Service reliability in electrical power networks is of crucial importance and depends on the quality and availability of electrical equipment. Operation resources like power transformers have to be considered, representing the intersections of energy networks. Regarding the age of power transformers e.g. used in the German grid surveillance is gaining importance. An approach for evaluating the ...

We investigate the in-line and cross-flow vortex-induced vibrations of a long cylindrical tensioned beam, with length to diameter ratio L/D=200, placed within a linearly sheared oncoming flow, using three-dimensional direct numerical simulation. The study is conducted at three Reynolds numbers, from 110 to 1100 based on maximum velocity, so as to include the transition to turbulence in the wake...

The impact of blast-driven shocks on the safety and stability of the underground coal mines has been well established. The seismic imperfections resulting from blasting depend on the total explosive energy released during blasting and the closeness of the development tunnel face to the stope face. Also, the quality of the rock mass wherein the whole stope face is located might pose considerable...

Quantum biology is an emerging field of research that concerns itself with the experimental and theoretical exploration of non-trivial quantum phenomena in biological systems. In this tutorial overview we aim to bring out fundamental assumptions and questions in the field, identify basic design principles and develop a key underlying theme – the dynamics of quantum dynamical networks in the pre...

Boson creation operators constructed from linear combinations of qdeformed zero coupled nucleon pair operators acting on the nucleus (A,0), are used to derive pp-RPA equations. The solutions of these equations are the pairing vibrations in (A+2) nuclei. For the 01 and 0 + 2 states of the nucleus 208Pb, the variations of relative energies and transfer cross-sections for populating these states v...

We propose a model of a spatially modulated collective charge state (CCS) of superconducting cuprates 1. The regions of higher carrier density (stripes) are described in terms of one-dimensional (1D) interacting fermions and the regions of lower density as a two-dimensional (2D) interacting bosonic gas of d x 2 −y 2 hole pairs. The interactions among the elementary excitations are repulsive and...

First we present and theoretically analyze the phenomenological physical picture behind Vibration-Induced Conductivity Fluctuations. We identify the relevant tensors characterizing the electromechanical response against the vibrations for both longitudinal and transversal responses. We analyze the conductivity response with acceleration type vibrations and a new scheme, measurements with more a...

This paper shows the effect of adding vibrations in a car cabin during driving simulation on driver perception. Actually, current dynamic driving simulators induce the simulator sickness and it still difficult for the driver to project himself in the virtual reality due to a lack of perception. To know the effect of vibrations on a subject, the effect of the whole body vibration must be defined...

This paper presents a novel technique by which non-Gaussian vibrations are synthesized by generating a sequence of random Gaussian processes of varying root-mean-square (rms) levels and durations. The technique makes use of previous research by the authors which shows that non-Gaussian vibrations from wheeled vehicles comprise of a sequence of Gaussian segments. Synthesis is achieved by creatin...

Mechanical vibrations represent an important subject in mechanical engineering. This paper describes a simulation-based online laboratory that was developed to assist students in understanding the concepts of mechanical vibrations in the context of practical engineering applications. This system was designed with a flexible multi-layered graphical user interface, and it can be used to illustrat...