Optimization of body shape at small reynolds numbers

The problem of the optimization of the shape of a body in a stream of viscous liquid or gas was treated in [1–5]. The necessary conditions for a body to offer minimum resistance to the flow of a viscous gas past it were derived in [1], The necessary optimality conditions when the motion of the fluid is described by the approximate Stokes equations were derived in [2], The shape of a body of minimum resistance was found numerically in [3] in the Stokes approximation. The optimality conditions when the motion of the fluid is described by the Navier—Stokes equations were derived in [4, 5], and in [4] these conditions were extended to the case of a fluid whose motion is described in the boundary-layer approximation. The necessary optimality conditions when the motion of the fluid is described by the approximate Oseen equations were derived in [5] and an asymptotic analysis of the behavior of the optimum shape near the critical points was performed for arbitrary Reynolds numbers.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp, 87–93, January–February, 1978.     

Interaction of local inhomogeneities of a fluidized bed

In connection with an analysis of transport processes in fluidized beds a study is made of the steady motion of a system of local inhomogeneities of the bed porosity, which are modeled by packets of particles. The interaction of the inhomogeneities is taken into account on the basis of a cell model. The velocity fields and the pressure distributions of the solid and gas phases together with the rising and sinking velocities of the system of packets are determined in the approximation of a double continuum. The flow regimes of the fluidizing agent are investigated. It is shown that with increasing concentration of packets in the bed the velocity of their motion decreases, and the circulation region of the dispersion medium surrounding a packet or trapped within it contracts. The dependence of the rate of flow of the fluidizing agent through the transverse section of the reactor on the concentration of packets in the bed is found.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 42–49, January–February, 1991.     

Motion of bubbles in a fluidized bed

The steady-state motion of a bubble (a cavity free from suspended particles and occupied solely by the liquid phase) in a fluidized bed of uniform concentration is considered. The change in the shape of the bubble which takes place as it rises through the fluidized bed is established; the rising velocity is determined for both large and small bubbles. The basic parameter characterizing the shape of a large bubble in either a fluidized bed or a homogeneous liquid is calculated. This, in particular, enables the well-known Taylor problem of a large drop or bubble in an unlimited medium to be solved.     

Spherical particle sedimentation along an inclined plane at small reynolds numbers

At small Reynolds numbers, the gravity-driven motion of a solid spherical particle along an inclined plane in a Newtonian liquid initially at rest was studied experimentally. A comparison of the experiment with the calculations showed that motions both with and without particle-plane contact may occur. The latter cannot be explained within the Stokes approximation. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 129–136, July–August, 1998.     

Drag of a sphere in an unsteady flow of viscous fluid at small reynolds numbers

An unsteady flow of viscous incompressible fluid past a sphere is investigated. The values of the inertial and unsteady terms in the Navier-Stokes equations are characterized by translational (R) and vibrational (R_k) Reynolds numbers, which are assumed small. The solution is constructed in the form of an expansion with respect to max(R, R _k ^1/2 ) by the method of matched asymptotic expansions. A correction to the Stokes force, correct to o[max(R, R _k ^1/2 )], is calculated. It is shown that the result depends strongly on the ratio R/R _k ^1/2 and goes over into the well-known equations for the cases R 0, R_k 0.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 11–16, January–February, 1988.     

Convective diffusion in a periodic array of spheres for small reynolds numbers

It is shown that in flow past a system of spheres of radius a situated at the nodes of a cubic lattice with the period b in the direction of one of the principal translations of the lattice under the condition (a/b) · · P^1/31 (P is the Péclet number, P1), the concentration of dissolved material absorbed by the sphere surfaces diminishes logarithmically at distances large compared with b, but small compared with L=Pb²/4a. At distances considerably larger than L, the decrease is described by an exponential law which coincides with the law of concentration decrease at distances much larger than b in the case of a spatially homogeneous distribution of the spheres. We consider the flow of an incompressible fluid with the velocity U past a system of spheres of radius a. We assume that the Reynolds number R=Ua/ (where , the kinematic viscosity coefficient, is much larger than unity). Dissolved in the fluid is a material of concentration c which is absorbed by the sphere surfaces. The diffusion coefficient D is assumed to be sufficiently small for the Péclet number P=Ua/D to be much larger than unity. The spheres are situated at the nodes of a cubic lattice with the period b. As will be shown below, it is necessary that P(a/b)³1. Under these assumptions the concentration varies in a thin (of the order aP^–1/3) diffusion layer near the surface of each sphere. A diffusion wake is formed behind each sphere. The transverse dimensions of this wake for a sufficiently widely spaced lattice (aP^1/3 b) exceed the effective thickness of the diffusion boundary layer, which enables us to reduce the problem of concentration absorption on the surface of the system of spheres to the problem considered by Levich [1] concerning the convective diffusion of a material of constant constant concentration flowing past a single sphere.Hasimoto [2] considers the solution of the Stokes equation describing the motion of a viscous fluid past an array of spheres situated at the nodes of a cubic lattice. However, he does not give an expression for the velocity field applicable near the surface of some single sphere which is necessary to the solution of the diffusion problem.In the method of Lamb [3] (§336) and Burgers [4], in dealing with the flow of a viscous stream past a single sphere, one considers the equation of motion in space, including the interior of the sphere, and not just the solution of the equation in the space outside the sphere with boundary conditions at the sphere surface. At the center of the sphere one places a concentrated force and a system of multipoles whose magnitude is chosen in such a way as to ensure fulfillment of the required boundary conditions.This idea of introducing an effective potential is used in [2] to find the velocity field of a fluid flowing past an array of spheres. We propose a treatment of the effective potential method somewhat different from that of [2].The authors are grateful to V. G. Levich and V. S. Krylov for their comments.     

Flow past a sphere coated by a liquid film for small reynolds numbers

By the method of matching asymptotic expansions based on the Reynolds number [1, 2], the flow field is found and the resisting force is determined for the motion of a particle coated by a liquid film in a viscous incompressible fluid.     

Some two-dimensional flows at finite magnetic reynolds numbers

Flows at finite magnetic Reynolds numbers are characterized by a strong effect of the induced magnetic fields on the stream. In the present paper we determine the current distribution and estimate the influence of the Lorentz force component perpendicular to the stream in a two-dimensional channel with electrodes. We also estimate the influence of nonuniformities of the velocity in the stream path of an incompressible fluid when the characteristic magnetic Reynolds numbers     

Mass transfer to particle clusters and bubbles in a fluidized bed at low Reynolds numbers

The process of mass transfer to a particle cluster or bubble rising in a developed fluidized bed rapidly enough for a region of closed circulation of the fluidizing agent (cloud) to be formed is investigated in the Stokes approximation on the basis of a model of the steady-state motion of the fluid and solid phases near the cluster or bubble [1]. Within the cloud surroundinga local inhomogeneity of the fluidized bed intense mixing of the fluid phase takes place and the mass transfer between the cloud and the surrounding medium is determined by diffusion. The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to obtain an analytic solution of the problem of the concentration field and the diffusion mass flux to the surface of the cloud at small and large values of the Péclet number. The latter is determined from the relative velocity of the cluster, the radius of the cloud, and the effective diffusion coefficient. In the limiting case of zero concentration of the solid phase within the cluster the solution obtained describes the mass transfer to a bubble in the fluidized bed. A comparison is made with the corresponding results previously obtained within the framework of a model of the solid phase as an inviscid fluid [2]. It is shown that the effect of viscosity on the mass transfer to the bubble is most important at large Péclet numbers, and that the correction to the total diffusion flux to the surface of the closed circulation zone due to viscosity effects may reach 40%.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 60–67, July–August, 1986.     

Influence of slippage of a gas on the resistance of a system of parallel cylinders at small reynolds numbers

We present the results of an experimental and theoretical study of the resistance as a function of the Knudsen number for the simplest model of a filamentary filter consisting of parallel cylinders placed perpendicular to the flow.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 133–136, July–August, 1972.     

Optimal control of viscous flow at high reynolds numbers

The most promising and most highly developed method for reducing drag in aerodynamics remains control of the flow by blowing and suction. In practice the main control problems remain the reduction of separation and the protracting of the transition of the boundary layer. These problems are solved mainly by experimental methods [1]. Meanwhile the main theoretical question remains unanswered: what is the theoretical minimum drag attainable by control through blowing (or suction)? In the present study an answer is given to this question for the cage of laminar flow round a body by a viscous incompressible fluid at high Reynolds numbers.     

Laminar flow in a pipe at low and moderate reynolds numbers

Summary The laminar flow of a homogeneous viscous liquid in the inlet of a pipe is investigated numerically for a range of small and moderate Reynolds numbers where the boundary layer approximation is inapplicable. Velocity profiles and other characteristics of the flow are calculated and the results compared with approximate results obtained by other methods. The limiting case of vanishingly small Reynolds number is also treated analytically.Part of this work was performed while the second author was a summer visitor in the Applied Mathematics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (L.I.), New York.     

Properties of hypersonic separated flows at moderate reynolds numbers

The hypersonic rarefied flow past a flat plate with a transverse barrier and past a plate with a bend in the generator (a compression angle) is studied at Reynolds numbers Re≤10⁴. Direct statistical modeling (Monte Carlo method) is used to investigate the characteristics of the separated flow formed on the plate as a function of the Reynolds number, the surface temperature, the barrier dimensions, and the internal degrees of freedom of the molecules. The results obtained are compared with those for analogous high-Re flows. The possibility of using the similarity criteria derived for the continuum flow regime is considered. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 134–144, January–February, 2000. The study was carried out with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 97-01-00577) and the Program of State Support for Leading Scientific Schools (grant No. 96-15-9606).     

Calculation of oseen flows past a circular cylinder at low reynolds numbers

The velocity, pressure, vorticity and streamfunction are computed in the Oseen hydrodynamic field of an unbounded fluid past a circular cylinder in the Reynolds Number range going from 0.4 to 12. The boundary condition is satisfied by means of the method of least squares that determines suitable coefficients for Faxén series. Particular investigation is made of the wake region in which calculations are made of flow patterns, velocity and vorticity distributions. It is shown that, attached vortices arise at the rear of the cylinder at Reynolds Number Re=3.025. Calculated drag coefficients are in good agreement with known results of the works of several authors up to a Reynolds Number of 20.     

Special characteristics of the flow of a gas-liquid bubble-type mixture with small reynolds numbers

In [1, 2], as a result of measurements of the hydraulic resistance and the friction in vertical tubes, a region of the flow with anomalously high values of these quantities was disclosed. The measured values of the resistance exceed by an order of magnitude values obtained using appropriate calculating methods. This region of the flow corresponds to bubble-type flow conditions with small reduced velocities of the liquid phase. The above communications do not give a clear explanation of the observed effect. The calculating method proposed in [2], which pretends to take this effect into consideration, does not describe the experimental results of other authors, for example, the results of [1]. In the present work the limits of the existence of this set of conditions were established, and the mean and pulsational characteristics of the friction were measured. It is shown that this region of anomalously high stresses corresponds to laminar and transitional Reynolds numbers. The results of measurement of the pulsations of the friction argue the absence of flow conditions of a gas-liquid mixture without pulsations, even with very small Reynolds numbers. The article proposes the possibility of the development of the “pseudoturbulent” transverse transfer of momentum due to the oscillating motion of the bubbles in the channel. A detailed explanation of an analogous effect in the hydrodynamics of blood was given by Regirer [3].