Abstract: This paper describes a systematic study of the influence of the inlet clearance gap on the performance of a centrifugal fan. Overall fan performance in terms of volume flow rate, pressure ...

Abstract: A study to evaluate the influence of increasing the clearance between blade and hub on a controllable pitch axial fan (CPAF) is presented. Fan performance was measured over a range of increasing ...

Abstract: The Arrhenius equation and, similarly, transition state theory (TST) describe well the temperature dependence of the rate of irreversible heating-damage to many biological materials (1234). These ...

Abstract: A rotating stall associated with massive flow separation on the pressure surface (p-stall) of a centrifugal fan blade is identified. The stall cell rotates in the same sense as the rotation ...

Abstract: The available literature on aerodynamic and acoustic properties of axial fans with swept blades is presented and discussed with particular emphasis on noise mechanisms and the influence of ...

Abstract: Efforts to quantify degradation of the performance of a centrifugal fan subjected to distorted inflows are presented. The study centered on examination of pressure rise, efficiency, and onset ...

Abstract: We present data from isothermal free-shrinkage tests (i.e., performed in the absence of mechanical loads) wherein bovine chordae tendineae were subjected to temperatures from 65 to 85°C for ...

Abstract: We present data from isothermal, isotonic-shrinkage tests wherein bovine chordae tendineae were subjected to well-defined constant temperatures (from 65 to 90°C), durations of heating (from ...

Abstract: Some recent analyses modeled the response of collagenous tissues, such as epicardium, using a hypothetical network consisting of interconnected springlike fibers. The fibers in the network were ...