Metachronal propulsion of non-Newtonian viscoelastic mucus in an axisymmetric tube with ciliated walls

Cilia-induced flow of viscoelastic mucus through an idealized two-dimensional model of the human trachea is presented.The cilia motion is simulated by a metachronal wave pattern which enables the mobilization of highly viscous mucus even at nonzero Reynolds numbers.The viscoelastic mucus is analyzed with the upper convected Maxwell viscoelastic formulation which features a relaxation time and accurately captures normal stress generation in shear flows.The governing equations are transformed from fixed to wave(laboratory)frame with appropriate variables and resulting differential equations are perturbed about wave number.The trachea is treated as an axisymmetric ciliated tube.Radial and axial distributions in axial velocity are calculated via the regular perturbation method and pressure rise is computed with numerical integration using symbolic software MATHEMATICA^‘TM’.The influence of selected parameters which is cilia length,and Maxwell viscoelastic material parameter i.e.relaxation time for prescribed values of wave number are visualized graphically.Pressure rise is observed to increase considerably with elevation in both cilia length and relaxation time whereas the axial velocity is markedly decelerated.The simulations provide some insight into viscous-dominated cilia propulsion of rheological mucus and also serve as a benchmark for more advanced modeling.     

Evaluation of one‐ and two‐equation low‐Re turbulence models. Part I—Axisymmetric separating and swirling flows

This first segment of the two‐part paper systematically examines several turbulence models in the context of three flows, namely a simple flat‐plate turbulent boundary layer, an axisymmetric separating flow, and a swirling flow. The test cases are chosen on the basis of availability of high‐quality and detailed experimental data. The tested turbulence models are integrated to solid surfaces and consist of: Rodi's two‐layer k–ε model, Chien's low‐Reynolds number k–ε model, Wilcox's k–ω model, Menter's two‐equation shear‐stress‐transport model, and the one‐equation model of Spalart and Allmaras. The objective of the study is to establish the prediction accuracy of these turbulence models with respect to axisymmetric separating flows, and flows of high streamline curvature. At the same time, the study establishes the minimum spatial resolution requirements for each of these turbulence closures, and identifies the proper low‐Mach‐number preconditioning and artificial diffusion settings of a Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes algorithm for optimum rate of convergence and minimum adverse impact on prediction accuracy. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chargements axisymétriques d'un bicouche transversalement isotropeAxisymmetric loading on a transversely isotropic two-layered medium

An exact three-dimensional analysis is developped for an axisymmetric loading acting on the surface of a semi-infinite medium composed by two transversely isotropic materials. The loading is assumed to be parallel to the elastic symmetry axis of the upper layer. The solutions of a concentrated force and a uniform loading distributed on a circle are obtained by exact integral expressions. The numerical results are performed to show the anisotropic effect with isovalue curves of stress. To cite this article: C. Ruimy, M. Dahan, C. R. Mecanique 330 (2002) 469–473.     

轴对称问题的Wilson四边形单元

给出了一族轴对称问题的改进Ｗｉｌｓｏｎ元，利用强分片检验证明了其收敛性，讨论了单元函数结构·从而给出了一种构造收敛的轴对称非协调元方法·     

回转体局部空泡绕流的非线性分析

基于面元法, 通过在回转体和空泡壁面放置源汇,对回转体定长局部空泡的绕流问题进行了分析和讨论,并提出了求解回转体局部空泡绕流“正问题”的方法。计算结果表明：所给出的方法具有快速收敛的特征,第1次迭代和最终收敛时空泡壁面切向速度的误差不超过5％;随着回转体面元总数N的增加,局部空泡的空泡数σ趋于稳定;通过比较可知,该方法得到的理论估算值与实测值的一致性较好。     

弹性力学空间轴对称问题通解的研究

本文证明了横观各向同性弹性力学空间轴对称问题的通解是完备的.这里φ满足同时得到了轴对称问题一个新的完备通解这里φ满足     

A theoretical solution for axially symmetric problems in elastodynamics

This paper presents a theoretical solution for the basic equation of axisymmetric problems in elastodynamics. The solution is composed of a quasi-static solution which satisfies inhomogeneous boundary conditions and a dynamic solution which satisfies homogeneous boundary conditions. After the quasi-static solution has been obtained an inhomogeneous equation for dynamic solution is found from the basic equation. By making use of eigenvalue problem of a corresponding homogeneous equation, a finite Hankel transform is defined. A dynamic solution satisfying homogeneous boundary conditions is obtained by means of the finite Hankel transform and Laplace transform. Thus, an exact solution is obtained. Through an example of hollow cylinders under dynamic load, it is seen that the method, and the process of computing are simple, effective and accurate.     

关于轴对称Navier-Stokes方程正则性的一个注记

建立了一个关于轴对称不可压Navier-Stokes系统的正则性准则.证明了如果局部的轴对称光滑解u满足‖ωr‖_{Lα1((0,T);Lβ1)}+‖ωθ/r‖_{Lα2((0,T);Lβ2)}<∞,其中2/α₁+3/β₁≤1+3/β₁,2/α₂+3/β₂≤2和β₁≥3, β₂>3/2,那么此强解将保持光滑性直至时刻T.     

三维空间中带非线性阻尼项的等熵欧拉方程组轴对称解的爆破

研究了三维空间中带非线性阻尼项的可压缩等熵欧拉方程组Dirichlet初边值问题.采用泛函方法,定义几种不同的泛函,当初始速度足够大时分别得到了经典解在某一时间内必定爆破的结论.由于出现了非线性阻尼项,较之线性阻尼的情形,经典解爆破的难度随之增加.     

在轴向应力波传播和反射过程中弹性有限长圆柱壳非对称动态屈曲

本文讨论弹性有限长圆柱壳端部受冲击载荷作用，在轴向应力波传播和反射过程中的非对称动态屈曲问题。通过建立和求解扰动方程得到了动态屈曲的分叉条件，临界载荷和屈曲模态。数值结果表明：当壳壁厚不很薄时，轴对称屈曲临界载荷比非轴对称临界载荷高；反之，轴对称临界载荷会比非对称临界载荷低；由于应力波的反射，临界载荷降低，因而更容易发生屈曲，屈曲模态也有其不同特点。