简介:Theplowofthesubmarineplowingtrencherisoneofthemainfunctionalmechanisms,anditsoptimizationisveryimportant.Thedesignparametersplayaverysignificantroleindeterminingtherequirementsofthetowingforceofavessel.Amulti-objectivegeneticalgorithmbasedonanalyticalmodelsoftheplowsurfacehasbeenexaminedandappliedineffortstoobtainoptimaldesignoftheplow.Foraspecificsoilcondition,thedraftforceandmoldboardsurfaceareawhicharethekeyparametersintheworkingprocessoftheplowareoptimizedbyfindingthecorrespondingoptimalvaluesoftheplowbladepenetrationangleandtwosurfaceanglesofthemaincuttingbladeoftheplow.Parameterssuchasthemoldboardsideangleofdeviation,moldboardliftangle,angularvariationofthetangentline,andthespanninglengtharealsoanalyzedwithrespecttotheforceofthemoldboardsurfacealongsoilflowdirection.Resultsshowthattheoptimizedplowhasanimprovedplowperformance.Thedraftforcesofthemaincuttingbladeandthemoldboardare10.6%and7%,respectively,lessthantheoriginaldesign.ThestandarddeviationofGaussiancurvatureofmoldboardisloweredby64.5%,whichimpliesthatthesmoothnessoftheoptimizedmoldboardsurfaceismuchgreaterthantheoriginal.
简介:Severalindustrialapplicationssuchaselectronicdevices,heatexchangers,gasturbineblades,etc.needcoolingprocesses.Theinternalcoolingtechniqueisproperforsomeapplications.Inthepresentwork,computationalsimulationsweremadeusingANSYSCFXtopredicttheimprovementsofinternalheattransferintherectangularribbedchannelusingdifferentcoolants.Severalcoolantssuchasair,steam,air/mistandsteam/mistwereinvestigated.Theshearstresstransportmodel(SST)isselectedbycomparingthestandardk-ωandOmegaReynoldsStress(ωRS)turbulencemodelswithexperimentalresults.Theresultsindicatethattheheattransfercoefficientsareenhancedintheribbedchannelwhileinjectingsmallamountsofmist.Theheattransfercoefficientsofair/mist,steamandsteam/mistincreaseby12.5%,49.5%and107%overthatofair,respectively.Furthermore,incomparisontoair,theair/mistheattransfercoefficientenhancesbyabout1.05to1.14timeswhenthemistmassfractionincreasesfrom2%to8%,respectively.Thesteam/mistheattransfercoefficientincreasesbyabout1.12to1.27timeshigherthanthatofsteamovertheconsideredrangeofmistmassfraction.