NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COMPLICATED PIPE FLOW WITH k-εMODEL

In this paper, turbulence in a complicated pipe is simulated by using the k-ε model. The ladder-like mesh approximation is used to solve the problem of complicated boundary with the result of numerical simulation favorable. Two computational examples are given to validate the strong adaptability and stability of k-ε model.     

Nonlinear MHD Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a pipe

Nonlinear MHD Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H) instability in a pipe is treated with the derivative expansion method in the present paper. The linear stability problem was discussed in the past by Chandrasekhar (1961)^[1] and Xu et al. (1981).^[6]Nagano (1979)^[3] discussed the nonlinear MHD K-H instability with infinite depth. He used the singular perturbation method and extrapolated the obtained second order modifier of amplitude vs. frequency to seek the nonlinear effect on the instability growth rate γ. However, in our view, such an extrapolation is inappropriate. Because when the instability sets in, the growth rates of higher order terms on the right hand side of equations will exceed the corresponding secular producing terms, so the expansion will still become meaningless even if the secular producing terms are eliminated. Mathematically speaking, it's impossible to derive formula (39) when γ ₀ ² is negative in Nagano's paper.^[3]Moreover, even as early as γ ₀ ² → O⁺, the expansion becomes invalid because the 2nd order modifier γ₂ (in his formula (56)) tends to infinity. This weakness is removed in this paper, and the result is extended to the case of a pipe with finite depth. Theproject is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL AND COMMERCIAL PIPES IN TRANSITION ZONE1)

管路沿程损失是教学中要讲的内容。其中在过渡粗糙区,人工管和商业管的沿程损失系数存在差异。本文对此差异做了初步分析。从学生对此差异的理解和表面粗糙度的含义两方面探讨了表面粗糙度对此差异的影响。量化探讨表面粗糙度在过渡粗糙区的作用仍是个问题。     

Laser Doppler anemometry measurements of laminar flow in helical pipes

Three-dimensional laser Doppler anemometry measurements are performed on developed laminar flow in three helical pipes. The experimental observations are compared to results of numerical calculations employing the fully elliptic numerical method. Good agreement is found between measured data and numerical results. The three helical pipes, with curvature ratios of 0.0734 and 0.1374 and non-dimensional pitches of 0.0793 and 0.193, are adopted to study the effects of curvature and pitch on laminar flow in the experimental approach. The range of Reynolds numbers is 500–2000 to ensure laminar flow in the entire helical pipe. Both the profile shapes of the normal components of the secondary flow and those of the axial flow along the same centerline present not only similar patterns but also similar change when pitch, curvature ratio, and Reynolds number vary. The results demonstrate comprehensive relationships between the axial flow and the secondary flow.     

泡沫铝合金填充圆管三点弯曲实验研究

用实验方法研究了三种不同管壁厚度、两种跨径的泡沫铝合金填充圆管的三点弯曲力学性能,得到了泡沫铝合金填充管结构承载过程中的三种变形模式,即压入、压入弯曲和管壁下缘拉裂破坏。给出了空管和泡沫铝合金填充管的载荷位移曲线,并进行了比较。实验发现泡沫铝合金填充管结构的承载能力随泡沫铝合金密度的增大而增大,但破坏应变则随之减小。结构承载力的相对提高量随着管壁厚度的减小和跨径的增大而增大。此外,分析了泡沫铝合金提高填充管结构承载能力的机理。泡沫铝合金填充使管壁压入量和管截面抗弯刚度的损失显著减小,从而提高了结构的抗弯能力。     

油水井水泥环在冲击载荷作用下的损伤分析

 冲击整形扩径工艺是修复油水井套管损坏的常用技术，根据冲击整形的施工工艺和波 动理论，建立了套损局部位置处水泥环的损伤力学模型，以有限变形理论为基础，采用悬臂 梁力学模型，分段研究了冲击整形时钻杆屈曲的平衡位形及对套管、水泥环产生 的冲击力. 结合水泥环的应力状态, 根据脆性 材料的Mazars损伤模型，建立了水泥环的损伤力学模型. 并分析了水泥环的损伤 状态. 通过与现场测试结果对比，理论计算与实测结果误差在2.7%左右.     

Global stability analysis of a 90°-bend pipe flow

The present work investigates the stability properties of the flow in a 90°-bend pipe with curvature $\delta =R/R_c=1/3$, with R being the radius of the cross-section of the pipe and $R_c$ the radius of curvature at the pipe centreline. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) for values of the bulk Reynolds number ${\mathit{Re}}_b=U_{b}D/\nu$ between 2000 and 3000 are performed. The bulk Reynolds number is based on the bulk velocity $U_b$, the pipe diameter D, and the kinematic viscosity $\nu$. The flow is found to be steady for ${\mathit{Re}}_b⩽2500$, with two main pairs of symmetric, counter-rotating vortices in the section of the pipe downstream of the bend. The presence of two recirculation regions is detected inside the bend: one on the outer wall and the other on the inner side. For ${\mathit{Re}}_b⩾2550$, the flow exhibits a periodic behaviour, oscillating with a fundamental non-dimensional frequency $\mathit{St}=\mathit{fD}/U_b=0.23$. A global stability analysis is performed in order to determine the cause of the transition from the steady to the periodic regime. The spectrum of the linearised Navier-Stokes operator reveals a pair of complex conjugate eigenvalues with positive real part, hence the transition is ascribed to a Hopf bifurcation occurring at ${\mathit{Re}}_{b,\mathit{cr}}\approx 2531$, a value much lower than the critical Reynolds number for the flow in a torus with the same curvature. The velocity components of the unstable direct and adjoint eigenmodes are investigated, and they display a large spatial separation, most likely due to the non-normality of the linearised Navier-Stokes operator. Thus, the core of the instability, also known in the literature as the wavemaker, is sought performing an analysis of the structural sensitivity of the unstable eigenmode to spatially localised feedbacks. The region located 15° downstream of the bend inlet, on the outer wall, is the most receptive to this kind of perturbations, and thus corresponds to where the instability originates. Since this region coincides with the outer-wall separation bubble, it is concluded that the instability is linked to the strong shear by the backflow phenomena. The present results are relevant for technical applications where bent pipes are frequently used, and their stability properties have hitherto not been studied.     

Non-linear dynamics and pattern formation in a vertical fluid layer heated from the side

We study both experimentally and numerically the convective flow in a tall vertical slot with differently heated walls. The flow is investigated for the fluid with the Prandtl number Pr=26, which is large enough to ensure the traveling waves as primary instability and small enough to prevent boundary layer convection. The flow evolution is determined on the base of the visual observations, power spectra and amplitude analysis. In the numerical simulations of two- and three-dimensional flows, we accept an assumption of an infinite fluid layer. The satisfactory agreement with experiment is observed, and the sequence of convection states is discovered. It starts with a plane-parallel flow as primary solution, which becomes unstable to two counter-propagating waves. It is followed by a tertiary three-dimensional flow in the form of wavy traveling waves. As the Grashof number is increased even further, a chaotically oscillating cellular pattern consisting of the pieces of broken waves arises. The formation of a structure in the form of the vertical rolls chaotically modulated along axes concludes this complicated picture.     

Degradation effects of dilute polymer solutions on turbulent drag reduction in pipe flows

An important practical problem in the application and study of drag reduction by polymer additives is the degradation of the polymer, for instance due to intense shearing, especially in recirculatory flow systems. Such degradation leads to a marked loss of the drag-reducing capability of the polymer.Three different polymer types were tested on degradation effects in a closed pipe flow system. The polymers used were Polyox WSR-301, Separan AP-273 and Superfloc A-110, dissolved in water in concentrations of 20 wppm each. The flow system consisted of a 16.3 mm pipe of 4.25 m length. Two different pumps were used: a centrifugal pump and a disc pump. Different solution-preparation procedures were tried and the experiments were performed at different flow rates.Superfloc A-110 proved to be both the most effective drag reducer and most resistant to degradation. Because of very fast degradation, Polyox WSR-301 was found to be unsuitable for being used as a drag reducer in re-circulatory systems. The disc pump proved to be much better suited for pumping the polymer solutions than the centrifugal pump. The degradation curve of the combination Superfloc/disc pump showed a plateau-like region with reasonable drag reduction, which makes it possible to perform (laser Doppler) measurements under nearly constant circumstances during a sufficient time.     

Melnikov方法在输流管混沌运动研究中的应用

对基础简谐运动激励下两端固定输流管道的混沌运动进行了研究，推导出了系统的运动方程，确定了系统存在的平衡点及其稳定性，计算出了未扰系统的同宿轨道，并利用Melnikov方法得到了系统发生混沌运动时参数需满足的临界条件，同时还利用相平面图和：Poincare映射等方法对管道的混沌运动进行了数值模拟，通过比较发现，由Melnikov方法确定的临界参数值要稍小于数值模拟中首次观察到混沌运动时对应的临界值。