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Survey of research on the optimal design of sea harbours

  • Diab, Hassan;Younes, Rafic;Lafon, Pascal
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.460-472
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    • 2017
  • The design of harbours, as with any other system design, must be an optimization process. In this study, a global examination of the different constraints in coastal engineering was performed and an optimization problem was defined. The problem has multiple objectives, and the criteria to be minimized are the structure cost and wave height disturbance inside a harbour. As concluded in this survey, the constraints are predefined parameters, mandatory constraints or optional constraints. All of these constraints are categorized into four categories: environmental, fluid mechanical, structural and manoeuvring.

Antioxidative properties of traditional herbal medicines and the application of comet assay on antioxidative study

  • Szeto, Yim Tong;Wong, Kam Shing;Kalle, Wouter;Pak, Sok Cheon
    • CELLMED
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.22.1-22.10
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    • 2013
  • Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in single herb or formula prescription has been used for thousands of years. Many of them possess antioxidant activity and the activity may contribute the therapeutic effect. This paper would review the relationship of traditional herbal medicine and antioxidant with particular reference to ginseng. This medicinal herb has been used worldwide with extensive tonic effect. The comet assay, a technique for DNA protecting and damaging investigation would be introduced and the application of comet assay on TCM would be discussed.

Advanced numerical tool for composite woven fabric preforming

  • Cherouat, Abel;Borouchaki, Houman
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, geometrical and mechanical approaches are proposed for the simulation of the draping of woven fabric onto complex parts. The geometrical discrete approach allows to define the ply shapes and fibres orientation in order to optimize the composite structural properties and the continuum meso-structural mechanical approach allows to take into account the mechanical properties of fibres and resin and the various dominating mode of deformation of woven fabrics during the forming process. Some numerical simulations of forming process are proposed and compared with the experimental results in order to demonstrate the efficiency of our approaches.

Influence of Different Sugar Regimes on the Growth of Callus Culture of Taxus baccata L. and the Production of Taxanes

  • Silhava, Irena;Lipavska, Helena;Vanek, Tomas
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.401-405
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    • 2000
  • Influence of fructose addition to the cultivation medium on the production of taxanes and the growth of callus culture of Taxus baccata was studied. The cultures showed an ability to adjust to the substitution of some of the sucrose in the media by fructose and the fresh biomass accumulation was higher on the media containing different concentrations of fructose during the second cultivation period.

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Hydraulic Force and Impeller Evaluation of a Centrifugal Heart Pump

  • Timms, D.L;Tan, A.C.C;Pearcy, M-J;Mcneil, K;Galbraith, A
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.376-381
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    • 2004
  • A rig was constructed to test the performance characteristics and compare the hydraulic forces exerted on a centrifugal type artificial heart impeller. A conventional shaft. seal and bearing system. while driven by a small electric motor. supported the impeller which was separated from the pump casing by a six degree of freedom force transducer (JR3 Ine). Radial (x. y) and axial (z) hydraulic forces were recorded and compared. At physiological operating conditions. the results indicate that the double entry/exit centrifugal pump encounters a smaller radial force and significantly reduced axial thrust. These experimental results are valuable in the design of a magnetic bearing system to suspend the impeller of a centrifugal artificial heart pump. This experimental technique may also be applied to evaluate the required capacity and predict the lifetime of contact bearings in marine pumps.