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Performance Assessment of Hydraulic Micro Relief Valve
No full textDirectly operated relief valves often exhibit abnormal or unstable behavior resulting in noise, premature wear, degraded performance, and failure. In this work, an investigation is carried out to assess the role of the hydraulic damper on the poppet element. The article reports the details of the investigation approach, integrating specific experimental tests with lumped-parameter modelling.Starting from a reference layout, the hydraulic behavior of different damper configurations is characterized (ranging from undamped to strongly damped poppets), for pressure and flow-rate conditions typically encountered in micro-hydraulic power packs. Depending on the damper design, the poppet operation ranges from unacceptability (due to noise) to fine-tuned response. The investigation give the chance to highlight how the damper layout impacts on the valve behaviour, in terms of pressure overshoot and settling time and provides the necessary information for relief valve design, modelling and analysis
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Fuel Influence on Single-Piston Common Rail Pump Performance
No full textAlternative and renewable fuels play a fundamental role in research and development activities aimed at reducing the environmental impact of internal combustion engines. The possibility of using alternative fuels, whether they are pure or blended, is linked to the flexibility of the injection system, whose behavior depends on the fuel features. In this context, the article reports an investigation on a high-pressure pump for common rail diesel injection systems. Investigations have considered a single-piston pump, widely adopted in the field of light duty diesel engines. The experimental activity has been conducted on an instrumented test rig, equipped with a fluid thermoregulation system. Moving from a conventional fluid (commercial diesel) to a waste cooking oil (WCO) biodiesel, the influence of such alternative fuel on pump behavior has been investigated and discussed, highlighting the link between pump performance (in terms of torque- and volumetric-efficiency) and fuel type. The investigations allow to characterize the performance of the current generation of a single-piston pump, operating with pure fuels (diesel and biodiesel) and their blends (B20 and B40). The impact of operating conditions and fuel type is analyzed on a wide pump operating range, both in terms of shaft speed and delivery pressure; the results show how the pump behavior reflects the mechanical features of the fuels (viscosity and compressibility modulus), and that a significant increase in pump efficiency is obtained when using a limited biodiesel content in mixture (B20)
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Operation cycle of diesel CR injection pump via pressure measurement in piston working chamber
No full textThe paper is devoted to the analysis of the operating cycle of a high-pressure injection pump used in common rail systems. The investigation is based on experimental activities, and it is carried out in a novel pump set-up that allows measurements of the instantaneous pressure in the piston working chamber. A single plunger pump has been equipped with a piezo-resistive pressure transducer which allows for the measurement of the pressure signal during pump operation on a test rig. The paper describes the experimental set-up, the modified injection pump equipped with the pressure transducer, and the experimental tests carried out. Main results obtained using a standard commercial diesel fuel are discussed at first; secondly, the focus moves on to the use of an alternative fuel (biodiesel) whose features in terms of bulk modulus, viscosity, and density significantly differ from the reference fuel. Based on the characteristics of the pump operating cycle, the fuel suction and delivery processes are analyzed, pointing out how the used fuel type is reflected on them. The investigations are aimed at describing the operating characteristics of the pump, focusing the attention on those features playing a fundamental role on the global efficiency of the pump. The amplitudes of the pump-work phases, the ranges of pressure fluctuations, and the pressure-rise rates are quantified and reported, providing crucial indications for lumped parameter modeling and design activities in the field of current generation high-pressure injection pumps
On the Efficiency of Mobile Hydraulic Power Packs Operating with New and Aged Eco-Friendly Fluids
No full textWith the increasing environmental awareness, in many applications, ranging from agriculture to industry and logistics, a wider and wider use of eco-friendly fluids is desirable. Although the chemical and biological aspects related to environmental compatibility have been extensively investigated by industries and researchers for obvious environmental reasons, not much literature is available on the performance of hydraulic components and systems operating with eco-friendly fluids, especially on the possible degradation of performance due to fluid aging. This work is aimed at studying the influence of eco-friendly fluids on the performance of external gear pumps for compact mobile hydraulic power units, which are among the most widespread hydraulic devices in the world, for their cost-effective and flexible construction. Once the experimental set-up is implemented to be well representative of the hydraulic power packs’ typical arrangement, pump performance is investigated. Pump energy performance is obtained in terms of volumetric efficiency and torque efficiency. Alongside the traditional fluid, two types of eco-friendly fluid available in the market are tested. Once the comparison is complete, the investigations are devoted to highlighting the impact of fluid aging on the pump performance. The fluids were aged through 2000 h operation under heavy-duty thermo-mechanical stress on a separate set-up and, afterwards, the pump performance was tested again with aged fluids. The results allow the assessment of the influence of different fluids on pump performance and a comparison of the impact of new versus aged eco-friendly fluids. The eco-friendly fluids exert a significant effect on the pump energy profile. The pump overall efficiency increases, marking an up to 5% improvement, depending on the cases. Fluid aging is found to reduce the pump’s overall performance. This paper addresses the key points defining the pump performance and provides new information on the topic. The results are original and represent a fundamental contribution to define the best practices for energy and maintenance management of hydraulic systems and to foster the deployment of further studies on models and simulation tools to catch the effect of the fluid condition
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