Flow past a square cylinder placed at an angle to the incoming flow is experimentally investigated using particle image velocimetry, hot wire anemometry, and flow visualization. The Reynolds number based on cylinder size and the average incoming velocity is set equal to 410. Data for four cylinder orientations =0, 22.5, 30, and 45° and two aspect ratios AR=16 and 28 are reported. Results are pr...

Background: In intracavitary brachytherapy for gynecological cancers, various techniques are used to locate the anterior rectal wall nearest to the sources but there is no consensus on the best method to do so. This study aimed to compare a technique used rou nely in some centers that employs a wire marker to locate the posi on of the maximum rectal dose point, versus the method recommended by ...

The paper describes tests carried out on disc valves in which the valve seat was withdrawn from the valve wh).le a pressure difference existed across the valve. Simultaneous measurements were made of the force on the valve, the pressure in the plenum chamber and the displacement of the seat from the valve. Force measurements are compared with values of force measured during continuous flow cond...

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