Wenxuan Du¹, Zhongwei Mou², Xuanfu He¹, Jianping Yin¹, Yinggang Miao^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.29, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011421

Abstract High-speed friction and wear are usually occurring in the service life of advanced equipment, and their behavior even influences service safety. However, there is still technique gap in accurately obtaining the parameters during dynamic friction induced by high-speed equipment. This gap is primarily stemmed from the available dynamic friction loading techniques with poor controllability. In this work, a novel dynamic friction apparatus is designed based on split Hopkinson bar technique. The loading principle is from stress wave generated by striker bar hitting the incident bar, which forces the sandwiched friction pair to slide with a… More >

Asaad H. Sayer¹, Mohsin E. Al-Dokheily¹, Hameed B. Mahood^2,*, Haider M. Khadem¹, Alasdair N. Campbell³

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.1, pp. 17-34, 2022, DOI:10.32604/EE.2022.017715 - 22 November 2021

Abstract Salinity Gradient Solar Ponds (SGSPs) offer the potential to capture and store solar energy for use in a range of domestic and industrial activities in regions with high solar insolation. However, the evaporation of water from these ponds is a significant problem that must be overcome for them to be deployed successfully. Thus, two ponds were constructed in the city of Nasiriya, Iraq. The two ponds were cylindrical with a diameter of 1.4 m and a total depth of 1.4 m. The water body in the two ponds was constructed with layer depths of 0.5,… More >