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On the upper part load vortex rope in Francis turbine: Experimental investigation

François Avellan, Christophe Nicolet, Pierre Maruzewski, Amirreza Zobeiri

The swirling flow developing in Francis turbine draft tube under part load operation leads to pressure fluctuations usually in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 times the runner rotational frequency resulting from the so-called vortex breakdown. For low cavitation n ...

International Association For Hydraulic Research2010

Virtual Shelf: Sharing Music Between People and Devices

Daniel Thalmann, Frédéric Vexo, Mathieu Hopmann

Digital media are more and more present in our lives, but we are still waiting for interfaces and devices completely adapted to this content. In this paper, we present the virtual shelf, an application dedicated to interact with our digital music collectio ...

IEEE2010

ACOUSTIC RESONNANCE IN CAVITATION FREE AND CAVITATING FLOWS

François Avellan, Sébastien Alligné, Nicolas Ruchonnet

At part load operation of Francis turbine, the swirl in the draft tube leads to flow instability known as vortex breakdown. This flow instability can interact with the rest of the hydraulic circuit through axially propagating plane-waves. Moreover, at low ...

2009

Application of ultrasonic motors to MR-compatible haptic interfaces

Dominique Chapuis

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery (fMRI) is an imaging technique allowing the observation of brain activity. Haptic interfaces can be used in conjunction with fMRI to stimulate the subject while measuring brain activity. Using robotic stimulation over ...

EPFL2009

Unstable Operation of Francis Pump-Turbine at runaway: Rigid and Elastic Water Column Oscillation Modes

François Avellan, Jean-Jacques Simond, Basile Kawkabani, Sébastien Alligné

This paper presents a numerical simulation study of the transient behavior of a 2x340MW pump-turbine power plant, where the results show an unstable behavior at runaway. First, the modeling of hydraulic components based on equivalent schemes is presented. ...

2009

EU contribution to the test and analysis of the ITER poloidal field conductor insert and the central solenoid model coil

The PFCI is a single-layer solenoid wound from a 45 m long ITER-type NbTi dual-channel cable-in-conduit conductor, designed to be representative of the one currently proposed for the ITER PF1&6 coils. The PFCI, installed in the bore of the ITER central sol ...

2009

Magnetic screening in proximity effect Josephson-junction arrays

The modulation with magnetic field of the sheet inductance measured on proximity effect Josephson-junction arrays (JJAs) is progressively vanishing on lowering the temperature, leading to a low-temperature field-independent response. This behaviour is cons ...

2009

Integrated out-of-plane nanoelectrospray thruster arrays for spacecraft propulsion

Herbert Shea, Renato Krpoun

Nanoelectrosprays, well known for their use in sample injection for the mass spectrometry of large biomolecules, can also be used in other applications such as spacecraft propulsion. The thrust generated by a single electrospray emitter is well below 1 μN, ...

Institute of Physics2009

Model to predict overheating risk based on an electrical capacitor analogy

Darren Robinson, Frédéric Haldi

It is important for building designers to be able to judge if a space is likely to overheat, whether to determine if HVAC plant is required or to design this out by passive means. To this end several overheating risk criteria have recently been published. ...

2008

Transient charge pumping as an efficient technique to measure low light intensity with PD SOI MOSFET

Maher Kayal, Jean-Michel Sallese, Louis Harik

In this paper, we present a new method to measure light intensity in a floating body partially depleted SOI MOSFET. The photo-generated charge density in the MOSFET is converted into a charge pumping frequency needed to maintain the drain current at a cons ...

2008

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