Analisi di fattibilità della conversione del velivolo V-173 per il volo ad alta quota

Studio di fattibilità della conversione del Vought V-173 per il volo ad alta quota. Per realizzare l'intero lavoro si è adoperato il software di fluidodinamica computazionale Flow Simulation di SolidWorks e si è scelto l'ambiente Matlab per la fase di elaborazione e presentazione dati. A partire dal modello tridimensionale in SolidWorks del V-173 si sono ricreate le curve CL e CD a partire dai punti ottenuti dalle simulazioni per diverse configurazioni del velivolo. Si è valutata l'aerodinamica del velivolo senza la presenza di eliche e di ipersostentatori e successivamente si sono seguite due strade diverse per valutare il comportamento del velivolo: nel primo caso si sono eseguiti studi dell'aerodinamica del Pancake in presenza degli ipersostentatori già presenti sul velivolo originario (i plain flap). In secondo luogo, tenendo in considerazione che il Pancake è un aeroplano bielica, si è voluta studiare l'influenza delle due eliche sulla sua aerodinamica: dopo aver riprodotto nel modo più verosimile entrambe le eliche utilizzando SolidWorks si è fatto uno studio di massima ricavando risultati che potessero indicare la compatibilità tra elica e velivolo a seguito dei risultati sperimentali ottenuti con Flow Simulation. Questa parte è stata realizzata per lo stesso tipo di elica tripala, ma prendendo in considerazione due diversi diametri, una di 4:9m e una da 2:5m.

Studio e ottimizzazione della ipersostentazione del velivolo V-173

Studio della ipersostentazione di un velivolo non convenzionale degli anni ‘40, il Vought V-173 Flying Pancake. Per realizzare l’intero lavoro si sono adoperati dei software di fluidodinamica computazionale come Flow Simulation di SolidWorks e il programma JavaFoil, inoltre, si è scelto l’ambiente Matlab di supporto ai calcoli e per rappresentare i risultati ottenuti a seguito delle simulazioni, realizzando script e funzioni per l’approssimazione di questi e la loro successiva raffigurazione grafica. In particolar modo, a partire dal modello tridimensionale in SolidWorks del V-173 si sono ricreate le curve CL-α e CD-α a partire dai punti ottenuti dalle simulazioni per diverse configurazioni del velivolo. In una prima fase si è valutata l’aerodinamica del velivolo ‘pulito’ senza la presenza delle eliche e di ipersostentatori, successivamente si sono seguite due strade diverse per valutare il comportamento del velivolo: nel primo caso si sono eseguiti studi dell’aerodinamica del Pancake in presenza degli ipersostentatori già presenti sul velivolo (i plain flap), proponendo soluzioni alternative per migliorare l’ipersostentazione del V-173 tramite spillamenti (slots) e diverse configurazioni di vortex generator che energizzassero lo strato limite e ottimizzassero le prestazioni del velivolo con particolare attenzione alla fase di atterraggio. In secondo luogo, tenendo in considerazione che il Pancake è un aeroplano bielica, si è voluta studiare l’influenza delle due eliche sulla sua aerodinamica: dopo aver riprodotto nel modo più verosimile entrambe le eliche utilizzando SolidWorks si è fatto uno studio di massima ricavando risultati che potessero indicare la compatibilità tra elica e velivolo a seguito dei risultati sperimentali ottenuti con Flow Simulation.

Fast reconstruction of aerodynamic shapes using evolutionary algorithms and virtual Nash strategies in a CFD design environment

This paper compares the performances of two different optimisation techniques for solving inverse problems; the first one deals with the Hierarchical Asynchronous Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms software (HAPEA) and the second is implemented with a game strategy named Nash-EA. The HAPEA software is based on a hierarchical topology and asynchronous parallel computation. The Nash-EA methodology is introduced as a distributed virtual game and consists of splitting the wing design variables - aerofoil sections - supervised by players optimising their own strategy. The HAPEA and Nash-EA software methodologies are applied to a single objective aerodynamic ONERA M6 wing reconstruction. Numerical results from the two approaches are compared in terms of the quality of model and computational expense and demonstrate the superiority of the distributed Nash-EA methodology in a parallel environment for a similar design quality.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 455 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit Margo H. Wolff und Karl August Wittfogel (p. V 173, 210-429)

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Design optimization and experimental demonstration of low VπL carrier-depletion silicon mach-zehnder modulator

We design, optimize and demonstrate a highly efficient carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with very low VπL of ~0.2Vcm. Design consideration, fabrication process and experimental results will be presented. © OSA 2013.

Surrogate-based analysis and optimization for the design of heat sinks with jet impingement

Heat sinks are widely used for cooling electronic devices and systems. Their thermal performance is usually determined by the material, shape, and size of the heat sink. With the assistance of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and surrogate-based optimization, heat sinks can be designed and optimized to achieve a high level of performance. In this paper, the design and optimization of a plate-fin-type heat sink cooled by impingement jet is presented. The flow and thermal fields are simulated using the CFD simulation; the thermal resistance of the heat sink is then estimated. A Kriging surrogate model is developed to approximate the objective function (thermal resistance) as a function of design variables. Surrogate-based optimization is implemented by adaptively adding infill points based on an integrated strategy of the minimum value, the maximum mean square error approach, and the expected improvement approaches. The results show the influence of design variables on the thermal resistance and give the optimal heat sink with lowest thermal resistance for given jet impingement conditions. 

The design and development of an undergraduate signal processing laboratory

The School of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering of Queensland University of Technology (like many other universities around the world) has recognised the importance of complementing the teaching of signal processing with computer based experiments. A laboratory has been developed to provide a "hands-on" approach to the teaching of signal processing techniques. The motivation for the development of this laboratory was the cliche "What I hear I remember but what I do I understand." The laboratory has been named as the "Signal Computing and Real-time DSP Laboratory" and provides practical training to approximately 150 final year undergraduate students each year. The paper describes the novel features of the laboratory, techniques used in the laboratory based teaching, interesting aspects of the experiments that have been developed and student evaluation of the teaching techniques

Investigating novelty-outcome relationships in engineering design

Design creativity involves developing novel and useful solutions to design problems The research in this article is an attempt to understand how novelty of a design resulting from a design process is related to the kind of outcomes. described here as constructs, involved in the design process A model of causality, the SAPPhIRE model, is used as the basis of the analysis The analysis is based on previous research that shows that designing involves development and exploration of the seven basic constructs of the SAPPhIRE model that constitute the causal connection between the various levels of abstraction at which a design can be described The constructs am state change, action, parts. phenomenon. input. organs. and effect The following two questions are asked. Is there a relationship between novelty and the constructs? If them is a relationship, what is the degree of this relationship? A hypothesis is developed to answer the questions an increase in the number and variety of ideas explored while designing should enhance the variety of concept space. leading to an increase in the novelty of the concept space Eight existing observational studies of designing sessions are used to empirically validate the hypothesis Each designing session involves an individual designer. experienced or novice. solving a design problem by producing concepts and following a think-aloud protocol. The results indicate dependence of novelty of concept space on variety of concept space and dependence of variety of concept space on variety of idea space. thereby validating the hypothesis The Jesuits also reveal a strong correlation between novelty and the constructs, correlation value decreases as the abstraction level of the constructs reduces. signifying the importance of using constructs at higher abstraction levels for enhancing novelty

Design options reduce exchanger cost

Heat exchanger design is a complex task involving the selection of a large number of interdependent design parameters. There are no established general techniques for optimizing the design, though a few earlier attempts provide computer software based on gradient methods, case study methods, etc. The authors felt that it would be useful to determine the nature of the optimal and near-optimal feasible designs to devise an optimization technique. Therefore, in this article they have obtained a large number of feasible designs of shell and tube heat exchangers, intended to perform a given heat duty, by an exhaustive search method. They have studied how their capital and operating costs varied. The study reveals several interesting aspects of the dependence of capital and total costs on various design parameters. The authors considered a typical shell and tube heat exchanger used in an oil refinery. Its heat duty, inlet temperature and other details are given.

Application of CFD in vacuum dezincing process

Most lead bullion is refined by pyrometallurgical methods - this involves a serics of processes that remove the antimony (softening) silver (Parkes process), zinc (vacuum dezincing) and if need be, bismuth (Betterton-Kroll process). The first step, softening, removes the antimony, arsenic and tin by air oxidation in a furnace or by the Harris process. Next, in the Parkes process, zinc is added to the melt to remove the silver and gold. Insoluble zinc, silver and gold compounds are skimmed off from the melt surface. Excess zinc added during desilvering is removed from lead bullion using one of ghree methods: * Vacuum dezincing; * Chlorine dezincing; or * Harris dezincing. The present study concentrates on the Vacuum dezincing process for lead refining. The main aims of the research are to develop mathematical model(s), using Computational Fluid Dyanmics (CFD) a Surface Averaged Model (SAM), to predict the process behaviour under various operating conditions, thus providing detailed information of the process - insight into its reaction to changes of key operating parameters. Finally, the model will be used to optimise the process in terms of initial feed concentration, temperature, vacuum height cooling rate, etc.

Rapid design of biorthogonal wavelet transforms

A rapid design methodology for biorthogonal wavelet transform cores has been developed based on a generic, scaleable architecture for wavelet filters. The architecture offers efficient hardware utilisation by combining the linear phase property of biorthogonal filters with decimation in a MAC-based implementation. The design has been captured in VHDL and parameterised in terms of wavelet type, data word length and coefficient word length. The control circuit is embedded within the cores and allows them to be cascaded without any interface glue logic for any desired level of decomposition. The design time to produce silicon layout of a biorthogonal wavelet system is typically less than a day. The silicon cores produced are comparable in area and performance to hand-crafted designs, The designs are portable across a range of foundries and are also applicable to FPGA and PLD implementations.

Design criteria for a barrier-based gas-liquid flow distributor for parallel microchannels

This paper presents criteria for the design of a flow distributor for even distribution of gas and liquid flows over parallel microchannels. The design criteria are illustrated for the case of a nitrogen-water Taylor flow (1

Rapid design of application specific FFT cores

Methods are presented for developing synthesizable FFT cores. These are based on a modular approach in which parameterized commutator and processor blocks are cascaded to implement the computations required in many important FFT signal flow graphs. In addition, it is shown how the use of a digital serial data organization can be used to produce systems that offer 100% processor utilization along with reductions in storage requirements. The approach has been used to create generators for the automated synthesis of FFT cores that are portable across a broad range of silicon technologies. Resulting chip designs are competitive with ones created using manual methods but with significant reductions in design times.