具有水平流动的对流斑图成长和动力学特性

采用二维流体力学基本方程组对Prandtl数Pr=0.72具有水平流动的对流斑图成长和动力学特性进行了数值模拟.结果说明,对于给定的相对Rayleigh数Ra_r=5(Rayleigh数Ra=8 540)和Reynolds数Re=22.5,行波对流斑图的成长分为三个阶段,即对流发展阶段、指数成长阶段、周期变化阶段(过渡调整区、稳定周期变化区).行波对流的平均波数随着时间的发展或者对流斑图的成长而减小.随着相对Rayleigh数的增加,行波对流的指数成长阶段的时间变短,对流最大垂直流速的成长率变大.对于水平流动Re=5时,对流最大垂直流速的成长率γ_m与Ra_r的关系为γ_m=0.004 8Ra~(6.065 3)_r.在周期变化阶段,经过行波对流斑图和对流参数的过渡调整区后,对流进入斑图和对流参数的稳定周期变化区.对于给定的Ra_r=5时,行波对流的无量纲周期T_t随着Re变化的关系式为T_t=0.001 4Re~(2.363 5).     

一种新的混合流体对流竖向镜面对称对传波斑图

利用SIMPLE算法对混合流体对流的流体力学基本方程组进行了数值模拟,在混合流体分离比ψ=－0.6和矩形腔体长高比Γ=20的情况下,首次发现了一种新的竖向镜面对称对传波斑图,并初步探讨了它的动力学特性.竖向镜面对称对传波斑图的中心为驻波,随着时间的发展驻波的波长伸长.当波长增加到某个临界值时,一个滚动分裂成两个滚动,在这两个滚动之间产生一个具有180°相位差的新滚动.位于中心线上的滚动只有相位的突变及其波长的压缩或者伸长,没有对流滚动的移动,在它的两侧是向左右传播的对流滚动.驻波两次相位突变形成一个周期,驻波周期随着相对Rayleigh(瑞利)数Ra_r的增加而增加.这种对流结构存在于相对Rayleigh数Ra_r∈(3.6,4.3]的范围.当相对Rayleigh数Ra_r≤3.6时,系统出现具有缺陷的行波斑图;当Ra_r>4.3时系统过渡到行波斑图.说明竖向镜面对称对传波斑图是存在于具有缺陷的行波斑图和行波斑图之间的一种稳定的对流斑图.     

倾斜层中的对流斑图及其临界条件

通过二维流体力学基本方程的数值模拟，探讨了Prandtl(普朗特)数Pr=6.99时，倾斜矩形腔体中的对流斑图和斑图转换的临界条件.根据倾角θ和相对Rayleigh(瑞利)数Ra_r的变化，倾斜矩形腔体中的对流斑图可以分为:单滚动圈对流斑图、充满腔体的多滚动圈对流斑图和过渡阶段的多滚动圈对流斑图.当θ一定时，随着Ra_r的减小，系统由充满腔体的多滚动圈对流斑图过渡到单滚动圈对流斑图.这时，对流振幅A和Nusselt(努塞尔)数Nu随着Ra_r的增加而增加.当Ra_r=9时，随着θ的增加，系统由充满腔体的多滚动圈对流斑图过渡到单滚动圈对流斑图，这时对流振幅A随着θ的增加而减小，Nusselt数Nu随着θ的增加而增加.在θ_c-Ra_r平面上对多滚动圈到单滚动圈对流斑图过渡的模拟结果表明， 在Ra_r=2时, 腔体中没有发现多滚动圈对流斑图.在Ra_r为2.5左右时，腔体中出现多滚动圈到单滚动圈对流斑图的过渡.当多滚动圈到单滚动圈对流斑图过渡的临界倾角θ_c<10°时，θ_{c随着Rar的减小而增加.当θc>10°时，θc随着Rar的增加而增加，在Rar≤5时，θc随着Rar的增加而迅速增加；当Rar>5时，θc随着Rar的增加而缓慢增加.θc与Rarθ的关系与Rar类似}     

趋旋性微生物在幂律流体饱和水平多孔层中的热-生物对流稳定性分析

基于趋旋性微生物和幂律流体模型,研究了在含有非Newton流体饱和多孔介质中生物对流的线性稳定性问题.利用Galerkin数值方法求解了该系统的控制方程,得到生物Rayleigh数的数值解,讨论了非Newton流体的幂律指数对生物对流稳定性在假塑性流体和膨胀性流体间的变化规律.研究结果表明,随着幂律流体的速度增大,幂律指数对生物对流稳定性的影响会发生变化,并且这种变化会受到热Rayleigh数和生物Lewis数的影响.另外,微生物趋旋性特征越明显,生物对流系统就越不稳定,而适当增大非Newton流体的幂律指数则有利于系统的稳定性.     

侧向加热腔体中的多圈型对流斑图

基于流体力学方程组的数值模拟,研究了倾角θ=90°时侧向加热的大高宽比腔体中的对流斑图.对于Prandtl数Pr=6.99的流体,在相对Rayleigh数2≤Ra r≤25的范围内,腔体中发生的是单圈型对流斑图.对于Pr=0.0272的流体,取Ra r=13.9,随着计算时间的发展,腔体中由最初的单圈型对流斑图过渡到多圈型对流斑图,这是出现在侧向加热大高宽比腔体中的新型对流斑图.对不同Ra r情况的计算结果表明,Ra r对对流斑图的形成存在明显的影响.当Ra r≤4.4时是单圈型对流滚动;当Ra r=8.9~11.1时是过渡状态;当Ra r≥13.9时是多圈型对流滚动.对流最大振幅和Nusselt数Nu随着相对Rayleigh数的增加而增加.该对流斑图与Pr=6.99时对流斑图的比较说明,对流斑图的形成依赖于Prandtl数.     

平均温度分布随时间变化时的Bénard对流

本文假定上、下平板之间温差随时间按指数规律变化,研究当界于两平板之间流体层的平均温度分布随时间变化时的Bénard对流,文中将临界Rayleigh数当作时间的函数,并将其按小参数展开成级数。在时间远离零点时,得到临界Rayleigh数的一个近似到二阶的非常简单的表达式。     

流变学流体的蠕动传输:食道中食物块的运动模型

研究食道中蠕动传输的流体力学.对任意的波形和任意的管道长度,建立起流变学流体蠕动传输的数学模型.用粘性流体的Ostwald-de Waele幂定律,描述非Newton流体的流动特性.解析公式化模型,详细且精确地给出食物块在食道中蠕动传输相关的一些重要性质.分析中应用了润滑理论,本研究特别适合于Reynolds数不大的情况.将食道看作环形的管道,通过食道壁周期性的收缩来传输食物块.就单个波和周期性收缩一组波的传播,研究与传输过程有关变量的变化,如压力、流速、食物颗粒轨迹以及流量等.局部压力的变化,对流变指数n有着高度的敏感性.研究结果清晰地表明,食物块在食道中蠕动传输时,Newton流体或流变学流体构成的连续流体,以组合波传播比大间隔单波传播,传输效率要高得多.     

微通道周期流动电位势及电粘性效应

求解了双电层的Poisson-Boltzmann方程和流体运动的Navier-Stokes方程,得到在周期压差作用下,二维微通道的周期流动电位势,流动诱导电场和液体流动速度的解析解．量纲分析表明,流体电粘性力与以下3个参数有关:1) 电粘性数,它表示定常流动时,通道最大电粘性力与压力梯度的比;2) 形状函数,它表示电粘性力在通道横截面的分布形态; 3) 耦合系数,它表示电粘性力的振幅衰减特征和相位差．分析结果表明,微通道周期流动诱导电场、流动速度与频率Reynolds数有关．在频率Reynolds数小于1时,流动诱导电场随频率Reynolds数变化很慢．在频率Reynolds数大于1时,流动诱导电场随频率Reynolds数的增加快速衰减．在通道宽度与双电层厚度比值较小情况下,电粘性效应对周期流动速度和流动诱导电场有重要影响．     

多孔介质复合方腔双扩散混合对流LBM模拟

基于CLBGK模型,通过引入浓度分布函数,利用格子Boltzmann方法对顶盖驱动的复合方腔内的双扩散混合对流现象进行了研究,复合方腔由多孔介质区域和纯流体空间组成.在Richardson(理查德森)数Ri=1.0,Lewis(路易斯)数Le=2.0,Grashof(格拉晓夫)数Gr=104和Prandtl(普朗特)数Pr=0.7时,分析了孔隙尺度下多孔介质层不同位置及浮升力比（-5.0≤N≤5.0）对复合方腔双扩散混合对流的影响.给出了浮升力比N及多孔介质层位置影响下的高温高浓度壁面上的平均Nusselt(努赛尔)数Nu_av、平均Sherwood(舍伍德)数Sh_av及当地Nusselt数Nu_local和Sherwood数Sh_local的分布规律.     

具有非局部效应的时滞SEIR系统的周期行波解

该文研究了一类具有非局部效应和非线性发生率的时滞SEIR系统的周期行波解.首先,定义基本再生数R₀并构造适当的上下解,将周期行波解的存在性转化为闭凸集上非单调算子的不动点问题,利用Schauder不动点定理结合极限理论建立该系统周期行波解的存在性.其次,利用反证法结合比较原理,建立当基本再生数R₀<1时该系统周期行波解的不存在性.     

Solution of the boussinesq equations by the finite element method

A finite element procedure is presented for the calculation of two-dimensional transient convective/conductive heat transfer in a fluid region. The governing equations are expressed in terms of the primitive variables; the flow is assumed to be laminar, and the fluid incompressible within the Boussinesq approximation. Three typical problems are examined: flow through a sudden enlargement, natural convection in rectangular enclosures, and natural convection between horizontal concentric cylinders. An assessment of the characteristics of the flow regime is made in association with varying dimensionless Prandtl and Rayleigh numbers, as well as cavity aspects ratios. The upper limit for the Rayleigh number in the present paper is 10⁷. Wherever possible, the results are compared with existing solutions obtained by other numerical methods.     

Thermal convection in a simple fluid with fading memory

The problem of thermal convection in a viscoelastic fluid with fading memory is studied. After describing what is meant by a fluid with fading memory, we establish existence and uniqueness for the linearized thermal convection written in an arbitrary bounded domain of the three-dimensional space. Finally, we derive conditions on the Rayleigh number, which guarantee the exponential decay in the linearized stability problem.     

On the linear stability analysis of a Maxwell fluid with double-diffusive convection

The problem of double-diffusive convection and cross-diffusion in a Maxwell fluid in a horizontal layer in porous media is re-examined using the modified Darcy–Brinkman model. The effect of Dufour and Soret parameters on the critical Darcy–Rayleigh numbers is investigated. Analytical expressions of the critical Darcy–Rayleigh numbers for the onset of stationary and oscillatory convection are derived. Numerical simulations show that the presence of Dufour and Soret parameters has a significant effect on the critical Darcy–Rayleigh number for over-stability. In the limiting case some previously published results are recovered.     

Influence of surface mass transfer on mixed convection flows over non-isothermal horizontal flat plates

Non-similar solution of a steady mixed convection flow over a horizontal flat plate in the presence of surface mass transfer (suction or injection) is obtained when there is power-law variation in surface temperature. The surface temperature is assumed to vary as a power of the axial coordinate measured from the leading edge of the plate. A non-similar mixed convection parameter is considered which covers the whole convection regime, namely from pure free convection to pure forced convection. Numerical results are reported here to account the effects of Prandtl number, surface temperature, surface mass transfer parameter (suction or injection) on velocity and temperature profiles, and skin friction and heat transfer coefficients.     

Asymptotic Stability of Traveling Wave Solutions for Perturbations with Algebraic Decay

For a class of scalar partial differential equations that incorporate convection, diffusion, and possibly dispersion in one space and one time dimension, the stability of traveling wave solutions is investigated. If the initial perturbation of the traveling wave profile decays at an algebraic rate, then the solution is shown to converge to a shifted wave profile at a corresponding temporal algebraic rate, and optimal intermediate results that combine temporal and spatial decay are obtained. The proofs are based on a general interpolation principle which says that algebraic decay results of this form always follow if exponential temporal decay holds for perturbation with exponential spatial decay and the wave profile is stable for general perturbations.     

Traveling wave solutions for the combustion model of a shear flow in a cylinder

We establish traveling wave solutions for the combustion model of a shear flow in a cylinder. We study two cases: the infinite Lewis number and an arbitrary Lewis number. For the infinite Lewis number, we establish the existence of traveling wave fronts for both non‐minimal and minimal speeds. For an arbitrary Lewis number, we establish the uniform bounds and exponential decay rates. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An analytical study of linear and nonlinear double diffusive convection in a fluid saturated anisotropic porous layer with Soret effect

The double diffusive convection in a horizontal anisotropic porous layer saturated with a Boussinesq fluid, which is heated and salted from below in the presence of Soret coefficient is studied analytically using both linear and nonlinear stability analyses. The normal mode technique is used in the linear stability analysis while a weak nonlinear analysis based on a minimal representation of double Fourier series method is used in the nonlinear analysis. The generalized Darcy model including the time derivative term is employed for the momentum equation. The critical Rayleigh number, wavenumber for stationary and oscillatory modes and frequency of oscillations are obtained analytically using linear theory. The effect of anisotropy parameters, solute Rayleigh number, Soret parameter and Lewis number on the stationary, oscillatory, finite amplitude convection and heat and mass transfer are shown graphically.     

Effects of variable viscosity on non-Darcy MHD free convection along a non-isothermal vertical surface in a thermally stratified porous medium

An analysis is performed for non-Darcy free convection flow of an electrically conducting fluid over an impermeable vertical plate embedded in a thermally stratified, fluid saturated porous medium for the case of power-law surface temperature. The present work examines the effects of non-Darcian flow phenomena, variable viscosity, Hartmann–Darcy number and thermal stratification on free convective transport and demonstrates the variation in heat transfer prediction based on three different flow models. The wall effect on porosity variation is approximated by an exponential function. The effects of thermal dispersion and variable stagnant thermal conductivity are taken into consideration in the energy equation. The resulting non-similar system of equations is solved using a finite difference method. Results are presented for velocity, temperature profiles and local Nusselt number for representative values of different controlling parameters.