简介:Dropshaftsareverticalstructureswidelyusedinurbandrainagesystemsandbuildingsforwatertransportation.Inthispaper,aphysicalmodelstudywasconductedtoinvestigatetheairentrainmentinthedropshaftundervariousflowregimeswithandwithoutairventilation.Observedfromtheexperiments,theairentrainmentmechanismsvariedwiththewaterflowregimesinthedropshaft.Whentherewasnowaterplugformedinthedropshaft,aircouldbesupplieddirectlyfromdownstream.Oncethewaterplugwasformed,whilewithoutventing,theairwasreplenishedonlyfromdownstreamintermittentlyandthenintheformoflargeairbubbletravelingupwardstotheairspaceatthetop;whilewithventing,airwasmainlyreplenishedfromthedropshafttopandnolargeairbubblewasobserved.Theexperimentalresultsalsoshowedthattheamountofentrainedairinthedropshaftwithventingwasgreaterthanthatwithoutventing.
简介:WENXiangcaiisonthestaffofChinaNationalEnvironmentalMonitoringCenter.Herjobiscollectingandaggregatingdata,whichisgreatforher-she’sascientist.ButinrecentyearsWenfeelslikeshe’sturnedintosomethingofamediapersonality.Sheisaskedquestionsonavarietyoftopicswhensheattendsconferences,andsheisofteninterviewedbyjournalistsforherexpertopinion.AsenvironmentalconsciousnesshasgrowninChinaoverthepastfewyears,moreandmorepeoplewanttoknow
简介:Opticalemissionspectroscopy(OES)wasappliedforplasmacharacterizationduringtheerosionofasphaltenesubstrates.Anamountof100mgofasphaltenewascarefullyappliedtoanelectrodeandexposedtoair-plasmaglowdischargeatapressureof1.0Torr.Theplasmawasgeneratedinastainlesssteeldischargechamberbyanacgeneratoratafrequencyof60Hz,outputpowerof50Wandagasflowrateof1.8L/min.Theelectrontemperatureandiondensitywereestimatedtobe2.15±0.11eVand(1.24±0.05)×1016m-3,respectively,usingadoubleLangmuirprobe.OESwasemployedtoobservetheemissionfromtheasphalteneexposedtoairplasma.BothmolecularbandemissionfromN2,N+2,OH,CH,NH,O2aswellasCN,andatomiclightemissionfromVandHγwereobservedandusedtomonitortheevolutionofasphalteneerosion.Theasphalteneerosionwasanalyzedwiththeaidofascanningelectronmicroscope(SEM)equippedwithanenergydispersiveX-ray(EDX)detector.TheEDXanalysisshowedthatthetimeevolutionofelementsC,O,SandVweresimilar;andthechemicalcompositionoftheexposedasphaltenesremainedconstant.Particlesizeevolutionwasmeasured,showingamaximumsizeof2307μmafter60min.Thisbehaviorismostlikelyrelatedtoparticleagglomerationasafunctionoftime.
简介:Airpressureistheforceexertedonyoubytheweightoftinyparticlesofair(airmolecules).Althoughairmoleculesareinvisible,theystillhaveweightandtakeupspace.Sincethere’salotof"empty"spacebetweenairmolecules,aircanbecompressedtofitinasmallervolume.
简介:ThispaperisfocusedonthemodelidentificationofaMicroAirVehicle(MAV)instraightsteadyflightcondition.Theidentificationisbasedoninput-outputdatacollectedfromflighttestsusingbothfrequencyandtimedomaintechniques.Thevehicleisanin-house40cmwingspanairplane.Becauseofthecomplexcoupled,multivariableandnonlineardynamicsoftheaircraft,linearSISOstructuresforboththelateralandlongitudinalmodelsaroundareferencestatewerederived.TheaimoftheidentificationistoprovidemodelsthatcanbeusedinfuturedevelopmentofcontroltechniquesfortheMAV.