Determination of permeability tensors for two-phase flow in homogeneous porous media: Theory

In this paper we continue previous studies of the closure problem for two-phase flow in homogeneous porous media, and we show how the closure problem can be transformed to a pair of Stokes-like boundary-value problems in terms of pressures that have units of length and velocities that have units of length squared. These are essentially geometrical boundary value problems that are used to calculate the four permeability tensors that appear in the volume averaged Stokes' equations. To determine the geometry associated with the closure problem, one needs to solve the physical problem; however, the closure problem can be solved using the same algorithm used to solve the physical problem, thus the entire procedure can be accomplished with a single numerical code.Nomenclature a a vector that maps V onto , m^-1. - A a tensor that maps V onto . - A area of the - interface contained within the macroscopic region, m². - A area of the -phase entrances and exits contained within the macroscopic region, m². - A area of the - interface contained within the averaging volume, m². - A area of the -phase entrances and exits contained within the averaging volume, m². - Bo Bond number (= (=(–)g²/). - Ca capillary number (= v/). - g gravitational acceleration, m/s². - H mean curvature, m^-1. - I unit tensor. - permeability tensor for the -phase, m². - viscous drag tensor that maps V onto V. - ^* dominant permeability tensor that maps onto v , m². - ^* coupling permeability tensor that maps onto v , m². - characteristic length scale for the -phase, m. - l characteristic length scale representing both and , m. - L characteristic length scale for volume averaged quantities, m. - n unit normal vector directed from the -phase toward the -phase. - n unit normal vector representing both n and n . - n unit normal vector representing both n and n . - P pressure in the -phase, N/m². - p superficial average pressure in the -phase, N/m². - p intrinsic average pressure in the -phase, N/m². - p –p , spatial deviation pressure for the -phase, N/m². - r ₀ radius of the averaging volume, m. - r position vector, m. - t time, s. - v fluid velocity in the -phase, m/s. - v superficial average velocity in the -phase, m/s. - v intrinsic average velocity in the -phase, m/s. - v –v , spatial deviation velocity in the -phase, m/s. - V volume of the -phase contained within the averaging volmue, m³. - averaging volume, m³. Greek Symbols V /, volume fraction of the -phase. - viscosity of the -phase, Ns/m². - density of the -phase, kg/m³. - surface tension, N/m. - (v +v ^T ), viscous stress tensor for the -phase, N/m².     

Mixed convection flow in narrow vertical ducts

The mixed convection flow in a vertical duct is analysed under the assumption that , the ratio of the duct width to the length over which the wall is heated, is small. It is assumed that a fully developed Poiseuille flow has already been set up in the duct before heat from the wall causes this to be changed by the action of the buoyancy forces, as measured by a buoyancy parameter . An analytical solution is derived for the case when the Reynolds numberRe, based on the duct width, is of 0 (1). This is extended to the case whenRe is 0 (^–1) by numerical integrations of the governing equations for a range of values of representing both aiding and opposing flows. The limiting cases, || 1 andR=Re of 0 (1), andR and both large, with of 0 (R ^1/3) are considered further. Finally, the free convection limit, large with R of 0 (1), is discussed.

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Mischkonvektion in engen senkrechten Rohren

Zusammenfassung Mischkonvektion in einem senkrechten Rohr wird unter der Voraussetzung untersucht, daß das Verhältnis der Rohrbreite zur Länge, über welche die Wand beheizt wird, klein ist. Es wird angenommen, daß sich bereits eine voll entwickelte Poiseuille-Strömung in dem Rohr eingestellt hat, bevor Antriebskräfte, gemessen mit dem Auftriebsparameter , aufgrund der Wandbeheizung die Strömung verändern. Es wird eine analytische Lösung für den Fall erhalten, daß die mit der Rohrbreite als charakteristische Länge gebildete Reynolds-ZahlRe konstant ist. Dies wird mittels einer numerischen Integration der wichtigsten Gleichungen auf den FallRe =f (^–1) sowohl für Gleich- als auch für Gegenstrom ausgedehnt. Weiterhin werden die beiden Grenzfälle betrachtet, wenn || 1 undR=Re konstant ist, sowieR und beide groß mit proportionalR ^1/3. Schließlich wird der Grenzfall der freien Konvektion, großes mit konstantem R, diskutiert.

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Nomenclature g acceleration due to gravity - Gr Grashof number - G modified Grashof number - h duct width - l length of the heated section of the duct wall - p pressure - Pr Prandtl number - Q flow rate through the duct - Q ₀ heat transfer on the wally=0 - Q ₁ heat transfer on the wally=1 - Re Reynolds number - R modified Reynolds number - T temperature of the fluid - T ₀ ambient temperature - T applied temperature difference - u, velocity component in thex-direction - v, velocity component in they-direction - x, co-ordinate measuring distance along the duct - y, co-ordinate measuring distance across the duct - buoyancy parameter - ₀ modified buoyancy parameter, ₀=R ^–1/3 - coefficient of thermal expansion - ratio of duct width to heated length, =h/l - (non-dimensional) temperature - _w applied temperature on the wally=0 - kinematic viscosity - density of the fluid - ₀ shear stress on the wally=0 - ₁ shear stress on the wally=1 - stream function     

Transport in ordered and disordered porous media II: Generalized volume averaging

In this paper we develop the averaged form of the Stokes equations in terms of weighting functions. The analysis clearly indicates at what point one must choose a media-specific weighting function in order to achieve spatially smoothed transport equations. The form of the weighting function that produces the cellular average is derived, and some important geometrical theorems are presented.Roman Letters A interfacial area of the- interface associated with the local closure problem, m² - A _e area of entrances and exits for the-phase contained within the averaging system, m² - A _p surface area of a particle, m² - d _p 6V _p/A_p, effective particle diameter, m - g gravity vector, m/s² - I unit tensor - K _m permeability tensor for the weighted average form of Darcy's law, m² - L general characteristic length for volume averaged quantities, m - L _p general characteristic length for volume averaged pressure, m - L characteristic length for the porosity, m - L _v characteristic length for the volume averaged velocity, m - l characteristic length (pore scale) for the-phase - l _i i=1, 2, 3 lattice vectors, m - (y) weighting function - m(–y) (y), convolution product weighting function - _v special weighting function associated with the traditional averaging volume - m _v special convolution product weighting function associated with the traditional averaging volume - m _g general convolution product weighting function - m _V unit cell convolution product weighting function - m _C special convolution product weighting function for ordered media which produces the cellular average - m _D special convolution product weighting function for disordered media - m _M master convolution product weighting function for ordered and disordered media - n unit normal vector pointing from the-phase toward the-phase - p pressure in the-phase, N/m² - p_m superficial weighted average pressure, N/m² - p _m intrinsic weighted average pressure, N/m² - p traditional intrinsic volume averaged pressure, N/m² - p p p _m , spatial deviation pressure, N/m² - r ₀ radius of a spherical averaging volume, m - r _m support of the convolution product weighting function, m - r position vector, m - r position vector locating points in the-phase, m - V averaging volume, m³ - V volume of the-phase contained in the averaging volume, m³ - V _cell volume of a unit cell, m³ - V velocity vector in the-phase, m/s - vm superficial weighted average velocity, m/s - v _m intrinsic weighted average velocity, m/s - V volume of the-phase contained in the averaging volume, m³ - V _p volume of a particle, m³ - v traditional superficial volume averaged velocity, m/s - v v p _m spatial deviation velocity, m/s - x position vector locating the centroid of the averaging volume or the convolution product weighting function, m - y position vector relative to the centroid, m - y position vector locating points in the-phase relative to the centroid, m Greek Letters indicator function for the-phase - Dirac distribution associated with the- interface - V /V, volume average porosity - _m m * . weighted average porosity - mass density of the-phase, kg/m³ - viscosity of the-phase, Ns/m² - V /V, volume fraction of the-phase     

The virtual origin of riblets in an open channel flow

In this paper, a method using the mean velocity profiles for the buffer layer was developed for the estimation of the virtual origin over a riblets surface in an open channel flow. First, the standardized profiles of the mixing length were estimated from the velocity measurement in the inner layer, and the location of the edge of the viscous layer was obtained. Then, the virtual origins were estimated by the best match between the measured velocity profile and the equations of the velocity profile derived from the mixing length profiles. It was made clear that the virtual origin and the thickness of the viscous layer are the function of the roughness Reynolds number. The drag variation coincided well with other results.Nomenclature f _r skin friction coefficient - f _ro skin friction coefficient in smooth channel at the same flow quantity and the same energy slope - g gravity acceleration - H water depth from virtual origin to water surface - H ⁺ u*H/ - H false water depth from top of riblets to water surface - H ⁺ u*H/ - I _e streamwise energy slope - I _b bed slope - k riblet height - k ⁺ u*k/ - l mixing length - l _s standardized mixing length - Q flow quantity - Re Reynolds number volume flow/unit width/v - s riblet spacing - u mean velocity - u* friction velocity = - u* false friction velocity = - y distance from virtual origin - y distance from top of riblet - y ₀ distance from top of riblet to virtual origin - y _v distance from top of riblet to edge of viscous layer - y ⁺ u*y/ - y ⁺ u*y/ - y ₀ ⁺ u*y ₀/ - u ⁺ u*y/ - shifting coefficient for standardization - thickness of viscous layer=y ₀+y - ⁺ u*/ - ⁺ u*/ - eddy viscosity - ridge angle - v kinematic viscosity - density - shear stress     

On laminar flow through a uniformly porous pipe

Numerous investigations ([1] and [4–9]) have been made of laminar flow in a uniformly porous circular pipe with constant suction or injection applied at the wall. The object of this paper is to give a complete analysis of the numerical and theoretical solutions of this problem. It is shown that two solutions exist for all values of injection as well as the dual solutions for suction which had been noted by previous investigators. Analytical solutions are derived for large suction and injection; for large suction a viscous layer occurs at the wall while for large injection one solution has a viscous layer at the centre of the channel and the other has no viscous layer anywhere. Approximate analytic solutions are also given for small values of suction and injection.

Nomenclature

General r distance measured radially - z distance measured along axis of pipe - u velocity component in direction of z increasing - v velocity component in direction of r increasing - p pressure - density - coefficient of kinematic viscosity - a radius of pipe - V velocity of suction at the wall - r ²/a ² - R wall or suction Reynolds number, Va/ - f() similarity function defined in (6) - u ₀() eigensolution - U(0) a velocity at z=0 - K an arbitrary constant - B _K Bernoulli numbers Particular Section 5 perturbation parameter, –2/R - ² a constant, –K - x / - g(x) f()/ Section 6 perturbation parameter, –R/2 - ² a constant, –K - g() f() - g _c ()=g() near centre of pipe - * point where g()=0 Section 7 2/R - ² K - t (1–)/ - w(t, ) [1–f(t)]/ - ₀, ₁ constants - g() f()– ₀ - ₀/ - ₀ a constant - * point where f()=0     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations

We study and obtain formulas for the asymptotic behavior as ¦x¦ of C ² solutions of the semilinear equation u=f(x, u), x (*) where is the complement of some ball in ⁿ and f is continuous and nonlinear in u. If, for large x, f is nearly radially symmetric in x, we give conditions under which each positive solution of (*) is asymptotic, as ¦x¦, to some radially symmetric function. Our results can also be useful when f is only bounded above or below by a function which is radially symmetric in x or when the solution oscillates in sign. Examples when f has power-like growth or exponential growth in the variables x and u usefully illustrate our results.     

Mean and turbulent velocity measurements of supersonic mixing layers

The behavior of supersonic mixing layers under three conditions has been examined by schlieren photography and laser Doppler velocimetry. In the schlieren photographs, some large-scale, repetitive patterns were observed within the mixing layer; however, these structures do not appear to dominate the mixing layer character under the present flow conditions. It was found that higher levels of secondary freestream turbulence did not increase the peak turbulence intensity observed within the mixing layer, but slightly increased the growth rate. Higher levels of freestream turbulence also reduced the axial distance required for development of the mean velocity. At higher convective Mach numbers, the mixing layer growth rate was found to be smaller than that of an incompressible mixing layer at the same velocity and freestream density ratio. The increase in convective Mach number also caused a decrease in the turbulence intensity ( _u/U).List of symbols a speed of sound - b total mixing layer thickness between U ₁ – 0.1 U and U ₂ + 0.1 U - f normalized third moment of u-velocity, f u³/(U)³ - g normalized triple product of u² , g u²/(U)³ - h normalized triple product of u ², h u ²/(U)³ - l _u axial distance for similarity in the mean velocity - l _u axial distance for similarity in the turbulence intensity - M Mach number - M _c convective Mach number (for ₁ = ₂), M _c (U ₁ – U ₂)/(a ₁ + a ₂) - P static pressure - r freestream velocity ratio, r U ₂/U ₁ - Re unit Reynolds number, Re U/ - s freestream density ratio, s ₂/₁ - T _t total temperature - u instantaneous streamwise velocity - u deviation of u-velocity, uu – U - U local mean streamwise velocity - U ₁ primary freestream velocity - U ₂ secondary freestream velocity - average of freestream velocities, (U ₁ + U ₂)/2 - U freestream velocity difference, U U ₁ – U ₂ - instantaneous transverse velocity - v deviation of -velocity, – V - V local mean transverse velocity - x streamwise coordinate - y transverse coordinate - y ₀ transverse location of the mixing layer centerline - ensemble average - ratio of specific heats - boundary layer thickness (y-location at 99.5% of free-stream velocity) - similarity coordinate, (y – y ₀)/b - compressible boundary layer momentum thickness - viscosity - density - standard deviation - dimensionless velocity, (U – U ₂)/U - 1 primary stream - 2 secondary stream A version of this paper was presented at the 11th Symposium on Turbulence, October 17–19, 1988, University of Missouri-Rolla     

Transport in ordered and disordered porous media IV: Computer generated porous media for three-dimensional systems

In the method of volume averaging, the difference between ordered and disordered porous media appears at two distinct points in the analysis, i.e. in the process of spatial smoothing and in the closure problem. In theclosure problem, the use of spatially periodic boundary conditions isconsistent with ordered porous media and the fields under consideration when the length-scale constraint,r ₀L is satisfied. For disordered porous media, spatially periodic boundary conditions are an approximation in need of further study.In theprocess of spatial smoothing, average quantities must be removed from area and volume integrals in order to extractlocal transport equations fromnonlocal equations. This leads to a series of geometrical integrals that need to be evaluated. In Part II we indicated that these integrals were constants for ordered porous media provided that the weighting function used in the averaging process contained thecellular average. We also indicated that these integrals were constrained by certain order of magnitude estimates for disordered porous media. In this paper we verify these characteristics of the geometrical integrals, and we examine their values for pseudo-periodic and uniformly random systems through the use of computer generated porous media.

Nomenclature

Roman Letters A interfacial area of the- interface associated with the local closure problem, m² - A _e area of entrances and exits for the-phase contained within the averaging system, m² - a _i i=1, 2, 3 gaussian probability distribution used to locate the position of particles - I unit tensor - L general characteristic length for volume averaged quantities, m - L characteristic length for , m - L characteristic length for , m - characteristic length for the -phase particles, m - ⁰ reference characteristic length for the-phase particles, m - characteristic length for the-phase, m - _i i=1, 2, 3 lattice vectors, m - m convolution product weighting function - m _v special convolution product weighting function associated with the traditional volume average - n _i i=1, 2, 3 integers used to locate the position of particles - n unit normal vector pointing from the-phase toward the-phase - n _e outwardly directed unit normal vector at the entrances and exits of the-phase - r _p position vector locating the centroid of a particle, m - r gaussian probability distribution used to determine the size of a particle, m - r ₀ characteristic length of an averaging region, m - r position vector, m - r _m support of the weighting functionm, m - averaging volume, m³ - V volume of the-phase contained in the averaging volume,, m³ - x positional vector locating the centroid of an averaging volume, m - x ₀ reference position vector associated with the centroid of an averaging volume, m - y position vector locating points relative to the centroid, m - y position vector locating points in the-phase relative to the centroid, m Greek Letters indicator function for the-phase - Dirac distribution associated with the- interface - V /V, volume average porosity - /L, small parameter in the method of spatial homogenization - standard deviation ofa _i - _r standard deviation ofr - _r intrinsic phase average of      

New concepts in relative permeabilities at high capillary numbers for surfactant flooding

Flooding oil reservoirs with surfactant solutions can increase the amount of oil that can be recovered. Macroscopic modelling of the process requires relative permeabilities to be functions of saturation and capillary number. With only limited experimental data, relative permeabilities have usually been assumed to be linear functions of saturation at high capillary numbers. The experimental data is reviewed, some of which suggest that this assumption is not necessarily correct. The basis for the assumption is therefore reviewed and it is concluded that the linear model corresponds to microscopically segregated flow in the porous medium. Based on new but equally plausible complementary assumptions about the flow pattern, a mixed flow model is derived. These models are then shown to be limiting cases of a droplet model which represents the mixing scale within the porous medium and gives a physical basis for interpolating between the models. The models are based on physical concepts of flow in a porous medium and so the approach described here represents a significant improvement in the understanding of high capillary number flow. This is shown by the fact that fewer parameters are needed to describe experimental data.Notation A total cross-sectional area assigned to capillary bundle - A ⁽ⁱ⁾ physical cross-sectional area of tube i - c ⁽ⁱ⁾ ordered configurational label for droplets in tube i - c configuration label for tube i (order not considered) - D defined by Equation (26) - E(...) expectation value with respect to the trinomial distribution - S _r ⁽⁾ fractional flow of phase - k absolute permeability - k _r relative permeability of phase - k _r ⁰ endpoint relative permeability of phase - L capillary tube length in bundle model - m ⁽ⁱ⁾ number of droplets of phase a occupying tube i - n exponent for phase a in Equation (2) - N number of droplets in bundle model - N _c capillary number - p pressure - p(c') probability of configuration c - Q ⁽ⁱ⁾ total volume flow rate in tube i - S saturation of phase - S flowing saturation of phase - S _r residual saturation of phase - S _r ⁽⁾ saturations when fractional flow of phase is 1 in the case of varying residual saturations for three-phase flow ( ) - t _c residence time for droplet configuration c - v ⁽ⁱ⁾ total fluid velocity in bundle tube i - , phase label - p pressure differential across capillary bundle - ⁽ⁱ⁾ tube conductivity defined by Equation (7) - viscosity of phase - interfacial tension - gradient operator - ... average over tube droplet configurations     

Correlations between porous medium flow data and turbulent tube flow results for aqueous hydroxypropylguar solutions (Part 2)

Turbulent tube flow and the flow through a porous medium of aqueous hydroxypropylguar (HPG) solutions in concentrations from 100 wppm to 5000 wppm is investigated. Taking the rheological flow curves into account reveals that the effectiveness in turbulent tube flow and the efficiency for the flow through a porous medium both start at the same onset wall shear stress of 1.3 Pa. The similarity of the curves = ( _w ) and = ( _w ), respectively, leads to a simple linear relation / =k, where the constantk or proportionality depends uponc. This offers the possibility to deduce (for turbulent tube flow) from (for flow through a porous medium). In conjunction with rheological data, will reveal whether, and if yes to what extent, drag reduction will take place (even at high concentrations).The relation of our treatment to the model-based Deborah number concept is shown and a scale-up formula for the onset in turbulent tube flow is deduced as well.     

Heat transfer between gas-liquid spray stream flowing perpendicularly to the row of the cylinders

Experimental investigation and analysis of heat transfer process between a gas-liquid spray flow and the row of smooth cylinders placed in the surface perpendicular to the flow has been performed. Among others, there was taken into account in the analysis the phenomenon of droplets bouncing and omitting the cylinder as well as the phenomenon of the evaporation process from the liquid film surface.In the experiments test cylinders were used, which were placed between two other cylinders standing in the row.From the experiments and the analysis the conclusion can be drawn that the heat transfer coefficients values for a row of the cylinders are higher than for a single cylinder placed in the gasliquid spray flow.

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Wärmeübergang an eine senkrecht anf eine Zylinderreihe auftreffende Gas-Flüssigkeits-Sprüh-Strömung

Zusammenfassung Es wurden Messungen und theoretische Analysen des Wärmeübergangs zwischen einer Gas-FlüssigkeitsSprüh-Strömung und den glatten Oberflächen einer Zylinderreihe durchgeführt, die senkrecht zum Sprühstrahl angeordnet waren. Dabei wurde in der Analyse unter anderem das Phänomen betrachtet, daß die Tropfen die Zylinderwand treffen und verfehlen können und daß sich ein Verdampfungsprozeß aus dem flüssigen Film an der Zylinderoberfläche einstellt.Gemessen wurde an einem zwischen zwei Randzylindern befindlichen Zylinder.Die Experimente und die Analyse gestatten die Schlußfolgerung, daß der Wärmeübergangskoeffizient für eine Zylinderreihe höher ist als für einen einzelnen Zylinder in der Sprühströmung.

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Nomenclature a distance between axes of cylinders, m - c _l specific heat capacity of liquid, J/kg K - c _g specific heat capacity of gas, J/kg K - D cylinder diameter, m - g _l mass velocity of liquid, kg/m²s - ¯k average volume ratio of liquid entering film to amount of liquid directed at the cylinder in gas-liquid spray flow, dimensionless - k() local volume ratio of liquid entering film to amount of liquid directed at the cylinder in gas-liquid spray flow, dimensionless - L specific latent heat of vaporisation, J/kg - m mass fraction of water in gas-liquid spray flow, dimensionless - M constant in Eq. (9) - p pressure, Pa - p _g statical pressure of gas, Pa - p _w pressure of gas on the cylinder surface, Pa - p external pressure on the liquid film surface, Pa - r cylindrical coordinate, m - R radius of cylinder, m - T temperature, K, °C - T _l, t_l liquid temperature in the gas-liquid spray, K, °C - T _w,t_w temperature of cylinder surface, K, °C - T temperature of gas-liquid film interface, K - U liquid film velocity, m/s - w gas velocity on cylinder surface, m/s - w _g gas velocity in free stream, m/s - W _l liquid vapour mass ratio in free stream, dimensionless - W liquid vapour mass ratio at the edge of a liquid film, dimensionless - x coordinate, m - y coordinate, m - z complex variable, dimensionless - average heat transfer coefficient, W/m²K - local heat transfer coefficient, W/m² K - average heat transfer coefficient between cylinder surface and gas, W/m² K - _g, local heat transfer coefficient between cylinder surface and gas, W/m² K - mass transfer coefficient, kg/m²s - liquid film thickness, m - _lg dynamic diffusion coefficient of liquid vapour in gas, kg/m s - pressure distribution function on a cylinder surface - function defined by Eq. (3) - _l liquid dynamic viscosity, kg/m s - _g gas dynamic viscosity, kg/m s - cylindrical coordinate, rad, deg - _l thermal conductivity of liquid, W/m K - _g thermal conductivity of gas, W/m K - mass transfer driving force, dimensionless - _l density of liquid, kg/m³ - _g density of gas, kg/m³ - _w shear stress on the cylinder surface, N/m² - _w shear stress exerted by gas at the liquid film surface, N/m² - air relative humidity, dimensionless - T -T _w - _w =T _wT_l Dimensionless parameters I= enhancement factor of heat transfer - m ^*=M _l/M_g molar mass of liquid to the molar mass of gas ratio - Nu _g= D/ _g gas Nusselt number - Pr _g=c _{g g}/_g gas Prandtl number - Pr _l=c_lll liquid Prandtl number - ¯r=(r–R)/ dimensionless coordinate - Re _g=w_gD _g/_g gas Reynolds number - Re _g,max=w_g,max D _g/_g gas Reynolds number calculated for the maximal gas velocity between the cylinders - Sc=m ^* _g/_l–g Schmidt number =/R dimensionless film thickness     

Instantaneous density measurement in two-dimensional gas flow by high speed differential interferometry

The aim of this paper is to present an experimental set-up using a Wollaston prism differential interferometer producing up to twenty successive short exposure white light interferograms at a high framing rate. It is shown that, through optical component calibration, the interferograms can be analysed to yield the instantaneous density field. This method has been successfully tested in the two-dimensional unsteady flow generated by the interaction of a mixing layer and a cavity.List of symbols h height of the downstream edge of the cavity - H height of backward facing step - M Mach number - t time - t time interval between two successive frames - N frequency - double-prism median plane - birefringence angle - _p pressure fluctuation - C _p pressure coefficient - biprism abscissa corresponding to any colour - ₀ biprism reference abscissa corresponding to background colour - _y deviation of light rays - R radius of curvature of spherical mirror - L virtual distance from the middle of the test section to the spherical mirror - E optical thickness - E _e optical thickness corresponding to background colour - d _E difference of optical thickness - d _x abscissa difference - gas density - ₀ stagnation gas density - _e gas density of background colour     

Generation of vortices in a partially filled,rapidly rotating cylinder

We describe a system in which vortices are shed from a cylindrical free surface approximately centered in a rotating flow. Shedding is controlled by the parameter =2 g/ ² d, where g, , d denote gravity, rotation rate and the diameter of the free surface. We find vortex shedding for >0.162 and no vortex shedding for < 0.0847. The range depends on the aspect ratio L/d, where L is the column length, in a nonmonotonic fashion. These results are independent of viscosity and surface tension for small values of these parameters.Now at Martin Marietta, Orlando Aerospace, PO Box 5837, Mail Point 150, Orlando, FL 32855, USA     

Slip flow of non-plasticized PVC compounds

Measurements on seven rigid PVC compounds were carried out with a slit rheometer working in combination with an injection moulding machine. Plastication of the compounds occurred in the screw of the plastication unit, which also forced the melt through the die with a controlled forward velocity. The rectangular slit had a length of 90 mm and a widthB of 20 mm. The heightH could be varied between 0.8 and 3.3 mm. Pressures and temperatures were recorded at several positions in and before the die. Measurements were carried out at shear rates from 10 to 2000 s^–1.When the reduced volume output was plotted against the wall shear stress _W , only four compounds showed master curves independent ofH, which is indicative of wall adhesion. In the other cases this plot did not produce such a master curve, but the plot of the mean velocity against _W was independent ofH (slip curve). This indicated that slip flow prevailed with a slip velocityv _G When, in the case of wall slip, the smooth inner surfaces of the die were replaced by surfaces with grooves perpendicular to the direction of flow, slip flow was prevented and the flow curves were shifted to much higher values of _Wc Above a critical value of the wall shear stress ( _Wc ) at which slip flow began, the output became nearly independent of _W . From the measurements made below _Wc a vs. relation for the shear flow could be derived, which was used to calculate the superimposed shear flow . Exact values of the slip velocity were then given by . Wall slip only occurred for compounds with a high shear viscosity, which corresponds to a high molecular weight (K-value).Dedicated to Professor H. Janeschitz-Kriegl on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

Free convection heat transfer from an isothermal plate with arbitrary inclination

This paper presents a new formulation for the laminar free convection from an arbitrarily inclined isothermal plate to fluids of any Prandtl number between 0.001 and infinity. A novel inclination parameter is proposed such that all cases of the horizontal, inclined and vertical plates can be described by a single set of transformed equations. Moreover, the self-similar equations for the limiting cases of the horizontal and vertical plates are recovered from the transformed equations by setting=0 and=1, respectively. Heated upward-facing plates with positive and negative inclination angles are investigated. A very accurate correlation equation of the local Nusselt number is developed for arbitrary inclination angle and for 0.001 Pr .

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Wärmeübertragung bei freier Konvektion an einer isothermen Platte mit beliebiger Neigung

Zusammenfasssung Diese Untersuchung stellt eine neue Formulierung der laminaren freien Konvektion von Flüssigkeiten mit einer Prandtl-Zahl zwischen 0,001 und unendlich an einer beliebig schräggestellten isothermen Platte dar. Ein neuer Neigungsparameter wird eingeführt, so daß alle Fälle der horizontalen, geneigten oder vertikalen Platte von einem einzigen Satz transformierter Gleichungen beschrieben werden können. Die unabhängigen Gleichungen für die beiden Fälle der horizontalen and vertikalen Platte wurden für=0 und=1 aus den transformierten Gleichungen wieder abgeleitet. Es wurden erwärmte aufwärtsgerichtete Platten mit positiven und negativen Neigungswinkeln untersucht. Eine sehr genaue Gleichung wurde für die lokale Nusselt-Zahl bei beliebigen Neigungswinkeln und für 0,001 Pr entwickelt.

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Nomenclature C _p specific heat - f reduced stream function - g gravitational acceleration - Gr local Grashof number,g(T _w –T _w ) x³/v² - h local heat transfer coefficient - k thermal conductivity - n constant exponent - Nu local Nusselt number,hx/k - p pressure - Pr Prandtl number, v/ - Ra local Rayleigh number,g(T _w –T )J x³/v - T fluid temperature - T _w wall temperature - T temperature of ambient fluid - u velocity component in x-direction - v velocity component in y-direction - x coordinate parallel to the plate - y coordinate normal to the plate Greek symbols thermal diffusivity - thermal expansion coefficient - (Ra¦sin¦)^1/4/( Ra cos()^1/5 - pseudo-similarity variable, (y/) - dimensionless temperature, (T–T )/(T _w–T ) - ( Ra cos)^1/5+(Rasin)^1/4 - v kinematic viscosity - 1/[1 +(Ra cos)^1/5/( Ra¦sin)^1/4] - density of fluid - Pr/(1+Pr) - _w wall shear stress - angle of plate inclination measured from the horizontal - stream function - dimensionless dynamic pressure     

Convective heat transfer within fibrous insulation slabs

A numerical study of convective heat flow within a fibrous insulating slab is presented. The material is treated as an anisotropic porous medium and the variation of properties with temperature is taken into account. Good agreement is obtained with available experimental data for the same geometry.

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Zusammenfassung Für den konvektiven Wärmestrom in einem faserförmigen Isolierstoff wird eine numerische Berechnung angegeben. Der Stoff wird als anisotropes poröses Medium mit temperaturabhängigen Stoffwerten angesehen. Die Übereinstimmung mit verfügbaren Versuchswerten ist gut.

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Nomenclature C_p specific heat of the gas at the mean temperature - Da Darcy number=k_y/H² - Gr^* modified Grashof number=gTHk_y/²= (Grashof number) × (Darcy number) - H thickness of the specimen - P gas pressure - Pr^* modified Prandtl number= C_p/_x - Ra^* modified Rayleigh number=Gr^* Pr^* - R_p ratio of permeabilities=k_y/k_x - R_k ratio of conductivities= _y/_x - T absolute temperature of the gas - t₁ absolute temperature of the hot face - T₂ absolute temperature of the cold face - T_m mean temperature of the gas=(T₁+T₂)/2 - k_x specific permeability of the porous medium along the x-direction - k_y specific permeability of the porous medium along the y-direction - p T/T_m - q exponent - r exponent - u gas velocity along the x-direction - v gas velocity along the y-direction - X_* distance along the x-direction - y_* distance along the y-direction - T temperature difference=t₁–T₂ - thermal coefficient of expansion of the gas - _m thermal coefficient of expansion of the gas at the mean temperature - _* T–T_m - dimensionless temperature= ^*/T - _a apparent thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the x-direction - _al local apparent thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the x-direction - _x thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the x-direction in the absence of convection - _y thermal conductivity of the porous medium along the y-direction in the absence of convection - dynamic viscosity of the gas - _m dynamic viscosity of the gas at the mean temperature - kinematic viscosity of the gas - _m kinematic viscosity of the gas at the mean temperature - density of the gas - _m density of the gas at the mean temperature - ^* stream function at any point - dimensionless stream function= ^*/( _m/_m)     

Transport in ordered and disordered porous media I: The cellular average and the use of weighting functions

In this work we consider transport in ordered and disordered porous media using singlephase flow in rigid porous mediaas an example. We defineorder anddisorder in terms of geometrical integrals that arise naturally in the method of volume averaging, and we show that dependent variables for ordered media must generally be defined in terms of thecellular average. The cellular average can be constructed by means of a weighting function, thus transport processes in both ordered and disordered media can be treated with a single theory based on weighted averages. Part I provides some basic ideas associated with ordered and disordered media, weighted averages, and the theory of distributions. In Part II a generalized averaging procedure is presented and in Part III the closure problem is developed and the theory is compared with experiment. Parts IV and V provide some geometrical results for computer generated porous media.Roman Letters A interfacial area of the- interface contained within the macroscopic region, m² - A_e area of entrances and exits for the-phase contained within the macroscopic system, m² - g gravity vector, m/s² - I unit tensor - K traditional Darcy's law permeability tensor, m² - L general characteristic length for volume averaged quantities, m - characteristic length (pore scale) for the-phase - (y) weighting function - m(–y) (y), convolution product weighting function - _v special weighting function associated with the traditional averaging volume - N unit normal vector pointing from the-phase toward the-phase - p pressure in the-phase, N/m² - p0 reference pressure in the-phase, N/m² - p traditional intrinsic volume averaged pressure, N/m² - r0 radius of a spherical averaging volume, m - r position vector, m - r position vector locating points in the-phase, m - averaging volume, m³ - V volume of the-phase contained in the averaging volume, m³ - V _cell volume of a unit cell, m³ - v velocity vector in the-phase, m/s - v traditional superficial volume averaged velocity, m/s - x position vector locating the centroid of the averaging volume or the convolution product weighting function, m - y position vector relative to the centroid, m - y position vector locating points in the-phase relative to the centroid, m Greek Letters indicator function for the-phase - Dirac distribution associated with the- interface - V/V, volume average porosity - mass density of the-phase, kg/m³ - viscosity of the-phase, Ns/m²     

Rheological properties of reactive polymer melts.

A new method for describing the rheological properties of reactive polymer melts, which was presented in an earlier paper, is developed in more detail. In particular, a detailed derivation of the equation of a first-order rheometrical flow surface is given and a procedure for determining parameters and functions occurring in this equation is proposed. The experimental verification of the presented approach was carried out using our data for polyamide-6.Notation E Dimensionless reduced viscosity, eq. (34) - E ₀ Newtonian asymptote of the function (36) - E power-law asymptote of the function (36) - E _{= 1} the value ofE at = 1 - k degradation reaction rate constant, s^–1 - k ₁ rate constant of function (t), eq. (26), s^–1 - k ₂ rate constant of function (t), eq. (29), s^–1 - K(t) residence-time-dependent consistency factor, eq. (22) - M _w weight-average molecular weight - M _x x-th moment of the molecular weight distribution - R gas constant - S _x M _x /M _w - t residence time in molten state, s - t _j thej-th value oft, s - T temperature, K - % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xd9vqpe0x% c9q8qqaqFn0dXdir-xcvk9pIe9q8qqaq-xir-f0-yqaqVeLsFr0-vr% 0-vr0db8meaabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaaieGaceWFZo% Gbaiaaaaa!3B4E!\[\dot \gamma \] shear rate, s^–1 - _i thei-th value of , s^–1 - _r =1 the value of at = 1, s^–1 - ^* reduced shear rate, eq. (44), s^–1 - dimensionless reduced shear rate, eq. (35) - viscosity, Pa · s - shear-rate and residence-time dependent viscosity, Pa · s - zero-shear-rate degradation curve - degradation curve at - _{t0 (t)} zero-residence-time flow curve - Newtonian asymptote of the RFS - instantaneous flow curve - power-law asymptote of the RFS - _0,0 zero-shear-rate and zero-residence-time viscosity, Pa · s - _E=1 value of viscosity atE=1, Pa · s - ^* reduced viscosity, eq. (43), Pa · s - zero-residence-time rheological time constant, s - density, kg/m³ - (t),(t) residence time functions     

Singular solutions of some quasilinear elliptic equations

We study isolated singularities of the quasilinear equation in an open set of ^N , where 1 < p N, p -1 q < N(p — 1)/ (N -p). We prove that, for any positive solution, if a singularity at the origin is not removable then either or u(x)/(x) any positive constant as x 0 where is the fundamental solution of the p-harmonic equation: . Global positive solutions are also classified.     

On surface waves in generalized thermoelasticity

Knowles' representation theorem for harmonically time-dependent free surface waves on a homogeneous, isotropic elastic half-space is extended to include harmonically time-dependent free processes for thermoelastic surface waves in generalized thermoelasticity of Lord and Shulman and of Green and Lindsay.r , , r , , .This work was done when author was unemployed.