Coriolis Effect on the Linear Stability of Convection in a Porous Layer Placed Far Away from the Axis of Rotation

The linear stability theory is used to investigate analytically the Coriolis effect on centrifugally driven convection in a rotating porous layer. The problem corresponding to a layer placed far away from the axis of rotation was identified as a distinct case and therefore justifying special attention. The stability of the basic centrifugally driven convection is analysed. The marginal stability criterion is established as a characteristic centrifugal Rayleigh number in terms of the wavenumber and the Taylor number.     

Transformation of a breaking wave at a drop of a channel bottom

This paper gives results of an experimental study of incident and reflected waves of the bore type in the neighborhood of a sharp change in the channel bed level. It is shown that under conditions typical of accidents at ship locks, the wave height can reach 8 m.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 115–121, March–April, 2005.     

点支承四边自由各向异性平行四边形板自由振动、屈曲和弯曲分析

一个精确的重富立叶级数解析解用于分析四边形自由的点支横观各向异性平行四边形板的自由振动、屈曲和弯曲。解析解用叠加法得到,此解收敛迅速。与现有结果的比较证实了由本法得到的解析解的精确性。文后用图表给出高精度的自由振动、屈曲和弯曲计算结果。     

用于稠油输送的新蒸汽引射器

介绍一种自行研制的蒸汽引射器，蒸汽以自由射流形式注入到输油管中，利用蒸汽释放的热量提高稠油温度以降低黏度，从而达到低输送压降的目的。该引器具有加热效率高，防止稠油堵塞管线等优点，引射器已在辽河油田输油管线上进行了现场实验，取得了很好的效果。     

面向对象的无单元法

介绍了一种用C 进行的面向对象无单元方法程序设计;定义了一些关键的类并将有些类设计成类等级,从而建立了包含权函数、基函数和形函数在内的面向对象无单元法程序类库,在此过程中考虑了无单元法与有限元法的某些联系,保留并重用了面向对象有限元法程序中的一些类。本文提供了一种无单元法大型分析软件开发新途径。     

Effect of acoustic disturbances on a free convective flow

A gas-dynamic flow in an axisymmetric convective jet is studied experimentally. It is demonstrated that the jet flow with Grashof numbers Gr = (0.4–2.0) · 10⁶ is self-similar. Acoustic oscillations directed perpendicular to the axis of symmetry transform the profiles of the gas-flow parameters; two temperature maximums located outside the axis can appear. The results obtained indicate that flow instability is generated in high-gradient regions. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 27–33, September–October, 2006.     

一端弹性支撑的串列双柱和并列双柱在气流中自由端的振幅响应

本文研究了一端弹性支撑的并列双柱和串列双圆柱在气流中自由端的振幅响应，与单圆柱相比，在小间距时，串列双圆柱中前柱的横向振幅受到较强的激励。而在大间距时，振幅受到抑制，特别当Ｌ／Ｄ＝３．５和４．０时，其振幅响应仅为单柱的１／３左右，而对于后柱，则在大间距时，纵向振幅响应有所增大，而且后柱的振幅响应要比前柱的大得多，而并列双圆柱的自由端振幅基本上受到抑制，在Ｔ／Ｄ＞３．０之后，干扰很快减小到接近单个圆     

FREE VIBRATION OF ANISOTROPIC RECTANGULAR PLATES BY GENERAL ANALYTICAL METHOD

According to the differential equation for transverse displacement function of anisotropic rectangular thin plates in free vibration, a general analytical solution is established. This general solution, composed of the composite solutions of trigonometric function and hyperbolic function, can satisfy the problem of arbitrary boundary conditions along four edges. The algebraic polynomial with double sine series solutions can also satisfy the problem of boundary conditions at four corners. Consequently, this general solution can be used to solve the vibration problem of anisotropic rectangular plates with arbitrary boundaries accurately. The integral constants can be determined by boundary conditions of four edges and four corners. Each natural frequency and vibration mode can be solved by the determinate of coefficient matrix from the homogeneous linear algebraic equations equal to zero. For example, a composite symmetric angle ply laminated plate with four edges clamped has been calculated and discussed.     

Numerical solution of Navier–Stokes equations using multiquadric radial basis function networks

A numerical method based on radial basis function networks (RBFNs) for solving steady incompressible viscous flow problems (including Boussinesq materials) is presented in this paper. The method uses a ‘universal approximator’ based on neural network methodology to represent the solutions. The method is easy to implement and does not require any kind of ‘finite element‐type’ discretization of the domain and its boundary. Instead, two sets of random points distributed throughout the domain and on the boundary are required. The first set defines the centres of the RBFNs and the second defines the collocation points. The two sets of points can be different; however, experience shows that if the two sets are the same better results are obtained. In this work the two sets are identical and hence commonly referred to as the set of centres. Planar Poiseuille, driven cavity and natural convection flows are simulated to verify the method. The numerical solutions obtained using only relatively low densities of centres are in good agreement with analytical and benchmark solutions available in the literature. With uniformly distributed centres, the method achieves Reynolds number Re = 100 000 for the Poiseuille flow (assuming that laminar flow can be maintained) using the density of , Re = 400 for the driven cavity flow with a density of and Rayleigh number Ra = 1 000 000 for the natural convection flow with a density of . Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Weak Nonlinear Analysis of Moderate Stefan Number Oscillatory Convection in Rotating Mushy Layers

We consider the solidification of a binary alloy in a mushy layer subject to Coriolis effects. A near-eutectic approximation and large far-field temperature is employed in order to study the dynamics of the mushy layer with a Stefan number of unit order of magnitude. The weak nonlinear theory is used to investigate analytically the Coriolis effect in a rotating mushy layer for a new moderate time scale proposed by the author. It is found that increasing the Taylor number favoured the forward bifurcation.