Flood modeling and analysis has been a vital research area to reduce damages caused by flooding and to make urban environments resilient against such occurrences. This work focuses on building a framework to simulate and visualize flooding in 3D usin...
Mini-grooved flat heat pipe (MGFHP) possesses the advantages of high compactness, no mechanical component, super thermal conductivity, and excellent temperature uniformity, which can meet the demand for electronic devices efficiently cooling. In this...
Retinal volume computation is one of the critical steps in grading pathologies and evaluating the response to a treatment. We propose a deep-learning-based visualization tool to calculate the fluid volume in retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT)...
In the domain of ocean engineering, the authenticity of visual systems is a major challenge in developing marine simulators. A simulation strategy based on the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation method is proposed in this study to enhan...
We investigated whether foveal ellipsoid zone (EZ) status affects visual prognosis in eyes with subretinal fluid (SRF) associated with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). We included 38 eyes retrospectively and classified those with or without a co...
We investigated whether baseline foveal intraretinal fluid (IRF) localization affects the visual prognosis of branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Fifty eyes from 50 patients were included in this retrospective study. We classified the eyes with IRF...
Tahe Oilfield, located in northwest China, is an unconventional fracture–vuggy carbonate reservoir. The foam-assisted nitrogen gas flooding technology has been proven to be a potential EOR technology. However, the flow behaviors of foam-assiste...
Over the past three decades, optical visualization measurements based on the Refractive Index Match (RIM) method have played a significant role in the experimental studies of fluid-solid interaction. The RIM method, which coordinates the refractive i...
A multimodality approach was applied using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow MRI), time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) signal intensity gradient (SIG), and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to investigate...
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are being rapidly integrated into applications across all sciences and engineering. CFD harnesses the power of computers to solve the equations of fluid dynamics, which otherwise cannot be solved analytically...
Multiple-phase fluids’ simulation and 3D visualization comprise an important cooperative visualization subject between fluid dynamics and computer animation. Interactions between different fluids have been widely studied in both physics and com...
Fluid effects are important in films and advertisements, where their realism and aesthetic quality directly impact the visual experience. With the rapid advancement of digital technology and computer-aided design (CAD), modern visual effects are used...
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In the present study, we address the development and application of an efficient tool for conversion of results obtained by an integrated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational reaction dynamics (CRD) approach and their visualization in...
Background/Objectives: To evaluate the impact of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) therapy on anatomical and visual outcomes in patients with macular neovascularization (MNV) secondary to chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC). Methods: This re...
The drilling fluid loss or lost circulation via near-wellbore fractures is one of the most critical problems in the drilling of deep oil and gas resources, which causes other problems such as difficulty in achieving wellbore pressure control and rese...
To investigate the three-dimensional spatial distribution characteristics of fluids during the combined production of coalbed methane from multi-coal reservoirs (MCR), a physical simulation test platform was established, and a quantitative characteri...
The scientific evaluation of the damage caused by working fluid invasion in tight sandstone gas reservoirs is critical for optimizing drilling design, fracturing fluid systems, and construction design. This study focused on the tight sandstone core o...
Wind loads can endanger the safety and stability of bridges, especially long-span cable-supported bridges. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the potential wind loads during the bridge design stage. Traditionally, wind load evaluation is performe...
In this research work, the hemodynamic field of an occluded artery with anastomosis by means of computational simulation has been studied. The main objective of the current study is the investigation of 3D flow field phenomena in the by-pass region a...
In this paper, we propose algorithms for the real-time simulation of grass deformation and wind flow in complex scenes based on the Navier–Stokes fluid. Grasses play an important role in natural scenes. However, accurately simulating their defo...
Based on the numerical and experimental visualization methods, the flow patterns around a uniformly moving plate located at an arbitrary angle of attack are studied. The study is based on the fundamental equations of continuity, momentum and stratify...
Working memory (WM) includes short-term storage and executive processing of information. WM has been suggested to be one of the key concepts to explain individual differences in fluid intelligence (Gf). However, only a few studies have investigated t...
Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral eplerenone in patients with acute and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods: In this prospective study, 43 patients with CSCR and subr...
Although changes to visual acuity in spaceflight have been observed in some astronauts since the early days of the space program, the impact to the crew was considered minor. Since that time, missions to the International Space Station have extended...
Backgrounds: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established treatment modality in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). The goal of our study was to evaluate the morphological and functional effects of PDT in patients with long-lasting CSCR and dete...
Background: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a neurodegenerative disease where synaptic loss and reduced synaptic integrity are important neuropathological substrates. Neuronal Pentraxin 2(NPTX2) is a synaptic protein that drives the GABAergic inhi...
The working capability of multi-stage pumps, such as electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) handling multiphase flow, has always been a big challenge for petroleum industries. The major problem is associated with the agglomeration of gas bubbles inside...
Purpose: To investigate the associations between fluid accumulation at different levels in the retina and visual outcome in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Design: A retrospective observational study. Institutional setting. Study Population:...
Boiling heat transfer, utilizing latent heat during phase change, has widely been used due to its high thermal efficiency and plays an important role in existing and next-generation cooling technologies. The most critical parameter in boiling heat tr...
This study presents an innovative pipeline for processing, compressing, and remotely visualizing large-scale numerical simulations of fluid dynamics in a virtual wind tunnel (VWT), leveraging virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) for enhanced analysi...
In the last decade, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) has gained popularity for allowing the fabrication of pieces with complex shapes. The final quality of the pieces is strongly linked to the shape, size and surface finish of the strands deposited su...
A technology gap persists in the visualization of optically inaccessible flow fields such as those in integrated systems. Advances in positron emission tomography (PET) technology are enabling its use in the engineering field to address this technolo...
Pore scale analysis of flow through porous media is of interest because it is essential for understanding internal erosion and piping, among other applications. Past studies have mainly focused on exploring macroscopic flow to infer microscopic pheno...
The concept and implementation of Smart Cities is an important approach to improve decision making as well as quality of life of the growing urban population. An essential part of this is the presentation of data from different sources within a digit...
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are being used more and more in the industry to understand and optimize processes such as fluid flows. At the same time, tools such as augmented reality (AR) are becoming increasingly important with the realization...
The Schlieren technique is a compelling technique for visualizing variable-density fluid flows. Recently, this technique has also been used to calculate velocity fields for such fluid flows. The Schlieren technique is useful in cases where particle t...
Background/Objectives: To investigate the effect of ellipsoid zone (EZ) integrity and retinal fluid on best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in neovascular, age-related macular degeneration. Methods: This was a post hoc treatment-agnostic analysis of t...
Visualizing two variables in the fluid flow requires a complex optical system to fulfill such a purpose. Furthermore, in these applications, measuring the temperature fields of the fluid is sometimes necessary. In this work, we use a color digital ca...
The oscillating heat pipe (OHP) is a new member in the family of heat pipes, and it has great potential applications in energy conservation. However, the fluid flow and heat transfer in the OHP as well as the fundamental effects of inner diameter on...
As a type of micro flat loop heat pipe, s-UTLHP (silicon-based ultra-thin loop heat pipe) is of great significance in the field of micro-scale heat dissipation. To prove the feasibility of s-UTLHP with high heat flux in a narrow space, it is necessar...
Background: Recent advancements in computed tomography (CT), notably in photon-counting CT (PCCT), are revolutionizing the medical imaging field. PCCT’s spectral imaging can better visualize tissues based on their material properties. This rese...
Intrinsic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics in the brain have been extensively studied, particularly the egress sites of tagged intrinsic CSF in the meninges. Although spinal CSF recirculates within the central nervous system (CNS), we hypothesized...
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a highly common cause of vision loss in patients with diabetes. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is crucial in classifying DME and tracking the results of DME treatment. The presence of intraretinal cystoid fluid (IR...
In built environmental design, incorporating building user participation and verifying indoor thermal performance at early design stages have become increasingly important. Although Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis is widely used to predic...
A new approach for characterization of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts is proposed. This approach is based on computational visual analyses of images originating from field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) studies coupled with...
Evidence of chemical disequilibria and other anomalous observations in the Venusian atmosphere motivate the search for life within the planet’s temperate clouds. To find signs of a Venusian aerial biosphere, a dedicated astrobiological space mi...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine artificial intelligence-based macular fluid (MF) parameters in diabetic macular edema (DME) with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and examine stage-by-stage differences in MF parameters...
Overburden layers, composed of unconsolidated sediments, are widely distributed in construction, transportation, and water conservancy projects, but their inherent defects (e.g., developed pores, low strength) easily induce engineering disasters. Gro...
In this study, a numerical modelling of thermal radiation and turbulent thermogravitational convection in a large-scale chamber containing a thermally-generating element is conducted. The lower border of the cabinet is maintained under adiabatic cond...
Small-scale and supersonic convergent-divergent type micro-nozzles with characteristic sizes of around a few centimeters and exit and throat radii of tenths of millimeters were the subjects of this study. Using the schlieren Z-type optical technique,...
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