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2018-10-23
We examine the transient evolution of a negatively buoyant, laminar plume in an emptying filling box containing a uniform porous medium. In the long time limit, the box is partitioned into two uniform layers of different densities. However, the approach towards steady state is characterized by a...
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2018-10-23
Ma, Y., Flynn, M.R. and B.R. Sutherland
We experimentally investigate the behaviour of a line-source plume falling through a finite two-layer stratified ambient where the depth of the upper ambient layer increases in time. Laboratory observations suggest one of two possible flow regimes depending on the value of 𝜆 , which represents...
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2018-10-23
Roes, M.A., Bolster, D. and M.R. Flynn
The application of turbulent plume theory in describing the dynamics of emptying filling boxes, control volumes connected to an infinite exterior through a series of openings along the upper and lower boundaries, has yielded novel strategies for the natural ventilation of buildings. Making the...
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2018-10-23
Li, S., Moradi, A., Vickers B. and M.R. Flynn
The traditional approach of cooling tower plume abatement is supposed to result in an unsaturated, well-mixed plume with a ‘‘top-hat” structure in the radial structure, but this is an idealization that is rarely achieved in practice. Meanwhile, previous analyses have shown that there may be an...
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Buoyancy-driven exchange flow between two adjacent building zones connected with top and bottom vents
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We examine the buoyancy driven flow between two adjacent building zones separated by top and bottom vents with and without a source of buoyancy. In the absence of a source, by opening the vents, the pressure difference between the two zones drives the exchange flow. When there is an isolated...
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Resilient Estimation and Control on k-Nearest Neighbor Platoons: A Network-Theoretic Approach
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Pirani, Mohammad, Hashemi, Ehsan, Fidan, Baris, Simpson-Porco, John W., Sandberg, Henrik, Johansson, Karl Henrik
This paper is concerned with the network-theoretic properties of so-called k-nearest neighbor intelligent vehicular platoons, where each vehicle communicates with k vehicles, both in front and behind. The network-theoretic properties analyzed in this paper play major roles in quantifying the...
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Mechanics of an elastic solid reinforced with bidirectional fiber in finite plane elastostatics: complete analysis
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A continuum-based model is presented for the mechanics of bidirectional composites subjected to finite plane deformations. This is framed in the development of a constitutive relation within which the constraint of material incompressibility is augmented. The elastic resistance of the fibers is...