简介:Usingultrasonicguidedwavestoassesslongbonefracturesandfracturehealinghasbecomeapromisingdiagnosticissue.Butthemultimodeoverlapoftheguidedwaveschallengesthequantitativeevaluationandclinicalapplication.Inthepreformedstudy,inordertosimplifythesignalinterpretation,thelow-frequencysinusoidialsignalswereusedtoonlyexciteS0andA0modesinfracturedlongbones.TheamplitudesofS0andA0modeswerenumericallyanalyzedwithvariationincrackwidthandfractureangle.Numericalsimulation,basedonthetwo-dimensionfinite-differencetime-domain(2D-FDTD)revealsthatbothS0andA0amplitudesdecreasewiththefracturewidening.However,theincreaseinfractureanglegraduallyenhancestheA0amplitude,whilewithrespecttotheS0mode,itsamplitudeshowsanon-monotonictrendtothevariationinfractureanglewithaturningpointaround45°.TheamplituderatiobetweenS0andA0canreflectthevariationsincrackwidthandfractureangles.ThesimulationillustratesthatultrasonicguidedS0andA0modesaresensitivetothedegreeofbothverticalandobliquefracturesinthelongcorticalbone.Thesefindingsmaybehelpfulforfracturesdiagnosisandhealingevaluationofthelongbone.
简介:Inthispaper,weconsiderlowerorderrectangularfiniteelementmethodsforthesin-gularlyperturbedStokesproblem.ThemodelproblemreducestoalinearStokesproblemwhentheperturbationparameterislargeanddegeneratestoamixedformulationofPois-son'sequationastheperturbationparametertendstozero.Weproposetwo2Dandtwo3Dnonconformingrectangularfiniteelements,andderiverobustdiscretizationerrorestimates.Numericalexperimentsarecarriedouttoverifythetheoreticalresults.
简介:Theneedforcleanerfuelshasresultedinacontinuingworldwidetrendtoreducedieselsulfurandaromatics.Therearemanyapproachestoreducingsulfurandaromaticsindiesel.Mostofthemhaveacommondrawbackofhighcostbecauseofadoptingtwostagesofhydrotreatingandusingnoble-metalcatalyst,especiallyforreducingaromatics.TheattempttoresolvethisissuehasledtotherecentdevelopmentoftheSingleStageHydrotreating(SSHT)processbyResearchInstituteofPetroleumProcessing(RIPP),SINOPEC.TheSSHTprocessisasingle-stagehydrotreatingtechnologyforproducinglowsulfurandlowaromaticsdiesel.Theprocessusesoneortwonon-noble-metalcatalystssystemandoperatesatmoderatepressure.Whenrevampinganexistingunittomeetlowaromaticsdieselspecification,theonlythingtodoistoaddareactororreplacetheexistingreactor,Inpilotplanttests,theSSHTtechnologyhassuccessfullytreatedSRGO(StraightRunGasOil),LCO(LightCycleOil)ortheblendofthem.ItisshownthatbyusingtheSSHTprocessdieselwithsulfurof30ppmandaromaticsof15m%canbeproducedfromMiddle-EastSRGOanddieselwitharomaticscontentof25m%canbeproducedfromcrackedfeed,suchasFCC-LCO.Highdieselyieldandcetanenumbergain(fromcrackedfeedstocks)givetheSSHTtechnologyaperformanceadvantagecomparedtoconventionalhydrocrackingandhydrotreatingprocesses.Thelowerinvestmentandoperatingcostisanotheradvantage.ThefirstcommercialapplicationoftheSSHTtechnologyhasbeeninoperationsinceSeptember2001.
简介:RiceScience(ISSN1672-6308),sponsoredbytheChinaNationalRiceResearchInstituteandpublishedbytheElsevierBV,isaninternationalpeer-reviewedjournalwithfourissuesandonevolumeperyear.Itpublishesoriginalresearchpapers,shortcommunicationsaswellasreviewarticlesunpublishedonappliedricescienceinEnglishlanguage.