Solvability of a nonstationary problem of a rigid body motion in the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a pipe of arbitrary cross-section

The existence of a generalized weak solution is proved for the nonstationary problem of motion of a rigid body in the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid filling a cylindrical pipe of arbitrary cross-section. The fluid flow conforms to the Navier–Stokes equations and tends to the Poiseuille flow at infinity. The body moves in accordance with the laws of classical mechanics under the influence of the surrounding fluid and the gravity force directed along the cylinder. Collisions of the body with the boundary of the flow domain are not admitted and, by this reason, the problem is considered until the body approaches the boundary.     

Couette flow of a third grade fluid with rotating frame and slip condition

An incompressible third grade fluid occupies the porous space between two rigid infinite plates. The steady rotating flow of this fluid due to a suddenly moved lower plate with partial slip of the fluid on the plate is analysed. The fluid filling the porous space between the two plates is electrically conducting. The flow modeling is developed by employing a modified Darcy’s law. A numerical solution of the governing problem consisting of a non-linear ordinary differential equation and non-linear boundary conditions is obtained and discussed. Several limiting cases of the arising problem can be obtained by choosing suitable parameters.     

Computational Modeling of Liquid Droplets Moving on Rough Surfaces

We present a de-coupled approach for computational modeling of liquid droplets moving on rough substrate surfaces. The computational model comprises solving the membrane deformation problem and the fluid flow problem in a segregated manner. The droplet shape is first computed by solving the Young-Laplace equation where contact constraints, due to the droplet-substrate contact, are applied through the penalty method [1]. The resulting configuration constitutes the domain for the fluid flow problem, where the bulk fluid behavior is modeled by the unsteady Stokes' flow model expressed in Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) framework. The entire analysis is performed in the framework of Finite Element Method (FEM). Application of the approach to the case of a droplet moving on a rough surface is presented as an example. (© 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Flow of a second grade fluid over a sheet stretching with arbitrary velocities subject to a transverse magnetic field

The boundary layer flow of a second grade fluid over a permeable stretching surface with arbitrary velocity and appropriate wall transpiration is investigated. The fluid is electrically conducting in the presence of a constant applied magnetic field. An exact solution to the nonlinear flow problem is presented.     

Computational treatment of free convection effects on perfectly conducting viscoelastic fluid

We introduced a magnetohydrodynamic model of boundary-layer equations for a perfectly conducting viscoelastic fluid. This model is applied to study the effects of free convection currents with one relaxation time on the flow of a perfectly conducting viscoelastic fluid through a porous medium, which is bounded by a vertical plane surface. The state space approach is adopted for the solution of one-dimensional problems. The resulting formulation together with the Laplace transform technique is applied to a thermal shock problem and a problem for the flow between two parallel fixed plates, both without heat sources. Also a problem for the semi-infinite space in the presence of heat sources is considered. A discussion of the effects of cooling and heating on a perfectly conducting viscoelastic fluid is given. Numerical results are illustrated graphically for each problem considered.     

Squeeze flow of multiply-connected fluid domains in a Hele-Shaw cell

Summary. The theory of algebraic curves and quadrature domains is used to construct exact solutions to the problem of the squeeze flow of multiply-connected fluid domains in a Hele-Shaw cell. The solutions are exact in that they can be written down in terms of a finite set of time-evolving parameters. The method is very general and applies to fluid domains of any finite connectivity. By way of example, the evolution of fluid domains with two and four air holes are calculated explicitly. For simply connected domains, the squeeze flow problem is well posed. In contrast, the squeeze flow problem for a multiply connected domain is not necessarily well-posed and solutions can break down in finite time by the formation of cusps on the boundaries of the enclosed air holes. Received September 20, 2000; accepted September 10, 2001 Online publication November 5, 2001     

Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow of a Fluid with Anisotropic Viscosity in a Pulsating Vessel

The problem on a fluid flow in a pulsating vessel is considered in the framework of the quasi-one-dimensional hemodynamic equations. The fluid viscosity is assumed to be anisotropic; i.e., the viscosity coefficient depends on the flow direction. The possible solutions are studied analytically and numerically.     

Analytic solution for MHD Transient rotating flow of a second grade fluid in a porous space

This article looks into the unsteady rotating magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of an incompressible second grade fluid in a porous half space. The flow is induced by a suddenly moved plate in its own plane. Both the fluid and plate rotate in unison with the same angular velocity. Analytic solution of the governing flow problem is obtained by using Fourier sine transform. Based on the modified Darcy's law, expression for velocity is obtained. The influence of pertinent parameters on the flow is delineated and appropriate conclusions are drawn. Several existing solutions of Newtonian fluid have been also deduced as limiting cases.     

Stokes’ first problem for the rotating flow of a third grade fluid

This work is concerned with the unsteady rotating flow of the third grade fluid over a suddenly moving plate in its own plane. The non-linear problem governing the flow has been solved numerically. The influence of material parameter of third grade fluid and rotation upon the velocity has been discussed.     

非牛顿流体内流传热研究

在本文中,研究了注入轴对称模腔非牛顿流体非定常流动.本文的第二部份研究了上随体Maxwell流体管内热流动.对于注入模腔流动.其本构方程采用幂律流体模型方程.为了避免在表现粘度中温度关系引起的非线性.引进了一特征粘度的概念.描述本力学过程的基本方程是,本构方程、定常状态的运动方程、非定常能量方程及连续方程.该方程组在空间是二维问题,在数学上是三维问题.采用分裂差分格式求得本方程组的数值解答.分裂法曾成功应用于求解牛顿流体问题.在本文中,首次将分裂法成功地应用解决非牛顿流体流动问题.对于圆管内热流,给出了差分格式,使基本方程组化为一个三对角方程组.其结果,给出了不同时刻的模腔内二维温度分布.     

Optimal Boundary Control of Steady-State Flow of a Viscous Inhomogeneous Incompressible Fluid

We study the problem of optimal boundary control of two-dimensional steady-state flow of a viscous inhomogeneous incompressible fluid. The role of control is played by the values of the velocity on a part of the boundary of the domain considered. On the remaining part of the boundary, the vector of flow velocity and the fluid density are given. We seek the fluid density as a scalar function (determined by the initial data) of the stream function, study the solvability of the problem, and obtain necessary optimality conditions.     

Improved decay estimates in time-dependent Stokes flow

This paper investigates the time-dependent Stokes flow of a viscous fluid in a channel with nonzero net entry flow. Assuming the fluid to be initially at rest with entry flow at the finite end of a semi-infinite channel, energy bounds for the flow are derived. It is shown that the flow decays exponentially in energy norm to a transient Poiseuille flow as the distance from the finite end tends to infinity. The problem was previously investigated by Lin (SAACM 2 (1992) 249-264) for the case in which the net entry flow was zero. Our methods are patterned after those of Lin, but a somewhat better choice of arbitrary constants yields an improved decay rate for Lin's problem.     

Non-homogeneous boundary value problem for one-dimensional compressible viscous micropolar fluid model: a local existence theorem

An initial-boundary value problem for 1-D flow of a compressible viscous heat-conducting micropolar fluid is considered; the fluid is assumed thermodynamically perfect and polytropic. The original problem is transformed into homogeneous one and studied the Faedo-Galerkin method. A local-in-time existence of generalized solution is proved.      

Condensation film on an inclined rotating disk

The three dimensional problem of steady fluid deposition on an inclined rotating disk is solved by similarity transform. For a given spraying rate there may be one, two or no steady state solution. The inclination causes a downward draining flow and a lateral flow. Perturbation solutions compare well with exact similarity solutions when the fluid film is thin.     

Solvability of a supercritical free surface flow problem under gravity-capillarity

In this paper, we consider a problem of a supercritical free surface flow over an obstacle lying on the bottom of a channel in 2D. The flow is irrotational, stationary and the fluid is ideal and incompressible. We take into account both the gravity and the effects of the superficial tension. The problem is nonlinear, it is formulated by the Laplace operator and the dynamic condition defined on the free surface of the fluid domain (Bernoulli equation). Using the perturbation stream function, we linearize the problem and we give a priori properties of the solution. These a priori properties allow us to construct a space where we can use the Lax–Milgram’s theorem to prove the existence and the uniqueness of the solution of the problem.     

非Newton流体的物质点法模拟研究

准确模拟非Newton流体的运动特性具有重要的工程意义.物质点法作为一种相对新兴的粒子型算法,其结合了Lagrange算法和Euler算法的双重优势,已广泛有效地应用于各个工程领域.基于物质点法,结合人工状态方程,分析了两种非Newton流体(cross流体和幂律流体)在平板Poiseuille流和Couette流情况下的流动特性.结果表明:对Newton流体,物质点模拟结果与理论值一致;对非Newton流体,物质点法可准确模拟其剪切稀化和剪切稠化现象.表明了物质点法在模拟非Newton流体流动问题时的适用性,拓展了物质点法的应用范围.     

Laminar non-Newtonian fluid flow in a porous annulus

The effect of suction and injection through the porous walls of an annulus on a two-dimensional steady laminar flow of a non-Newtonian fluid is investigated by solving directly the Navier-Stokes equations in cylindrical coordinates. A quasi-linearization method is used to solve the flow problem for both small and moderately large cross flow through the porous walls. With very approximate starting values of functions, only a few iterations are needed to obtain results with very high accuracy. For comparison, a perturbation method is also used to solve the same flow problem. For small values of cross flow through the porous wall, results obtained by both methods agree very well; while for the moderately large values of cross flow, the perturbation technique is impractical and may give an inaccurate result. The effects of the non-Newtonian fluid on the axial velocity, the pressure drop, and skin friction are also examined.     

Generalized Darcy–Oseen resolvent problem

In this paper, we study the well‐posedness of a coupled Darcy–Oseen resolvent problem, describing the fluid flow between free‐fluid domains and porous media separated by a semipermeable membrane. The influence of osmotic effects, induced by the presence of a semipermeable membrane, on the flow velocity is reflected in the transmission conditions on the surface between the free‐fluid domain and the porous medium. To prove the existence of a weak solution of the generalized Darcy–Oseen resolvent system, we consider two auxiliary problems: a mixed Navier–Dirichlet problem for the generalized Oseen resolvent system and Robin problem for an elliptic equation related to the general Darcy equations. © 2016 The Authors Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Steady MHD flow of a third grade fluid in a rotating frame and porous space

This paper looks at numerical solutions of steady state rotating and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of a third grade fluid past a rigid plate with slip. The space occupying the fluid is porous. The flow modeling is based upon the modified Darcy’s law. The resulting non-linear problem is solved using MATLAB^®. The influence of pertinent flow parameters on the velocity profiles is illustrated and discussed.     

On the plane problem of the flow around a submerged beam

We consider the problem of the steady flow of an ideal heavy fluid around a submerged beam. The problem is obtained from the free-boundary problem of the flow past a submerged obstacle in the limit of bodies of vanishing thickness. We introduce a special Sobolev space formulation of the problem in term of a perturbed stream function and prove its unique solvability for every value of the unperturbed flow velocity, with the possible exception of a discrete set depending on the geometry of the domain. The asymptotic properties of the solutions are discussed.