Integral equations for the generalized stokes operator: Applications to high reynolds number flows

This paper deals with a boundary integral equation for the generalized Stokes problem and its approximation by simpler integral equations when the Reynolds number tends to infinity. The two-dimensional case has been treated in [1]. This paper addresses the three-dimensional case. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Critical reynolds numbers for flows containing particles

Zusammenfassung Die Bedingungen, unter denen in der Strömung vorhandene Teilchen die kritische Reynoldszahl beeinflussen, wurden untersucht. Die Teilchen werden in laminarer Strömung instabil, wenn der vertikale Geschwindigkeitsgradient eine bestimmte Relation zum Teilchenradius bekommt. Dies ist dann der Fall, wenn der Teilchenradius ungefähr die Grössenordnung des Prandtlschen Mischungsweges oder der kleinsten Turbulenzelemente annimmt. Dies gilt für den Fall, dass Flüssigkeit und Teilchen gleiche Dichte haben. Bei ungleicher Dichte werden die Ergebnisse entsprechend modifiziert.     

Sequential and parallel algorithms for minimum flows

First, we present two classes of sequential algorithms for minimum flow problem: decreasing path algorithms and preflow algorithms. Then we describe another approach of the minimum flow problem, that consists of applying any maximum flow algorithm in a modified network. In section 5 we present several parallel preflow algorithms that solve the minimum flow problem. Finally, we present an application of the minimum flow problem.     

Inessential Combinations and Colorings of Models

We define the operations of an inessential combination and an almost inessential combination of models and theories. We establish basedness for an (almost) inessential combination of theories. We also establish that the properties of smallness and -stability are preserved upon passing to (almost) inessential combinations of theories. We define the notions of coloring of a model, colored model, and colored theory, and transfer the assertions about combinations to the case of colorings. We characterize the inessential colorings of a polygonometry.     

Solution method for MHD-problems in plasma with unconstrained magnetic reynolds number

Translated from Chislennye Metody Resheniya Obratnykh Zadach Matematicheskoi Fiziki, pp. 171–179, 1988.     

On the low Mach number limit of compressible flows in exterior moving domains

We study the incompressible limit of solutions to the compressible barotropic Navier–Stokes system in the exterior of a bounded domain undergoing a simple translation. The problem is reformulated using a change of coordinates to fixed exterior domain. Using the spectral analysis of the wave propagator, the dispersion of acoustic waves is proved by means of the RAGE theorem. The solution to the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations is identified as a limit.     

Simplified radiative models for low-Mach number reactive flows

We introduce a class of numerical models for the simulation of radiative effects in low-Mach number reactive flows. These models are based on simplified P_N approximations for radiative heat transfer, low-Mach asymptotic in the compressible flow, and reduced four-step chemical reaction for reacting species. The models presented here remove on one hand, acoustic wave propagation while retaining the compressibilty effects resulting from combustion and on the other hand, simplify the integro-differential equation for radiative transfer to a set of differential equations independent of the angle variable and compatible to those used for modelling flow and combustion. We briefly discuss the basic discretization methodology for the combined equations and its implementation in a modified projection method. We present validation computations for a two-dimensional methane/air flame in which the computational results are compared for nongray participating media.     

On inertial wave and flow structure at low Rossby number

Flow disturbances produced by the slow relative motion of an impermeable body in a large, rapidly rotating vessel are studied as an asymptotic theory for an inviscid, incompressible fluid at a small Rossby number (u _c /L1). The axial distance between the vessel wallsH is assumed to be so much larger than the body scaleL that the reduced height H/L is of unit order or greater. This flow admits a columnar structure near the body and an outer nonlinear structure of the inertial-wave type far above the forcing region, at distances along the rotation-axis (z=0(L/)). The inner boundary condition for the outer problem is provided by transferring the impermeable surface condition through the columnar structure; the outer solution in turn determines the vorticity and the solution of the columnar inner region.For thin obstacles or shallow ground topography (1), the outer solution is governed by an equation comparable to a linear one for inertial waves. The linear solutions obtained for steady transverse motion in an infinite domain () shows that, in this case, surface (perturbation) velocities are orthogonal to those in an irrotational (non-rotating) flow over the same ground topography. In the far field, i.e., ( z/L l) disturbances are confined mainly behind a wedge-shaped caustic front downstream of the rotation axis , wherein their amplitudes are comparable to , in general accord with Lighthill's result from group-velocity consideration. The field behind the caustic supports, however, lee waves extending far downstream with diminishing strength. Their wave lengths belong to orderLz/x, and therefore these waves should appear to be densely packed in the wedge-shaped region. The question on tilting of the Taylor column is delineated; the structure of the caustic zone and its upstream flow behavior are also analyzed.

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Zusammenfassung Die Strömung um einen Körper, der sich langsam in einem grossen, rotierenden Behälter bewegt, wird untersucht mit einer asymptotischen Theorie für eine reibungsfreie, inkompressible Flüssigkeit bei einer kleinen Rossby-Zahl, d.h. u _c /L1. Der axiale AbstandH zwischen den Gefässwänden wird als soviel grösser als die Körperabmessung angenommen, dass für die reduzierte Höhe =H/L 0(1) gilt. Diese Strömung erlaubt eine säulenähnliche Struktur (Taylor column) in Körpernähe und eine äussere, nichtlineare Struktur vom Wellentyp für Höhenz=0(L/) über dem Köper. Die innere Randbedingung für das äussere Problem wird erhalten, indem die Bedingung an der Wand durch die Säule verschoben wird. Die äussere Lösung bestimmt ihrerseits die Rotation und damit die Lösung im inneren, säulenartigen Bereich.Wenn Körper oder Bodenform flach sind (1), so wird die Aussenlösung durch eine Gleichung bestimmt, welche vergleichbar ist mit einer linearen Gleichung für Trägheitswellen. Lineare Lösungen werden für gleichförmige Bewegung von der Achse weg in einem unbegrenzten Bereich ) gegeben. Sie zeigen, dass die Oberflächenstromlinien orthogonal zu den Stromlinien sind, die bei rotationsfreier (nichtdrehender) Strömung über der gleichen Bodenform entstehen. Im Fernfeld ( z/L l) sind Störungen hauptsächlich auf ein keilförmiges Gebiet stromabwärts von der Rotationsachse ( ) begrenzt. In diesem Gebiet geht ihre Amplitude mit , in Uebereinstimmung mit Lighthill's Resultat, das mit der Gruppengeschwindigkeit hergeleitet wurde. Im keiförmigen Gebiet bestehen drei Familien von Lee-Wellen, welche sich mit unveränderter Stärke weit stromabwärts erstrecken. Ihre Wellenlängen gehören zur OrdnungLx/z, weshalb die Wellen im keilförmigen Bereich dicht gepackt erscheinen. Die Frage der Neigung der Taylor Säule behandelt und die Struktur des Randes vom keilförmigen Bereich wird analysiert.

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This work is dedicated to Professor Nicholas Rott on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.     

Structure of the linearized problem for compressible parallel fluid flows

We consider the linearized compressible Navier-Stokes equation near a parallel flow in a cylindrical domain restricting our study to perturbations periodic in the generatrix direction. For any parameter values, we show that the initial value linear evolution problem is solved by the direct sum of a (strictly) contraction semi-group and an analytic semi-group. Any unbounded in time solution of this linear problem comes from isolated eigenvalues with finite multiplicities, which have non negative real part, and whose imaginary part is bounded. In addition, we precise the structure of the spectrum of the generator of the semi-group, locating the essential spectrum stricly on the left side of the complex plane.

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Sunto Si linearizzano le equazioni di Navier-Stokes comprimibili attorno ad un moto lineare in un cilindro. Senza imporre restrizioni sul moto di base, si studia il problema lineare per perturbazioni periodiche nella direzione della generatrice del cilindro. Si prova che il problema di evoluzione lineare è dato dalla somma diretta di un semigruppo di stretta contrazione ed un semigruppo analitico. Ogni soluzione temporalmente non limitata deriva da autovalori isolati di molteplicità finita, aventi parte reale positiva e parte immaginaria limitata. Si studia anche la struttura dello spettro del generatore del semigruppo, costituito nel lato destro del piano complesso da autovalori di molteplicità finita, e nel lato sinistro di autovalori e da uno spettro essenziale situato su di una retta parallela all’asse immaginario.

     

A coin vibrational motor swimming at low Reynolds number

Low-cost coin vibrational motors, used in haptic feedback, exhibit rotational internal motion inside a rigid case. Because the motor case motion exhibits rotational symmetry, when placed into a fluid such as glycerin, the motor does not swim even though its oscillatory motions induce steady streaming in the fluid. However, a piece of rubber foam stuck to the curved case and giving the motor neutral buoyancy also breaks the rotational symmetry allowing it to swim. We measured a 1 cm diameter coin vibrational motor swimming in glycerin at a speed of a body length in 3 seconds or at 3 mm/s. The swim speed puts the vibrational motor in a low Reynolds number regime similar to bacterial motility, but because of the oscillations of the motor it is not analogous to biological organisms. Rather the swimming vibrational motor may inspire small inexpensive robotic swimmers that are robust as they contain no external moving parts. A time dependent Stokes equation planar sheet model suggests that the swim speed depends on a steady streaming velocity V _stream ~ Re _s ^1/2 U ₀ where U ₀ is the velocity of surface oscillations, and streaming Reynolds number Re _s = U ₀ ² /(ων) for motor angular frequency ω and fluid kinematic viscosity ν.     

Maximum number of flows in a pipeline

Unconditional pipeline computers (UPC) are studied from the viewpoint of the possibility of processing independent flows of information on them. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained which the parameters of UPC must satisfy in order that the pipeline admit K>1 independent minimum flows. Uniqueness of these flows is proved, and an effective algorithm for finding them is set forth.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 139, pp. 22–40, 1984.     

A low-Mach number model for time-harmonic acoustics in arbitrary flows

This paper concerns the finite element simulation of the diffraction of a time-harmonic acoustic wave in the presence of an arbitrary mean flow. Considering the equation for the perturbation of displacement (due to Galbrun), we derive a low-Mach number formulation of the problem which is proved to be of Fredholm type and is therefore well suited for discretization by classical Lagrange finite elements. Numerical experiments are done in the case of a potential flow for which an exact approach is available, and a good agreement is observed.     

A low-Mach number method for the numerical simulation of complex flows

A new numerical procedure which considers a modification to the artificial acoustic stiffness correction method (AASCM) is here presented, to perform simulations of low Mach number flows with the compressible Navier–Stokes equations. An extra term is added to the energy fluxes instead of using an energy source correction term as in the original model. This new scheme re-scales the speed of sound to values similar to the flow velocity, enabling the use of larger time steps and leading to a more stable numerical method. The new method is validated performing Large Eddy Simulations on test problems. The effect of a crucial numerical parameter alpha is evaluated as well as the robustness of the method to variations of the Mach number. Numerical results are compared to the existing experimental data showing that the new method achieves good agreement increasing the time-step, and therefore accelerating the computation for low-Mach convective flows.     

A completeness theorem for the linear stability problem of nearly parallel flows

A completeness/expansion theorem, analogous to that of DiPrima and Habetler (D-H), is proved for the equation governing the linear stability of nearly parallel flows, to which the D-H theorem does not apply. It is also proved that only a finite number of eigenvalues with negative real parts can occur. Both results are based on a theorem of Gohberg and Kreǐn.     

Numerical study of the basic stationary spherical couette flows at low Reynolds numbers

Previously developed iterative numerical methods with splitting of boundary conditions intended for solving an axisymmetric Dirichlet boundary value problem for the stationary Navier-Stokes system in spherical layers are used to study the basic spherical Couette flows (SCFs) of a viscous incompressible fluid in a wide range of outer-to-inner radius ratios R/r (1.1 ≤ R/r ≤ 100) and to classify such SCFs. An important balance regime is found in the case of counter-rotating boundary spheres. The methods converge at low Reynolds numbers (Re), but a comparison with experimental data for SCFs in thin spherical layers show that they converge for Re sufficiently close to Re_cr. The methods are second-order accurate in the max norm for both velocity and pressure and exhibit high convergence rates when applied to boundary value problems for Stokes systems arising at simple iterations with respect to nonlinearity. Numerical experiments show that the Richardson extrapolation procedure, combined with the methods as applied to solve the nonlinear problem, improves the accuracy up to the fourth and third orders for the stream function and velocity, respectively, while, for the pressure, the accuracy remains of the second order but the error is nevertheless noticeably reduced. This property is used to construct reliable patterns of stream-function level curves for large values of R/r. The possible configurations of fluid-particle trajectories are also discussed.     

An implicit finite volume method for the solution of 3D low Mach number viscous flows using a local preconditioning technique

This paper presents a cell-centered high order finite volume scheme for the solution of the three-dimensional (3D) Navier–Stokes equations with low Mach number. The system of non-linear equations is solved by means of a fully implicit pseudo-transient scheme. Each pseudo-time step is solved by a Newton-GMRes procedure. A local preconditioning technique is used to scale the speed of sound and to improve the system condition number for low Mach number and low cell Reynolds number. This preconditioning is applied to the AUSM+up flux vector splitting function. The method is tested on 2D and 3D low Mach number laminar flows.