Abstract: Two kinds of new refrigerant R1234ze(E) and R245fa were discussed as substitutes or supplements to traditional working fluids of loop heat pipes (LHPs) based on their favorable thermophysical properties and characteristics ...

Abstract: The first-order reliability method (FORM) is simple and efficient for solving structural reliability problems but may have large errors and converge slowly or even result in divergence when dealing with strongly nonlinear ...

Abstract: The effect of bottomhole-pressure (BHP) drawdown schedule on the well performance is generally attributed to the stress sensitivity in propped finite-conductivity fractures. The purpose of this work is to develop a detailed ...

Abstract: In this paper, theoretical analysis and experimental quantification of the gas leakage issue due to feedthroughs in anodic bonding are presented. The theoretical analysis was conducted to quantitatively analyze the influence ...

Abstract: Heavy cavitation in torque converters can have a significant effect on hydrodynamic performance, particularly with regards to the torque capacity. The objective of this study is to therefore investigate the effects of pump ...

Abstract: The finiteelement approach of absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF) is a possible way to simulate the deployment dynamics of a largescale mesh reflector of satellite antenna. However, the large number of finite ...

Abstract: Mesh reflectors with large apertures have been used in many communication satellites. The performance of antenna reflectors crucially depends on the faceting error of the reflective surface, which is approximated by using ...

Abstract: The efficient design of battery thermal management systems (BTMSs) plays an important role in enhancing the performance, life, and safety of electric vehicles (EVs). This paper aims at designing and optimizing cold plate-based ...

Abstract: Torque converters are durable fluid couplings that can provide output torque multiplication. Blade leaning angle represents the angular position of a blade chord with respect to its radial reference line, and it is an ...