Hydraulic conductivity is commonly estimated from grain size characteristics of unconsolidated sediments. We present an extensive set of air-permeability and grain size measurements from a heterogeneous aquifer. These data are unique in that the hydraulic conductivity measurements are made on undisturbed in-situ sediment and, like the grain size measurements, have a small sample volume size (<1...

A model that relates hydraulic permeability to water flux and to gradients in pressure potential and solute potential was tested using soybean (Glycine max) plants. Water flux was varied by additions of polyethylene glycol 6,000 around one portion of a divided root system and by changing the light intensity and CO(2) concentration around the plants. The data are compatible with the model only i...

Simulation techniques to reduce the fuel consumption in hydraulic excavators are presented in three categories: first, a strongly non-linear dynamic simulation technique for a coupling system with a non-linear hydraulic system and a linkage system; second, a technique for evaluating fuel consumption in the engine when the engine powers the hydraulic pump in a digging operation performed by a hy...

-A free-surface flow can change from a supercritical to subcritical flow with a strong dissipative phenomenon called a hydraulic jump. Herein the progress and development in turbulent hydraulic jumps are reviewed with a focus on hydraulic jumps operating at large Reynolds numbers typically encountered in natural streams and hydraulic structures. The key features of the turbulent hydraulic jumps...

Hydraulic fracturing is the main technical means for reservoir stimulation of coalbed methane (CBM) vertical wells. The design fluid volume (FFV) mainly through numerical simulation, and simulation method does not fully consider water block damage caused by leakage into reservoir. In this work, variance analysis was used to analyze production data 1238 CBM wells in Fanzhuang Zhengzhuang Qinshui...

Proppant transport is a critical physical process in hydraulic fracturing which has been extensively used for reservoir stimulation petroleum engineering. Proppants injected together with fluid provide structural support to the stimulated fracture network and prevent them from closing after flowback. Hence, final proppant distribution networks affects directly effectiveness of fracturing. Owing...

Power system performance is affected by dynamic characteristics of hydraulic governor-turbines during and following any disturbance, such as occurrence of a fault, loss of a transmission line or a rapid change of load. Accurate modelling of hydraulic governor-turbines is essential to characterise and diagnose the system response during an emergency. In this article, both detailed and simplified...

A better understanding of the mechanistic basis of stomatal control is necessary to understand why modes of stomatal response differ among individual trees, and to improve the theoretical foundation for predictive models and manipulative experiments. Current understanding of the mechanistic basis of stomatal control is reviewed here and discussed in relation to the plant hydraulic system. Analy...

The hydraulic system of mobile garbage compression equipment was studied according to its actual working conditions. A simulation model of the hydraulic system was established with AMESim software, and the speed and acceleration of the piston rod were simulated. Simulation results show that the designed hydraulic system can achieve the action requirements. The experiment also shows the similar ...