Motion of two pulsating spheres in an ideal incompressible fluid

The problem of the interaction of two pulsating spheres in an ideal incompressible fluid was first investigated in detail by Bjerknes [1]. However, his and subsequent studies on this subject [2–5] were restricted to the interaction forces between the spheres, whereas the law of their motion was not considered because of the much greater complexity of the corresponding problem. The aim of the present paper is to find an approximate analytic solution to the problem of the motion of two pulsating spheres in an ideal incompressible fluid filling the entire space exterior to the spheres under the assumption that the flow of the fluid is irrotational.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 159–162, May–June, 1983.     

Unsteady flow of an elastico-viscous fluid between two coaxial circular cylinders

Unsteady flow of an Oldroyd fluid between two coaxial circular cylinders is investigated, the fluid being set in motion as the inner cylinder moves from rest for a certain period with linearly growing speed and then stops suddenly. The Laplace transform technique is used to derive the solution. For the case when the gap between the cylinders is small, a simplified solution is obtained. The expression for the shear stress on the wall of the outer cylinder is obtained and particular cases are discussed.     

Interaction between two circular cylinders in slow flow of Bingham viscoplastic fluid

The interaction between two circular cylinders was studied in the slow flow of a Bingham viscoplastic fluid in an infinite medium without any inertia effects. The configuration studied is that in which the flow direction is parallel to the centre line of the cylinders. Finite-element numerical simulations were used with an approximation by Papanastasiou's regularisation method. The case of high yield stress effect was particularly examined. The convergence of the solutions was examined in detail. Changes in the rigid zones, kinematics and stresses were determined in relation to the degree of interaction, which is a function of the distance between the cylinders and the effect of yield stress. The results compared with the case of a single cylinder show that yield stress reduces interaction effects. The transition between configurations with interacting cylinders and configuration with isolated cylinders was examined as a function of the effect of yield stress. Correlations were proposed for the drag coefficient and the stability criterion when the cylinders are interacting.     

Three-dimensional computation for flow-induced vibrations of an upstream circular cylinder in two tandem circular cylinders

It is well known from a lot of experimental data that fluid forces acting on two tandem circular cylinders are quite different from those acting on a single circular cylinder. Therefore, we first present numerical results for fluid forces acting on two tandem circular cylinders, which are mounted at various spacings in a smooth flow, and second we present numerical results for flow-induced vibrations of the upstream circular cylinder in the tandem arrangement. The two circular cylinders are arranged at close spacing in a flow field. The upstream circular cylinder is elastically placed by damper-spring systems and moves in both the in-line and cross-flow directions. In such models, each circular cylinder is assumed as a rigid body. On the other hand, we do not introduce a turbulent model such as the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) or Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models into the numerical scheme to compute the fluid flow. Our numerical procedure to capture the flow-induced vibration phenomena of the upstream circular cylinder is treated as a fluid-structure interaction problem in which the ideas of weak coupling is taken into consideration.     

Motion of an ideal fluid of constant density in the presence of sinks

The problem under consideration is the unsteady motion of an ideal fluid with constant density in an unbounded volume when the velocity divergence is nonzero and is specified by the sink density a which depends on the coordinates r and the time t. It is well known that the introduction of such idealized hydrodynamic objects as a point vortex, a source, or a sink and the related studies of fluid flows are useful in solving a number of specific hydrodynamic problems [1, 2]. There have been many studies of point vortices, and some of the earliest are reviewed in [3], whereas the motion of free point sinks or sources has not been studied. The reason for this situation is that it is hard to find the appropriate hydrodynamic counterparts. The aim of the present paper is to study the basic laws governing the motion of a system of sinks and sources, both point and distributed, and then apply the results obtained to a simulation of thermal convection in a plane horizontal fluid layer consisting, for example, of periodic convective cells. Special attention is given to the asymptotic behavior of as t. Conservation laws for a system of N point sinks are derived and discussed. The qualitative behavior of the system for large t is investigated. Under the assumption of a frozen sink density in the velocity field of the fluid, an evolution equation for is obtained for an arbitrary initial distribution of the velocity divergence. In the case of a finite integrated intensity of the sink density in an unbounded volume, an exact solution of the evolution equation is given for a cylindrically symmetric initial distribution. The asymptotic behavior of this solution as t is studied in three qualitatively different cases. Finally, a steady-state solution of the evolution equation is obtained.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 21–27, July–August, 1976.The author thanks A. A. Zaitsev for his interest in the work, valuable advice, and discussion of the results.     

Motion of a variable-volume sphere in an ideal fluid near a plane surface

The motion of a spherical cavity in a fluid is investigated. The radius of the sphere varies under the action of a constant pressure at infinity. The problems of the collapse of a cavity moving in an unbounded fluid and of the collapse of a cavity near a plane are solved in the exact formulation. The occurrence of an initial translational velocity or the presence of a solid surface, by contrast with the collapse of a sphere at rest in an unbounded fluid [1], yields a limiting radius at which the process of collapse ceases. A sphere initially at rest near a plane always comes into contact with the plane as a result of collapse. The radius and velocities at which the sphere arrives the plane are calculated for various initial distances from the latter. The possible mechanism of the action of a cavitation bubble on a solid surface is discussed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 94–103, September–October, 1971.     

Head-on collision of two coaxial vortex rings in an ideal fluid

The opposing motion of two coaxial vortex rings is classified in relation to the initial parameters.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 60–64, July–August, 1989.The authors are grateful to V. V. Meleshko for discussing their results.     

Numerical simulation of fluid flow of two rotating side-by-side circular cylinders by Lattice Boltzmann method

A numerical investigation of the two-dimensional laminar flow around side-by-side rotating circular cylinders using Lattice Boltzmann method is conducted. The effects of variation of rotational speed ratio β and different gap spacings g* at Reynolds number of 100 are studied. A various range of rotational speed ratio 0 ≤ β ≤ 2 for four different gap spacings of 3, 1.5, 0.7 and 0.2 are investigated. Flow conditions and its characteristics, such as lift and drag coefficients and Strouhal number, is studied. The results indicated that as β increases, the flow changes its condition from periodic to steady after a critical rotational speed. Results also indicated that variation of the gap spacing and rotational speed has significant effect on wake pattern. Wake pattern in turn has significant effect on the Strouhal number. Finally, the result is compared with experimental and other numerical data.     

Steady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid between two co-axial circular cylinders with suction and injection

In the present paper an attempt has been made to study the steady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid between two co-axial circular cylinders with small outward and inward normal suction on the outer and inner cylinders respectively with the assumption that the pressure is uniform over a cross-section. The expressions for axial velocity, the volume of fluid flowing per unit time across a cross-section and components of stress at any point of the fluid are derived.

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Stationäre Strömung einer zähen, inkompressiblen Flüssigkeit zwischen zwei koaxialen Kreiszylindern bei Absaugen und Ausblasung

Zusammenfassung Es wird die stationäre Strömung eines zähen, inkompressiblen Fluids zwischen zwei koaxialen Kreiszylindern mit geringer Absaugung oder Ausblasung sowohl am Innen- wie am Außenzylinder unter der Annahme gleichförmiger Druckverteilung über jeden Querschnitt untersucht. Die Beziehungen für die Axialgeschwindigkeit, der Fluidstrom über jeden Querschnitt und die Spannungskomponenten in jedem Punkt des Fluidfeldes werden hergeleitet.

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Nomenclature density of the fluid - x axial coordinate - y radial coordinate - azimuthal coordinate - u axial velocity - v radial velocity - w azimuthal velocity - p pressure - coefficient of viscosity - kinematic viscosity - a radius of the inner cylinder - b radius of the outer cylinder - v₀ suction velocity on the inner cylinder - v₀ suction velocity on the outer cylinder =suction parameter for the inner cylinder =suction parameter for the outer cylinder =dimensionlessy coordinates Q=discharge per unit time     

Diffraction of acoustic waves by two nonparallel circular cylinders

Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Frikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 43–51, January, 1989.     

Action of an acoustic wave on a system of two spherical bodies in an ideal fluid

Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 102–108, May, 1990.