We report a method to suppress streaming potential using an Ag-coated microfluidic channel on a p-type silicon nanowire (SiNW) array measured by a multiplexed electrical readout. The metal layer sets a constant electrical potential along the microfluidic channel for a given reference electrode voltage regardless of the flow velocity. Without the Ag layer, the magnitude and sign of the surface p...

This work uses the discrete-element method to investigate bidisperse dense granular flow with large and small grains in a two-dimensional hopper. A half-circular dynamical force arch forms above outlet, robustness of Beverloo's law is verified describe relationship between rate outlet size. The peaks when monodisperse supplemented fraction grains. relates closely local characteristics key area....

the hydrograph at watershed outlet can be expressed as hydrological response of watershed to geomorphological behavior. in present study with the aid of the gis and the concept of instantaneous unit hydrograph, the watershed response was simulated. in present physical method, the iuh is derived from three parameters of time of concentration, storage coefficient and time-area curve of the basin....

A hybrid atomistic-continuum method devoted to the study of multi-scale problems is presented. The simulation domain is decomposed into three regions: the bulk where the continuous Navier-Stokes and energy equations are solved, the neighbourhood of the wall simulated by the Molecular Dynamics and the overlap region which connects the macroscopic variables (velocity and temperature) between the ...

In this paper, the behavior of the internal nozzle flow of a standard diesel fuel has been compared against a biodiesel fuel (soybean oil) at cavitating and non-cavitating conditions, using a homogeneous equilibriummodel. Themodel takes into account the compressibility of both phases (liquid and vapour) and use a barotropic equation of state which relates pressure and density to calculate the g...

The present study is performed to numerically analyze an evaporating meniscus bounded between the advancing and receding interfaces on a moving heated surface. The numerical scheme developed for analyzing interface motion during bubble growth in pool boiling has been applied. A column of liquid is placed between a nozzle outlet and a moving wall, and calculations are done in two dimensions with...

Abstract: We study a shape optimization problem for a paper machine headbox which distributes a mixture of water and wood fibers in the paper manufacturing process. The aim is to find a shape which a priori ensures the given velocity profile on the outlet part. The mathematical formulation leads to an optimal control problem in which the control variable is the shape of the domain representing ...

The flow field has significantly impact on seeding performance in the suction seeding device. A three-dimensional, incompressible, viscous, RNG turbulence model and the SIMPLE method were used by computational fluid dynamics(CFD), and the flow fields of suction cylinder-seeder with different socket’s radiuses were simulated by Fluent. When vacuum is 4kPa and productivity is 350 trays/h, the sim...

A feasibility study on the applicability of an ultrasound decorrelation method to urinary flow imaging was carried out in 20 healthy male volunteers, to provide a basis for a non-invasive approach to diagnose bladder outlet obstruction. Each volunteer voided five times in a flow meter in standing position. During each voiding, ultrasound radiofrequency frames were acquired transperineally at di...