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A Laminar Flow-Based Microfluidic Tesla Pump via Lithography Enabled 3D Printing

Sensors, 2016
Tesla turbine and its applications in power generation and fluid flow were demonstrated by Nicholas Tesla in 1913. However, its real-world implementations were limited by the difficulty to maintain laminar flow between rotor disks, transient efficiencies
Mohammed-Baker Habhab, Tania Ismail, Joe Fujiou Lo   +2 more
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Numerical Investigation of Flow and Structural Characteristics of a Large High-Head Prototype Pump–Turbine during Turbine Start-Up

Energies, 2023
Transient processes that occur in pumped storage power plants can cause high-pressure conditions, which in turn can result in vibrations in the pump–turbine structure and even damage to structural components.
Xilong Yin, Xingxing Huang, Shaozheng Zhang, Huili Bi, Zhengwei Wang   +4 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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Transient Flow-Induced Stress Investigation on a Prototype Reversible Pump–Turbine Runner

Energies
Pump–turbine units with high heads are subjected to strong pressure pulsations from the unsteady transient flow in fluid channels, which can produce severe vibrations and high stresses on the pump–turbine structural components.
Dehao Zhang, Qiang Quan, Xingxing Huang, Zhengwei Wang, Biao Wang, Yunfeng Xiao   +5 more
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Pressure fluctuation prediction in pump mode using large eddy simulation and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes in a pump–turbine

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016
For pump–turbines, most of the instabilities couple with high-level pressure fluctuations, which are harmful to pump–turbines, even the whole units. In order to understand the causes of pressure fluctuations and reduce their amplitudes, proper numerical ...
De-You Li, Lei Han, Hong-Jie Wang, Ru-Zhi Gong, Xian-Zhu Wei, Da-Qing Qin   +5 more
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Operation strategy of the heliostat field and receiver based on categorization of DNI fluctuation types

Scientific Reports
Transient changes in receiver heat are due to Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) fluctuations, requiring operational strategies for receiver safety in cloudy weather.
Jing Nie, Weijia Wang, Xiaomei Guo, Jie Huang   +3 more
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Influence of Weak Compressibility on the Hydrodynamic Performance Evaluation of Pump Turbines in the Pump Mode

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2022
In general, weak compressibility is one of the properties of liquids. That is, in actual operation of hydraulic machinery, the flow is weakly compressible.
Fangfang Zhang, Na Li, Di Zhu, Ruofu Xiao, Weichao Liu, Ran Tao   +5 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
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Causal‐Guided Ultra‐Long‐Term Time Series Forecasting Via Anticipated Covariates

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Often treated as unknown, information from the future remains underutilized.We demonstrate that in a coupled dynamical system, providing the future state of the effect enables accurate forecasting of the cause for a long timesteps. A time series forecasting paradigm that introduces anticipated covariates to represent such known future states is ...
Jintong Zhao, Yufei Liu, Ruixi Huang, Zhongxue Gan, Siyang Leng   +4 more
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Maximizing the Energy Output of Soft Electrohydraulic Generators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Many energy resources cannot be viably harvested with electromagnetic generators. This article evaluates the potential of soft electrohydraulic generators as an alternative approach for energy capture. An analytical model charts their operational limits and a rigorous experimental study results in new performance benchmarks with maximum specific energy
Sophie Kirkman, Ingemar Schmidt, Lawrence T. Smith, Steven L. Zhang, Shane K. Mitchell, Soo Jin Adrian Koh, Philipp Rothemund, Christoph Keplinger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source