The effect of radial diffusion on the performance of a liquid-liquid displacement process

The effect of radial diffusion on the performance of a liquid-liquid displacement process is considered in fluid flow between porous parallel plates and through a porous tube, as examples of a two-zone problem in unsteady-state mass transfer. The double Laplace transformation is applied to the system equations. In obtaining the inversion of the Laplace transformed equations the first inversion (with respect to the transformed dimensionless axial distance) is performed by use of the residue method, and then the second inversion (with respect to the transformed dimensionless time) is performed by use of the numerical Laplace transform technique advanced by Bellman et al. A numerical example is shown and discussed.     

Free flapewise vibration analysis of rotating double-tapered Timoshenko beams

Free vibration analysis of a rotating double-tapered Timoshenko beam undergoing flapwise transverse vibration is presented. Using an assumed mode method, the governing equations of motion are derived from the kinetic and potential energy expressions which are derived from a set of hybrid deformation variables. These equations of motion are then transformed into dimensionless forms using a set of dimensionless parameters, such as the hub radius ratio, the dimensionless angular speed ratio, the slenderness ratio, and the height and width taper ratios, etc. The natural frequencies and mode shapes are then determined from these dimensionless equations of motion. The effects of the dimensionless parameters on the natural frequencies and modal characteristics of a rotating double-tapered Timoshenko beam are numerically studied through numerical examples. The tuned angular speed of the rotating double-tapered Timoshenko beam is then investigated.     

Effects of the chemical reaction and heat generation or absorption on a mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical stretching sheet with nonuniform slot mass transfer

An analysis is performed to study the effects of the chemical reaction and heat generation or absorption on a steady mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical stretching sheet with nonuniform slot mass transfer. The governing boundary layer equations with boundary conditions are transformed into the dimensionless form by a group of nonsimilar transformations. Nonsimilar solutions are obtained numerically by solving the coupled nonlinear partial differential equations using the quasi-linearization technique combined with an implicit finite difference scheme. The numerical computations are carried out for different values of dimensionless parameters to display the distributions of the velocity, temperature, concentration, local skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number, and local Sherwood number. The results obtained indicate that the local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers increase with nonuniform slot suction, but nonuniform slot injection produces the opposite effect. The local Nusselt number decreases with heat generation and increases with heat absorption.     

Non-uniform slot suction/injection into mixed convection boundary layer flow over vertical cone

The aim of this work is to study the effect of non-uniform single and double slot suction/injection into a steady mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical cone, while the axis of the cone is inline with the flow. The governing boundary layer equations are transformed into a non-dimensional form by a group of non-similar trans- formations. The resulting coupled non-linear partial differential equations are solved nu- merically by employing the quasi-linearization technique and an implicit finite-difference scheme. Numerical computations are performed for different values of the dimensionless parameters to display the velocity and temperature profiles graphically. Also, numerical results are presented for the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients. Results indicate that the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients increase with non-uniform slot suction, but the effect of non-uniform slot injection is just opposite.     

Integral transform analysis of natural convection in porous enclosures

A hybrid numerical-analytical solution for steady-state natural convection in a porous cavity is proposed, based on application of the ideas in the generalized integral transform technique. The integral transformation process reduces the original coupled partial differential equations, for temperature and stream function, into an infinite system of non-linear ordinary differential equations for the transformed potentials, which is adaptively truncated and numerically solved through well-established algorithms. The approach is applied to a vertical rectangular enclosure subjected to uniform internal heat generation. The convergence characteristics of the explicit inversion formulae are illustrated and critical comparisons with previously reported purely numerical solutions are performed.     

MHD axisymmetric flow of third grade fluid between porous disks with heat transfer

The magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) flow of the third grade fluid between two permeable disks with heat transfer is investigated.The governing partial differential equations are converted into the ordinary differential equations by suitable transformations.The transformed equations are solved by the homotopy analysis method(HAM).The expressions for square residual errors are defined,and the optimal values of convergencecontrol parameters are selected.The dimensionless velocity and temperature fields are examined for various dimensionless parameters.The skin friction coefficient and the Nusselt number are tabulated to analyze the effects of dimensionless parameters.     

Boundary conformed co-ordinate systems for selected two-dimensional fluid flow problems. Part I: Generation of BFGs

In this paper the generation of general curvilinear co-ordinate systems for use in selected two-dimensional fluid flow problems is presented. The curvilinear co-ordinate systems are obtained from the numerical solution of a system of Poisson equations. The computational grids obtained by this technique allow for curved grid lines such that the boundary of the solution domain coincides with a grid line. Hence, these meshes are called boundary fitted grids (BFG). The physical solution area is mapped onto a set of connected rectangles in the transformed (computational) plane which form a composite mesh. All numerical calculations are performed in the transformed plane. Since the computational domain is a rectangle and a uniform grid with mesh spacings Δξ = Δη = 1 (in two-dimensions) is used, the computer programming is substantially facilitated. By means of control functions, which form the r.h.s. of the Poisson equations, the clustering of grid lines or grid points is governed. This allows a very fine resolution at certain specified locations and includes adaptive grid generation. The first two sections outline the general features of BFGs, and in section 3 the general transformation rules along with the necessary concepts of differential geometry are given. In section 4 the transformed grid generation equations are derived and control functions are specified. Expressions for grid adaptation arc also presented. Section 5 briefly discusses the numerical solution of the transformed grid generation equations using sucessive overrelaxation and shows a sample calculation where the FAS (full approximation scheme) multigrid technique was employed. In the companion paper (Part II), the application of the BFG method to selected fluid flow problems is addressed.     

Evaluation of Green’s function for vertical point-load excitation applied to the surface of a layered semi-infinite elastic medium

The topic of this paper is to show that the integrals of infinite extent representing the surface displacements of a layered half-space loaded by a harmonic, vertical point load can be reduced to integrals with finite integration range. The displacements are first expressed through wave potentials and the Hankel integral transform in the radial coordinate is applied to the governing equations and boundary conditions, leading to the solutions in the transformed domain. After the application of the inverse Hankel transform it is shown that the inversion integrands are symmetric/antimetric in the transformation parameter and that this characteristic is preserved for any number of layers. Based on this fact the infinite inversion integrals are reduced to integrals with finite range by choosing the suitable representation of the Bessel function and use of the fundamental rules of contour integration, permitting simpler analytical or numerical evaluation. A numerical example is presented and the results are compared to those obtained by the CLASSI program.     

Theoretical and Numerical Investigation of Gas Lubrication Processes on the Basis of Aerodynamic Equations

The dimensionless parameters of the complete system of Navier-Stokes equations of a compressible gas are estimated with reference to a typical gas bearing. It is found that the three-dimensional compressible boundary layer equations should be used as the determining equations for describing gas lubrication processes. After introducing certain assumptions with respect to the dimensionless parameters in the determining equations, an equation for the pressure, the generalized Reynolds equation, is obtained.Use of the spectral method of analysis makes it possible to transform the generalized Reynolds equation into a system of ordinary differential equations. An analytic solution of the entire boundary value problem is obtained for a journal bearing with fairly small eccentricity. By comparing the numerical results obtained using both the solution of the generalized Reynolds equation and the traditional theory it is possible to estimate the effect of the inertia forces, dissipation processes, and heat transfer.     

非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板自由振动的DTM求解

针对非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板的自由振动问题,通过一种有效的数值求解方法——微分变换法（DTM）,研究其无量纲固有频率特性。已知变厚度矩形板对边为简支边界条件,其他两边的边界条件为简支、固定或自由任意组合。采用DTM将非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板无量纲化的自由振动控制微分方程及其边界条件变换为等价的代数方程,得到含有无量纲固有频率的特征方程。数值结果退化为均匀Winker弹性地基上矩形板以及变厚度矩形板的情形,并与已有文献采用的不同求解方法进行比较,结果表明,DTM具有非常高的精度和很强的适用性。最后,在不同边界条件下分析地基变化参数、厚度变化参数和长宽比对矩形板无量纲固有频率的影响,并给出了非均匀Winkler弹性地基上对边简支对边固定变厚度矩形板的前六阶振型。     

考虑几何与压电非线性行为压电层合轴对称圆板的精确解

研究可移简支及夹支边界条件下,轴对称压电层合圆板在强电场和机械荷载联合作用下的非线性变形.考虑电致伸缩的非线性压电效应及几何非线性的影响,导出轴对称压电层合圆板的控制方程.通过调整坐标轴的位置对控制方程进行简化,得到关于挠度和径向力的4阶非线性控制方程.再通过简单的积分并引入无量刚变量将控制方程等价地化为2阶非线性耦合微分方程组.利用幂级数法得到可移简支及夹支边界条件下强电场和均布荷载共同作用时的挠度、径向力及径向位移的幂级数精确解.通过对双、单压电晶片执行器的数值计算及分析,得到电场、外载对于位移、径向力的影响关系.     

Magnetohydrodynamic laminar boundary-layer flow over a porous wedge with thermophoresis particle deposition in the presence of variable stream conditions

An analysis is presented to investigate the effects of thermophoresis variable viscosity on MHD mixed convective heat and mass transfer of a viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting fluid past a porous wedge in the presence of chemical reaction. The wall of the wedge is embedded in a uniform porous medium in order to allow for possible fluid wall suction or injection. The governing boundary layer equations are written into a dimensionless form by local non-similarity transformations. The transformed coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations are solved numerically by using the R.K. Gill and shooting methods. Favorable comparison with previously published work is performed. Numerical results for the dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are obtained and displayed graphically for pertinent parameters to show interesting aspects of the solution.     

Heat and mass transfer by MHD mixed convection stagnation point flow toward a vertical plate embedded in a highly porous medium with radiation and internal heat generation

This paper examined the hydromagnetic mixed convection stagnation point flow towards a vertical plate embedded in a highly porous medium with radiation and internal heat generation. The governing boundary layer equations are formulated and transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations using a local similarity approach and then solved numerically by shooting iteration technique together with Runge-Kutta sixth-order integration scheme. A representative set of numerical results are displayed graphically and discussed quantitatively to show some interesting aspects of the pertinent parameters on the dimensionless axial velocity, temperature and the concentration profiles, local skin friction, local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number, the rate of heat and mass transfer. Good agreement is found between the numerical results of the present paper with the earlier published works under some special cases.     

Dynamic response of an elastic medium containing crack

A fundamental solution for an infinite elastic medium containing a penny-shaped crack subjected to dynamic torsional surface tractions is attempted. A double Laplace–Hankel integral transform with respect to time and space is applied both to motion equation and boundary conditions yielding dual integral equations. The solution of the derived dual integral equations is based on an analytic procedure using theorems of Bessel functions and ordinary differential equations. The dynamic displacements’ field is obtained by inversion of the corresponding Laplace–Hankel transformed variable. Results of a representative example for a crack subjected to pulse surface tractions are obtained and discussed.     

Incremental deformation analysis of shell and corrugated diaphragm based on arbitrary configuration

With respect to an arbitrary configuration of a deformed structure, two sets of incremental equations are proposed for the deformation analysis of revolution shells and diaphragms loaded by both lateral pressures and the initial stresses produced in manufacturing. These general equations can be reduced to the simplified Koiter's Reissner-Meissner-Reissner (RMR) equations and the simplified Reissner's equations, when the initial stresses are set to zero. They can also be deduced to the total Lagrange form or the updated Lagrange form, respectively, as the structure is specified as the un-deformed or the former-deformed configurations. These incremental equations can be easily transformed into finite difference forms and solved by common numerical solvers of ordinary differential equations. Some numerical examples are presented to show the applications of the incremental equations to the deep shell of revolution and the corrugated diaphragms used in microelectronical mechanical system (MEMS). The results are in good agreement with those from finite element method (FEM).     

Steady diffusion of an ideal fluid through a pre-stressed and reinforced hollow conduit subjected to combined finite deformations

A problem dealing with the radial steady diffusion of an ideal fluid through a pre-stressed fibrous hollow cylinder subjected to finite deformations is investigated. Such a problem has relevance to several technical problems such as: (a) improving the method for performing prosthesis conduit for use with living tissue, (b) more understanding the problem of atherogenesis, and (c) ultra filtration process. The numerical results show that the presence of a pre-stress reduces considerably the sensitivity of the dimensionless trans-mural pressure to imposed dimensionless flux. This effect is confirmed with respect to the variation of the circular and axial shear.     

3-D CONSOLIDATION ANALYSIS OF LAYERED SOIL WITH ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY USING ANALYTICAL LAYER-ELEMENT METHOD

Starting with governing equations of a saturated soil with anisotropic permeability and based on multiple integral transforms,an analytical layer-element equation is established explicitly in the Laplace-Fourier transformed domain.A global matrix of layered soil can be obtained by assembling a set of analytical layer-elements,which is further solved in the transformed domain by considering boundary conditions.The numerical inversion of Laplace-Fourier transform is employed to acquire the actual solution.Numerical analysis for 3-D consolidation with anisotropic permeability of a layered soil system is presented,and the influence of anisotropy of permeability on the consolidation behavior is discussed.     

Generalized thermoelastic problem of an infinite body with a spherical cavity under dual-phase-lags

The aim of the present contribution is the determination of the thermoelastic temperatures, stress, displacement, and strain in an infinite isotropic elastic body with a spherical cavity in the context of the mechanism of the two-temperature generalized thermoelasticity theory (2TT). The two-temperature Lord–Shulman (2TLS) model and two-temperature dual-phase-lag (2TDP) model of thermoelasticity are combined into a unified formulation with unified parameters. The medium is assumed to be initially quiescent. The basic equations are written in the form of a vector matrix differential equation in the Laplace transform domain, which is then solved by the state-space approach. The expressions for the conductive temperature and elongation are obtained at small times. The numerical inversion of the transformed solutions is carried out by using the Fourier-series expansion technique. A comparative study is performed for the thermoelastic stresses, conductive temperature, thermodynamic temperature, displacement, and elongation computed by using the Lord–Shulman and dual-phase-lag models.     

Thermophoresis and variable viscosity effects on MHD mixed convective heat and mass transfer past a porous wedge in the presence of chemical reaction

An analysis is presented to investigate the effects of thermophoresis and variable viscosity on MHD mixed convective heat and mass transfer of a viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting fluid past a porous wedge in the presence of chemical reaction. The wall of the wedge is embedded in a uniform porous medium in order to allow for possible fluid wall suction or injection. The governing boundary layer equations are written into a dimensionless form by similarity transformations. The transformed coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations are solved numerically by using the R.K. Gill and shooting methods. Favorable comparison with previously published work is performed. Numerical results for the dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration profiles as well as for the skin friction, heat and mass transfer and deposition rate are obtained and displayed graphically for pertinent parameters to show interesting aspects of the solution.     

Influence of chemical reaction on heat and mass transfer by natural convection from vertical surfaces in porous media considering Soret and Dufour effects

The heat and mass transfer characteristics of natural convection about a vertical surface embedded in a saturated porous medium subjected to a chemical reaction is numerically analyzed, by taking into account the diffusion-thermo (Dufour) and thermal-diffusion (Soret) effects. The transformed governing equations are solved by a very efficient numerical method, namely, a modified version of the Keller-box method for ordinary differential equations. The parameters of the problem are Lewis, Dufour and Soret numbers, sustentation parameter, the order of the chemical reaction n and the chemical reaction parameter γ. Local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number variations and dimensionless concentration profiles in the boundary layer are presented graphically and in tables for various values of problem parameters and it is concluded that γ and n play a crucial role in the solution.