Elastic valve

The oxygen enricher thus prepared was used for the medical treatment of patients who had lung diseases. It was recognized that the effect of the enricher was equivalent to that of pure oxygen gas at 0.61/min. An organosiloxane membrane which can behave as an elastic valve , changing the pore size reversibly according to the pressure applied, was also prepared [71]. 

The modulus of elasticity (MOE) is related to the strength and can be used as a nondestmctive quaUty control test on high cost special refractory shapes such as sHde gate valves employed in the pouring of steel (qv). The sHde gate type must be selected to ensure chemical compatibiUty and it must be used in a way to reduce thermal shock. The performance of a properly selected and used sHde gate is direcdy related to its strength and therefore predicted by its MOE. 

Water Hammer When hquid flowing in a pipe is suddenly decelerated to zero velocity by a fast-closing valve, a pressure wave propagates upstream to the pipe inlet, where it is reflected a pounding of the hne commonly known as water hammer is often produced. For an instantaneous flow stoppage of a truly incompressible fluid in an inelastic pipe, the pressure rise would be infinite. Finite compressibility of the flmd and elasticity of the pipe limit the pressure rise to a finite value. The Joukowstd formula gives the maximum pressure... 

Example 10 Response to Instantaneous Valve Closing Compute the wave speed and maximum pressure rise for instantaneous valve closing, with an initial velocity of 2,0 m/s, in a 4-in Schedule 40 steel pipe with elastic modulus 207 X 10 Pa, Repeat for a plastic pipe of the same dimensions, with E = 1.4 X 10 Pa. The liquid is water with P = 2.2 X 10 Pa and p = 1,000 kg/m. For the steel pipe, D = 102,3 mm, b = 6,02 mm, and the wave speed is... 

Successive reflections of the pressure wave between the pipe inlet and the closed valve result in alternating pressure increases and decreases, which are gradually attenuated by fluid friction and imperfect elasticity of the pipe. Periods of reduced pressure occur while the reflected pressure wave is travehng from inlet to valve. Degassing of the liquid may occur, as may vaporization if the pressure drops below the vapor pressure of the liquid. Gas and vapor bubbles decrease the wave velocity. Vaporization may lead to what is often called liquid column separation subsequent collapse of the vapor pocket can result in pipe rupture. 

The coefficient of linear expansion of these alloys in the temperature range of 21 to 100°C (70 to 212°F) is 12.2 X lO C (6.8 X 10"V°F), which is slightly above that of cast iron (National Bureau of Standards). Since these loys have practically no elasticity, it is necessary to use expansion joints in relatively short pipe hnes. Connections for flanged pipe, fittings, valves, and pumps are made to 125-lb American Standarci drilling. 

John Scoffern makos a valve of elastic material over a perforated tube. 

Some researchers have used approximate microscopic descriptions to develop more rigorous macroscopic constitutive laws. A microstructural model of AC [5] linked the directionality of mechanical stiffness of cartilage to the orientation of its microstructure. The biphasic composite model of [6] uses an isotropic fiber network described by a simple linear-elastic equation. A homogenization method based on a unit cell containing a single fiber and a surrounding matrix was used to predict the variations in AC properties with fiber orientation and fiber-matrix adhesion. A recent model of heart valve mechanics [8] accounts for fiber orientation and predicts a wide range of behavior but does not account for fiber-fiber interactions. 

The heart may be enlarged with left ventricular hypertrophy, particularly in cases which have exhibited hypertension during life. Metastatic calcification of the valves and of the myocardium may be present, explaining no doubt the cardiac murmurs which may have been detected clinically in such cases. Occasionally, medullary proliferation of large arteries and, in the smaller arteries, fragmentation of the intimal elastic lamina has been reported, in one case with impregnation with calcium salts. Local calcification of the media of the middle cerebral artery has been described. 

Thus the pressure of any shock wave generated in a pipeline would continue to rise if it were not for the fact that at a time 2Lie a return unloading pressure wave reaches the valve and stops the pressure rise at a value of about 53 ft, as contrasted with about three times that value if this were not the case. Subsequent pressure changes as elastic waves travel back and forth are very complex and require a detailed step-by-step analysis that is beyond the scope of this text. In brief, the method consists of assuming that the valve movement takes place in a series of steps each of which produces a pressure p proportional to each V. Other texts contain details of computing successive pressures for slow valve closure and further explanation of much of this condensed treatment [47-49]. 

The possibility 1 is determined by the fluid and normally not influentual but effective. The use of elastomeric sealings often fails because of their limited chemical stability. Therefore elastic and mass improved valve bodies (combined with optimal springs) are the best and universal solution. 

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