Several theoretical predictions of the mass flow rate of granular media discharged from a silo are based on the spontaneous development of a free-fall arch region, the existence of which is still controversial. In this Letter, we study experimentally and numerically the particle flow through an orifice placed at the bottom of 2D and 3D silos. The implementation of a coarse-grained technique all...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between bladder trabeculation, urinary function, and the stage of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The medical records of 104 patients with POP who underwent cystoscopies and urodynamic studies were reviewed retrospectively. Age, incidence of detrusor instability, stage and site of POP, and the parameters of urodynamic studies of patients with and wi...

In the present work the effect of Cu-Water nanofluid, as heat transfer fluid, on the performance of a parabolic solar collector was studied numerically. The temperature field, thermal efficiency, mean-outlet temperatures have been evaluated and compared for the conventional parabolic collectors and nanofluid based collectors. Further, the effect of various parameters such as fluid velocity, vol...

Abstract The achievable grinding fineness of spiral jet mills does not only depend on the comminution efficiency in region nozzle jets but is also significantly affected by separation product outlet. Therefore, aim this study to investigate influences outlet diameter and different particle trap rings flow conditions performance, optimizing classifying mills. velocity fields analyzed image veloc...

Turbulent flow of water in a short 0.4mm high micro-channel of an emulsifier is investigated experimentally using a micro-PIV technique and compared with numerical predictions. The micro-flow measurements are based on epi-fluorescence illumination and high-speed imaging. Velocity fields obtained from the measurements and direct numerical simulations indicate that flow turbulization is delayed a...

We investigate the structure of colloidal gels flowing through constrictions in microchannels using confocal microscopy. As the gel traverses the constricted region, both the average velocity and particle density increase downstream. While the average flow profile is smoothly varying, stagnation zones develop at the constriction entry, leading to markedly nonuniform local flow profiles. Dense c...

Despite recent development of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) research, analysis of computational fluid dynamics of cerebral vessels has several limitations. Although blood is a non-Newtonian fluid, velocity and pressure fields were computed under the assumptions of incompressible, laminar, steady-state flows and Newtonian fluid dynamics. The pulsatile nature of blood flow is not properly ap...

The major cause of arterial bypass graft failure is intimal hyperplasia. Fluctuating wall shear stresses in the graft, which are associated with disturbed flow, are believed to be important factors in the development and localization of intimal hyperplasia. This study, based upon water as the working fluid, has investigated the flow structure inside a 30 degree Y-junction with different fillet ...

The acoustic attenuation performance of perforated dissipative circular expansion chambers with inlet/outlet extensions is investigated. The eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the sound field are analytically determined in the extended inlet/outlet circular ducts, upstream/downstream end annular dissipative chambers, and the central perforated dissipative expansion chamber. Utilizing the continu...

The study was focused on variability in discharges on equity of water distribution of outlets along the secondary canal. Hydraulic performance was evaluated based on delivery performance ratio (DPR), adequacy based on relative water supply (RWS) and variability in discharges using coefficient of variation (CVs). Off take and all outlets were calibrated by area velocity method. During study peri...