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  • Study on the design of short blade offset for the long and short blade runner of 1000 MW hydraulic turbine units 

    Lu, Yonggang; Zhang, Zequan; Chen, Hao; Liu, Kui; Huang, Xingxing; Li, Honghui; Wang, Zhengwei; Presas Batlló, Alexandre (Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023)
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    For such complex rotating machinery as hydraulic turbine, the hydraulic operation characteristics of the hydraulic turbine unit are significantly impacted by the short blade of the runner used as the splitter blade. To ...
  • Development and preliminary evaluation of plugim electrospray thruster: focus on the fuel management system and power processing unit 

    Pavón Castillo, Blanca; Marrugat Plaza, Albert; Contijoch, Marc; Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Grustan Gutierrez, Enric (International Astronautical Federation (IAF), 2024)
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    Space thrusters based on the physics of electrosprays, where the potential difference between two electrodes induces a flow of electrically charged particles, offer several advantages with respect to traditional electric ...
  • CFD simulation of savonius cross-flow hydrokinetic turbine using various URANS turbulence models 

    Heydari, Ali; Mohammadi, Amirhossein; Nabhani, Ahmad; Mohammadi, Amirmasoud (2024)
    Conference report
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    The utilization of hydrokinetic turbine technology is an innovative and sustainable method of generating electricity through the power of flowing water. The distinct advantage of this technology over traditional hydropower ...
  • On modelling assumptions for predicting man-induced ground-borne building vibrations 

    Clot Razquin, Arnau; Conto Quispe, Kenny Fernando; Alizadeh Shiraz, Amir; Arcos Villamarín, Robert; Romeu Garbí, Jordi (International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, 2024)
    Conference report
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    One of the main challenges when predicting man-induced ground-borne vibrations in buildings is to define a modelling strategy capable of representing the complexity of the system under consideration. Despite that very ...
  • Differentially heated turbulent channel flow two-point correlations 

    García Berenguer, Marina; Silva, Lucas Gasparino Ferreira da; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2024)
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    This study analyzes the behavior of a differentially heated channel flow by means of a direct numerical simulations (DNS) with variable thermophysical properties under low-speed conditions focusing on the impact of the ...
  • Buoyant high-pressure transcritical fluid duct flows 

    Bandarrinha Monteiro, Carlos Alexandre; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2024)
    Conference report
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    In this work, direct numerical simulations of a high-pressure transcritical square duct flow with distinct gravity directions in the cross-stream plane are performed. The buoyancy effects on the instantaneous and mean ...
  • Spatio-temporal analysis of the structures in high-pressure transcritical fluid flows 

    Barea Sánchez, Guillem; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2024)
    Conference report
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    This study explores the principal modes of high-pressure transcritical channel f low from direct numerical simulation data. The four cases investigated correspond to CO2 at high-pressure conditions (P/Pc = 1.5) confined ...
  • Data-driven acceleration of statistical convergence in turbulent flows 

    Masclans Serrat, Núria; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), 2024)
    Conference report
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    Direct numerical simulations (DNS) provide accurate and reliable information for the physics discovery and modeling of turbulent flow phenomena, especially about their inherent multiscale nature in terms of kinematic and ...
  • Linear stability exploration of transcritical non-isothermal Poiseuille flows 

    Bernades, Marc; Capuano, Francesco; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), 2024)
    Conference report
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    High-pressure transcritical turbulent flow regimes enhance the mixing and heat transfer rates with respect to atmospheric pressure conditions. The two characteristic states of supercritical fluids, gas- and liquid-like, ...
  • NVIDIA Grace superchip early evaluation for HPC applications 

    Banchelli Gracia, Fabio; Vinyals Ylla-Català, Joan; Pocurull Serra, Josep; Clascà Ramírez, Marc; Peiró Conde, Kilian; Spiga, Filippo; Garcia Gasulla, Marta; Mantovani, Filippo (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2024)
    Conference report
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    Arm-based system in HPC are a reality since more than a decade. However, when a new chip enters the market always implies challenges, not only at ISA level, but also with regards to the SoC integration, the memory subsystem, ...
  • The uplifting effect of embedded footings on the dynamic response of steel braced frames 

    Guanchez Reyes, Edinson Asdrubal; Weyler Pérez, Rafael; Sánchez Romero, Montserrat (2024)
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    The aim of this research is to evaluate the dynamic response of steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs) considering the nonlinear response of embedded footings in granular soils through the Beam on Nonlinear Winkler ...
  • Influence of printing parameters in the inter-layer bonds formation in thermoplastic polyurethane 

    Crupano, Walter; Adrover Monserrat, Bàrbara; Llumà Fuentes, Jordi; Travieso Rodríguez, José Antonio (2024)
    Conference report
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    Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is a copolymer that has high flexibility together with good mechanical properties. These advantages are used to manufacture parts through 3D printing for applications in different industrial ...

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