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The flow at a channel bifurcation is turbulent, highly three-dimensional (3D) and has many complex features. There is transverse motion accompanying the main flow and an extensive separation zone that develops in the branch channel. There are two complex flow regions along the intake channel: one is the separation zone and the other is the region in which helical motion of water particles forms. This separation occurs because the flow entering the branch channel has considerable momentum in the direction of the main channel flow. This zone causes hydraulic and sedimentation problems that must be known before designing the system. This necessitates a deeper insight into the flow patterns and shear stress distributions near the solid boundaries. In this research, 3D flow patterns at lateral diversion were investigated experimentally and numerically. The experimental investigation was carried out at a T-junction, formed by two channels with rectangular cross-sections. The width of lateral intake to the main channel was 0.4. 3D velocity measurements were obtained using Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter at junction region for 11%, 16% and 21% discharge ratios. Fluent mathematical model was then used to investigate the dividing open-channel flow characteristics. Turbulence was modeled by Two Equation (k-ε, k-ω) and Reynolds Stress (RSM) turbulence models. The predicted flow characteristics were validated using experimental data and the proper model was selected for hydrodynamic and parametric studies. Within the main channel, good agreement was obtained between all models prediction and the experimental measurements, but within the lateral channel, the RSM predictions were in better agreement with the measured data, and k-ω predictions was better than those of k-ε. The comparison of experimental and numerical streamlines at different elevations showed that the selected model is capable to simulate the most important features of flow at diversions. The study of the velocity contours at different elevations showed that the velocity magnitude decreases at main channel, just downstream corner of lateral intake at the near bed levels and this causes the sedimentation in movable beds. The results showed that the width of separation zone at lateral intake will decrease and the distance of dividing stream surface from left bank of the main channel will increase by increasing of the discharge ratio. Investigation of the flow pattern at the entrance of the lateral intake showed that the secondary flow will form at this section. The dimension of the secondary flow at near bed elevation will increase by increasing of the discharge ratio and this causes entering of more bed load into the lateral channel.

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Hydraulic fracturing as a method for reservoir stimulation depends on the properties of the media that fracture propagates in it. Discontinuities in the media and their mechanical properties greatly affect the geometry and propagation of hydraulic fractures. In this research, the interaction between the hydraulic fractures with the media layers interface, fracture propagation pattern and termination in multi-layered media were investigated. The true tri-axial cell was utilized to conduct experimental tests on cube multi-layered samples with discontinuities. The tests were aimed to investigate propagation of fractures from soft to stiff, stiff to soft media and also the effect of elastic properties of rocks in hydraulic fracturing. Results showed that the condition of discontinuities (healed, open or filled) and elastic properties of the layers influences the geometry and propagation pattern of hydraulic fractures. In the block with the bounded interfaces, the fracture propagates and interacts with the interfaces, then penetrates in the adjacent layers. However, for the block with unbounded interfaces the fracture propagates from the borehole up to the interface, then after filling the interface with the fluid the new fracture will propagate in the adjacent blocks. In sample where the interface was filled, the fracture propagation was terminated and then the fluid started to leak off in the interface. The results also show when the fracture reaches the interface, the pressure increased immediately and more pressure is needed for fracture propagation across the interface. In comparison between the length and width of fractures in soft and stiff layers, the study displays that the fracture width and its penetration length in soft layers are greater than those in stiff layers.

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Abstract: Hydraulic fracturing as a method for reservoir stimulation depends on the properties of the media that fracture propagates in it. Discontinuities in the media and their mechanical properties greatly affect the geometry and propagation of hydraulic fractures. In this research, the interaction between the hydraulic fractures with the media layers interface, fracture propagation pattern and termination in multi-layered media were investigated. The true tri-axial cell was utilized to conduct experimental tests on cube multi-layered samples with discontinuities. The tests were aimed to investigate propagation of fractures from soft to stiff, stiff to soft media and also the effect of elastic properties of rocks in hydraulic fracturing. Results showed that the condition of discontinuities (healed, open or filled) and elastic properties of the layers influences the geometry and propagation pattern of hydraulic fractures. In the block with the bonded interfaces, the fracture propagates and interacts with the interfaces, then penetrates in the adjacent layers. However, for the block with unbonded interfaces the fracture propagates from the borehole up to the interface, then after filling the interface with the fluid the new fracture will propagate in the adjacent blocks. In sample where the interface was filled, the fracture propagation was terminated and then the fluid started to leak off in the interface. The results also show when the fracture reaches the interface, the pressure increased immediately and more pressure is needed for fracture propagation across the interface. In comparison between the length and width of fractures in soft and stiff layers, the study displays that the fracture width and its penetration length in soft layers are greater than those in stiff layers.

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Airflow over a passenger train has been investigated experimentally and numerically in this research. The experimental model was a 1:26 scale model of a real train including a locomotive with one wagon behind it. A total of 16 pressure tabs for train were employed to measure the air pressure at various points on the model for different air flow velocity. Turbulent, incompressible and 3D model of air flow has been applied in numerical simulation. The numerical results of pressure coefficients were compared with the results obtained by the experimental investigation for the numerical simulation verification. The wagon number affect on the train drag coefficient and air pressure distribution on the symmetry plane of the train have been investigated numerically. The results show that the drag coefficient increases to 1.2336 for a locomotive and 7 wagons behind it but the air flow velocity has not a sensible affect on the drag coefficient. The averaged drag coefficient of each intermediate wagon has been obtained 0.1321.

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In this study forced convection heat transfer in a pebble bed cylindrical channel with internal heat generation was investigated experimentally. Dry air has been used as working fluid in heated spheres cooling process. Internal heating was generated uniformly, by electromagnetic induction heating method in a metallic spheres which have been used in test section. Spheres are made of stainless steel and their diameter is in the range of 5.5-7.5 mm. Present study was performed at steady state and turbulence flow regime, with Re number in the range of 4500-9500. Different parameters resulted by variation of spheres diameter, flow velocity and generated heat on forced convection heat transfer was studied. According to thermal and hydrodynamics studies, it can be said as Re number increases, heat transfer coefficient will increase. Also heat transfer coefficient has been increased by spheres diameter decrement. The generated heat has a little influence on heat transfer coefficient. The effect of pressure variations on forced convection heat transfer can be neglected. Porous channel has greater friction factor in comparison with an empty channel. The friction factor in empty channel is always less than 1 but for porous channel this parameter is in the range of 10-25.

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Creep behavior of butt-welded joints in pressurized steel pipes operating at high temperature is one of the major concerns in industry. The creep behavior of 1.25Cr0.5Mo weldment has been investigated in this paper. Three different layers: Base Metal (BM), Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) and Weld Metal (WM) have been considered and the creep behavior of each layer has been modeled using constitutive equations. Constitutive parameters have been determined using the results of uniaxial constant load creep tests. A numerical approach based on least square method has been used to calculate optimum values of the constitutive parameters. The results have been compared with those provided in the literature for different alloys and good agreement has been observed. Creep tests have been carried out at 30, 35, 40 and 50 MPa and temperature levels of 670, 700, 725, 750 and 800 °C. Specimens have been machined out from Base and Weld Metal. Since machining specimens with appropriate size from HAZ is impossible, a method is proposed to obtain constitutive parameters for this layer. This method is validated by comparing the constitutive parameters which have been calculated for WM with those obtained using creep tests. Micrographical and microhardness tests show that there are significant differences in the microstructure of the layers. Consequently, the creep behavior of layers is different. The results show that steady state creep strain rate for WM is higher than the rates for BM and HAZ; also at low stress levels, creep strain rate of HAZ is larger than BM.

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Laser forming is a flexible forming process that needs no hard tooling or external forces. In this paper, laser forming of cylindrical surfaces with arbitrary radius of curvature is investigated analytically and experimentally. As the laser forming process is a die-less forming process, production of a desired shape from initial blank is very difficult with this process. Because in the laser forming process, there are some variable parameters such as laser power, laser beam diameter, laser scanning speed and dimensions of initial blank that directly affect the final shape of the produced part. Also, in addition to above mentioned parameters, in the laser forming process of a cylindrical surface, a new parameter says number of irradiating lines is added to variable parameters. Therefore complexity of laser forming of a cylindrical surface will be more than a simple laser bending. In this paper, an analytical method for laser forming of cylindrical surfaces with arbitrary radius of curvature is proposed. In the proposed method, with the aim of technical limitations of laser machine such as laser power, laser beam diameter and laser scanning speed, the number of irradiating lines and the distance between neighbor lines are proposed for production cylindrical surfaces with arbitrary radius of curvature. Also, using experimental tests the performance and accuracy of the proposed method are investigated and verified. Analytical and experimental results show that with the proposed analytical method, cylindrical surfaces with any arbitrary radius of curvature can be produced with a very good accuracy.

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In this paper, the effects of temperature and nanoparticles volume fraction on the viscosity of non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluid, containing water and ethylene glycol as a base fluid and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and silica (SiO2) as additives, have been investigated experimentally. The measurements have been carried out in temperatures range of 27.5°C - 50°C by using a Brookfield DV-I PRIME digital Viscometer for different shear rates. The stable and homogeneous samples, with the solid volume fractions of 0.0625%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%, were prepared by dispersing the equal volumes of dry MWCNTs and SiO2 nanoparticles in a specified amount of the binary mixture of water/EG (50:50 %vol.). The measurement results at different shear rates showed that the base fluid possessed Newtonian behavior, while all nanofluid samples exhibit a pseudoplastic rheological behavior with a power law index of less than unity (n<1). Moreover, the consistency index and power law index have been obtained by accurate curve-fitting for all nanofluid samples. The results also revealed that the apparent viscosity generally increases with an increase in the solid volume fraction and decreases with temperature rising.

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In this experimental study dynamic viscosity of hybrid engine oil (5w-50)-Cuo-MWCNT nanofluid for volume fractions of 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1 percent of nanoparticles for temperatures of 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 °C has been measured. This hybrid nanofluid has been prepared utilizing the two steps method. For viscosity measurement, the Brookfield viscometer has been used. The experimental measurments indicate that by increasing volume fraction of nanoparticles the viscosity increases; also by increasing the temperature the viscosity decreases. Based on the experimental results the maximum and minimum viscosity increases with volume fraction increase from 0.05 to 1 at a constant tempearture are 35.52 and 12.92 percent, respectively, relating to 55 and 15 °C. Measurement of the nanofluid viscosity with different volume fractions, shear rates and tempeartures indicate its Newtonian behavior. A new temperature and volume fraction dependent viscosity correlation, developed in this study to be used in numerical simulations, shows very good agreement with experimental results.

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In this research, the mechanical behavior of composites made with polyethylene matrix and wood powder reinforcement have been investigated. In order to improve the mechanical properties, the wood powder has been added to polyethylene at three levels of 30, 40 and 50 wt.%. The material was mixed using an internal mixer Haake and then the material was removed from the mixer and was granulated by a crushing machine. Finally, the granules were molded using an injection molding machine and tensile test specimens were made according to ASTM D638 standard and bending test specimens were made according to ASTM D790 standard. After preparing the specimens, a tensile and flexural test performed on them. The results of the mechanical tests show that the amount of elastic modulus increased with increasing the amount of wood powder so that the highest amount of elastic modulus was observed in the specimens containing 50 wt.% wood powder. Also, the highest strength in the tensile test was observed at the level of 30 wt.% of the wood weight and the highest flexural strength was in the 50% level of wood weight. Also, mechanical tests were simulated using Abaqus software.

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Improvement of the river route is one of the goals that considered in using a spur dike to control the flood, prevent bed erosion, stabilize and protect the walls, and set river width. Spur dikes are structures that with adjustment hydraulic conditions and make smooth flow cause to reduce flow erosion power and the ability to carry sediments. And also makes good situations for sedimentation and sides consolidation. Spur dikes are permeable and impermeable. Impermeable spur dikes have different shapes which according to erosion amount and condition can be used. Common spur dikes have simple, L and T-shaped geometric shapes. This research has been conducted to optimize the various combinations of spur dikes to reduce scouring. All of the scour and flow measurements were collected in a flume with 14 m long, 1.5 m wide, and 0.6 m deep located at the Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute. Impermeable spur dike with different geometric shapes were tested in a series with 3 spur dikes for different compositions in U/Ucr≈1 conditions. Due to threshold flow condition by using Shields parameters in all tests, the calculated discharge at the mentioned conditions is 28.5 Lit/s. So according to discharge and flume dimensions in all the experiments, thereby concentrating on clear-water scour condition, flow depth (y) was taken as 0.06 m. For determine the equilibrium scour depth for each geometric, control test with 30 hours have been done. The first spur dike in all combinations was T-shaped. The results show that for first spur dike in combinations, in 10% of scouring equilibrium time, about 90% of scouring occurred. So with these results, 300 min (5 hours) test time was selected for do all main tests to achieve more than 85% of scouring. Also, in the results of different tests it was observed that maximum scour depth happens around first spur dike. So geometry of first spur dike is very important in reduce average scour depth in combinations. Mean scour depth in these combinations for first, second and third position respectively are about 2.44y, 1.21y and 0.75y which in that for second and third positions with 50% and 69% have fewer scour depth in comparison with first position. Combination (T L T) is the best composition for the lowest average scour depth in all three positions, which 2 times the flow depth have erosion. The best performance in the whole range of spur dikes due to the amount of erosion volume is for the composition (T I I), that’s about 70% of the massive erosion in other compositions. Mean scour depth in all positions for these 2 series are 1.39y and 1.63y. Average scour depth in (T T T) series is 1.41y which more than (T L T) combination. The reason for this results can be effect of middle L-shaped spur dike on T-shaped spur dike scour depth in third position. This effect cause to reduce scouring in about 28%. (T I I), (T L T) and (T T T) series spur dikes are the best combinations which each one has special performance, therefore, for design, the best composition should be choice for target of exploitation and optimal economic conditions.