Turbulent overturning on scales greater than 10 m is observed near the bottom and in mid-depth layers within the Gaoping (formerly spelled Kaoping) Submarine Canyon (KPSC) in southern Taiwan. Bursts of strong turbulence coexist with bursts of strong sediment concentrations in mid-depth layers. The turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate in some turbulence bursts exceeds 10− 4 W kg− 1, and the eddy diffusivity exceeds 10− 1 m2 s− 1. Within the canyon, the depth averaged turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate is ~ 7 × 10− 6 W kg− 1, and the depth averaged eddy diffusivity is ~ 10− 2 m2 s− 1. These are more than two orders of magnitude greater than typical values in the open ocean, and are much larger than those found in the Monterey Canyon where the strong turbulent mixing has also been. The interaction of tidal currents with the complex topography in Gaoping Submarine Canyon is presumably responsible for the observed turbulent overturning via shear instability and the breaking of internal tides and internal waves at critical frequencies. Strong 1st-mode internal tides exist in KPSC. The depth averaged internal tidal energy near the canyon mouth is ~ 0.17 m2 s− 2. The depth integrated internal tidal energy flux at the mouth of the canyon is ~ 14 kW m− 1, propagating along the axis of the canyon toward the canyon head. The internal tidal energy flux in the canyon is 3–7 times greater than that found in Monterey Canyon, presumably due to the more than 10 times larger barotropic tide in the canyon. Simple energy budget calculations conclude that internal tides alone may provide energy sufficient to explain the turbulent mixing estimated within the canyon. Further experiments are needed in order to quantify the seasonal and geographical distributions of internal tides in Gaoping Submarine Canyon and their effects on the sediment flux in the canyon. 相似文献
High tension bolts in critical joints in internal combustion engines are susceptible to fatigue failure. Computeraided bolted
joint design procedures require knowledge of the dependence of bolt fatigue limit on the mean stress and ultimate tensile
strength. This dependence is investigated with staircase fatigue limit tests. The test results show that when the bolt fatigue
limit is estimated with the nominal stress of the bolt, it decreases with increasing tensile strength and nominal mean stress.
However, there is a range of the nominal mean stress where the bolt fatigue limit is almost constant. The test results are
interpreted with finite element analysis. 相似文献
This research suggests a new disk brake design using circumferential friction on the disk of a front-wheel-drive passenger
car. The paper compares mechanical performance between the conventional and suggested disk brakes under dynamic braking conditions.
Thermoelastic instability is considered in simulation of the test condition. An optimization technique using a metamodel is
introduced to minimize the weight of the suggested disk brake. To achieve this goal, the response defined in the optimization
formulation is expressed in a mathematically explicit form with respect to the design variables by using a kriging surrogate
model, resulting in a simple optimization problem. Then, the simulated annealing algorithm is utilized to find the global
optimum. The design results obtained by the kriging method are compared with those obtained from ANSYS analysis. 相似文献
Recently, as climate changes have manifested worldwide, every country is making efforts to prevent ozone depletion and global
warming. In the automotive industry, R-134a refrigerant is widely used in air conditioning systems because it has zero ozone
depletion potential (ODP). Unfortunately, its global warming potential (GWP) is high. Therefore, alternative refrigerants
are needed as a replacement for R-134a. R-152a is considered to be one of the better alternative refrigerants due to zero
ODP and low GWP. In this paper, the performance of an automotive air conditioning system using R-134a and one using R-152a
are compared experimentally at the bench level. The experimental apparatus simulated a real automotive air conditioning system
consisting of a cabin and engine room structure. The cooling capacity, condensing capacity, coefficient of performance (COP)
and power consumption characteristics of the automotive air conditioning system are evaluated by changing the air velocity
entering the condenser and the compressor rotation speed with the optimized refrigerant charge amount. Also, the performance
of the R-152a system was investigated by changing the thermostatic expansion valve which is set of values. The results of
this study show that the R-152a system is slightly better than the R-134a system, not only under driving conditions but also
under idling condition. R-152a refrigerant thus shows promise as an alternative refrigerant to replace the current standard,
R-134a, in automotive air conditioning systems. 相似文献
The Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine has attracted much interest because it can simultaneously achieve
high efficiency and low emissions. However, the ignition timing is difficult to control because this engine has no physical
ignition mechanism. In addition, combustion proceeds very rapidly because the premixed mixture ignites simultaneously at multiple
locations in the cylinder, making it difficult to increase the operating load. In this study, an HCCI engine was operated
using blended test fuels comprised of dimethyl ether (DME) and methane, each of which have different ignition characteristics.
The effects of mixing ratios and absolute quantities of the two types of fuel on the ignition timing and rapidity of combustion
were investigated. Cool flame reaction behavior, which significantly influences the ignition, was also analyzed in detail
on the basis of in-cylinder spectroscopic measurements. The experimental results revealed that within the range of the experimental
conditions used in this study, the quantity of DME supplied substantially influenced the ignition timing, whereas there was
little observed effect from the quantity of methane supplied. Spectroscopic measurements of the behavior of a substance corresponding
to HCHO also indicated that the quantity of DME supplied significantly influenced the cool flame behavior. However, the rapidity
of combustion could not be controlled even by varying the mixing ratios of DME and methane. It was made clear that changes
in the ignition timing substantially influence the rapidity of combustion. 相似文献
This paper discusses the market trends and advantages of a safety system integrating LKS (Lane Keeping System) and ACC (Adaptive
Cruise Control), referred to as the LKS+ACC system, and proposes a method utilizing the range data from ACC for the sake of
lane detection. The overall structure of lane detection is the same as the conventional method using monocular vision: EDF
(Edge Distribution Function)-based initialization, sub-ROI (Region Of Interest) for left/right and distance-based layers,
steerable filter-based feature extraction, and model fitting in each sub-ROI. The proposed method adds only the system for
confining lane detection ROI to free space that is established by range data. Experimental results indicate that such a simple
adaptive ROI can overcome occlusion of lane markings and disturbance of neighboring vehicles. 相似文献
The rapid development of autonomous vehicles (AV) in recent years has drawn the attention of numerous countries in terms of its feasibility for use and deployment as individually-owned vehicles or for large-scale fleet planning and deployment as a mobility-on-demand (MOD) service. Singapore is no exception to this global trend and in her pursuit to be smart and car-lite, numerous efforts are made to have AV trials in place and test out their potential deployment in the city state. As one of the many prerequisites of AV planning, public perception on AV plays a vital role when designing any potential AV deployment scheme. As such, a stated preference survey comprising both online survey and field interviews/surveys, was performed island-wide to understand how commuters in Singapore perceive about different AV-based MOD modes. The logit kernel model is adopted to determine how different preference attributes and key demographic indicators can affect the use of AV-based MOD services over other existing first- and last-mile connection modes. The model results have identified how demographics such as gender, age, housing type, education level and income level can influence the travel mode choice. Also, the impacts brought by individuals’ stated preferences over convenience, privacy and familiarity of ride-hailing apps are also investigated. Such findings can provide useful insight in planning future car-lite towns and implementing AV-based MOD services in these towns.
The adequate provision of charging infrastructure is critical for the effective deployment of electric taxis. This study attempts to locate charging stations for electric taxis reflecting real-world taxi travel patterns identified from taxis equipped with digital tachographs. Data for one week are processed in order to estimate their charge demand. The estimated temporal distribution of charge demand indicates that it varies day-by-day and hour-by-hour. The maximum set covering model is applied for determining the locations of charging stations. The results show that the pre-specified service distance and service coverage rate (defined by the proportion of total demand served) can be critical factors for determining the number and location of charging stations. These factors should be carefully specified by considering the tradeoff between operational efficiency of charging facilities and user convenience. 相似文献