Oscillations of liquid in a vessel in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped

We consider the forced and the free oscillations of a liquid partially filling a cavity in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped. The characteristics of these oscillations are studied for small deformations of the free surface. It is shown that for definite frequencies and amplitudes of two-dimensional translational motions of the parallelepiped the fundamental of the liquid oscillations is excited in the plane perpendicular to the plane of motion of the vessel. The effect of small linear damping of the liquid oscillations on the shape of the boundaries of the principal region of instability of the liquid oscillations is evaluated. Fairly large oscillations of a liquid in a cylinder were considered in [1]. The same problem for a cavity of arbitrary configuration was studied in [2]. We note also that the conclusions of the study presented here are in qualitative agreement with the basic results obtained by a somewhat different method in [3] for a cavity in the form of a right circular cylinder.     

Oscillations of an ideal liquid acted upon by subface-tension forces. Case of a doubly connected free surface

Many articles have appeared on the problems of small oscillations of an ideal liquid acted upon by surface-tension forces. Oscillations of a liquid with a single free surface are treated in [1, 2]. Oscillations of an arbitrary number of immiscible liquids bounded by equilibrium surfaces on which only zero volume oscillations are assumed possible are investigated in [3], We consider below the problem of the oscillations of an ideal liquid with two free surfaces on each of which nonzero volume disturbances are kinematically possible. The disturbances satisfy the condition of constant total volume. A method of solution is presented. The problem of axisymmetric oscillations of a liquid sphere in contact with the periphery of a circular opening is considered neglecting gravity. The first two eigenfrequencies and oscillatory modes are found.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 3, pp. 64–71, May–June, 1976.In conclusion, the author thanks F. L. Chernous'ko for posing the problem and for his attention to the work.     

Hydrodynamics in weak gravitational fields small oscillations of an ideal liquid in a cylindrical vessel

The problem of determining the frequencies and forms of small natural oscillations of an ideal liquid in a cylindrical vessel under conditions close to weightlessness is examined. It is assumed that a weak homogeneous gravitational field acts parallel to the vertical generatrix forming the cylinder. In contrast to [1], where only the first antisymmetric oscillation frequency is found for a semiinfinite cylindrical vessel, the frequencies of several axiosymmetric, antisymmetric, etc. oscillations are obtained as functions of the gravitational-field intensity and other parameters of the problem. The Ritz method is employed for two different variations of the problem, equivalent to that of oscillations of an ideal liquid under conditions of weightlessness [1–5].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 3–13, March–April, 1973.     

Free oscillations of a liquid rotating in a cylindrical vessel under conditions of weightlessness

The plane problem of determination of the natural frequencies of small oscillations of a viscous liquid rotating in a partially filled cylindrical vessel under conditions of weight-lessness is examined. If the angular velocity of vessel rotation is sufficiently low, surface forces acting on the liquid-gas boundary prove to be of the same order as the centrifugal forces and significantly affect the oscillatory frequencies. Asymptotic formulas expressing the dependence of the oscillatory frequencies on the parameters of the problem are obtained by the boundary layer method, with the assumption that the ratio of viscous to centrifugal forces is low.Khar'kov. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkostii Gaza, No. 4, pp. 3–9, July–August, 1972.     

Effect of the contact-line dynamics on the oscillations of a compressed droplet

This paper studies the natural and forced oscillations of a deformed droplet of an inviscid liquid surrounded by a different liquid and bounded in the axial direction by solid planes. In equilibrium, the droplet is a figure of revolution and the ratio of its radius to height is significant. The equilibrium contact angle between the side surface of the droplet and the solid surface is different from a right angle. The motion of the contact line is taken into account by setting an effective boundary condition. It is shown that three characteristic ranges of natural frequencies exist.     

Nonsmall liquid oscillations in a right circular cylinder

In this study we consider certain nonlinear effects which occur during oscillations of a liquid partially filling a right circular cylinder. The problem of nonlinear oscillations of a liquid in a circular cylinder has been considered in [1, 2]. The same problem has been solved in [3, 4] for arbitrary cavities by a somewhat different method.In the present paper we investigate the stability of forced oscillations of a liquid in a cylinder when the latter performs small harmonic oscillations in a plane passing through its axis.     

Parametric oscillations of liquid in communicating vessels

It is well known that a periodic change in the equilibrium or flow parameters of an incompressible liquid exerts a material influence on the hydrodynamic stability. As an example we may quote the parametric excitation of surface waves (gravitational-capillary [1], electrohydrodynamic [2], magnetohydrodynamic [3]) and the oscillations of liquid in communicating vessels [4, 5]. The chief object of the foregoing experimental investigations was that of determining the boundaries of the regions of unstable equilibrium with respect to small perturbations. In the present investigation we made an experimental study of the parametric resonance and finite-amplitude parametric oscillations arising in a liquid-filled U-tube subject to alternating vertical overloadings. We shall describe two forms of oscillations in the liquid, and we shall determine the corresponding ranges of unstable equilibrium with respect to small random perturbations (self-excitation) and also to finite-amplitude perturbations. We shall study nonlinear modes of excitation and mutual transitions between the two forms of oscillations. We shall find the ranges of existence of steady-state oscillations.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 36–42, March–April, 1976.The authors wish to thank G. I. Petrova and the participants in his seminar for useful discussions, and S. S. Grigoryan for valuable advice.     

Parametric excitation of waves on the surface of an inviscid liquid

A study is made of the stability of the equilibrium of the free surface of an infinite layer of inviscid incompressible liquid executing oscillations along the vertical axis. The problem is solved in the nonlinear formulation by series expansion with respect to the amplitude of the excitation. Soft and hard excitation regimes of the surface waves are obtained. The stability of the regimes is investigated. It is shown that the plane wave formed on the surface of the liquid is unstable.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 68–75, September–October, 1982.I thank V. A. Briskman for suggesting the problem and for constant interest in the work and also A. A. Nepomnyashchii for discussing the results.     

Effect of periodic bottom roughness on gravitational waves in a liquid

The effect of a rigid bottom of periodic form on small periodic oscillations of the free surface of a liquid is considered with the assumption of low amplitude roughness. The methodologically most significant study in this direction, [1], will be utilized. In [1] the steady-state problem for flow over an arbitrarily rough bottom was studied. Other studies have recently appeared on small free oscillations above a rough bottom. Essentially these have considered the effect of underwater obstacles and cavities on surface waves in the shallow-water approximation (for example, [2], [3]). Liquid oscillations in a layer of arbitrary depth slowly varying with length were considered in [4]. However, these results cannot be applied to the study of resonant interaction of gravitational waves with a periodically curved bottom.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 4, pp. 43–48, July–August, 1984.     

Effect of viscoelastic properties of a liquid on the dynamics of small oscillations of a gas bubble

A series of papers has been devoted to questions of gas bubble dynamics in viscoeiastic liquids. Of these papers we mention [1–4]. The radial oscillations of a gas bubble in an incompressible viscoeiastic liquid have been studied numerically in [1, 2] using Oldroyd's model [5]. Anexact solution was found in [3], and independently in [4], for the equation of small density oscillations of a cavity in an Oldroyd medium when there is a periodic pressure change at infinity. The analysis of bubble oscillations in a viscoeiastic liquid is complicated by properties of limiting transitions in the rheological equation of the medium. These properties are of particular interest for the problem under investigation. These properties are discussed below, and characteristics of the small oscillations of a bubble in an Oldroyd medium are investigated on the basis of a numerical analysis of the exact solution obtained in [3].Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 3, pp. 82–87, May–June, 1976.The authors are grateful to V. N. Nikolaevskii for useful advice and for discussing the results.     

Fluid sloshing in an ice-hole of arbitrary shape

A numerical method is proposed for determining the natural frequencies and modes of the small oscillations of an ideal fluid in a half-space bounded above by a rigid plane with an aperture of arbitrary shape. Considering the monotonic dependence of the eigenvalues on the geometry, it can be stated that the eigenvalues for a half-space are universal upper limits for the corresponding eigenvalues of tanks with an arbitrary boundary but the same free surface.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.4, pp. 108–112, July–August, 1992.     

Cylindrical equilibrium surfaces of a capillary liquid and their stability

We consider the plane problem of the equilibrium of a capillary surface. We study the stability of a two-dimensional surface with respect to plane and spatial disturbances. We give data which can be used for deciding the question of the stability of any symmetric equilibrium surface in a field of gravitational forces and in conditions of weightlessness. We solve the problems of the stability of a liquid in a rectangular and a sectorial channel and also the problem of the separation of a plane drop from a horizontal wall.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 57–68, January–February, 1976.The authors are grateful to A. D. Myshkis and A. D. Tyuptsov for their evaluation and their useful comments.     

Direct and inverse problems of oscillations of an elastoliquid layered medium

A plane problem of forced oscillations of an ideal compressible liquid bounded from above by an elastic layer with a rough lower surface and an inverse geometric problem of determining the shape of the rough lower surface of an elastic layer from the wave characteristics on the upper surface are considered. Three methods are used to solve the direct problem: the small parameter method, the boundary element method, and the Born approximation. Solving the inverse problem is reduced to solving the integral Fredholm equation of the first kind. Results of a numerical experiment are presented.     

Hydrodynamics in weak gravitational fields two-dimensional oscillations of an ideal fluid in a rectangular channel

The two-dimensional problem of determining the frequencies and modes of small natural osciliations of an ideal fluid in a rectangular channel under near-weightless conditions is considered. It is assumed that a weak gravitational field acts parallel to the vertical walls of the channel. The Ritz method is employed for the variational problem, which is equivalent to the problem of oscillations of a fluid under weightless conditions [1, 2].Khar'kov. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 3–13, September–October, 1972.     

Hydrstatics in weak force fields

Equilibrium forms of a liquid surface in weak gravitation fields have been studied in [1], As noted in [1], not all the equilibrium forms may be realized in practice, since they are not always stable. Below we consider the problem of the stability of the equilibrium state of an ideal, incompressible liquid under the influence of surface-tension forces and a potential mass force field. In solving this problem we use the principle of minimal system potential energy. The stability condition is formulated in terms of the eigenvalues of the linear boundary-value problem which arises in considering the question of the potential energy minimum. This general condition is applied to the axisymmetric problem, and, in particular, to the problem of the stability of a liquid suspended in a cylindrical vessel.In conclusion, the author wishes to thank M. A. Belyaeva for carrying out the calculations and N. D. Kopachevskii and A. D. Myshkis for their interest in the study and helpful suggestions.     

The role of divergent terms in the Frank energy of nematic liquid crystals

The effect of divergent terms in the Frank orientation energy of nematic liquid crystals on the equilibrium state of the director field is studied. Such terms have no effect on the equations of motion or on the equilibrium of the medium under consideration; however, they should be taken into account in the derivation of boundary conditions. It is shown that, in the case of boundary perturbations or in the case of polar orientation angle perturbations, the divergent terms can be considered as a surface energy for the azimuth angle (this energy is similar to the Rapini-Papoular energy). In addition, these terms may cause a deviation of the director in the plane parallel to the boundary. The equilibrium problem for a nematic liquid crystal is considered as an example in the case of small periodic boundary perturbations.     

Numerical study of convection of a liquid heated from below

The equilibrium of a liquid heated from below is stable only for small values of the vertical temperature gradient. With increase of the temperature gradient a critical equilibrium situation occurs, as a result of which convection develops. If the liquid fills a closed cavity, then there is a discrete sequence of critical temperature gradients (Rayleigh numbers) for which the equilibrium loses stability with respect to small characteristic disturbances. This sequence of critical gradients and motions may be found from the solution of the linear problem of equilibrium stability relative to small disturbances. If the temperature gradient exceeds the lower critical value, then (for steady-state heating conditions) there is established in the liquid a steady convective motion of a definite amplitude which depends on the magnitude of the temperature gradient. Naturally, the amplitude of the steady convective motion cannot be determined from linear stability theory; to find this amplitude we must solve the problem of convection with heating from below in the nonlinear formulation. A nonlinear study of the steady motion of a liquid in a closed cavity with heating from below was made in [1]. In that study it was shown that for Rayleigh numbers R which are less than the lower critical value R_c steady-state motions of the liquid are not possible. With R>R_c a steady convection arises, whose amplitude near the threshold is small and proportional to (R–R_c)^1/2 (the so-called soft instability)-this is in complete agreement with the results of the phenom-enological theory of Landau [2, 3].Primarily, various versions of the method of expansion in powers of the amplitude [4–8] have been used, and, consequently, the results obtained in those studies are valid only for values of R which are close to R_c, i. e., near the convection threshold.It is apparent that the study of developed convective motion far from the threshold can be carried out only numerically, with the use of digital computers. In [9, 10] the numerical methods have been successfully used for the study of developed convection in an infinite plane horizontal liquid layer.The present paper undertakes the numerical study of plane convective motions of a liquid in a closed cavity of square section. The complete nonlinear system of convection equations is solved by the method of finite differences on a digital computer for various values of the Rayleigh number, the maximal value exceeding by a factor of 40 the minimal critical value R_c. The numerical solution permits following the development of the steady motion which arises with R>R_c in the course of increase of the Rayleigh number and permits study of the oscillatory motions which occur at some value of the parameter R. The heat transfer through the cavity is studied. The corresponding linear problem on equilibrium stability is solved approximately by the Galerkin method.     

Hydrostatics in weak force fields. On annular figures of equilibrium of a rotating liquid and their stability

We consider the problem of annular equilibrium figures of a rotating weightless liquid, having surface tension, and their stability. This question has been studied by Charreaux (for a discussion of his results see [1]), who examined the evolution of the forms of annular equilibrium figures and showed that there exists a family of stable equilibrium shapes. However, these studies of Charreaux are incomplete, and the conclusion on the existence of stable forms is valid only for axisymmetric disturbances.In the following we examine the properties of annular equilibrium figures of a rotating liquid. From the results of numerical integration on a digital computer we construct a family of equilibrium forms and present data which permit finding the corresponding equilibrium form from the ensemble of physical parameters which define the equilibrium state. In studying the stability we use the technique of [2, 3].The results of the numerical calculation and the asymptotic representat ons show that stable annular equilibrium figures of a rotating liquid do not exist.The author wishes to thank M. A. Belyaev for compiling the program for the numerical calculation, and also N. D. Kopachevskii, A. D. Myshkis, and A. D. Tyuptsov for discussions of the results and helpful remarks.     

Oscillations of a vessel containing a viscous fluid

The oscillations of a rigid body having a cavity partially filled with an ideal fluid have been studied in numerous reports, for example, [1–6]. Certain analogous problems in the case of a viscous fluid for particular shapes of the cavity were considered in [6, 7]. The general equations of motion of a rigid body having a cavity partially filled with a viscous liquid were derived in [8]. These equations were obtained for a cavity of arbitrary form under the following assumptions: 1) the body and the liquid perform small oscillations (linear approximation applicable); 2) the Reynolds number is large (viscosity is small). In the case of an ideal liquid the equations of [8] become the previously known equations of [2–6]. In the present paper, on the basis of the equations of [8], we study the free and the forced oscillations of a body with a cavity (vessel) which is partially filled with a viscous liquid. For simplicity we consider translational oscillations of a body with a liquid, since even in this case the characteristic mechanical properties of the system resulting from the viscosity of the liquid and the presence of a free surface manifest themselves.The solutions are obtained for a cavity of arbitrary shape. We then consider some specific cavity shapes.