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Membrane based dehumidification and evaporative cooling using wire mesh media
… of air conditioning equipment. The use of wire mesh media in such membrane applications is feasible but has not been studied extensively. Therefore, the aim of this work is to investigate the heat and mass transfer performance of several different wire mesh media in membrane based …
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Optimal Reconfiguration of Thermally Distorted Wire Mesh Reflectors for Large Space Antennas
… structural system in the form of a wire mesh Chebyshev net is shaped to the desired reflector geometry. Predicted thermal patterns are applied to this surface and resulting distortions are calculated. A technique for optimally reconfiguring the distorted mesh in terms of RMS surface …
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Investigation into the Effects of Wire Mesh on Tensile and Impact Properties of Fiber Metal Laminates
… Fiber Metal Laminates by combining 5052 aluminum mesh or2024-T3 aluminum sheets,2.47 N (8.9 oz) or 6.67 N (24 az) ShieldStand<sup>®</sup> S fiberglass, and Hysol EA 9313 epoxy. Testing was performed under the guidelines of ASTM D3039-00 utilizing an lnstron 8802 Servohydraulic Materials Testing …
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Void fraction measurements in large (0.3 m) diameter bubble column using Wire Mesh Sensor and Pressure transducers- Effect of sparger
… a 30 cm diameter cylindrical bubble column using Wire Mesh Sensor (WMS) tomography and Pressure Transducers. Pair of WMS sensors, with a 64×64 wire configuration of each sensor, were installed which are separated by a distance along the axis of the bubble column. Wire Mesh Sensors and PTs Data …
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Void fraction measurements in a large (0.3 m) diameter bubble column using Wire Mesh Sensors and Pressure Transducers: Effect of Spargers
… a 30 cm diameter cylindrical bubble column using Wire Mesh Sensor (WMS) tomography and Pressure Transducers. Pair of WMS sensors, with a 64×64 wire configuration of each sensor, were installed which are separated by a distance along the axis of the bubble column. Wire Mesh Sensors and PTs Data …
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A CFD analysis of the pressure drop through misaligned Stirling engine regenerators
… to discover the average misalignment in wire mesh regenerators, and it was found that regardless of the intended stacking arrangement, the average misalignment was 44% to 49%. A 3-dimensional CFD model was validated against previous empirical results, and used to determine the effect of …
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GAS HOLD-UP MEASUREMENTS IN 0.3 m DIAMETER BUBBLE COLUMN: EFFECT OF ELECTROLYTES
… m diameter batch bubble column using a pair of Wire Mesh Sensors and six pressure transducers.</p>
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Development of a tissue-regenerative vascular graft: Structural and Mechanical Aspects
… (PPU) foam and knitted reinforcement wire mesh, with the aim of providing vascular prostheses that mimic arterial mechanics. A 3D geometry of a knitted eight-loop wire mesh was imported into Abaqus CAE® 6.8-2 and assembled with a PPU tube geometry such that the wire mesh …
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The Development of Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment: Electrochemical Oxidation and PFACs liquid-liquid Extraction
… power mode; 2) Reactor level: flow-through wire mesh anode 3) Electrode level: electrode material modification. To be specific, a novel EAOP-fuel cell energy recovery system is proposed, and the system performance in varied conditions are summarized. A flow-through multiple layer wire mesh …
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Experimental Investigations of Internal Air-water Flows
… for use with single and dual conductivity wire-mesh sensors in vertical upwards and downwards air--water flows. A thorough evaluation of the performance and measurement uncertainty of wire-mesh sensors in gas-liquid flows was also performed. Lastly, measurements of the flow distribution in …
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An experimental investigation into the effectiveness of steel fibre-reinforced concrete relative to conventional mesh-reinforced concrete in thin shell construction
… SFRC is gauged relative to conventional steel mesh-reinforced concrete. The report begins with the historical background of fibre-reinforcing, its development and diversity in modern times. The theoretical principles governing the strength of SFRC are formulated, followed by an extensive review …
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Forced Response Measurements of Cavitation Dynamics in a Rocket Engine Turbopump Inducer
… downstream of the inducer using honeycomb and wire mesh elements which increased the signal-to-noise ratio of the velocity measurements by 28%, and signal processing techniques to average and smooth the measurements.
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Advanced Faraday cage measurements of charge, short-circuit current and open-circuit voltage
… voltage and other experimental effects. One wire mesh style of Faraday cage connected with an electrometer was also used to measure the charge. The liquid dielectrics are distilled water, tap water, Sargasso Sea water ...
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The Influence of Development and Fan/Screen Interaction on Screen-Generated Total Pressure Distortion Profiles
… total pressure distortion profiles using wire mesh screens. Although the inlet duct development of total pressure distortion patterns has been studied in a historical context when distortion effects on engine performance were first of interest, these were typically simplified experimental …
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Shape Memory Alloy / Glass Composite Seal for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
… glass matrix with a TiNiHf shape memory alloy mesh for active stress relief and crack healing is being developed. Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) measurements of the seal and fuel cell components shows the possibility for a thermal expansion gradient. Differential scanning calorimetry …
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Jet impingement on porous surfaces
… ?=0.31, 0.37, 0.44 and 0.54 surfaces were wove wire mesh. Exit Reynolds number based on jet exit diameter is 3x104 for the axisymmetric case and based on exit width from 0.5x104 to 2.1x104 for the planar case.<br/>For ?=0.44 and ?=0.54 the impingement of the jet for both planar and axisymmetric …
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Development of a Fast X-ray Line Detector System for Two-Phase Flow Measurement
… such as the multi-sensor conductivity probe, wire-mesh sensor, impedance void meter, or direct optical imaging. The X-ray densitometry technique is non-intrusive, insensitive to flow regime changes, capable of measuring high temperature or high-pressure flows, and has reasonable penetration …
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Experimental investigation of the effects of upstream perturbations in the near-wall and core of a high porosity random-wire porous medium.
… was fabricated by stacking stainless steel wire-mesh screens in a container of circular cross-section. A step change in porosity is considered a perturbation to the flow as these perturbations would offer an alternate path for flow. In the present set of experiments, perturbations were …
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Quantifying biotic interactions with inshore subtidal structures: comparisons between artificial and natural reefs
… PVC recruitment panels, combined with galvanised wire mesh ii predator exclusion cages, are recommended for use in comparative recruitment studies of subtidal artificial and natural reefs. It was also concluded that the Loch Linnhe artificial reef complex has increased the productivity to the …
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Tree functional diversity affects litter decomposition and arthropod community composition in a tropical forest
… mm were excluded from half the mesocosms using wire mesh. To link functional diversity above-and below ground to soil carbon dynamics, I identified arthropods in the litter and measured litter chemistry, soil CO2 efflux, and litter mass loss. I found that decomposition in mesocosms was similar …
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