High frequency oscillatory ventilation takes advantage of unique principles of gas flow when respiratory frequencies exceed 3 Hz (180 breaths per minute). These gas flow principles enable the alveolar gas turnover at volumes below or equal to physiologic deadspace. One of these principles is call asymmetrical velocity profile. As Froese and Bryan described in their “State of the Art” article on...

In this paper, fluid flow and heat transfer in the laboratory (small size) shell tube heat exchanger are analysed by computational fluid dynamic software. In this type of shell tube heat exchanger baffles with different angles of rotation: 00 (horizontal segmental baffle), 150 (from horizontal), 300, 450, 600, 750, 900 (vertical segmental baffle) is used. Effect of baffle orientation on shell t...

Light-weight and high strength alloys such as Al-Mg alloys are used in order to reduce the weight of industrial components. However these materials should be formed at elevated temperatures due to their poor formability at room temperature. Hot metal gas forming is one of the high-tech forming processes that is used to solve this problem. Recent investigation on tube hydroforming showed positiv...

Light-weight and high strength alloys such as Al-Mg alloys are used in order to reduce the weight of industrial components. However these materials should be formed at elevated temperatures due to their poor formability at room temperature. Hot metal gas forming is one of the high-tech forming processes that is used to solve this problem. Recent investigation on tube hydroforming showed positiv...

Electromyogpraphic endotracheal tube (EMG tube) is a new device used to monitor recurrent laryngeal nerve integrity during thyroid surgery. The EMG tube has 2 pairs of electrodes on the surface of silicon-based tube reached to inner space of tube cuff. We experienced an unusual endotracheal tube-related problem from the distinct structural feature of the EMG tube. In this case, we intubated a p...

The flow and heat transfer characteristics of TiO2-water nanofluids with different nanoparticle mass fractions in a spirally fluted tube and a smooth tube are experimentally investigated at different Reynolds numbers. The effects of pH values and doses of dispersant agent on the stability of TiO2-water nanofluids are discussed. The effects of nanoparticle mass fractions and Reynolds numbers on ...

We present a stochastic formulation of the inverse problem of determination of the inner radius and electromagnetic properties of metal tubes from the measured coil impedance. The inversion procedure is based on the Monte Carlo Markov chain method and the analytical impedance model developed and validated in our previous work. The impedance measurement uncertainty is included as the prior proba...