the influence of the lining materials and the structure of ladle shrouds on the thermal stress distribution is systematically researched.The working mechanism of the lining material on the body material is also presented.Lining materials with low thermal expansion,elastic modulus and thermal conductivity are helpful to improve the thermal shock resistance and an optimum lining thickness is suggested.The lining material can both serve as thermal resistance for the body material to buffer the thermal stress,and apply a strain load to the body material by the thermal strain to increase the stress.
文摘The Turin Shroud was extensively scientifically investigated in 1978. In its pinkish red bloodstains, normal features of human blood were found, but also seemingly anomalous ones. In the present study, hitherto unnoticed details of the data are presented, Shroud data and more modern reference data are compared, and the results of a few experiments with linen, madder dye and blood are shown. It turns out that the Shroud’s ‘anomalous’ data are strong consistent evidence that its bloodstains contain acid heme-madder lake, of which the heme derived from cold acid postmortem blood and the madder had been applied to the Shroud at manufacture. It implies that the bloodstains were formed on the Shroud before the still not reproduced body-image was. Several other ‘red-color’ hypotheses for the Shroud’s bloodstains are discussed and dismissed.
文摘The Turin Shroud, recently accessible for hands-on scientific research, is now extensively investigated. Its pinkish red blood stains that seem anomalous ones are studied by modern techniques (notably by resolute optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray). Exploration by these techniques of a blood stain located on the face permits us to discover some red-colour particles (hematite, biotite and cinnabar) of exogenous material in this stain. We finally characterize these red-colour particles and try to explain their presences in the blood stain. Globally, all these red-colour particles cannot explain all of the reddish appearance of the area under study.
文摘The radiative hypothesis has been revisited showing other characteristics, produced by the protons used as dyes in total disagree with the ones of the Body Image that appears on the Shroud of Turin. Our investigations highlight that for the protons to reach 3.7 cm in air, the distance that measures the range of discoloration effects, must be emitted with an energy of about 1.5 MeV using Wilson and Brobeck’s empirical formula and 1.35 MeV using Bethe’s. This last formula provides a result closer to reality. Bethe shows that the penetration depth is greater than that calculated empirically. Such a value of proton energy (1.35 MeV) makes it possible to satisfy the discoloration effects range for the Shroud but it is incompatible with a depth of penetration in linen that is only 200 nm. Moreover, using the same subatomic particles, we obtained on the colored linen a distribution of energy represented by regression but not linear. Thus, also the possible I(z) correlation, between color intensity and body-sheet distance, which should be due to the oxidizing action of protons, does not agree with that extracted from the Shroud of Turin.