Equations of convective instability of a two-phase medium with modulation of the gravity force

Thermal convection in a heterogeneous medium consisting of a fluid and solid particles is studied under conditions of finite-frequency vibrations. Equations of convection are derived within the framework of the generalized Boussinesq approximation, and the problem of stability of a horizontal layer to infinitesimal perturbations under the condition of vertical vibrations is considered. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 21–28, March–April, 2008.     

Influence of high-frequency vibration on the morphological instability in the directional crystallization of binary melts

The influence of various types of vibration on the morphological instability of the directional crystallization front in binary melts is investigated numerically under microgravity and terrestrial conditions. The vibration frequency is assumed to be high and the amplitude to be small and an averaged approach is used. It is shown that high-frequency rotational vibration generates an intense mean flow localized in the neighborhood of the crystallization front and the direction of this flow is opposite to the direction of gravity-convection flow. Under terrestrial conditions the interaction between vibration flow and gravity convection leads to the gravitational vortex being pushed away from the crystallization front. Under both terrestrial and microgravity conditions rotational vibration has a strong stabilizing action on the morphological instability and prevents the formation of an axial hollow.     

Effect of vibration on the stability of a plane displacement front in a porous medium

The effect of linearly polarized vibration on the stability of a plane displacement front in a porous medium is studied. The problem of the stability of the motion of a plane displacement front traveling at a constant velocity U under the action of vibration normal to the front is considered. It is shown that under the action of vibration the dynamics of the plane displacement front can be described by the Mathieu equation with a dissipative term. Using the standard averaging method, in the case of high-frequency vibration it is revealed that vibration can only increase the stability of the system. It is found that the vibration stabilizes the plane displacement front with respect to part of the perturbation spectrum.     

Instability of small-amplitude convective flows in a rotating layer with free boundaries

The stability of steady convective flows in a horizontal layer with free boundaries, heated from below and rotating about a vertical axis, is studied in the Boussinesq approximation (Rayleigh-Bénard convection). The flows considered are convective rolls or square cells that are sums of two perpendicular rolls with equal wave numbers k. It is assumed that the Rayleigh number is almost critical in order for convective flows with a wave number k: R = R _c (k) + ε² to arise, the amplitude of the supercritical states being of the order of ε. It is shown that the flows are always unstable relative to perturbations that are the sum of one long-and two short-wave modes corresponding to linear rolls turned through small angles in opposite directions.     

Nonlinear stability of a convective motion in a porous layer driven by a horizontally periodic temperature gradient

The nonlinear global exponential pointwise stability of a vertical steady flow driven by a horizontal periodic temperature gradient in a porous layer is performed. It is shown that the stability threshold depends on the supremum of a quadratic functional, having non constant coefficients, and new in the literature on the convection problem. In solving the variational problem, a suitable functional transformation is used.Received: 27 January 2003, Accepted: 10 March 2003, Published online: 12 September 2003 Correspondence toF. Capone     

Effect of rotation on the vibroconvective stability of a fluid layer with internal heat release

The equilibrium stability of a horizontal fluid layer with homogeneous internal heat release is investigated theoretically for the case in which the layer simultaneously undergoes high-frequency circular vibration in a horizontal plane and rotates about a vertical axis. The rotation frequency is assumed to be small as compared with the vibration frequency. It is found that the rotation has a stabilizing effect on the vibrational-gravitational convection. At the high-frequency limit the dependence of the critical values of the controlling parameters (gravitational and vibrational Rayleigh numbers) and the wave number on the rotation frequency is obtained.__________Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, 2005, pp. 53–61. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ivanova, Kozlov, and Kolesnikov.     

Effect of high-frequency vibration on the development of secondary convective conditions

An investigation is made of the development of convective flows of a viscous incompressible liquid, subjected to high-frequency vibration. The nonlinear equations of convection are used in the Boussinesq approximation, averaged in time. The amplitude of the perturbations is assumed to be small, but finite. For a horizontal layer with solid walls the existence of both subcritical and supercritical stable secondary conditions is established. In a linear statement, the problem of stability in the presence of a modulation has been discussed in [1–3]. Articles [4–6] were devoted to investigation of the nonlinear problem. In [4], the method of grids was used to study secondary conditions in a cavity of square cross section. In the case of a horizontal layer with free boundaries [5, 6], the character of the branching is established by the method of a small parameter.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 90–96, March–April, 1976.The authors thank I. B. Simonenko for his useful evaluation of the work.     

Nonlinear vibration and stability analyses on the basis of a kinetic stability theory for arbitrarily curved rods

Summary After formulating nonlinear kinetic stability equations for curved and twisted rods, these are used for the solution of static and kinetic lateral buckling problems as well as for linear and nonlinear stability analysis of parametrically excited vibrations of circular arches. Accepted for publication 26 May 1997     

The vibration and stability analysis of moderate thick plates by the method of lines

The method of lines based on Hu Hai-chang's theory for the vibration and stability of moderate thick plates is developed. The standard nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) system for natural frequencies and critical load is given by use of ODE techniques, and then any indicated eigenvalue could be obtained directly from ODE solver by employing the so-called initial eigenfunction technique instead of the mode orthogonality condition.Numerical examples show that the present method is very effective and reliable.     

Compressibility effects under conditions of convective stability of miscible fluids in a porous medium

The effect of compressibility on the convective stability of equilibrium of a binary mixture in a homogeneous porous medium is analyzed. It is shown that the contribution of compressibility significantly increases the equilibrium stability with respect to oscillatory perturbations.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 16–23, January–February, 1995.     

Effects of shear stresses and rotary inertia on the stability and vibration of sandwich cylindrical shells with FGM core surrounded by elastic medium

The vibration and stability of axially loaded sandwich cylindrical shells with the functionally graded (FG) core with and without shear stresses and rotary inertia resting Pasternak foundation are investigated. The dynamic stability is derived based on the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) including shear stresses. The axial load and dimensionless fundamental frequency for FG sandwich shell with shear stresses and rotary inertia and resting on the Pasternak foundation. Finally, the influences of variations of FG core, elastic foundations, shear stresses and rotary inertia on the fundamental frequencies and critical axial loads are investigated.     

On the surface equations in two-phase flows and reacting single-phase flows

This paper summarizes the mathematical surface equations which are useful in two-phase flows and single-phase reacting flows. The connection between the interfacial area concentration transport equation for two-phase flows and the flame surface density transport equation for turbulent reacting flows is established. Several analytical examples are given to clarify the physical significance of the different quantities involved in the different transport equations. An introduction to the mathematical treatment of anisotropic interfaces is also given. This theory is illustrated on two different numerical examples: a single inclusion in a simple shear and a single inclusion in an uni-axial elongation.     

Optimization of two-phase flows using the solution of an inverse problem

The results of optimizing two- phase flows on the basis of the solution of an inverse problem with the pressure distribution given by a two-parameter function are presented. The efficiency of the developed approach is illustrated with reference to nozzle and ejector flows with large liquid phase flow rates (the liquid droplet flow rate being greater than that of the gas by a factor of several tens).     

Self-synchronization theory of dual motor driven vibration system with two-stage vibration isolation frame

This paper studies self-synchronization and stability of a dual-motor driven vibration system with a two-stage vibration isolation frame. Oscillation amplitude of the material box large enough can be ensured on the vibration system in order to screen materials. Reduction of the dynamic load transmitted to the foundation can also be achieved for the vibration system. A Lagrange equation is used to set up the motion differential equations of the system, and a dimensionless coupled equation of the eccentric rotors is obtained using a method of modified average small parameter. According to the existence condition of zero solution in the dimensionless coupled equation of the eccentric rotors, the precondition for commencing self-synchronization motion is achieved.The stability condition of self-synchronization is obtained based on the Routh-Hurwitz criterion. The theoretical analysis is validated by simulations and experiments.     

On the stability of elastico-viscous flows

Summary The stability ofCouette flow and planePoiseuille flow of an elastico-viscous liquid is analyzed. It is found that in both cases the flow is less stable than that of Newtonian liquids. The critical wave number is also changed due to the elasticity of the liquid. These changes depend on the type of flow under consideration.This work forms a part of the D. Sc. thesis of the first author. The work was supported by the United States Office of Naval Research under Contract N 62558-4093 and by the Technion Research Found.     

基于等效加速度的岩质边坡爆破动力稳定性

基于刚体极限平衡法及等效加速度计算方法,根据爆破振动峰值速度衰减规律和振动速度时程曲 线,以一定时间步长进行整个爆破过程不同时刻边坡稳定系数的分析,得到了相应爆破振动作用下的边坡动 力稳定性安全系数时程曲线。结果表明,基于等效加速度的边坡爆破动力稳定性分析,对稳定性较好的边坡, 爆破振动荷载作用下,稳定性安全系数一般降低2%~4%,振动主频率越高,则边坡稳定性系数越大,而常规 的折减系数法可能放大爆破振动对边坡稳定性的危害。     

Three dimensional elasticity solution for vibration problem of thick plate

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ON THE EXISTENCE AND STABILITY OF SOLUTION FOR SEMI－HOMOGENEOUS BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

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The effect of virtual mass on the numerical stability of accelerating two-phase flows

The effect of the virtual mass in accelerating two-phase flow was studied for various nozzle/diffuser flows. It was found that the final results were insensitive to virtual mass effects, but the numerical stability and efficiency was greatly improved. An analysis of the eigenvalues of the mathematical systems shows that virtual mass models improve numerical stability and efficiency by changing the nature of the eigenvalues.     

Experimental investigation of natural convective flows in slowly rotating wide spherical shells

Experimental results are presented on natural convection in a spherical shell of inner and outer radii r ₁ = 14 mm and r ₂ = 35 mm, with the inner sphere cooled and the outer sphere heated. The fluids filling the shell are two different silicon oils having Prandtl numbers 39 and 233. Both spheres are fixed together and can be rotated. In the studied regime, both Coriolis and centrifugal forces become significant. For sufficiently small Rayleigh numbers the resulting flow pattern is axisymmetric and steady, consisting of a plume descending from the south pole of the inner sphere, and returning in the equatorial regions. For greater Rayleigh numbers the flow becomes non-axisymmetric, with azimuthal modes m = 2 to 4 arising. We map out the critical Rayleigh number for the onset of these different modes, and consider how they vary with increasingly rapid overall rotation. Detailed flow measurements are done by converting a standard 2D particle image velocimetry system into a scanning quasi-3D PIV system.