The bidmensional stefan problem with convection: the time dependent case

This paper considers the time dependent stefan problem with convection in the fluid phase governed by the Stokes equation, and with adherence of the fluid on the lateral boundaries: The existence of a weak solution is obtained via the introduction of a temperature dependent penalty term in the fluid flow equation, together with the application of various compactness arguments.     

带对流的稳态Stefan问题的有限元逼近

关于带有对流情形的稳态Stefan问题,其中假设液相部分的流动由Stokes方程确定,Canon,DiBennedetto,Knightly曾作过理论研究.本文将讨论其有限元逼近问题,并且得到了在合理正则性假设下的误差估计.     

Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Antibubble Dynamics

In this study, we propose a mathematical model and perform numerical simulations for the antibubble dynamics. An antibubble is a droplet of liquid surrounded by a thin film of a lighter liquid, which is also in a heavier surrounding fluid. The model is based on a phase-field method using a conservative Allen-Cahn equation with a space-time dependent Lagrange multiplier and a modified Navier-Stokes equation. In this model, the inner fluid, middle fluid and outer fluid locate in specific diffusive layer regions according to specific phase filed (order parameter) values. If we represent the antibubble with conventional binary or ternary phase-field models, then it is difficult to have stable thin film. However, the proposed approach can prevent nonphysical breakup of fluid film during the simulation. Various numerical tests are performed to verify the efficiency of the proposed model.     

Oldroyd B流体依时性管内流动的变分解析方法

在本文中，研究上随体Ｏｌｄｒｏｙｄ Ｂ流体在水平管内依时性流动，该问题可归结为无量纲速度分量三阶偏微分方程的初边值问题，采用改进的Ｋａｎｔｏｒｏｖｉｃｈ方法，将该方程化为各级近似的二阶常微分方程组的初值问题，通过Ｌａｐｌａｃｅ变换，求得其二阶常微分方程的解析解。在本文中，提出了变分解析的新概念，获得了二级近似变分解析解，其中包括常压力力梯度和周期性压力梯度两种情形，应用计算机符呈处理和Ｌａｐｌａｃ     

Spatially-dependent and nonlinear fluid transport: coupling framework

We introduce a solver method for spatially dependent and nonlinear fluid transport. The motivation is from transport processes in porous media (e.g., waste disposal and chemical deposition processes). We analyze the coupled transport-reaction equation with mobile and immobile areas.     

The fluid-dynamic limit of the Broadwell model of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation in the presence of shocks

This paper studies the asymptotic equivalence of the Broadwell model of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation to its corresponding Euler equation of compressible gas dynamics in the limit of small mean free path ε. It is shown that the fluid dynamical approximation is valid even if there are shocks in the fluid flow, although there are thin shock layers in which the convergence does not hold. More precisely, by assuming that the fluid solution is piecewise smooth with a finite number of noninteracting shocks and suitably small oscillations, we can show that there exist solutions to the Broadwell equations such that the Broadwell solutions converge to the fluid dynamical solutions away from the shocks at a rate of order (ε) as the mean free path ε goes to zero. For the proof, we first construct a formal solution for the Broadwell equation by matching the truncated Hilbert expansion and shock layer expansion. Then the existence of Broadwell solutions and its convergence to the fluid dynamic solution is reduced to the stability analysis for the approximate solution. We use an energy method which makes full use of the inner structure of time dependent shock profiles for the Broadwell equations.     

Non-Newtonian flow between concentric cylinders

The nonlinear rheological effects of Oldroyd 6-constant fluid between concentric cylinders is addressed. Numerical solution of nonlinear differential equation is given. The nonlinear effects on the velocity is shown and discussed. This reveal that characteristics for shear thickening/shear thinning behavior of a fluid is dependent upon the rheological properties.     

The effect of variable properties on the unsteady Couette flow with heat transfer considering the Hall effect

The influence of temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity on the transient Couette flow with heat transfer is studied. An external uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the parallel plates and the Hall effect is taken into consideration. The fluid is acted upon by a constant pressure gradient. The two plates are kept at two constant but different temperatures and the viscous and Joule dissipations are considered in the energy equation. A numerical solution for the governing non-linear equations of motion and the energy equation is obtained. The effect of the Hall term and the temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity on both the velocity and temperature distributions is examined.     

On a boundary value problem of the theory of oscillations with parameter-dependent boundary conditions

A homogeneous second order differential equation with homogeneous boundary conditions dependent on the parameter, is investigated. Such an equation is obtained in the course of solution of the problem of characteristic oscillations of an ideal incompressible fluid in an elastic vessel, when the method of separation of variables is used. We prove the completeness of the system of eigenfunctions of our boundary value problem and we derive the expansion of an arbitrary, piecewise-continuous function into a series in terms of these eigenfunctions.     

Fractional calculus modelling for unsteady unidirectional flow of incompressible fluids with time-dependent viscosity

In this note we analyze a model for a unidirectional unsteady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid with time dependent viscosity. A possible way to take into account such behaviour is to introduce a memory formalism, including thus the time dependent viscosity by using an integro-differential term and therefore generalizing the classical equation of a Newtonian viscous fluid. A possible useful choice, in this framework, is to use a rheology based on stress/strain relation generalized by fractional calculus modelling. This is a model that can be used in applied problems, taking into account a power law time variability of the viscosity coefficient. We find analytic solutions of initial value problems in an unbounded and bounded domain. Furthermore, we discuss the explicit solution in a meaningful particular case.     

Unsteady Couette flows in a second grade fluid with variable material properties

Fluid solid mixtures are generally considered as second grade fluids and are modeled as fluids with variable physical parameters. Thus, an analysis is performed for a second grade fluid with space dependent viscosity, elasticity and density. Two types of time-dependent flows are investigated. An eigen function expansion method is used to find the velocity distribution. The obtained solutions satisfy the boundary and initial conditions and the governing equation. Remarkably some exact analytic solutions are possible for flows involving second grade fluid with variable material properties in terms of trigonometric and Chebyshev functions.     

Numerical stability of the KdV equation with a negative forcing

The waves at the free surface waves of an incompressible and inviscid fluid in a two dimensional domain with horizontal rigid flat bottom with a small obstruction are considered. A time dependent KdV equation with a negative forcing is derived and studied both theoretically and numerically. The existence of a negative solitary-wave-like solution of the equation near the Froude number is proved and the numerical stability of the solution is also studied. The numerical stability of the positive both symmetric and unsymmetric solitary-wave-like solutions are also studied. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Effect of variable viscosity and viscous dissipation on the Hagen‐Poiseuille flow and entropy generation

In this article, the steady‐state flow of a Hagen‐Poiseuille modelin a circular pipe is considered and entropy generation due tofluid friction and heat transfer is examined. Because of variationin fluid viscosity, the entropy generation in the flow varies. Inhis model, Arrhenius law is applied for temperature equation‐dependent viscosity, and the influence of viscosity parameters on the entropy generation number and distribution of temperature and velocity is investigated. The governing momentum and energy equations, which are coupled due to the dissipative term in the energy equation, were solved by analytical techniques. The solutions of equations via perturbation method and homotopy perturbation method are obtained and then compared with those of numerical solutions. It is found that the fluid viscosity influences considerably the temperature distribution in the fluid close to the pipe wall, and increasing pipe wall temperature enhances the rate of entropy generation. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 27: 529–540, 2011     

Melting heat and mass transfer in stagnation point micropolar fluid flow of temperature dependent fluid viscosity and thermal conductivity at constant vortex viscosity

Steady mixed convection micropolar fluid flow towards stagnation point formed on horizontal linearly stretchable melting surface is studied. The vortex viscosity of micropolar fluid along a melting surface is proposed as a constant function of temperature while dynamic viscosity and thermal conductivity are temperature dependent due to the influence of internal heat source on the fluid. Similarity transformations were used to convert the governing equation into non-linear ODE and solved numerically. A parametric study is conducted. An analysis of the results obtained shows that the flow-field is influenced appreciably by heat source, melting, velocity ratio, variable viscosity and thermal conductivity.     

Strong solutions to the inhomogeneous Navier–Stokes–BGK system

In this paper, we are concerned with the local-in-time well-posedness of a fluid-kinetic model in which the BGK model with density dependent collision frequency is coupled with the inhomogeneous Navier–Stokes equation through drag forces. To the best knowledge of authors, this is the first result on the existence of local-in-time smooth solution for particle–fluid model with nonlinear inter-particle operator for which the existence of time can be prolonged as the size of initial data gets smaller.     

Heat transfer in unsteady axisymmetric second grade fluid

This work looks at the heat transfer effects on the flow of a second grade fluid over a radially stretching sheet. The axisymmetric flow of a second grade fluid is induced due to linear stretching of a sheet. Mathematical analysis has been carried out for two heating processes, namely (i) with prescribed surface temperature (PST case) and (ii) prescribed surface heat flux (PHF case). The modelled non-linear partial differential equations in two dependent variables are reduced into a partial differential equation with one dependent variable. The resulting non-linear partial differential equations are solved analytically using homotopy analysis method (HAM). The series solutions are developed and the convergence is properly discussed. The series solutions and graphs of velocity and temperature are constructed. Particular attention is given to the variations of emerging parameters such as second grade parameter, Prandtl and Eckert numbers.     

相同模式内弧立波的强斜相互作用*

水文讨论分层流体中相同模式向孤立波的强斜相互作用,包括浅流体情形和深流体情形．采用Lazrange描述方法,发现在浅流体情形相互作用由KP方程描述;在深流体情形相互作用由二维的中等长波方程描述;在无限深情形相互作用由二维的BO方程描述．     

One-dimensional viscoelastic fluid model where viscosity and normal stress coefficients depend on the shear rate

We study the unsteady motion of a viscoelastic fluid modeled by a second-order fluid where normal stress coefficients and viscosity depend on the shear rate by using a power-law model. To study this problem, we use the one-dimensional nine-director Cosserat theory approach which reduces the exact three-dimensional equations to a system depending only on time and on a single spatial variable. Integrating the equation of conservation of linear momentum over the tube cross-section, with the velocity field approximated by the Cosserat theory, we obtain a one-dimensional system. The velocity field approximation satisfies both the incompressibility condition and the kinematic boundary condition exactly. From this one-dimensional system we obtain the relationship between average pressure and volume flow rate over a finite section of the tube with constant and variable radius. Also, we obtain the correspondent equation for the wall shear stress which enters directly in the formulation as a dependent variable. Attention is focused on some numerical simulation of unsteady/steady flows for average pressure, wall shear stress and on the analysis of perturbed flows.     

The initial value problem for creeping flow of the upper convected Maxwell fluid at high Weissenberg number

We consider the equations for time dependent creeping flow of an upper convected Maxwell fluid. For finite Weissenberg number, these equations can be reformulated as a coupled system of a hyperbolic equation for the stresses and an elliptic equation for the velocity. In the high Weissenberg number limit, however, the elliptic equation becomes degenerate. As a consequence, the initial value problem is no longer uniquely solvable if we just naively let the Weissenberg number go to infinity in the equations. In this paper, we make an a priori assumption on the stresses, which is motivated by the behavior in shear flow. We formulate a systematic perturbation procedure to solve the resulting initial value problem. Copyright © 2014 JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical analysis for generalized Forchheimer flows of slightly compressible fluids

In this article, we will consider the generalized Forchheimer flows for slightly compressible fluids. Using Muskat's and Ward's general form of Forchheimer equations, we describe the fluid dynamics by a nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation for density. The long‐time numerical approximation of the nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation with time dependent boundary conditions is studied. The stability for all time is established in a continuous time scheme and a discrete backward Euler scheme. A Gronwall's inequality‐type is used to study the asymptotic behavior of the solution. Error estimates for the solution are derived for both continuous and discrete time procedures. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical analysis regarding convergence rates.