热泳和Brown运动对太阳能辐射下热分层纳米流体边界层流动的影响

在太阳辐射下的纳米流体中,数值地研究竖向延伸壁面具有可变流条件时的层流运动.使用的纳米流体模型为,在热分层中综合考虑了Brown运动和热泳的影响.应用一个特殊形式的Lie群变换,即缩放群变换,得到相应边值问题的对称群.对平移对称群得到一个精确解,对缩放对称群得到数值解.数值解依赖于Lewis数、Brown运动参数、热分层参数和热泳参数.得到结论:上述参数明显地影响着流场、温度和纳米粒子体积率的分布.显示出纳米流体提高了基流体热传导率和对流的热交换性能,基流体中的纳米粒子还具有改善液体辐射性能的作用,直接提高了太阳能集热器的吸热效率.     

传导-辐射对沿垂直平面有热泳的瞬时自然对流的影响

研究存在热辐射时,热泳微粒的沉积,对沿垂直平面瞬态自然对流边界层流动的影响,垂直平面浸没在光密灰色流体中.分析中采用Rosseland扩散近似表示辐射热通量项.将控制方程简化为抛物线型的偏微分方程组,然后在整个时间段0≤τ<∞,利用有限差分法数值求解.还得到了小数值时间和大数值时间的渐近解,发现渐近解和数值解吻合很得好.而且,流体,20℃和1个标准大气压下的空气,即Prandtl数Pr为0.7时,用图形给出了不同物理参数,即热辐射参数Rd、表面温度参数θw和热泳参数λ,对瞬时的表面剪切应力τw、表面热传输率qw和组分浓度扩散率(传质率)mw的影响,以及对瞬时的速度、温度和浓度分布曲线的影响.     

在柱坐标系下研究由拉伸缸引起的Casson纳米流体流动与传热传质现象

首次利用柱坐标研究速度滑移和对流表面边界条件下,由拉伸缸引起的稳态层流Casson纳米流体流动、传热及传质现象.采用恰当的相似变换将偏微分控制方程转化为高阶非线性耦合常微分方程,并通过打靶法进行数值求解,图示并详细分析了不同物理参数对速度、温度及浓度分布的影响.结果显示,速度受滑移参数的影响较大,温度和浓度分别受Biot数和Lewis数的影响较大;随着Casson参数的增大,速度下降而温度和浓度都增加;温度随着Brown(布朗)运动参数或热泳参数的增加而上升;浓度随着Brown运动参数的增大而减小,随着热泳参数的增大而增大,当热泳参数较大时,浓度出现了"回流"现象.     

趋旋性微生物在幂律流体饱和水平多孔层中的热-生物对流稳定性分析

基于趋旋性微生物和幂律流体模型,研究了在含有非Newton流体饱和多孔介质中生物对流的线性稳定性问题.利用Galerkin数值方法求解了该系统的控制方程,得到生物Rayleigh数的数值解,讨论了非Newton流体的幂律指数对生物对流稳定性在假塑性流体和膨胀性流体间的变化规律.研究结果表明,随着幂律流体的速度增大,幂律指数对生物对流稳定性的影响会发生变化,并且这种变化会受到热Rayleigh数和生物Lewis数的影响.另外,微生物趋旋性特征越明显,生物对流系统就越不稳定,而适当增大非Newton流体的幂律指数则有利于系统的稳定性.     

T型微通道内液滴在幂律流体中运动机理的格子Boltzmann方法研究北大核心CSCD

采用非Newton不可压两相流格子Boltzmann模型研究了T型微通道内Newton液滴在非Newton幂律流体中的运动过程.研究了非Newton流体幂律指数n、主管道毛细数Ca、两相流量比Q、两相黏度比M以及主管道壁面润湿性θ对液滴在T型微通道内的形成尺寸、形成时间和变形参数(DI)的影响.研究结果表明:首先,主管道流体幂律指数n从0.4增加到1.6时,液滴的形成尺寸近似呈线性减小,而液滴的形成时间和变形参数先快速减小,然后缓慢减小;其次,黏度比对液滴形成尺寸、液滴形成以及变形参数的影响与幂律指数的影响基本一致;再者,随着Ca和主管道壁面润湿性的增加,形成液滴的尺寸近似呈线性减小,形成液滴的时间和变形参数先快速减小然后缓慢减小,且减小趋势随幂律指数的增加而减缓;最后,研究结果还表明主管道和子管道的流量比Q越大,液滴形成时间越长,液滴形成尺寸和变形参数越小.     

外形任意的多孔介质轴对称物体中充满非Newton幂律流体时的自然对流

在一个轴对称、外形任意的多孔介质二维体中,充满了有屈服应力的非Newton幂律流体时,数值分析其自由对流及其传热/传质问题．利用相似变换,将边界层控制方程及其边界条件变换为无量纲形式,然后用有限差分法求解该方程组．所研究的参数为流变常数、浮力比和Lewis数．给出并讨论了典型的速度、温度及浓度曲线．发现屈服应力参数值和非Newton流体的幂律指数对结果有着显著的影响．     

纳米流体在粘性耗散和Newton传热组合影响下的Sakiadis流动分析

就两类以水为基本流体的Newton纳米流体:内含金属颗粒铜(Cu),或者非金属颗粒二氧化钛(TiO2),研究粘性耗散和Newton传热对移动平板边界层流动的组合影响.利用相似变换,将偏微分的控制方程转换为常微分方程组,并用Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg法和打靶法,对其进行数值求解.由此得到结论,随着纳米颗粒体积分数和Newton传热的增加,移动平板表面的热交换率也增加,但是,随着Brinkmann数的增加,移动平板表面的热交换率反而减小.此外,纳米工作流体Cu-水的移动平板表面热交换率,高于纳米工作流体TiO2-水.     

感应磁场对竖直对称管道中Johnson-Segalman流体蠕动流的影响

研究了热传导和感应磁场,对Johnson-Segalman流体蠕动流的影响.目的是研究感应磁场对非Newton流体蠕动流的影响.在长波和低Reynolds数假设下,被简化为一组二维的Johnson-Segalman流体的流动方程.采用常规的摄动方法,求得流函数、磁力函数和轴向压力梯度的解.对不同的参数,绘出了压力增量、温度、感应磁场、压力梯度和流函数表达式的简图并给出解释.     

边界耦合的非Newton渗流方程组解的临界曲线与非灭绝条件

利用上解与下解方法研究了多维空间RN中一类在边界耦合的非Newton渗流方程组,得到了方程组解的临界整体存在曲线与Fujita临界曲线.结果表明,方程组解的两种临界曲线不仅依赖于问题中的参数,而且还与空间的维数N有关,这与维数N=1时的已有结果有很大的区别.此外,还给出了该方程组解的非灭绝条件.     

非Newton流体的物质点法模拟研究

准确模拟非Newton流体的运动特性具有重要的工程意义.物质点法作为一种相对新兴的粒子型算法,其结合了Lagrange算法和Euler算法的双重优势,已广泛有效地应用于各个工程领域.基于物质点法,结合人工状态方程,分析了两种非Newton流体(cross流体和幂律流体)在平板Poiseuille流和Couette流情况下的流动特性.结果表明:对Newton流体,物质点模拟结果与理论值一致;对非Newton流体,物质点法可准确模拟其剪切稀化和剪切稠化现象.表明了物质点法在模拟非Newton流体流动问题时的适用性,拓展了物质点法的应用范围.     

Temporal analysis of a power-law liquid sheet in the presence of acoustic oscillations

The instability of a non-Newtonian liquid sheet in the presence of acoustic oscillations is investigated theoretically. The power-law model is used to describe the viscosity of the non-Newtonian liquid. The corresponding dispersion relation is obtained by linear analysis. The effects of the mean velocity of the gas, the oscillation amplitude, the oscillation frequency, and the gas density on the instability of the power-law liquid sheet are studied. The results show that the shear-thickening liquid sheet is more unstable than Newtonian and shear-thinning liquid sheets when the effects of acoustic oscillations are considered. In particular, a second unstable region appears on the shear-thickening liquid sheet at a low oscillation frequency. Especially, for the shear-thinning liquid sheet, there is a second unstable region in the dispersion curve at a high mean gas velocity. A third unstable region appears on the shear-thinning liquid sheet at a high gas density in the presence of acoustic oscillations. The unstable range of the Newtonian liquid is always the widest among these liquids.     

Finite element solution of double-diffusive boundary layer flow of viscoelastic nanofluids over a stretching sheet

This paper deals with the double-diffusive boundary layer flow of non-Newtonian nanofluid over a stretching sheet. In this model, where binary nanofluid is used, the Brownian motion and thermophoresis are classified as the main mechanisms which are responsible for the enhancement of the convection features of the nanofluid. The boundary layer equations governed by the partial differential equations are transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations with the help of group theory transformations. The variational finite element method (FEM) is used to solve these ordinary differential equations. We have examined the effects of different controlling parameters, namely, the Brownian motion parameter, the thermophoresis parameter, modified Dufour number, viscoelastic parameter, Prandtl number, regular Lewis number, Dufour Lewis number, and nanofluid Lewis number on the flow field and heat transfer characteristics. Graphical display of the numerical examine are performed to illustrate the influence of various flow parameters on the velocity, temperature, concentration, reduced Nusselt, reduced Sherwood and reduced nanofluid Sherwood number distributions. The present study has many applications in coating and suspensions, movement of biological fluids, cooling of metallic plate, melt-spinning, heat exchangers technology, and oceanography.     

Perturbation analysis of a modified second grade fluid over a porous plate

A modified second grade non-Newtonian fluid model is considered. The model is a combination of power-law and second grade fluids in which the fluid may exhibit normal stresses, shear thinning or shear thickening behaviors. The flow of this fluid is considered over a porous plate. Equations of motion in dimensionless form are derived. When the power-law effects are small compared to second grade effects, a regular perturbation problem arises which is solved. The validity criterion for the solution is derived. When second grade effects are small compared to power-law effects, or when both effects are small, the problem becomes a boundary layer problem for which the solutions are also obtained. Perturbation solutions are contrasted with the numerical solutions. For the regular perturbation problem of small power-law effects, an excellent match is observed between the solutions if the validity criterion is met. For the boundary layer solution of vanishing second grade effects however, the agreement with the numerical data is not good. When both effects are considered small, the boundary layer solution leads to the same solution given in the case of a regular perturbation problem.     

On boundary layer flow of a Sisko fluid over a stretching sheet

Abstract

In this paper, the steady boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet is investigated. The Sisko fluid model, which is combination of power-law and Newtonian fluids in which the fluid may exhibit shear thinning/thickening behaviors, is considered. The boundary layer equations are derived for the two-dimensional flow of an incompressible Sisko fluid. Similarity transformations are used to reduce the governing nonlinear equations and then solved analytically using the homotopy analysis method. In addition, closed form exact analytical solutions are provided for n = 0 and n = 1. Effects of the pertinent parameters on the boundary layer flow are shown and solutions are contrasted with the power-law fluid solutions.     

Effect of viscous dissipation on natural convection heat and mass transfer from vertical cone in a non-Newtonian fluid saturated non-Darcy porous medium

In this paper we investigate the influence of viscous dissipation and Soret effect on natural convection heat and mass transfer from vertical cone in a non-Darcy porous media saturated with non-Newtonian fluid. The surface of the cone and the ambient medium are maintained at constant but different levels of temperature and concentration. The Ostwald-de Waele power law model is used to characterize the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. The governing equations are non-dimensionalized into non-similar form and then solved numerically by local non-similarity method. The effect of non-Darcy parameter, viscous dissipation parameter, Soret parameter, buoyancy ratio, Lewis number and the power-law index parameter on the temperature and concentration field as well as on the heat and mass transfer coefficients is analyzed.     

Analytical and numerical solutions of a generalized hyperbolic non-Newtonian fluid flow

Generalized hyperbolic non-Newtonian fluid model first proposed by Al-Zahrani [1] is considered. The model was successfully applied to some drilling fluids with better performance in relating shear stress and velocity gradient compared to power-law and Hershel-Bulkley model. Special flow geometries namely pipe flow, parallel plate flow and flow between two rotating cylinders are treated. For the first two cases, analytical solutions of velocity profiles in the form of integrals are presented. For the flow between two rotating cylinders, the differential equation is solved by Runge-Kutta method combined with shooting. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Rimming flow of a power-law fluid: Qualitative analysis of the mathematical model and analytical solutions

Rimming flow of a non-Newtonian fluid on the inner surface of a horizontal rotating cylinder is investigated. Simple lubrication theory is applied since the Reynolds number is small and liquid film is thin. For the steady-state flow of a power-law fluid the mathematical model reduces to a simple algebraic equation regarding the thickness of the liquid film. The qualitative analysis of this equation is carried out and the existence of two possible solutions is rigorously proved. Based on this qualitative analysis, different regimes of the rimming flow are defined and analyzed analytically. For the particular case, when the flow index in a power-law constitutive equation is equal to 1/2, the problem reduces to the fourth order algebraic equation which is solved analytically by Ferrari method.     

Numerical Solution of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Flows

This paper deals with the numerical solution of Newtonian and non-Newtonian flows. The flows are supposed to be laminar, viscous, incompressible and steady. The model used for non-Newtonian fluids is some variant of power-law. Governing equations in this model are incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. For numerical solution one could use artificial compressibility method with three stage Runge-Kutta finite volume method in cell centered formulation for discretization of space derivatives. Following cases of flows are solwed: flow through a bypass connected to main channel in 2D and 3D and non-Newtonian flow through branching channels in 2D. These results are presented for 2D and 3D case. This problem could have an application in the area of biomedicine. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)