Internal flow of acoustically levitated drops undergoing sectorial oscillations

We present the experimental observation and theoretical analysis of fluid flow in acoustically levitated water drop undergoing sectorial oscillations. The fluid always flows between the extended sections and the compressed sections. The magnitude of fluid velocity decreases from the equatorial fringe to the centre of levitated drop. The maximum fluid velocity is 60-160 mm/s and the Reynolds number of the oscillations is estimated to be 137-367. The internal flow of the drop is analyzed as potential flow, and the fluid velocity is found to be horizontal. In the equatorial plane, the calculated stream lines and velocity profiles agree well with the experimental observations.     

Study on Transient Properties of Levitated Object in Near-FieldAcoustic Levitation

A new approach to the study on the transient properties of the levitated object in near-field acoustic levitation (NFAL) is presented. In this article, the transient response characteristics, including the levitated height of an object with radius of 24 mm and thickness of 5 mm, the radial velocity and pressure difference of gas at the boundary of clearance between the levitated object and radiating surface (squeeze film), is calculated according to several velocity amplitudes of radiating surface. First, the basic equations in fluid areas on Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler (ALE) form are numerically solved by using streamline upwind
petrov galerkin (SUPG) finite elements method. Second, the formed algebraic equations and solid control equations are solved by using synchronous
alternating method to gain the transient messages of the levitated object and gas in the squeeze film. Through theoretical and numerical analyses, it
is found that there is a oscillation time in the transient process and that the response time does not simply increase with the increasing of velocity
amplitudes of radiating surface. More investigations in this paper are helpful for the understanding of the transient properties of levitated
object in NFAL, which are in favor of enhancing stabilities and responsiveness of levitated object.     

Internal circulation in a drop in an acoustic field

An investigation of the internal flow field for a drop at the antinode of a standing wave has been carried out. The main difference from the solid sphere case is the inclusion of the shear stress and velocity continuity conditions at the liquid-gas interface. To the leading order of calculation, the internal flow field was found to be quite weak. Also, this order being fully time dependent has a zero mean flow. At the next higher order, steady internal flows are predicted and, as in the case of a solid sphere, there is a recirculating layer consisting of closed streamlines near the surface. In the case of a liquid drop, however, the behavior of this recirculating Stokes layer is quite interesting. It is predicted that the layer ceases to have recirculation when [formula: see text], where [symbol: see text] is the liquid viscosity, mu is the exterior gas-phase viscosity, and M is the dimensionless frequency parameter for the gas phase, defined by M = i omega a2 rho/mu, with a being the drop radius. Thorough experimental confirmation of this interesting new development needs to be conducted. Although it seems to agree with many experiments with levitated drops where no recirculating layer has been clearly observed, a new set of experiments for specifically testing this interesting development need to be carried out.     

脉冲电子束荧光技术测量稀薄流场速度研究

脉冲电子束荧光测速技术是一种直接测量稀薄流场速度的非接触手段,以Φ0.3 m高超声速低密度风洞Ma=12型面喷管为对象,在总压2 MPa、总温650 K的状态下,测量了喷管出口150 mm截面的径向速度分布,各点的7次测量结果表明重复性偏差约为10％,最大相对不确定度为4％,中心位置的速度与Pitot管测压技术、Ray...     

浆氮制备及其管内流动特性的实验研究

本文对冻结一融化法制备浆氮进行了研究,考查了真空泵抽速及冻结、融化时间对浆氮性质的影响,得到了制备含有细小固氮颗粒浆氮的方法。并研究了浆氮在内径10 mm的水平长直圆管中的流动性质。实验结果表明,当真空泵抽速大于4 L/s且冻结与融化时间分别为10 s与5 s时制备效率高且生成的固氮颗粒直径约1 mm。浆氮在水平圆管内流动时单位长度的压降略高于液相压降,且随流速和固相体积分数的增加而增加,在低速时固相体积分数对流动压降有明显影响。     

电磁悬浮条件下液态Fe_(50)Cu_(50)合金的对流和凝固规律研究

基于轴对称电磁悬浮模型,理论计算了二元Fe_(50)Cu_(50)合金熔体内部的磁感应强度和感应电流,分析了其时均洛伦兹力分布特征,进一步耦合Navier-Stokes方程组计算求解了合金熔体内部流场分布规律.计算结果表明,电磁悬浮状态下合金内部流场呈现环形管状分布,并且电流强度、电流频率或合金过冷度的增加,均会导致熔体内部流动速率峰值减小,平均流动速率增大,并使流动速率大于100 mm·s~(-1)区域显著增大.通过与静态凝固实验对比发现,电磁悬浮条件下熔体中强制对流使得合金内部富Fe和富Cu区的相界面呈波浪状起伏形貌,并且富Cu相颗粒在熔体上部分出现的概率增加.     

声悬浮液滴的表面毛细波及八阶扇谐振荡

采用声悬浮方法研究了自由液滴表面的毛细波形成机理,并利用主动调制声场技术激发了液滴的八阶扇谐振荡.实验结果表明,当声场调制频率接近液滴本征频率的两倍时,液滴将由轴对称受迫振荡向非轴对称扇谐振荡模态转变.实验与理论分析证实,参数共振是毛细波与扇谐振荡的形成原因.扇谐振荡的本征频率随液滴赤道半径的增大而减小,可通过修正的Rayleigh方程来描述. 关键词： 声悬浮 液滴 毛细波 扇谐振荡     

Parametric resonance in acoustically levitated water drops

Liquid drops can be suspended in air with acoustic levitation method. When the sound pressure is periodically modulated, the levitated drop is usually forced into an axisymmetric oscillation. However, a transition from axisymmetric oscillation into sectorial oscillation occurs when the modulation frequency approaches some specific values. The frequency of the sectorial oscillation is almost exactly half of the modulation frequency. It is demonstrated that this transition is induced by the parametric resonance of levitated drop. The natural frequency of sectorial oscillation is found to decrease with the increase of drop distortion extent.     

On the horizontal wobbling of an object levitated by near-field acoustic levitation

A circular planar object can be levitated with several hundreds of microns by ultrasonic near-field acoustic levitation (NFAL). However, when both the sound source and the levitated object are circularly shaped and the center of the levitated object does not coincide with the source center, instability problem often occurs. When this happens, it becomes difficult to pick up or transport the object for the next process. In this study, when the center of the levitated object was offset from the source center, the moving direction of the levitated object was predicted by using the time averaged potential around the levitated object. The wobbling frequency of the levitated object was calculated by analyzing the nonlinear wobbling motion of the object. It was shown that the predicted wobbling frequencies agreed with measured ones well. Finally, a safe zone was suggested to avoid the unstable movement of an object.     

Numerical Simulation Study on Flow Laws and Heat Transfer of Gas Hydrate in the Spiral Flow Pipeline with Long Twisted Band

The natural gas hydrate plugging problems in the mixed pipeline are becoming more and more serious. The hydrate plugging has gradually become an important problem to ensure the safety of pipeline operation. The deposition and heat transfer characteristics of natural gas hydrate particles in the spiral flow pipeline have been studied. The DPM model (discrete phase model) was used to simulate the motion of solid particles, which was used to simulate the complex spiral flow characteristics of hydrate in the pipeline with a long twisted band. The deposition and heat transfer characteristics of gas hydrate particles in the spiral flow pipeline were studied. The velocity distribution, pressure drop distribution, heat transfer characteristics, and particle settling characteristics in the pipeline were investigated. The numerical results showed that compared with the straight flow without a long twisted band, two obvious eddies are formed in the flow field with a long twisted band, and the velocities are maximum at the center of the vortices. Along the direction of the pipeline, the two vortices move toward the pipe wall from near the twisted band, which can effectively carry the hydrate particles deposited on the wall. With the same Reynolds number, the twisted rate was greater, the spiral strength was weaker, the tangential velocity was smaller, and the pressure drop was smaller. Therefore, the pressure loss can be reduced as much as possible with effect of the spiral flow. In a straight light flow, the Nusselt number is in a parabolic shape with the opening downwards. At the center of the pipe, the Nusselt number gradually decreased toward the pipe wall at the maximum, and at the near wall, the attenuation gradient of the Nu number was large. For spiral flow, the curve presented by the Nusselt number was a trough at the center of the pipe and a peak at 1/2 of the pipe diameter. With the reduction of twist rate, the Nusselt number becomes larger. Therefore, the spiral flow can make the temperature distribution more even and prevent the large temperature difference, resulting in the mass formation of hydrate particles in the pipeline wall. Spiral flow has a good carrying effect. Under the same condition, the spiral flow carried hydrate particles at a distance about 3–4 times farther than that of the straight flow.     

Velocity and rotation measurements in acoustically levitated droplets

The velocity scale inside an acoustically levitated droplet depends on the levitator and liquid properties. Using Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV), detailed velocity measurements have been made in a levitated droplet of different diameters and viscosity. The maximum velocity and rotation are normalized using frequency and amplitude of acoustic levitator, and droplet viscosity. The non-dimensional data are fitted for micrometer- and millimeter-sized droplets levitated in different levitators for different viscosity fluids. It is also shown that the rotational speed of nanosilica droplets at an advanced stage of vaporization compares well with that predicted by exponentially fitted parameters.     

液滴低速撞击润湿球面现象观测分析

采用高速摄像仪以10000 帧/s的拍摄速度对液滴低速撞击润湿球体表面过程进行了实验观测, 分析了液滴撞击后的反弹、局部反弹和铺展等现象, 考察了黏度对撞击过程的影响; 在此基础上, 定量讨论了液滴铺展特征参数随撞击速度、球体直径和黏度的变化规律. 观测发现: 黏度较大且撞击速度较低时, 撞击后可能出现反弹和局部反弹, 黏度较小时则不发生; 铺展面积随撞击速度的增大而增大; 黏度增大时, 铺展因子减小; 在球体直径为4–20 mm范围内, 随着球体直径的增加, 铺展因子呈上升趋势. 关键词： 液滴撞击 润湿球面 铺展 黏度     

微柱群阻力特性实验研究

以去离子水为工质,流经直径为0.5 aim,高度分别为1.0 mm、0.75 mm、0.5 mm和0.25 mm的圆柱组成的柱群板,其宽度与长宽分别为3.5 mm和40 mm,测量通道进出口压差及流量,研究微柱群内部分别在叉排和顺排时液体流动的阻力特性.研究表明,微柱群内流动阻力系数f,随Re数的增大而逐渐减小,当Re数大于500时,f基本不变;微柱高度和直径之间存在一个有利于流动的最佳比例,该值介于1到1.5之间;顺排微柱群的f明显小于叉排微柱群,其,值为叉排微柱群的0.5倍.     

Acoustic levitation and its application in estimation of high power sound field

Acoustic levitation has been studied using airborne radiation from a high power magnetostrictive ferrite transducer of frequency 18 kHz. Spherical solid objects as well as liquid drops of varying weight and radii have been levitated under I G at the velocity antinodes of the standing waves formed with the help of a reflector. The dependence of the maximum weight of a spherical object that can be levitated on the sound pressure level and the radius of the obstacle has been studied. An attempt has been made to estimate the radiated high power sound intensity from the maximum weight of the spherical object that can be levitated.     

超高速发射中缓冲层材料对钽飞片速度影响的数值分析

 在超高速发射技术研究中,缓冲层材料起着十分重要的作用。通过数值计算,分析了TPX缓冲层材料的厚度对高阻抗钽飞片超高速发射速度的影响,给出了最优的缓冲层材料厚度,对于0.3和0.5 mm厚的钽飞片,选取不同厚度的TPX缓冲层材料,钽飞片中心速度的相对误差达到5%～6%;为了比较不同缓冲层材料对钽飞片速度的影响,还给出了相同厚度的TPX和Lexan材料作缓冲层时,钽飞片的中心速度和压力历史的二维计算结果。     

一种内螺纹强化管的冷凝实验研究

实验研究了环保替代制冷工质R410A、R22在水平强化管内冷凝换热特性,探索了热流密度、水流速度对换热特性、压降的影响。实验测试管为内螺纹强化管,长度为5.2 m,外径为9.52 mm。实验结果表明:制冷剂R410A、R22的传热系数和压降随热流密度的增大而增大,同时内螺纹管的换热系数还随管外冷却水流量的增加而升高,压降随冷凝温度的升高而降低,而R410A比R22有更好的换热效率和较小的压降。     

Non-Axisymmetric Oscillation of Acoustically Levitated Water Drops at Specific Frequencies

A category of non-axisymmetric oscillations of acoustically levitated water drops was observed. These oscillations can be qualitatively described by superposing a sectorial oscillating term upon the initial oblate shape resulting from the effect of acoustic radiation pressure. The oscillation frequencies are around 25 Hz for the 2-lobed mode and exactly 50 Hz for the 3- and 4-1obed modes. These oscillations were excited by the disturbance from the power supply. For the same water drop, higher mode oscillations were observed with more oblate initial shape, indicating that the eigenfrequencies of these non-axisymmetric oscillations decrease with increasing initial distortion. The maximum velocity and acceleration within the oscillating drop can attain 0.3 m·s^-1 and 98.7 m·s^-2 respectively, resulting in strong fluid convection and enhanced heat and mass transfer.     

高温瞬态超音速喷流OH分子示踪速度测量

 介绍了研制的小型脉冲高温超音速流场模拟装置。利用OH分子示踪速度测量技术,对实验室建立的小型脉冲高温超音速流场模拟装置产生的喷流速度分布进行了诊断。通过改变测量对应于喷流的空间位置光路调节,改变193 nm激光线相对于喷流的空间位置,分别得到了喷流不同区域的OH分子示踪速度图像,根据图像计算了测量位置喷流沿轴线方向的速度分量的分布情况。结果显示：喷流在压缩区的速度比在膨胀区低得多;在压缩初期区域喷流中心部分速度明显高于两侧部分,而在二次膨胀区域喷流中心部分速度低于两侧部分。     

Flow characteristics of a single stage EHD gas pump in circular tube

Characteristics of flow induced by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) gas pumps in circular pipe have been experimentally evaluated. Two tube diameters (61.8 mm and 127.8 mm) and two electrode gap distances (25 mm and 50 mm) have been considered. The gas pumps use eight evenly spaced emitting electrodes which are flush mounted on the tube wall. As such, flows induced by the pumps have a profile with a higher velocity near the wall and a lower velocity at the tube center. Experiments are conducted using positive corona discharge with voltage varying from 17.5 kV to 30 kV. The results show that the volume flow rate increases with the applied voltage but approaches an asymptotic value before sparkover takes place. From the present results, several important implications for the practical engineering applications are presented.     

5×5棒束CFD模拟计算域和网格标准

采用不可压N-S方程、标准k-ε湍流模型、SIMPLE算法,对某压水堆的两跨距5×5燃料组件的水循环区域流动进行数值分析.对比流道横截面上的压降、速度及其横向分量的相对误差,得到计算域的进出口段长度、网格形式、网格尺寸的选取标准.结果显示：计算域的进口段、出口段长度不宜过短或过长,分别为2.0倍、2.3~2.8倍格架中心距长度;格架区宜采用非结构蜂窝网格,光棒区宜采用结构网格;格架区网格尺寸可取0.3 mm,最大不宜超过0.35 mm,而结构网格横向尺寸可取0.3 mm~0.5 mm,纵向稀疏比应小于1.5为宜.满足上述标准,数值分析能保证较高的可信度,同时保持可接受的计算量.