Shaokun Liu¹, Zhiying Gao^1,2,*, Rina Su^1,2, Mengmeng Yan¹, Jianwen Wang^1,2

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.8, pp. 2213-2229, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.049616

Abstract Although the aerodynamic loading of wind turbine blades under various conditions has been widely studied, the radial distribution of load along the blade under various yaw conditions and with blade flapping phenomena is poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the effects of second-order flapwise vibration on the mean and fluctuation characteristics of the torque and axial thrust of wind turbines under yaw conditions using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In the CFD model, the blades are segmented radially to comprehensively analyze the distribution patterns of torque, axial load, and tangential load. The following results are… More >

Liqiong Chen¹, Kui Zhao¹, Kai Zhang^1,*, Duo Xv¹, Hongxvan Hu², Guoguang Ma¹, Wenwen Zhan³

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.8, pp. 2143-2165, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.049362

Abstract The leakage gas from a buried natural gas pipelines has the great potential to cause economic losses and environmental pollution owing to the complexity of the mountainous environment. In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was applied to investigate the diffusion law and hazard range of buried natural gas pipeline leakage in mountainous environment. Based on cloud chart, concentration at the monitoring site and hazard range of lower explosion limit (LEL) and upper explosion limit (UEL), the influences of leakage hole direction and shape, soil property, burial depth, obstacle type on the diffusion law… More >

M. Sridevi¹, B. Shankar Goud², Ali Hassan^3,4,*, D. Mahendar⁵

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 939-953, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.050929

Abstract This study intends to evaluate the influence of temperature stratification on an unsteady fluid flow past an accelerated vertical plate in the existence of viscous dissipation. It is assumed that the medium under study is a grey, non-scattered fluid that both fascinates and transmits radiation. The leading equations are discretized using the finite difference method (FDM). Using MATLAB software, the impacts of flow factors on flow fields are revealed with particular examples in graphs and a table. In this regard, FDM results show that the velocity and temperature gradients increase with an increase of Eckert More >

Yasushi Koito^1,*, Akira Fukushima²

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 869-887, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.050910

Abstract Thermal and fluid-flow characteristics were numerically analyzed for ultra-thin heat pipes. Many studies have been conducted for ultra-thin heat pipes with a centered wick structure, but this study focused on separated wick structures to increase the evaporation/condensation surface areas within the heat pipe and to reduce the concentration of heat flux within the wick structure. A mathematical heat-pipe model was made in the three-dimensional coordinate system, and the model consisted of three regions: a vapor channel, liquid-wick, and container wall regions. The conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy were solved numerically with boundary conditions… More >

Rui Wang¹, Zhihui Liu^2,*, Hongdi Liu³, Baozhong Su⁴, Chuanyi Ma⁵

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.3, pp. 3035-3049, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.050806

Abstract In underground engineering, the detection of structural cracks on tunnel surfaces stands as a pivotal task in ensuring the health and reliability of tunnel structures. However, the dim and dusty environment inherent to underground engineering poses considerable challenges to crack segmentation. This paper proposes a crack segmentation algorithm termed as Focused Detection for Subsurface Cracks YOLOv8 (FDSC-YOLOv8) specifically designed for underground engineering structural surfaces. Firstly, to improve the extraction of multi-layer convolutional features, the fixed convolutional module is replaced with a deformable convolutional module. Secondly, the model’s receptive field is enhanced by introducing a multi-branch More >

Yongguo Li^1,2, Caiyin Xu^1,2,*, Can Qin^1,2, Dingjian Zheng^1,2

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.6, pp. 1251-1263, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.044804

Abstract The so-called ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) heat recovery technology has attracted much attention with regard to medium and low temperature waste heat recovery. In the present study, it is applied to a Tesla turbine. At the same time, the effects of the disc speed, diameter and inter-disc gap on the internal flow field and output power of the turbine are also investigated by means of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) numerical simulation, by which the pressure, velocity, and output efficiency of the internal flow field are obtained under different internal and external conditions. The highest efficiency More >

Hailing Yang¹, Suoping Li^1,2,*, Duo Peng²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 5273-5294, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.050869

Abstract To address the problems of network congestion and spectrum resources shortage in multi-user large-scale scenarios, this paper proposes a twice random access OFDMA-NOMA-RA protocol combining the advantages of orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). The idea of this protocol is that OFMDA is used to divide the entire frequency field into multiple orthogonal resource units (RUs), and NOMA is used on each RU to enable more users to access the channel and improve spectrum efficiency. Based on the protocol designed in this paper, in the case of imperfect successive interference… More >

Vladimir Ya. Modorskii, Ivan E. Cherepanov^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.5, pp. 1031-1043, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2024.048494

Abstract A transition to clean hydrogen energy will not be possible until the issues related to its production, transportation, storage, etc., are adequately resolved. Currently, however, it is possible to use methane-hydrogen mixtures. Natural gas can be transported using a pipeline system with the required pressure being maintained by gas compression stations. This method, however, is affected by some problems too. Compressors emergency stops can be induced by vibrations because in some cases, mechanical methods are not able to reduce the vibration amplitude. As an example, it is known that a gas-dynamic flow effect in labyrinth… More >

Yueli Gu^*, Jinchun Si^†, Xichun Xiao^*, Ying Tian^*, Shuo Yang^*

Oncology Research, Vol.25, No.7, pp. 1069-1079, 2017, DOI:10.3727/096504016X14829256525028

Abstract Aberrant expression of microRNA-92a (miR-92a) has been investigated in various cancers. However, the function and mechanism of miR-92a in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remain to be elucidated. Our data showed that miR-92a was evidently downregulated and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 (MTHFD2) was remarkably upregulated in AML cell lines HL-60 and THP-1. Dual luciferase reporter assay revealed that MTHFD2 was a direct target of miR-92a. Gain- and loss-of-function analysis demonstrated that MTHFD2 knockdown or miR-92a overexpression notably inhibited proliferation and promoted apoptosis of AML cell lines. Restoration of MTHFD2 expression reversed proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction of More >

Yulin Luo^1,2,#, Panpan Yang^2,#, Mengmeng Bi², Leifeng Xu², Fang Du^3,*, Jun Ming^2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.5, pp. 1057-1066, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.051197

Abstract The xylem undergoes physiological changes in response to various environmental conditions during the process of plant growth. To understand these physiological changes, it is extremely important to observe the transport of xylem. In this study, the distribution and structure of vascular bundle in Lilium lancifolium were observed using the method of semithin section. Methods for introducing a fluorescent tracer into the xylem of the stems were evaluated. Then, the transport rule of 5(6)-Carboxyfluorescein diacetate (CFDA) in the xylem of the stem of L. lancifolium was studied by fluorescence dye in live cells tracer technology. The results showed… More >