By applying a small amplitude modulation to the mean current in a mercury positive column and observing the microwave reflection from the column in the region of resonance, the mercury ionization rate may be determined. The results show better agreement with theory than do probe measurements, probably because, unlike probes, the microwaves do not disturb the ion current flow to the walls. Electron temperatures may be calculated from the ionization rate using the 'free-fall' theory proposed by Langmuir and To& in 1929.
In design processes, a product shape is defined on a CAD system, and design analysis and evaluation are performed on a CAE system. When modification of the design shape is required as a result of design evaluation, the design shape is modified using the CAD system and the analysis and evaluation processes using the CAE system are repeated. In the analysis of a design shape with the CAE system, mesh data is generated using the form data constructed by the CAD system. Whenever design shape is to be modified using the CAD system, mesh data must be regenerated. The quality of mesh data greatly influences analysis accuracy, and high quality mesh data requires considerable time and cost to generate. The purpose of the study is to propose a novel digital engineering method for design evaluation using a CAE system and to confirm the effectiveness of the method. The proposed method enables designers to modify designs using mesh data and to automatically transform the mesh data to the CAD data, to minimize the cost and time for regenerating mesh data after design modification. A basic system was also developed to confirm the usefulness of the proposed method.
CAE systems require mesh data for analysis, but high quality mesh takes considerable time to generate. When a design shape needs to be modified as the result of evaluation, the CAD operation must be redone and mesh data regenerated eyery time. For this reason, an efficient method ofutilizing CAE is desired. In this research, modification ofdesign shapes was attempted by modifying the mesh without redoing the CAD operation.
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