The effects of lobe tip design parameters on compressor performance were evaluated by utilizing a computer simulation package and taking SRM-D asymmetric type rotor profile as an example. The result suggests that the requirements for high efficiency, large capacity, low inter-rotor contact force and low viscous friction loss do not always lead to the use of the same lobe tip designs. Of all the...

Molecular dynamics simulations of smooth and striated muscle myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) N-terminal extension (NTE) showed that diphosphorylation induces a disorder-to-order transition. Our goal here was to further explore the effects of mono- and diphosphorylation on the straightening and rigidification of the tarantula myosin RLC NTE. For that we used MD simulations followed by persis...

In the rotor reference frame, the input-output linearization theory was adopted to decouple the rotor position and rotor flux. We then designed two adaptation laws to estimate the rotor resistance and mechanical parameters of the motor. The passive properties of the negative feedback connection from the rotor flux observer to the rotor resistance estimator, and the position controller were anal...

Aortic dissection (AD) is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease with high mortality rate. The accurate and generalized 3-D reconstruction of AD from CT-angiography can effectively assist clinical procedures surgery plans, however, clinically unavaliable due to the lacking efficient tools. In this study, we presented novel multi-stage segmentation framework for type B extract true lumen (TL)...

This study presents a designing process for refurbishing of a 32 MW rotor-generator damaged coupling. The reason of rotor damage was being hit by the quivers of an explosion. The original coupling was union with the rotor formed after a machining process on a mono block forged rotor. In some areas imposed damages caused the breaking off and detachment of some parts in the coupling flange. Becau...

In this description of the Enigma rotor movement sequence the following conventions have been adopted. The three rotors are numbered from right to left as seen from the machine operator’s viewpoint thus, the ‘fast’ or right hand rotor is Rotor 1, Rotor 2 is in the middle position and the ‘slow’ or left hand rotor is Rotor 3. The associated ratchets, stepping levers and notches are similarly des...

Effects of magnetic saturation on various equivalent circuit models of an induction motor are studied. The parameters of 2.2-kW and 37-kW motors with closed rotor slots are analyzed using finite element computations. Both skewed and unskewed rotor slots are studied. The magnetizing inductance not only depends on the main flux, but is also dependent on the rotor current, especially if the rotor ...

A polygonal chain is a sequence of consecutively joined edges embedded in space. A k-chain is a chain of k edges. A polygonal tree is a set of edges joined into a tree structure embedded in space. A unit tree is a tree with only edges of unit length. A chain or a tree is simple if non-adjacent edges do not intersect. We consider the problem about the reconfiguration of a simple chain or tree th...