INTRODUCTION THERE has been a trend in recent years toward larger capacity turbine generators. Larger output systems draw worldwide interest, and from the standpoint of efficient use of resources, expectations are particularly focused on large-capacity 2-pole generators for coalfired power plants. Hitachi has been in the forefront of efforts to develop better large-output 2-pole generators to m...

Fine alignment of main ship power plants mechanisms and shaft lines provides long-term and failure-free performance of propulsion system while fast and high-quality installation of mechanisms and shaft lines decreases common labor intensity. For checking shaft line allowed stress and setting its alignment it is required to perform calculations considering various stages of life cycle. In 2012 J...

This paper deals with the development of a small conveyor-type hydropower plant intended for operation in shallow river waters without construction dam. The proposed design offers closed-shaped flattened conveyor equipped flat-shaped blades. is oriented perpendicular to fluid flow. Several identical flat blades interacting flow are mounted on belt and move together one straight line direction. ...

A method for measuring shaft diameters is presented using structured light vision measurement. After calibrating a model of the structured light measurement, a virtual plane is established perpendicular to the measured shaft axis and the image of the light stripe on the shaft is projected to the virtual plane. On the virtual plane, the center of the measured shaft is determined by fitting the p...

Recent trends in Radio Telescopes deploy BLDC motors for their 2-axis rotation. BLDC motors implement electronic commutation by avoiding carbon brushes and mechanical commutation. Resolvers mounted on rotor shaft of BLDC motors form good sensor feedback and work in-conjunction with RDC and FPGA interface to implement speed and position control. Brushes in DC torque form an important source of a...

Strain wedge (SW) model formulation has been used, in previous work, to evaluate the response of a single pile or a group of piles (including its pile cap) in layered soils to lateral loading. The SW model approach provides appropriate prediction for the behavior of an isolated pile and pile group under lateral static loading in layered soil (sand and/or clay). The SW model analysis covers the ...

In design and fabricate drive shafts with high value of fundamental natural frequency that represented high value of critical speed; using composite materials instead of typical metallic materials could provide longer length shafts with lighter weight. In this paper, multi-objective optimization (MOP) of a composite drive shaft is performed considering three conflicting objectives: fundamental ...