The Documentation Rheology

Summary As the number of rheological and other scientific publications increases considerably year by year, documentation services should be used more extensively. The Deutsche Rheologische Gesellschaft (German Society of Rheology), 1 Berlin 45, Unter den Eichen 87, jointly with the Federal Institute for Materials Testing publishes at regular intervals an internationally useable and applicable Documentation Rheology, which contains a fairly complete collection of relevant literature subdivided into subject groups. The papers listed cover fundamentals of rheology, rheometry, rheological behaviour of polymer melts and solutions, plastics and rubber, metals, pastes, colloids and suspensions, solids, ceramics, concrete, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics, food stuffs, chemical engineering, forming processes, flow processes, mixing processes and so on.The documentation is available at a small charge. It has been published to make better use of the possibilities that lie in a systematic collection, arrangement, exploitation and application of findings achieved and published so far. Methodical and intensified research and development, as well as further rationalization and cost-saving measures in the field of practical application depend on a better utilization of existing findings. The above-mentioned documentation service covers basic research as well as technical application. With the aid of it literature search on general or more specific problems of research and practice can be done quicker and carried out much more easily. Literature search done this way guarantees that a research project will start from the current state of knowledge and that sufficient hints to solutions of practical problems are at hand. Moreover, the preparation and publication of literature reports will initiate a systematic evaluation of the numerous existing publications.

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Zusammenfassung Die Zahl der Veröffentlichungen pro Jahr nimmt auf dem Gebiet der Rheologie ebenso wie auf anderen Gebieten stetig zu. Es erscheint daher an der Zeit, auf eine stärkere Nutzung vorhandener Dokumentationsdienste hinzuwirken. Die Deutsche Rheologische Gesellschaft, 1 Berlin 45, Unter den Eichen 87, gibt gemeinsam mit der Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung in regelmäßiger Folge einen international verwendbaren Dokumentationsdienst Rheologie heraus, der einen weitgehend vollständigen und nach Sachgebieten geordneten Nachweis der einschlägigen Weltliteratur enthält. Die erfaßten Arbeiten betreffen die allgemeinen Grundlagen der Rheologie, die Rheometrie, das rheologische Verhalten von Polymerschmelzen und -lösungen, Kunststoffe und Kautschuk, Metalle, Pasten, Kolloide und Suspensionen, Böden, Keramik, Beton, pharmazeutische Präparate und Kosmetika, Lebensmittel, Verfahrenstechnik, Formungsvorgänge, Strömungs- und Fließvorgänge, Mischvorgänge usw.Der Dokumentationsdienst steht allen Interessenten gegen einen Unkostenbeitrag zur Verfügung. Seine Herausgabe wurde dadurch veranlaßt, daß die in der systematischen Erfassung, Ordnung, Auswertung und Anwendung der bereits erzielten und veröffentlichten Forschungs- und Untersuchungsergebnisse noch liegenden Möglichkeiten längst nicht ausreichend genutzt werden. Sowohl eine gezieltere und intensivierte Forschung und Entwicklung einerseits als auch eine weitere Rationalisierung und Kostensenkung im Bereich der Praxis andererseits setzen eine bessere Anwendung bisher erzielter Ergebnisse voraus. Die Dokumentation Rheologie bezieht sich daher sowohl auf die Grundlagenforschung als auch auf die Belange der betrieblichen Praxis. Mit Hilfe dieser Dokumentation werden Recherchen zu allgemeinen und speziellen Fragestellungen aus Forschung und Praxis der Rheologie wesentlich erleichtert. Solche Recherchen bieten die Gewähr, daß zu beginnende Forschungsvorhaben vom Stand des Wissens ausgehen und Hinweise für die Lösung praktischer Probleme gefunden werden. Darüber hinaus wird eine planmäßige und systematische Auswertung der vorhandenen umfangreichen Literatur durch Erstellung und Veröffentlichung von Literaturberichten angeregt.

     

Remarks on the stability of viscometric flow

We study the stability of viscometric flow using the type of short memory introduced by Akbay, Becker, Krozer and Sponagel. The instability found by these researchers is recognized as a change of type leading to non-evolutionary character of the governing equations. We also address the question of justification for the short memory assumption and find that it cannot be justified for some of the more popular rheological models.     

Hyperbolic phenomena in a strongly degenerate parabolic equation

We consider the equation u _t =((u) (u _x )) _x , where >0 and where is a strictly increasing function with lim _s = <. We solve the associated Cauchy problem for an increasing initial function, and discuss to what extent the solution behaves qualitatively like solutions of the first-order conservation law u _t = ((u)) _x . Equations of this type arise, for example, in the theory of phase transitions where the corresponding free-energy functional has a linear growth rate with respect to the gradient.     

First order phase equilibrium for classical bodies

Summary In this note the Author gives a general and unified treatment of first order phase equilibria for classical bodies like those considered by Truesdell and Toupin in[3].The Author reaches a system of partial differential equations (generalized Clapeyron equations) the conditions of whose solution are shown always to be satisfied.In particular, the Author derives the equations governing the polarized phase equilibrium for a fluid.Besides the equations ruling the phase equilibrium for a two phase n-component fluid mixture are given and the equivalence with the statical Gibbs-Duhem relation is shown.

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Sommario In questa nota l'Autore presenta una trattazione generale ed unificata degli equilibri di fase del primo ordine per corpi classici come quelli definiti da Truesdell e Toupin in[3].L'Autore perviene ad un sistema di equazioni alle derivate parziali (equazioni di Clapeyron generalizzate) del quale si dimostra la integrabilità.In particolare, si deducono le equazioni che governano gli equilibri di fase polarizzati.Inoltre si ottengono le equazioni che regolano l'equilibrio di fase per una miscela fluida a n componenti; in questo caso si dimostra l'equivalenza delle equazioni con la relazione statica di Gibbs-Duhem.

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This work was supported by the Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica of C.N.R.     

Boundary layer stability on a rotating disk with corotation of the surrounding fluid

The stability of the steady self-similar flow in the boundary layer on a rotating disk of infinite radius with corotation of the surrounding fluid is analyzed by the normal mode method. The spectral problem for infinitesimal three-dimensional disturbances is solved by a collocation method with expansion of the amplitude functions in Chebyshev polynomials. It is established that for all values of the parameter 0, equal to the ratio of the angular velocities of the fluid and the disk, the lower critical Reynolds number is determined byA-type, waves, whose development is governed by the parallel instability mechanism typical of an Ekman layer. TheB-type instability, associated with the presence of an inflection point on the velocity profile, disappears when 4. The neutral surfaces are calculated for Karman flow (=0) and Bödewadt flow (). It is found that in Karman flowA-type waves may grow at values of the Reynolds number several times smaller than the critical Reynolds number for spiral vortices. The results of the analysis are compared with the available experimental data.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.5, pp. 69–77, September–October, 1992.     

Calculation of heat transfer accompanying hypersonic three-dimensional flow of air over slender blunt-nosed cones

The effective length method [1, 2] has been used to make systematic calculations of the heat transfer for laminar and turbulent boundary layers on slender blunt-nosed cones at small angles of attack ( + 5° in a separationless hypersonic air stream dissociating in equilibrium (half-angles of the cones 0 20°, angles of attack 0 15°, Mach numbers 5 M 25). The parameters of the gas at the outer edge of the boundary layer were taken equal to the inviscid parameters on the surface of the cones. Analysis of the results leads to simple approximate dependences for the heat transfer coefficients.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 173–177, September–October, 1981.     

Turbulent heat and mass transfer for Pr ≫ 1 and law of turbulent diffusion damping at a solid wall

The question of determining the law of damping for the turbulent diffusion coefficient at a smooth wall according to data on mass and heat transfer for Pr 1 is discussed. It is proved that the hypothesis that this law is determined by the first member of the Taylor series expansion of , namely, / = yⁿ ₊ is valid in the Pr range from 10³ to 10⁵ only under the assumption that the subsequent terms in the expansion have smaller coefficients. A statistical analysis of electrochemical and other experiments devoted to this problem shows that apparently n = 3, but singularities in the experimental results do not permit making a final conclusion. Requirements on a conclusive experiment are formulated on the basis of the analysis made.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 172–175, March–April, 1977.     

Materials Sensitive to the Type of Process

Several effects associated with the sensitivity of materials to various processes have been long known. Among such processes are: tension or compression; torsion in different directions; various stress combinations, etc. (sensitivity to the type of loading); stretching or compression, etc. (sensitivity to the type of deformation); creep or relaxation, processes with different strain rates, etc. (sensitivity to the type of rheological processes). There are many successful propositions as to how to model these types of sensitivity for every particular case. This presentation proposes a new approach to generalize all these events using a unified model. The model is based on introducing an extended space of events, including stress and strain subspaces, and time scale (or the well-known internal time scale). Some subspaces with single-type processes ought to be identified. In every single-type process, a subspace of one material model is preferable. Of special importance is the transition from one subspace to another. Under various experimentally examined conditions, it is possible to introduce some simplified quadratic surfaces of constant stress and strain states (measured from their intensities at fixed time points). This approach is applied to various characteristic cases. The important issue of solving the system of equations that describes the behavior of a material in case of complex multi-type processes is discussed     

Calculation of intense blowing on a blunt body and an airfoil

Various aspects of the problem of intense blowing through the surface of bodies have, been theoretically studied by a number of authors, within the framework of inviscid flow theory. A detailed bibliography on this topic is given, e.g., in [1, 2]. The well-known approaches to solution of this problem have a limited area of application. For example, asymptotic methods can be used for hypersonic flow regimes only at relatively low levels of the blown gas momentum ( = ² = _ov_o ²/ V ² 1). The same limitation applies to the numerical method of straight lines [2]. The forward Eulerian calculation schemes [3, 4] smear the contact discontinuity severely, and cannot handle the case where the blown gas and the gas in the incident flow have different thermodynamic properties (_o ). This paper presents results of a numerical investigation of supersonic flow over two-dimensional and axisymmetric bodies with intense blowing on the forward surface, performed using a time-dependent finite-difference method [5] with an explicit definition of the contact interface between the two cases. The calculations encompass a family of elliptic cylinders with semiaxis ratio 0.5 4, a flat-face cylinder, and a flat plate with rounding near the midsection, with variations in the blowing law, the incident flow Mach number M (3 M 10), the adiabatic indices, and the blowing parameter 0 0.5.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 117–124, January–February, 1977.In conclusion, the authors thank T. S. Novikov and I. D. Sandomirskii, who took part In the present calculations.     

Instability of a plane axisymmetric flow with a shear discontinuity in the velocity profile

It is proposed to investigate the stability of a plane axisymmetric flow with an angular velocity profile (r) such that the angular velocity is constant when r < r_O – L and r > r_O + L but varies monotonically from ₁ to ₂ near the point r_O, the thickness of the transition zone being small L r_O, whereas the change in velocity is not small ¦₂ – ₁¦ ₂, ₁. Obviously, as L O short-wave disturbances with respect to the azimuthal coordinate (k=m/r_O 1/r_O) will be unstable with a growth rate-close to the Kelvin—Helmholtz growth rate. In the case L=O (i.e., for a profile with a shear-discontinuity) we find the instability growth rate _O and show that where the thickness of the discontinuity L is finite (but small) the growth rate does not differ from _O up to terms proportional to kL 1 and 1/m 1. Using this example it is possible to investigate the effect of rotation on the flow stability. It is important to note that stabilization (or destabilization) of the flow in question by rotation occurs only for three-dimensional or axisymmetric perturbations.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 111–114, January–February, 1985.     

Beitrag zur Prüfung metallischer Werkstoffe im Torsionsversuch

Zusammenfassung Der Torsionsversuch eignet sich zur Untersuchung des plastischen Verhaltens von Metallen bei erhöhten Temperaturen, wenn die Fließspannung stark von der Umformgeschwindigkeit abhängt. Aus der gemessenen Drehmoment-Drehwinkel-Kurve wird die Fließkurvek _f () berechnet. Hierfür wird ein Fließkriterium benötigt, dessen Unsicherheit im allgemeinen größer ist als alle Meßfehler. Diese Unsicherheit geht aber nicht in die berechnete Dehngeschwindigkeitsempfindlichkeit ein, die somit als Hauptergebnis des Versuches anzusehen ist.Um die Bedingungen technischer Warmumformung zu simulieren, wird die Verwendung extrem kurzer Proben (flacher Scheiben) empfohlen, womit sehr hohe Umformgeschwindigkeiten erreicht werden können. Für die Auswertung derartiger Versuche ist die wirksame Länge der kurzen Proben — experimentell oder semiempirisch — zu bestimmen und die Kerbwirkung zu berücksichtigen. Im Gegensatz zur herkömmlichen Vorgehensweise wird empfohlen, die örtliche Spannung und Verzerrung nicht für die Mantelfläche der Probe zu berechnen, sondern für einen kritischen Radialabstand im Innern der Probe, für den die Schiebung von der Kerbwirkung unabhängig ist, so daß sich die zuverlässigsten Werte ergeben.

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Summary The torsion test is often used for studying the plastic deformation of metals at elevated temperatures when stress depends strongly on the strain rate. From the measured torque-twisting angle curve, the stress-strain curvek _f () has to be calculated. For this purpose a yield criterion has to be used the uncertaintly of which normally exceeds all experimental errors. This uncertaintly, however, does not propagate into the calculated strain rate sensitivity which therefore may be considered as the main result of the torsion test.For simulating the conditions of technical hot forming processes, the use of extremely short test pieces (flat discs) by which very high strain rates can be obtained is recommended. For evaluating the test data the efficient lenght of short specimens has to be determined. In opposition to the conventional procedure of test evaluation, it is recommended not to calculate stress and strain for the surface of the specimen but for a critical radius for which strain is independent of the notch effect so that the most reliable values are obtained.

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The theory of a vibrating-rod densimeter

The paper presents a theory of a device for the accurate determination of the density of fluids over a wide range of thermodynamic states. The instrument is based upon the measurement of the characteristics of the resonance of a circular section tube, or rod, performing steady, transverse oscillations in the fluid. The theory developed accounts for the fluid motion external to the rod as well as the mechanical motion of the rod and is valid over a defined range of conditions. A complete set of working equations and corrections is obtained for the instrument which, together with the limits of the validity of the theory, prescribe the parameters of a practical design capable of high accuracy.Nomenclature A, B, C, D constants in equation (60) - A _j , B _j constants in equation (18) - a _j ⁺ , a _j ^– wavenumbers given by equation (19) - C _f drag coefficient defined in equation (64) - C _f ^/0 , C _f ^/1 components of C _f in series expansion in powers of - c speed of sound - D _b drag force of fluid b - D ₀ coefficient of internal damping - E extensional modulus - force per unit length - F _j ⁺ , F _j ^– constants in equation (24) - f, g functions of defined in equations (56) - G modulus of rigidity - I second moment of area - K constant in equation (90) - k, k constants defined in equations (9) - L half-length of oscillator - Ma Mach number - m _a mass per unit length of fluid a - m _b added mass per unit length of fluid b - m _s mass per unit length of solid - n _j eigenvalue defined in equation (17) - P power (energy per cycle) - P _a , P _b power in fluids a and b - p pressure - R radius of rod or outer radius of tube - R _c radius of container - R _i inner radius of tube - r radial coordinate - T tension - T _visc temperature rise due to heat generation by viscous dissipation - t time - v _r , v radial and angular velocity components - y lateral displacement - z axial coordinate - dimensionless tension - _a dimensionless mass of fluid a - _b dimensionless added mass of fluid b - _b dimensionless drag of fluid b - dimensionless parameter associated with - ₀ dimensionless coefficient of internal damping - dimensionless half-width of resonance curve - dimensionless frequency difference defined in equation (87) - spatial resolution of amplitude - R, , , _s , increments in R, , , _s , - dimensionless amplitude of oscillation - dimensionless axial coordinate - ratio of to - _a , _b ratios of to for fluids a and b - angular coordinate - parameter arising from distortion of initially plane cross-sections - _f thermal conductivity of fluid - dimensionless parameter associated with - viscosity of fluid - _a , _b viscosity of fluids a and b - dimensionless displacement - _j jth component of - density of fluid - _a , _b density of fluids a and b - _s density of tube or rod material - density of fluid calculated on assumption that * - dimensionless radial coordinate - * dimensionless radius of container - dimensionless times - _{rr rr}, _r radial normal and shear stress components - spatial component of defined in equation (13) - _j jth component of - dimensionless streamfunction - ⁰, ¹ components of in series expansion in powers of - phase angle - _r phase difference - _ra , _rb phase difference for fluids a and b - streamfunction - _j jth component defined in equation (22) - dimensionless frequency (based on ) - _a , _b dimensionless frequency in fluids a and b - _s dimensionless frequency (based on _s ) - angular frequency - ₀ resonant frequency in absence of fluid and internal damping - _r resonant frequency in absence of internal fluid - _ra , _rb resonant frequencies in fluids a and b - dimensionless frequency - dimensionless frequency when _a vanishes - dimensionless frequencies when _a vanishes in fluids a and b - dimensionless resonant frequency when _a , _b, _b and ₀ vanish - dimensionless resonant frequency when _a , _b and _b vanish - dimensionless resonant frequency when _b and _b vanish - dimensionless frequencies at which amplitude is half that at resonance     

Numerical solution of integro-differential and singular integral equations for plate bending problems

Two integral equation formulations for the determination of the vertical displacement and the bending moment around holes in an elastic plate are presented. Each formulation consists of two equations, the first one an integral equation and an integro-differential equation and the second one two singular integral equations. The equations are solved using B-splines as approximations to the unknowns and the method is applied to the case of one elliptic hole in a twisted plate.

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Zusammenfassung Zwei verschiedene Integralgleichungssysteme für die Bestimmung von die Durchbiegung und die Biegemoment in einer gelochten elastischen Platte werden entwickelt. Die eine Systeme besteht von einer Integralgleichung und einer Integro-Differentialgleichung und die andere von zwei singulären Integralgleichungen von Cauchy'schen Typus. Bei der Auflösung der Systeme werden die unbekannten mit Hilfe B-splines ausgedrückt. Beide Systeme werden benutzt in dem Fall von einer elliptischen Loch in einer uendlichen, tordierten Platte.

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An abbreviated version of this paper was included in a paper Integral equation solutions to mechanical problems. A review and an application to plate theory which will appear in the Proceedings from second national congress of theoretical and applied mechanics, Druzba, Bulgaria, 1973.     

The dynamic and steady shear properties of synovial fluid and of the components making up synovial fluid

Steady-shear and dynamic properties of a pooled sample of cattle synovial fluid have been measured using techniques developed for low viscosity fluids. The rheological properties of synovial fluid were found to exhibit typical viscoelastic behaviour and can be described by the Carreau type A rheological model. Typical model parameters for the fluid are given; these may be useful for the analysis of the complex flow problems of joint lubrication.The two major constituents, hyaluronic acid and proteins, have been successfully separated from the pooled sample of synovial fluid. The rheological properties of the hyaluronic acid and the recombined hyaluronic acid-protein solutions of both equal and half the concentration of the constituents found in the original synovial fluid have been measured. These properties, when compared to those of the original synovial fluid, show an undeniable contribution of proteins to the flow behaviour of synovial fluid in joints. The effect of protein was found to be more prominent in hyaluronic acid of half the normal concentration found in synovial fluid, thus providing a possible explanation for the differences in flow behaviour observed between synovial fluid from certain diseased joints compared to normal joint fluid.Nomenclature A Ratio of angular amplitude of torsion head to oscillation input signal - G Storage modulus - G Loss modulus - I Moment of inertia of upper platen — torsion head assembly - K Restoring constant of torsion bar - N ₁ First normal-stress difference - R Platen radius - S ⁽ⁱ⁾ Geometric factor in the dynamic property analysis - t ₁ Characteristic time parameter of the Carreau model - X, Y Carreau model parameters - Z () Reimann Zeta function of - Carreau model parameter - Shear rate - Apparent steady-shear viscosity - ^* Complex dynamic viscosity - Dynamic viscosity - Imaginary part of the complex dynamic viscosity - ₀ Zero-shear viscosity - ₀ Cone angle - Carreau model characteristic time - Density of fluid - Shear stress - Phase difference between torsion head and oscillation input signals - ₀ Zero-shear rate first normal-stress coefficient - Oscillatory frequency     

An “ideal equivalent gas method” for the study of shock waves in supersonic real gas flows

Summary A method developed by the author for the systematic study of the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of the gas behind a shock wave is reported.The method is applicable to supersonic flow regimes for which the excitation, dissociation and ionization effects invalidate the usually adopted hypothesis of ideal gas.An Ideal Equivalent Gas, having the ratio of the specific heats _s dependent on Mach number and altitude of flight is postulated.On the basis of the mass, momentum and energy conservation equations, valid through the shock wave, the relations defining the thermodynamic and dynamic state of the gas behind the shock wave are derived. These relations establish an extension of the classic relations valid for the ideal gas and reduce to them identically for _s=.The dependence of the ratio of specific heats _s of the Ideal Equivalent Gas on Mach number and altitude has been established, over a wide range, on the basis of the real gas solutions derived by Huber.

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Sommario Nella presente nota viene esposto un metodo sviluppato dall'autore per lo studio sistematico dello stato termodinamico e dinamico del gas a valle di un'onda d'urto in regime supersonico, allorchè cioè gli effetti dell'eccitazione dei gradi di libertà vibrazionali delle molecole e della loro dissociazione e successiva ionizzazione invalidano l'ipotesi di gas ideale generalmente adottata.Viene definito un gas ideale equivalente avente rapporto dei calori specifici _s funzione del numero di Mach e della quota di volo ed in base alle equazioni di conservazione della massa, della quantità di moto e dell'energia, valide attraverso all'onda d'urto, vengono derivate delle relazioni definenti lo stato termodinamico e dinamico del gas a valle dell'onda d'urto. Tali relazioni costituiscono una estensione delle classiche relazioni dell'urto valide per il gas ideale alle quali si riducono per _s=.La dipendenza del rapporto dei calori specifici _s del gas ideale equivalente, dal numero di Mach e dalla quota è stata stabilita sulla base delle soluzioni ottenute da Huber per il gas reale.

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Boundary conditions for the equations of two-temperature gas dynamics of a binary mixture with strongly differing masses of the components

A study is made of the problem of the boundary conditions for the equations of two-temperature gas dynamics for a binary mixture with strongly differing masses when (m/M)^1/2 Kn 1 (Kn is the Knudsen number, m is the mass of the light molecules, and M the mass of the heavy molecules). The flow structure is established at velocities of the light and heavy components of the order of the velocity of sound of the heavy component. The formulation of the boundary conditions for the gas-dynamic equations is investigated. It is shown that the only closed boundary layer theory is Prandtl's theory taking into account terms of order Kn^1/2.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 93–98, September–October, 1982.I thank M. N. Kogan, N. K. Makashev, and E. S. Asmolov for assistance in the work and valuable discussions.     

Über die Übertragungseinheiten und ein „Vierfelderdiagramm” zur Berechnung von Wärmeübertragern

Zusammenfassung Es wird dargelegt, wie man nach Einführung des bekannten Begriffes Übertragungseinheit und mit Hilfe eines Vierfelderdiagramms zu einer relativ einfachen und durchsichtigen Berechnung von Gleich- und Gegenstrom-Wärmeübertragern gelangt.

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On transfer units and a four-quadrant-diagram for the calculation of heat exchangers

It is shown that the introduction of the known concept of a transfer unit and the use of a four-quadrant diagram leads to a relatively simple and clear computation method for co-current and counter-current heat exchangers.

     

A three-parameter model describing the experimental relation between shear stress and shear rate for laminar flow of aqueous polymer solutions

Summary A three-parameter model is introduced to describe the shear rate — shear stress relation for dilute aqueous solutions of polyacrylamide (Separan AP-30) or polyethylenoxide (Polyox WSR-301) in the concentration range 50 wppm – 10,000 wppm. Solutions of both polymers show for a similar rheological behaviour. This behaviour can be described by an equation having three parameters i.e. zero-shear viscosity ₀, infinite-shear viscosity , and yield stress ₀, each depending on the polymer concentration. A good agreement is found between the values calculated with this three-parameter model and the experimental results obtained with a cone-and-plate rheogoniometer and those determined with a capillary-tube rheometer.

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Zusammenfassung Der Zusammenhang zwischen Schubspannung und Schergeschwindigkeit von strukturviskosen Flüssigkeiten wird durch ein Modell mit drei Parametern beschrieben. Mit verdünnten wäßrigen Polyacrylamid-(Separan AP-30) sowie Polyäthylenoxidlösungen (Polyox WSR-301) wird das Modell experimentell geprüft. Beide Polymerlösungen zeigen im untersuchten Schergeschwindigkeitsbereich von ein ähnliches rheologisches Verhalten. Dieses Verhalten kann mit drei konzentrationsabhängigen Größen, nämlich einer Null-Viskosität ₀, einer Grenz-Viskosität und einer Fließgrenze ₀ beschrieben werden. Die Ergebnisse von Experimenten mit einem Kegel-Platte-Rheogoniometer sowie einem Kapillarviskosimeter sind in guter Übereinstimmung mit den Werten, die mit dem Drei-Parameter-Modell berechnet worden sind.

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a Pa^–1 physical quantity defined by:a = {1 – ( / ₀)}/ ₀ - c l concentration (wppm) - D m capillary diameter - L m length of capillary tube - P Pa pressure drop - R m radius of capillary tube - u m s^–1 average velocity - v _r m s^–1 local axial velocity at a distancer from the axis of the tube - shear rate (–dv _r /dr) - local shear rate in capillary flow - s^–1 wall shear rate in capillary flow - Pa s dynamic viscosity - _a Pa s apparent viscosity defined by eq. [2] - ( _a ) Pa s apparent viscosity in capillary tube at a distanceR from the axis - ₀ Pa s zero-shear viscosity defined by eq. [4] - Pa s infinite-shear viscosity defined by eq. [5] - l ratior/R - kg m^– density - Pa shear stress - ₀ Pa yield stress - _r Pa local shear stress in capillary flow - _R Pa wall shear stress in capillary flow _R = (PR/2L) - _v m³ s^–1 volume rate of flow With 8 figures and 1 table     

Mixed convection on vertical plate for fluids of any prandtl number

A mixed convection parameter=(Ra) ^1/4/(Re)^1/2, with=Pr/(1+Pr) and=Pr/(1 +Pr)^1/2, is proposed to replace the conventional Richardson number, Gr/Re², for combined forced and free convection flow on an isothermal vertical plate. This parameter can readily be reduced to the controlling parameters for the relative importance of the forced and the free convection,Ra ^1/4/(Re ^1/2 Pr ^1/3) forPr 1, and (RaPr)^1/2/(RePr ^1/2 forPr 1. Furthermore, new coordinates and dependent variables are properly defined in terms of, so that the transformed nonsimilar boundary-layer equations give numerical solutions that are uniformly valid over the entire range of mixed convection intensity from forced convection limit to free convection limit for fluids of any Prandtl number from 0.001 to 10,000. The effects of mixed convection intensity and the Prandtl number on the velocity profiles, the temperature profiles, the wall friction, and the heat transfer rate are illustrated for both cases of buoyancy assisting and opposing flow conditions.

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Mischkonvektion an einer vertikalen Platte für Fluide beliebiger Prandtl-Zahl

Zusammenfassung Für die kombinierte Zwangs- und freie Konvektion an einer isothermen senkrechten Platte wird ein Mischkonvektions-Parameter=( Ra) ^1/4 (Re)^1/2, mit=Pr/(1 +Pr) und=Pr/(1 +Pr)^1/2 vorgeschlagen, den die gebräuchliche Richardson-Zahl, Gr/Re², ersetzen soll. Dieser Parameter kann ohne weiteres auf die maßgebenden Kennzahlen für den relativen Einfluß der erzwungenen und der freien Konvektion reduziert werden,Ra ^1/4/(Re ^1/2 Pr ^1/3) fürPr 1 und (RaPr)^1/4/(RePr)^1/2 fürPr 1. Weiterhin werden neue Koordinaten und abhängige Variablen als Funktion von definiert, so daß für die transformierten Grenzschichtgleichungen numerische Lösungen erstellt werden können, die über den gesamten Bereich der Mischkonvektion, von der freien Konvektion bis zur Zwangskonvektion, für Fluide jeglicher Prandtl-Zahl von 0.001 bis 10.000 gleichmäßig gültig sind. Der Einfluß der Intensität der Mischkonvektion und der Prandtl-Zahl auf die Geschwindigkeitsprofile, die Temperaturprofile, die Wandreibung und den Wärmeübergangskoeffizienten werden für die beiden Fälle der Strömung in und entgegengesetzt zur Schwerkraftrichtung dargestellt.

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Nomenclature C _f local friction coefficient - C _p specific heat capacity - f reduced stream function - g gravitational acceleration - Gr local Grashoff number,g T _w –T )x³/v² - Nu local Nusselt number - Pr Prandtl number,v/ - Ra local Rayleigh number,g T _w –T x ³/( v) - Re local Reynolds number,u x/v - Ri Richardson number,Gr/Re ² - T fluid temperature - T _w wall temperature - T free stream temperature - u velocity component in thex direction - u free stream velocity - v velocity component in they direction - x vertical coordinate measuring from the leading edge - y horizontal coordinate Greek symbols thermal diffusivity - thermal expansion coefficient - mixed convection parameter (Ra)1/4/Re)^1/2 - pseudo-similarity variable,(y/x) - ₀ conventional similarity variable,(y/x)Re ^1/2 - dimensionless temperature, (T–T T _W –T - unified mixed-flow parameter, [(Re) ^1/2 + (Ra)^1/4] - dynamic viscosity - kinematic viscosity - stretched streamwise coordinate or mixed convection parameter, [1 + (Re)^1/2/(Ra) ^1/4]^–1=/(1 +) - density - Pr/(1 + Pr) _w wall shear stress - stream function - Pr/(l+Pr)^1/3 This research was supported by a grand from the National Science Council of ROC     

The Relative Dispersion and Mixing of Passive Solutes in Transport in Geologic Media

The spreading of a contaminant in a heterogeneous aquifer depends on the scales of variability effectively explored by the plume. In particular, we observe two major contributions of the fluctuating velocity field in the contaminant movement: (i) the spreading caused by velocity variations of scales lesser than that of the plume size, which we will call relative spreading, and (ii) the meander-like movement of the plume as a whole caused by velocity variations of scale larger than that of the plume size. The aim of this work is to consider the effects of the finite size of the contaminant plume on the local concentration moments <C> and _C . In particular a relative concentration, which depends on the scales of variability effectively explored by the plume, is defined. First, the mathematical formulation of the problem is developed along the Lagrangian framework. In particular, the expressions for the relative mean concentration and its variance are presented. Then, the methodology is applied to the regional transport problem, where the influence of the size of the plume and the pore-scale dispersion are quantitatively assessed.