Blasius flow of thixotropic fluids: A numerical study

In the present work, laminar, two-dimensional flow of an incompressible thixotropic fluid obeying Harris rheological model is investigated above a fixed semi-infinite plate- the so-called Blasius flow. Assuming that the flow is occurring at high Reynolds number, use will be made of the boundary layer theory to simplify the equations of motion. The equations so obtained are then reduced to a single fourth-order ODE using a suitable similarity variable. It is shown that Harris fluids do not render themselves to a self-similar solution in Blasius flow. A local similarity solution is found which enabled investigating the effects of the model parameters on the velocity profile and wall shear stress at a given location above the plate. Numerical results show that for the Harris model to represent thixotropic fluids, the sign and magnitude of the material parameters appearing in this fluid model cannot be arbitrary.     

Stagnation point flow and heat transfer over a non-linearly moving flat plate in a parallel free stream with slip

An analysis is presented for the steady boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a viscous and incompressible fluid in the stagnation point towards a non-linearly moving flat plate in a parallel free stream with a partial slip velocity. The governing partial differential equations are converted into nonlinear ordinary differential equations by a similarity transformation, which are then solved numerically using the function bvp4c from Matlab for different values of the governing parameters. Dual (upper and lower branch) solutions are found to exist for certain parameters. Particular attention is given to deriving numerical results for the critical/turning points which determine the range of existence of the dual solutions. A stability analysis has been also performed to show that the upper branch solutions are stable and physically realizable, while the lower branch solutions are not stable and, therefore, not physically possible.     

Stokes flow with slip and Kuwabara boundary conditions

The forces experienced by randomly and homogeneously distributed parallel circular cylinder or spheres in uniform viscous flow are investigated with slip boundary condition under Stokes approximation using particle-in-cell model technique and the result compared with the no-slip case. The corresponding problem of streaming flow past spheroidal particles departing but little in shape from a sphere is also investigated. The explicit expression for the stream function is obtained to the first order in the small parameter characterizing the deformation. As a particular case of this we considered an oblate spheroid and evaluate the drag on it.     

Stokes flow between eccentric rotating spheres with slip regime

The steady axisymmetric flow problem of a viscous fluid contained between two eccentric spheres that rotate about an axis joining their centers with different angular velocities is considered. A linear slip of Basset-type boundary condition at both surfaces of the spherical particle and the container is used. Under the Stokesian assumption, a general solution is constructed from the superposition of basic solutions in the spherical coordinate systems based on the inner solid particle and the spherical container. The boundary conditions on the particle’s surface and spherical container are satisfied by a collocation technique. Numerical results for the coupling coefficient acting on the particle are obtained with good convergence for various values of the ratio of particle-to-container radii, the relative distance between the centers of the particle and container, the slip coefficients and the relative angular velocity. In the limiting cases, the numerical values of the coupling coefficient for the solid sphere in concentric position with the container and when the particle is near the inner surface of the container are obtained, and the results are in good agreement with the available values in the literature. The variation of the coupling coefficient with respect the parameters considered are tabulated and displayed graphically.     

Viscous flow over a shrinking sheet with a second order slip flow model

In this paper, viscous flow over a shrinking sheet is solved analytically using a newly proposed second order slip flow model. The closed solution is an exact solution of the full governing Navier–Stokes equations. The solution has two branches in a certain range of the parameters. The effects of the two slip parameters and the mass suction parameter on the velocity distribution are presented graphically and discussed. For certain combinations of the slip parameters, the wall drag force can decrease with the increase of mass suction. These results clearly show that the second order slip flow model is necessary to predict the flow characteristics accurately.     

Accelerated slip flow past a cylinder

This study deals with boundary layer flow along the entire length of a stationary semi-infinite cylinder under a steady, accelerated free-stream. Considering flow at reduced dimensions, the no-slip boundary condition is replaced with a Navier boundary condition. Asymptotic series solutions are obtained for the shear stress coefficient in terms of the Bingham number that corresponds to prescribed values of both the slip coefficient and the index of acceleration. By investigating motion at small and large axial distances, the series solutions are presented. For flow in the intermediate distances, exact and interpolated numerical solutions are obtained. Using these results, the shear stress along the entire cylinder wall is evaluated in terms of the parameters of acceleration and slip.     

Stokes slip flow between corrugated walls

Stokes flow between corrugated plates in microdomains has been analyzed using a perturbation method. This approach used the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, but the velocity-slip is present along the solid-fluid interface. For the slip flow regime, if we introduce Knudsen number (K _n) herein, 0.01 K _n 0.1, the total flow rate is increasing as a ratio of 1 + 6K _nto no-slip Stokes flow. If we consider fixedK _ncases, the corrugations still decrease the flow rate, consideringO(²) terms, and the decrease is maximum as the phase shift becomes 180 °.     

Accelerated slip flow past a cylinder

This study deals with boundary layer flow along the entire length of a stationary semi-infinite cylinder under a steady, accelerated free-stream. Considering flow at reduced dimensions, the no-slip boundary condition is replaced with a Navier boundary condition. Asymptotic series solutions are obtained for the shear stress coefficient in terms of the Bingham number that corresponds to prescribed values of both the slip coefficient and the index of acceleration. By investigating motion at small and large axial distances, the series solutions are presented. For flow in the intermediate distances, exact and interpolated numerical solutions are obtained. Using these results, the shear stress along the entire cylinder wall is evaluated in terms of the parameters of acceleration and slip.     

Flexible flow shop scheduling with uniform parallel machines

We consider the multistage flexible flow shop scheduling problem with uniform parallel machines in each stage and the objective of minimizing makespan. We develop a general class of heuristics for this strongly NP-hard problem that extend several well-known heuristics for the corresponding embedded serial flow shop problem, and obtain absolute performance guarantees for heuristics in this class by building on similar absolute performance guarantees for the corresponding serial flow shop heuristics. Our approach is quite robust, since it can extend any heuristic for the serial flow shop problem (with an absolute performance guarantee) to a similar one for the flexible flow shop problem with uniform parallel machines.     

Stability analysis of the flow past miniature vortex generators in a Blasius boundary layer

It is shown in the literature that Tollmien−Schlichting waves can be damped and transition delayed by a proper modulation of the streamwise velocity in a boundary layer (BL), which can be obtained using miniature vortex generators (MVGs). Experiments show that the amplitude of TS waves is not always monotonically damped past the MVGs. In this study, direct numerical simulations and local stability analysis have been performed in order to provide an interpretation of the experiments and to characterize further the stabilization mechanism induced by this type of control. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Heat transfer in a peristaltic flow of MHD fluid with partial slip

In the present note, we have discussed the effects of partial slip on the peristaltic flow of a MHD Newtonian fluid in an asymmetric channel. The governing equations of motion and energy are simplified using a long wave length approximation. A closed form solution of the momentum equation is obtained by Adomian decomposition method and an exact solution of the energy equation is presented in the presence of viscous dissipation term. The expression for pressure rise is calculated using numerical integration. The trapping phenomena is also discussed. The graphical results are presented to interpret various physical parameter of interest. It is found that the temperature field decreases with the increase in slip parameter L, and magnetic field M, while with the increase in P_r and E_c, the temperature field increases.     

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.     

The hydromagnetic flow between eccentric cylinders with velocity slip at the cylinder walls

The hydrodynamic flow between two eccentric cylinders is examined for small values of modified Reynolds number, porosity parameter and the non-dimensional slip velocity parameter in the presence of a radial magnetic field.The stream function and the pressure distribution are calculated and the results are presented graphically.     

Linearized Poiseuille flow between parallel plates

Zusammenfassung Der Gasstrom eines verdünnten Gases zwischen zwei unendlichen, parallelen Platten (ebene Poiseuille-Strömung) wird berechnet. Die vollständige, linearisierte Boltzmann-Gleichung wird mittels Variationsverfahren behandelt. Die Näherungsfunktion entspricht in Kontinuumsnähe der exakten Burnettverteilung, Resultate werden für das Modell starrer Kugeln und für Maxwellmoleküle angegeben.

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Analysis of viscous flow due to a stretching sheet with surface slip and suction

The viscous flow due to a stretching sheet with slip and suction is studied. The Navier–Stokes equations admit exact similarity solutions. For two-dimensional stretching a closed-form solution is found and uniqueness is proved. For axisymmetric stretching both existence and uniqueness are shown. The boundary value problem is then integrated numerically.     

Boundary elements solution of stokes flow between curved surfaces with nonlinear slip boundary condition

This work presents a boundary integral equation formulation for Stokes nonlinear slip flows based on the normal and tangential projection of the Green's integral representational formulae for the velocity field. By imposing the surface tangential velocity discontinuity (slip velocity) in terms of the nonlinear slip flow boundary condition, a system of nonlinear boundary integral equations for the unknown normal and tangential components of the surface traction is obtained. The Boundary Element Method is used to solve the resulting system of integral equations using a direct Picard iteration scheme to deal with the resulting nonlinear terms. The formulation is used to study flows between curved rotating geometries: i.e., concentric and eccentric Couette flows and single rotor mixers, under nonlinear slip boundary conditions. The numerical results obtained for the concentric Couette flow is validated again a semianalytical solution of the problem, showing excellent agreements. The other two cases, eccentric Couette and single rotor mixers, are considered to study the effect of different nonlinear slip conditions in these flow configurations. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2013     

A solution of the Blasius problem

The classical Blasius boundary layer problem in its simplest statement consists in finding an initial value for the function satisfying the Blasius ODE on semi-infinite interval such that a certain condition at infinity be satisfied. Despite an apparent simplicity of the problem and more than a century of effort of numerous scientists, this elusive constant is determined at present numerically and not much better than it was done by Töpfer in 1912. Here we find this (Blasius) constant rigorously in closed form as a convergent series of rational numbers. Asymptotic behaviour, and lower and upper bounds for the partial sums of the series are also given.     

Unsteady flow of fluids with microstructure between parallel plates—II

Two types of unsteady flow between two parallel plates of a fluid with microstructure have been considered. (i) Initially the fluid is at rest and the motion is caused by a sudden change of pressure gradient from zero to a constant value. It is shown that for a given time asα* decreases from infinity to zero, the velocity in the flow decreases. (ii) One plate is fixed and the other is accelerated with a velocity ν = Ut ⁿ (U andn being positive constants). The flow pattern is discussed in both cases in detail.     

非线性Blasius方程求解的一种新算法

通过一半无限大平板的不可压缩的两维稳定流是一个典型的工程问题,被称为边界层流问题.它是一个由三阶非线性微分方程描述的边值问题,其微分方程称为Blasius方程.首先将该边值问题转化为一对初值问题,然后用状态方程直接积分法和Taylor级数展开法对这对初值问题进行求解.与其它算法相比,具有算法简单,精度高的优点.     

Fully developed laminar slip and no-slip flow in rough microtubes

The effect of surface roughness on developed laminar flow in microtubes is investigated. The tube boundary is defined by \({r=R\left[{1+\varepsilon\, {\rm sin}\left( {\lambda \theta }\right)}\right]}\), with R representing the reference radius and \({\varepsilon}\) and λ the roughness parameters. The momentum equation is solved using Fourier–Galerkin–Tau method with slip at the boundary. A novel semi-analytical method is developed to predict friction factor and pressure drop in corrugated rough microtubes for continuum flow and slip flow that are not restricted to small values of \({\varepsilon \lambda }\) . The analytical solution collapses onto the perturbation solution ofDuan and Muzychka (J. Fluids Eng., 130:031102, 2008) for small enough values of \({\varepsilon \lambda }\) .