On the possibility of enhancing the efficiency of tangential blowing of a slit jet from an airfoil surface

Experimental results are presented for a teardrop-shaped wing section with tangential slit jet blowing in the forward part of the section. It is shown that such airfoils can provide a lift significantly greater than the lift which can be achieved by blowing a tangential slit jet from a wing of ordinary shape with a flap.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 182–186, July–August, 1996.     

A slit viscometer for the measurement of the viscosity of aqueous systems at high temperatures

A slit viscometer has been constructed to measure the viscosity of aqueous systems at temperatures up to 140 °C. Liquid is forced backwards and forwards through the slit by the use of varying air pressure. The flow rate is obtained from the time for the liquid to pass conductivity probes located in liquid reservoirs either side of the slit. The pressure difference between two points on the slit wall is determined using a differential pressure transducer. By varying the slit height measurements can be made on liquids with viscosities in the range 10 to 10^–3 Pa s. Shear rates from 10 to 10⁴ s^–1 can be achieved. A simple microcomputer control system enables the shear stress to be automatically increased and decreased stepwise. Representative data on polysaccharide solutions and strach suspensions are presented. The viscometer is particularly well-suited for following temperature-dependent biopolymer transitions and the thermal depolymerisation of water soluble polymers.     

Solution to the problem of a swirling jet from an annular orifice

The problem of the propagation of a laminar immersed fan jet with swirling was considered in [1–3]. In [1], the jet source scheme was used to find a self-similar solution for a weakly swirling jet. An attempt to solve by an integral method the analogous problem for a jet emanating from a slit of finite size was made in [2]. In [3], the equations of motion for a jet with arbitrary swirling were reduced under a number of assumptions to the equations that describe the flow of a flat immersed jet. This paper gives the numerical solution to the problem of the propagation of a radial jet emanating with arbitrary swirling from a slit of finite size and an analytic solution for the main section of the jet.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 49–54, March–April, 1991.     

Development of a two-dimensional turbulent jet in an infinite space

The second and third terms in the asymptotic expansion of the stream function in the nonsimilar problem of the development of a two-dimensional turbulent jet in an unbounded space are found in final form. Results of experimental investigations of free turbulent jets are cited, and the effect of the initial velocity profile on the aerodynamic characteristics of the jet is considered. The problem of the development of a two-dimensional turbulent jet in an unbounded space has been considered in [1–3]. The existing solution is similar, and is valid only at a sufficiently large distance from the slit. Allowance for the finite dimensions of the slit leads to a nonsimilar problem. The papers [4–6] are devoted to the experimental investigation of the free two-dimensional turbulent jet.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 137–142, July–August, 1971.     

Influence of transverse slits on the hydrodynamic coefficients of a wing of finite span in stationary and nonstationary motion near a wall

The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to construct an approximate solution to the problem of the influence of narrow transverse slits on the hydrodynamic coefficients of a thin rectangular wing moving near a wall. The flow in the neighborhood of a slit is described by a local asymptotic solution satisfying the condition of continuity of the pressure on the leading edge of the slit and matched to the main solution. Results of the calculations illustrate the influence of the slits on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the wing at different Strouhal numbers and aspect ratios.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 122–128, November–December, 1980.     

Convective flow with uniform vorticity in a vertical layer

The free convective circulation of liquid in plane vertical slits of circular and square cross section with a longitudinal horizontal temperature gradient at the boundaries was investigated experimentally. It was found that under such heating conditions there is a uniform-vorticity flow with a region of quasirigid rotation, which has the shape of a disk in a circular slit and the shape of a cross in a square slit; in each longitudinal section of this zone the liquid moves along concentric trajectories with constant angular velocity. Dimensionless numbers for the problem were established by tests with various liquids and cavities of different dimensions. In dimensionless form, the angular velocity of the vortex and the temperature gradient in it depend linearly on the temperature difference at the boundaries of the layer.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 160–165, May–June, 1984.     

Spread of jet from an annular slit around an air intake

The results of an experimental investigation of the flow created by a conical jet spreading from a narrow slit around the periphery of a suction intake are described. The reorganization of the jet flow associated with the resulting three-dimensional flow structure is investigated. A flow scheme is proposed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 187–190, March–April, 1991.     

Asymptotic method for solving problems with radial laminar jets of immiscible liquids

Two problems involving radial laminar jets of immiscible liquids are considered: a free radial slit jet and a jet on a rotating disk. An asymptotic method of solution is proposed that makes it possible to determine the flow parameters far from the source. The difference between these flows and those of homogeneous liquids is demonstrated.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 192–28, May–June, 1980.     

Investigation of the properties of a shock wave arising in a supersonic flow of plasma,passing through a transverse magnetic field

In a flow of plasma, set up by an ionizing shock wave and moving through a transverse magnetic field, under definite conditions there arises a gasdynamic shock wave. The appearance of such shock waves has been observed in experimental [1–4] and theoretical [5–7] work, where an investigation was made of the interaction between a plasma and electrical and magnetic fields. The aim of the present work was a determination of the effect of the intensity of the interaction between the plasma and the magnetic field on the velocity of the motion of this shock wave. The investigation was carried out in a magnetohydrogasdynamic unit, described in [8]. The process was recorded by the Töpler method (IAB-451 instrument) through a slit along the axis of the channel, on a film moving in a direction perpendicular to the slit. The calculation of the flow is based on the one-dimensional unsteady-state equations of magnetic gasdynamics. Using a model of the process described in [9], calculations were made for conditions close to those realized experimentally. In addition, a simplified calculation is made of the velocity of the motion of the above shock wave, under the assumption that its front moves at a constant velocity ahead of the region of interaction, while in the region of interaction itself the flow is steady-state.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 86–91, January–February, 1975.     

Nonisothermal rarefied gas flow through a narrow slit

The nonisothermal flow of gas through a narrow slit under the influence of small pressure and temperature differences is investigated. The flow field and the mass and heat fluxes are found. It is shown that the heat transfer between the gas and the diaphragm, caused by the pressure difference, leads to a thermal polarization effect. The Onsager reciprocity relation is checked.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 171–175, July–August, 1990.     

Heat and mass transport in nonisothermal turbulent flow when there is a screen formed by a gas of a different nature

We obtain a limiting relative law for heat and mass transport when there is a gas screen in a turbulent boundary layer, which makes it possible to take into account the effect of nonisothermal flow on the turbulent heat and mass transport beyond the region where the foreign gas is injected. The theoretical results are compared with experimental data on the intensity of burn-up of a graphite surface in an air flow when helium is injected through a tangential slit. The experimental data were obtained from the diffusion region of the burn-up.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 152–156, September–October, 1971.     

Velocity field of convergent flow into a rectangular slit for a polymeric fluid

Three-dimensional velocity distributions in the entry region of a rectangular slit contraction were investigated using a dual-beam laser Doppler velocimeter. The flow of a silicone oil (a Newtonian fluid) and a solution of silicone rubber in the same silicone oil (a viscoelastic fluid) was studied at low Reynolds numbers (Re < 0.5). In contrast to the usual velocity distribution of a Newtonian fluid, the viscoelastic fluid showed the following characteristic features: (1) a pronounced axial velocity overshoot immediately after the slit entrance and a maximum before the slit exit; (2) appearance of an axial flow deceleration region just before the sharp acceleration near the slit entrance. Even more remarkably, a saddle form of velocity profile was found in the entrance region. This flow pattern is completely different from that found for Newtonian fluids and has not yet been explained using existing rheological analysis.Parts of this paper were presented at the IX. Intern. Congress on Rheology at Acapulco (Mexico), October 8–13, 1984     

Parameter formation behind the reflected wave in a shock tube with a nozzle

The reflection of a shock wave from the inlet of a nozzle of very simple geometry is analyzed on the basis of calculations carried out in the two-dimensional formulation. The nozzle throat is a sharp-edged slit in the end face of the tube leading to an expanding duct with straight generators. In this formulation the results of the investigation are quite general, since they depend on a minimum number of the determining parameters varied in the calculations.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 153–159, July–August, 1987.The authors wish to thank G. N. Nikolaev and I. M. Naboko for useful discussion of their results.     

Thermoconvective instability of longitudinal flow in a vertical layer

An experimental study has been made of convection in a vertical slit cavity heated from below and with longitudinal horizontal forced flow. It was shown that the convective stability of such flow increases appreciably when the velocity of the forced flow is raised. In the case of slow pumping, an increase in the pressure difference leads to superposition on the rectilinear flow of first monotonic convection and then auto-oscillatory convection. At high flow velocities, the instability is immediately of an oscillatory nature. A diagram of the flow regimes is constructed, and the evolution of the supercritical structures described.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhikosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 28–33, March–April, 1984.     

On the stability margin of equilibrium states of a capillary liquid in a slit

The stability margin is determined for symmetric equilibrium shapes of the free surface of a liquid suspended in a slit and subject to gravity and surface tension. The calculations are made in the range of variation of the parameters, the wetting angle and the Bond number, adjoining the boundary of the stability region.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 88–93, July–August, 1979.     

Diffraction of an arbitrary acoustic wave by a strip of finite width

The problem of the diffraction of an arbitrary acoustic wave by a strip of finite width is solved. The solution is constructed by means of a generalization of the previously obtained integral for the problem of the diffraction of acoustic waves by a half-plane [5]. The problem of the diffraction of an arbitrary acoustic wave by the Riemannian manifold corresponding to the strip of finite width is first found. After this, by substitution of the values of the polar angle a solution is obtained for the reflected wave associated with diffraction on the Riemannian manifold, and then the boundary conditions on the surface of the strip are satisfied by means of a linear combination of these solutions. The problem of the diffraction of an arbitrary acoustic wave by a slit of finite width could be constructed in exactly the same way.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 171–175, March–April, 1991.     

Airfoil design with external flow suction

A method is proposed for the numerical-analytic design of a high-lift airfoil with slit air suction from the external flow within the framework of ideal fluid theory. The suction slit is represented by a channel with constant wall velocity. Examples of the design of wing profiles with non-detached flows having lift coefficientsC _y =2.68 and 4 and maximum relative velocities over the profile [_max|/=2 and 2.2 are given. A scheme for an aircraft of the flying wing type with internally located engines and pay load is briefly discussed.Kazan', Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 23–28, November–December, 1996.     

An appraisal of rheological models as applied to polymer melt flow

Summary An attempt is made at giving an appraisal of some representative rheological models of both differential and integral type, using the standard rheological measurements of six polymer melts. Experimental data obtained were the steady shear viscosity and the first normal stress difference by means of aWeissenberg rheogoniometer over the range of shear rates: 10^–2 ~ 10 sec^–1, and by means of aHan slit/capillary rheometer over the range of shear rates: 10 ~ 10³ sec^–1. Also measured by means of theWeissenberg rheogoniometer were the dynamic viscosity and dynamic elastic modulus over the range of frequencies: 0.3 × 10^–2 ~ 3 × 10² sec^–1. Rheological models chosen for an appraisal are theSpriggs 4-constant model, theMeister model, and theBogue model.It is found that the capability of the three models considered is about the same in their prediction of the rheological behavior of polymer melts in simple shearing flow. It is pointed out however that, due to the ensuing mathematical complexities, the usefulness of these models is limited to the study of flow problems associated with simple flow situations. Therefore, in analysing the complex flow situations often encountered with various polymer processings, the authors suggest use of the empirical models of the power-law type for both the viscosity and normal stress functions.With 11 figures, 4 schemas and 1 table     

Turbulent flow of gas in a curvilinear channel in the presence of suction from a separation region

Integral parameters that characterize reversible and irreversible changes in the flux of the total pressure in channels with perforated walls are introduced. An experimental investigation was made of subsonic gas flow in curvilinear channels of rectangular cross section in the presence of suction of gas from a separation region of the flow formed on an internal (convex) strongly curved wall of the channel. The optimal position of the suction slit was determined and it was shown to be possible to reduce appreciably the loss in the channel and improve its gas-dynamic characteristics. Two-dimensional turbulent flow of an incompressible fluid in curvilinear channels in the presence of suction was simulated numerically. The mathematical model is based on the complete system of Navier-Stokes equations, additional differential equations for the energy of the turbulence and the rate of its dissipation, special correction equations to take into account the curvature of the streamlines, and model boundary conditions for the sections of the walls through which the suction of the fluid takes place.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhldkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 72–80, July–August, 1984.     

Potential of flow from an annular slit

A study is made of two unsteady axisymmetric problems in the determination of the flow potential of an incompressible fluid outside a surface formed by the rotation of a contour. In the first problem the dimensions of the curve are assumed to be small in comparison with the distance to the axis of symmetry. In this problem methods similar to those used for thin cavities [1] are used to find the asymptotic behavior of the plane flow near the contour. In the second problem the motion of the contour takes place near a cylindrical wall, and it consists of an arc of a circle and a straight segment. This problem is solved by the method of averaging proposed by Yakimov in one of his articles. It is shown that in the neighborhood of the point at infinity this potential behaves asymptotically as a three-dimensional source for a half-space, and in the neighborhood of the slit as a plane flow, the main additional terms being the same as those obtained in the first problem by using Green's theorem.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 167–169, November–December, 1985.Inconclusion, the author thanks Yu. L. Yakimov and R. L. Kreps for the interest and attention they have shown to the study.