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The temperature rise at winding hotspots is a critical metric for assessing the operational condition and remaining lifespan of oil-immersed transformers. In the context of a 110 kV oil-immersed self-cooling transformer， a comprehensive two-dimensional closed-loop full-scale thermal-fluid simulation model incorporating the equivalent geometric structures of radiators is constructed. The model predicts temperatures with an error of less than 5 ℃ when compared to temperature rise test results， demonstrating a high level of accuracy. Simulation results bring to light the presence of an oil stagnant zone within the horizontal oil duct of the windings. To optimize oil circulation in this area， the impact of horizontal oil duct width and the number of baffle plates on oil flow rate and winding temperature rise is analyzed. The study findings suggest that widening the horizontal oil duct reduces both the average winding temperature and hotspot temperature. Additionally， the installation of baffle plates significantly improves oil flow rate in the horizontal oil duct， consequently reducing the average winding temperature rise. Under the specified conditions， the installation of five baffle plates emerges as the optimal solution for achieving comprehensive heat dissipation performance.

In the steep terrain of southwestern China, there are numerous complex strata characterized by thin overburden layers and well-behaved underlying bedrock, yet excavation poses significant challenges. This situation is unfavorable for the construction of transmission towers' foundations. To address this issue, inclined anchor short-pile foundations have been proposed as foundations for transmission towers. These foundations not only reduce the depth and construction difficulty of excavation but also make full use of the load-bearing capacity of the bedrock. To investigate the influence of the anchor rods' layout on the uplift resistance characteristics of inclined anchor short-pile foundations, numerical models were established using FLAC3D. The effects of the anchor rods' position and the length of the free segment on the uplift resistance characteristics of inclined anchor short-pile foundations were explored. The results indicated that variations in the anchor rods' position and the length of the free segment had minimal impact on the uplift resistance characteristics of inclined anchor short-pile foundations. The pile head displacements of short piles with different anchor rod positions were similar under both loading conditions. Under pure uplift loads, the maximum displacement before failure was approximately 13 mm, while under combined uplift and horizontal loads, the maximum displacement before failure was around 15 mm. Placing the anchor rod too low increased the difficulty of construction, while positioning it too high resulted in a shorter embedment length of the anchor rod in the pile's body, leading to potential failure at the pile–anchor node. Therefore, it is recommended to position the anchor rod near the center of the short pile's body. As the length of the free segment of the anchor rod decreased, there was a slight reduction in the displacement under the same uplift loading conditions, with an overall difference of less than 5%. However, if full-length anchoring was adopted, the anchor rod was prone to tensile shear failure. Compared with short-pile foundations of the same size, inclined anchor short-pile foundations demonstrated enhanced ultimate bearing capacity under uplift and combined uplift and horizontal loading. The improvement was more significant when horizontal loads were present. Under horizontal loading, the ultimate uplift bearing capacity of inclined anchor short-pile foundations decreased by only 14%, whereas that of single-pile foundations decreased by 24%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scoring processes of home and away team in basketball games are modeled by two dependent inverse Gaussian processes with a team-specific parameter that measures the team strength. A common latent variable that measures the game pace is designed to characterize the dependence. A moment estimation method combined with maximum likelihood estimation is proposed to fit the parameters and a Bayesian method is applied to update the estimation and make in-game predictions. It is shown that the proposed model can obtain the same performance as the benchmark model, Gamma process model, in outcome prediction, point spread betting and model gambling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]