This paper will report on the development of a prototype of actively controlled facade module,which is capable of adapting its solar transmittance to changeable solar gains.Hence this new facade offers additional feat...This paper will report on the development of a prototype of actively controlled facade module,which is capable of adapting its solar transmittance to changeable solar gains.Hence this new facade offers additional features with respect to the most popular currently used glass facades,which have fixed solar transmittance indeed.The novel technology is made possible by the creation of an additional 1.5-mm-thick sliding shielding liquid,which flows internally,in order to dynamically adapt the window’s solar transmittance.As compared with competitive technologies,this shielding system has low manufacturing costs,is durable,is completely reversible and always transparent,irrespective of its transmittance state.Specifically,the manufacture of a full-size window prototype and the engineering of the window was carried out;moreover,glass pane bending when subject to hydrostatic pressure was eventually assessed.All this information has been used to set up the industrial process needed for its manufacturing.展开更多
In the following paper an experiment dedicated to the accident protection system of a Liquid Metal Target is presented.The test was carried out at the liquid metal test stand(LIMETS)at PSI in which the malfunctioning ...In the following paper an experiment dedicated to the accident protection system of a Liquid Metal Target is presented.The test was carried out at the liquid metal test stand(LIMETS)at PSI in which the malfunctioning of a target during operation was simulated.It could be demonstrated that measurements and the proper(on-line)analysis of target vibrations and surrounding sound pressure fields allow the detection of a malfunctions like deformation or detaching of structural elements immeresed in the flow.Amplitudes of acceleration sensors and microphones signals as well as frequencies of the disturbances' signals are prospective parameters to be used in an automated accident protection system as indicators for a target malfunction.展开更多
文摘This paper will report on the development of a prototype of actively controlled facade module,which is capable of adapting its solar transmittance to changeable solar gains.Hence this new facade offers additional features with respect to the most popular currently used glass facades,which have fixed solar transmittance indeed.The novel technology is made possible by the creation of an additional 1.5-mm-thick sliding shielding liquid,which flows internally,in order to dynamically adapt the window’s solar transmittance.As compared with competitive technologies,this shielding system has low manufacturing costs,is durable,is completely reversible and always transparent,irrespective of its transmittance state.Specifically,the manufacture of a full-size window prototype and the engineering of the window was carried out;moreover,glass pane bending when subject to hydrostatic pressure was eventually assessed.All this information has been used to set up the industrial process needed for its manufacturing.
文摘In the following paper an experiment dedicated to the accident protection system of a Liquid Metal Target is presented.The test was carried out at the liquid metal test stand(LIMETS)at PSI in which the malfunctioning of a target during operation was simulated.It could be demonstrated that measurements and the proper(on-line)analysis of target vibrations and surrounding sound pressure fields allow the detection of a malfunctions like deformation or detaching of structural elements immeresed in the flow.Amplitudes of acceleration sensors and microphones signals as well as frequencies of the disturbances' signals are prospective parameters to be used in an automated accident protection system as indicators for a target malfunction.
