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Nonlinear rotordynamic model of a gas turbine: coupling effects of the thrust bearing on axial vibrations
Full text linkLAUREA MAGISTRALELe vibrazioni sub-sincrone (SSV) nella direzione assiale si osservano spesso sia nelle grandi turbine a gas per la produzione di energia, sia nei piccoli turbocompressori automobilistici. Tali vibrazioni, che si manifestano a frequenze inferiori rispetto alla velocità di rotazione dell’albero, possono raggiungere ampiezze elevate e compromettere l’integrità strutturale del sistema. Le SSV assiali possono essere innescate da vibrazioni laterali, dando origine a una dinamica accoppiata assiale-laterale, governata dal comportamento del cuscinetto reggispinta idrodinamico, che genera forze e coppie non lineari secondo l’equazione di Reynolds.
Questo tesi ha l’obiettivo di analizzare le vibrazioni SSV assiali e sviluppare un modello rotodinamico per una turbina a gas di media potenza (circa 100 MW), capace di rappresentare accuratamente l’accoppiamento non lineare tra le dinamiche assiali e laterali.
Considerando l’elevato costo computazionale della soluzione diretta del modello basato sull’equazione di Reynolds, vengono proposte due strategie alternative per il calcolo delle forze e delle coppie generate dal cuscinetto: una rete neurale artificiale di tipo feed-forward e un interpolatore, entrambi addestrati su un insieme di dati ottenuto da simulazioni realizzate separatamente in MATLAB. Si eseguono anche simulazioni numeriche nel dominio del tempo, considerando le reali forze sviluppate dal meato d’olio, per essere confrontate con il modello semplificato.
I modelli lineare e non lineare vengono quindi confrontati in termini di accuratezza e prestazioni computazionali. Dalle simulazioni numeriche di forzamento assiale sinusoidale, si osservano effetti non lineari, quali le frequenze di intermodulazione. La frequenza propria assiale dipende dal carico assiale statico. A basso carico assiale statico, rigidezza e smorzamento ridotti causano SSV assiali di ampiezza elevata. L’effetto di accoppiamento indotto dal cuscinetto assiale si intensifica quando la ralla si avvicina ai lati del cuscinetto.
Il modello sviluppato costituisce una base solida per sviluppi futuri, finalizzati a includere ulteriori effetti rilevanti non considerati in questo studio.Sub-synchronous vibrations (SSV) in the axial direction can be observed in both large gas turbines for power generation and small automotive turbochargers. Such vibrations, occurring at frequencies lower than the shaft’s rotational speed, can reach significant amplitudes and pose a risk to structural integrity. Axial SSV can be triggered by lateral vibrations, resulting in coupled axial-lateral dynamics usually governed by the hydrodynamic thrust bearing. This component generates nonlinear forces and moments according to the Reynolds equation.
This work aims to investigate axial SSV and develops a rotordynamic model for a medium-sized (~100 MW) gas turbine capable of capturing the nonlinear coupling between axial and lateral dynamics. Due to the high computational cost of directly solving the Reynolds model, two approaches are proposed to compute bearing forces and moments: a feed-forward artificial neural network and an interpolator, both trained on datasets generated via offline MATLAB simulations. Time-domain numerical simulations with real oil film forces are also performed and compared to simplified model.
The linearized and nonlinear models are compared in terms of accuracy and computational efficiency. From numerical simulations of sinusoidal axial forcing of the unbalanced shaft, nonlinear effects are observed, such as intermodulation frequencies. Axial eigenfrequency depends on the static axial load. At low magnitude static axial load, reduced stiffness and damping cause large axial SSV. Coupling effects induced by the thrust bearing intensify when the collar approaches the bearing sides.
The resulting framework provides a foundation for further extensions to account for additional relevant effects beyond the scope of this study
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
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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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