Effects of radial temperature gradient on the stability of viscous row in an annulus with a rotating inner cylinder

The Taylor stability problem is solved for the case of narrow gap between a rotating inner cylinder and a stationary outer cylinder where the latter is at a higher temperature than the former. The predictions are based on a numerical procedure with less restrictive assumptions than those previously adopted and they confirm the destablizing effect of a radial temperature gradient.

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Wirkung eines radialen Temperaturgradienten auf die Stabilität einer zähen Strömung in einem Kreisring, dessen innerer Zylinder rotiert

Zusammenfassung Das Problem der Taylor-Stabilität ist für den Fall eines engen Spaltes zwischen einem rotierenden inneren und einem festen äußeren Zylinder gelöst, wenn der äußere auf höherer Temperatur als der innere ist. Es wurde ein numerisches Verfahren gewählt, bei dem weniger einschränkende Voraussetzungen nötig waren als bisher. Die destabilisierende Wirkung eines radialen Temperaturgradienten wird bestätigt.

     

Stability of flow between two rotating cylinders in the presence of a constant heat flux at the outer cylinder and radial temperature gradient – wide gap problem

The stability of Couette flow of a viscous incompressible fluid between two concentric rotating cylinders in the presence of a radial temperature gradient due to a constant heat flux at the outer cylinder is studied. The critical values of `a' (the wave number) and Ta (the Taylor number) are listed in a table and some critical Taylor numbers are shown graphically. It is shown that as the heat flux is increased the flow becomes more unstable for all values of μ calculated, where μ is the ratio of the angular velocity of the outer cylinder to that of the inner cylinder. Received on 04 March 1997     

Thermal characteristics in the annulus with an inner rotating rib-roughness cylinder

This work experimentally investigates the heat transfer characteristics in the annulus with an inner rotating rib-roughness cylinder, whose flow and thermal behaviors are associated with Taylor number (Ta) and centrifugal buoyancy parameter (Gr _Ω/Ta). The operating range of Ta is from 4.90 × 10² to 5.80 × 10⁵, while the surface of the inner cylinder is heated up with several constant heat fluxes (279, 425 and 597 W/m²) to obtain various values of Gr _Ω/Ta. Besides, three modes of the inner cylinder without/with longitudinal ribs are considered. The end of the annular channel is connected to a side chamber to fit practical applications (such as in the rotary blade coupling of a four-wheel-drive vehicle). The experimental results show that the average Nusselt number was almost constant at low Ta, but increased rapidly with Ta when Ta exceeded some critical value (3,000–5,200 for present study). Additionally, the Gr _Ω/Ta effect on the heat transfer was negligible herein. Furthermore, by comparing with the inner cylinder without longitudinal ribs, stalling ribs on the inner cylinder increases the transport of heat by a factor of 1.22 at 10⁵ < Ta < 10⁶, and embedding cavities into the ribs increases the transport of heat by a factor of 1.16 at 10⁵ < Ta < 10⁶. Finally, the relationships between the and the Ta for various modes of test sections were proposed.     

Factors affecting the stability of viscous axial flow in annuli with a rotating inner cylinder

Hot-wire measurements are presented of the onset of instability in developed axial flow and in both developing and developed tangential flow caused by inner cylinder rotation in concentric annuli of radius ratio N of 0.909, 0.809 and 0.565 for axial-flow Reynolds numbers (Re) between 86 and 2000. Within assessed uncertainty intervals, the consistency of marginal stability measurements, at four azimuthal locations 90° apart, indicates insensitivity to small variations in gap width; the measurements also confirm the destabilisation of nearly-developed and developed tangential flow identified by Takeuchi and Jankowski¹ with the occurrence at increasing Re of three-dimensional initial disturbances of spiral-vortex form. Comparison with earlier measurements suggests that in particular annuli, destabilisation may be delayed to higher Re by high values of certain geometrical factors, including radius ratio and the resultant end-effects parameter. Stability may also be restored or improved at high Re by reversion to developing tangential flow in which the initial instability is not of spiral-vortex form and where, for given N, the critical Taylor number appears uniquely related to the dimensionless axial co-ordinate. Stability is then generally greatest at low N.     

Viscous flow in a partially-filled horizontal cylinder rotating at constant speed

The problem under consideration is that of the stationary shape of the free surface of a viscous fluid in a steadily rotating horizontal cylinder. In the majority of investigations of this problem the thickness of the fluid layer coating the inner surface of the cylinder is assumed to be small [1–3]. The case of a near-horizontal free surface, with the bulk of the fluid at the cylinder bottom, was considered in [4], where, after considerable simplification, the governing equations were reduced to ordinary differential equations. In the present study the behavior of the free surface is investigated using a creeping flow approximation. The controlling parameters vary over a wide range. In the numerical computations a boundary element method was used. The numerical results have been confirmed experimentally.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 25–30, May–June, 1993.     

Hydrodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of laminar flow past a parabolic cylinder with constant heat flux

 Steady, two-dimensional, symmetric, laminar and incompressible flow past parabolic bodies in a uniform stream with constant heat flux is investigated numerically. The full Navier–Stokes and energy equations in parabolic coordinates with stream function, vorticity and temperature as dependent variables were solved. These equations were solved using a second order accurate finite difference scheme on a non-uniform grid. The leading edge region was part of the solution domain. Wide range of Reynolds number (based on the nose radius of curvature) was covered for different values of Prandtl number. The flow past a semi-infinite flat plate was obtained when Reynolds number is set equal to zero. Results are presented for pressure and temperature distributions. Also local and average skin friction and Nusselt number distributions are presented. The effect of both Reynolds number and Prandtl number on the local and average Nusselt number is also presented. Received on 5 July 2000     

On the development of Taylor vortices in a vertical annulus with a heated rotating inner cylinder

A numerical study has been conducted to determine the heat transfer characteristics and flow patterns which develop around a rotating, heated vertical cylinder enclosed within a stationary concentric cylinder. A tall annulus (aspect ratio of 10) with fixed, adiabatic horizontal end-plates and a radius ratio of 0·5 has been considered. Furthermore, the effect that the introduction of buoyancy forces by heating the inner cylinder has on the development of the Taylor vortex flow is examined. It is observed that the formation of the Taylor vortices is delayed until the rotational parameter σ = Gr/Re² has a value below unity for any given Reynolds number Re which is above the critical value Re_crit for the formation of Taylor vortices in an isothermal flow. Also, the Taylor cells first appear at the top of the annulus. As σ is gradually decreased below unity, bifurcations to other states are observed. The final structure of the secondary flow is noticeably distorted in the mixed-convection mode, with the size of the Taylor cells varying greatly along the height of the annulus. This distortion diminishes as σ is further decreased, until the isothermal flow pattern is nearly recovered below σ = 0·01.     

Transient free convective flow in a vertical channel with constant temperature and constant heat flux on walls

This note presents transient motion of a viscous and incompressible fluid in a vertical channel due to free convective currents occuring as a result of application of constant heat flux at one wall and constant temperature on other wall. The method of Laplace transform is used to solve the problem. The transient behaviour of flow on velocity and temperature fields are shown on the graphs.     

The stability of the helical flow of pseudoplastic liquids in a narrow annular gap with a rotating inner cylinder

The stability of a laminar helical flow of pseudoplastic liquids in an annular gap with a rotating inner cylinder is investigated theoretically. The analysis is carried out under the assumption of a torroidal form of the secondary flow (torroidal Taylor vortices) for the narrow gap geometry. The power law model has been applied to describe the pseudoplasticity of liquids. The problem of the stability has been formulated with the aid of the method of small disturbances, and solved using the Galerkin method. In order to describe the stability limit the Reynolds and Taylor numbers defined with the aid of the mean viscosity value have been introduced. It has been found that pseudoplasticity has a considerably destabilizing influence on the Couette motion as well as on the helical flow in the initial range of the Reynolds number values (Re<30). A decrease of the flow index value,n, is accompanied by a decrease of the critical value of the Taylor number. This destabilizing effect of pseudoplasticity vanishes in the range of the larger values of the Reynolds number. In the rangeRe>30, the stability limit of the flow of pseudoplastic liquids can be described by a general dependence of the critical valueTa _c onRe, which is consistent with results obtained for the case of Newtonian fluids. a frequency number (Eq. (27)), 1/s - b wave number (Eq. (27)), 1/m - B = M/N parameter - d = R ₂ –R ₁ gap width, m - f(y, B, k) function of viscosity distribution (Eq. (7)) - f ₀ (x) function of viscosity distribution (narrow gap Eq. (35)) - F(x) = V(x)/V _m dimensionless distribution of axial flow velocity - G(x) = U(x) _i dimensionless distribution of angular flow velocity - K consistency coefficient, N sⁿ/m² - M = (P/L)R ₂ parameter of the stress field (Eq. (1)), N/m² - M ₀ torque per unit length, N - n flow index - N = M ₀/(2R ₂ ² ) parameter of the stress field (Eq. (1)), N/m² - p = 1/2n–1/2 parameter - pressure disturbance amplitude, N/m² - p pressure disturbance, N/m² - (P/L) pressure drop per unit length of the gap, N/m² - r radial coordinate, m - r _m location of the maximum value of the axial velocity, m - R ₁,R ₂ inner, outer radius of the annulus, m - Re = V _m 2d/ _m Reynolds number - S = (P/L · d/N) parameteer of the stress field (narrow gap) - t time, s - Ta = _i d ^3/2 R ₁ ^1/2 / _m Taylor number - U tangential velocity, m/s - U _i tangential velocity at the surface of the inner cylinder, m/s - V axial velocity, m/s - V _m mean axial velocity, m/s - V disturbance vector of velocity field, m/s - amplitude of theV _k -disturbance, m/s - X, Y, Z functions in Eqs. (36–38) - y = r/R ₂ dimensionless radial coordinate - x = (r—(R ₁+R ₂)/2)d radial coordinate (narrow gap) - L ₁ L ₄ linear operators in Eqs. (36–38) - = ad/V _m dimensionless frequency number - = b·d dimensionless wave number - component of the rate of strain tensor, 1/s - component of the rate of strain tensor corresponding to the disturbance, 1/s - = R ₁/R ₂ radius ratio - apparent viscosity, Ns/m² - ₀ apparent viscosity in the main flow, Ns/m² - µ disturbance of the apparent viscosity, Ns/m² - µ _m mean apparent viscosity, Ns/m² - density, kg/m³ - _ij component of the stress tensor, N/m² - angular velocity, rad/s - _i angular velocity of the inner cylinder, rad/s     

On the orbital motion of a rotating inner cylinder in annular flow

In this paper, numerical calculations have been performed to analyse the influence of the orbital motion of an inner cylinder on annular flow and the forces exerted by the fluid on the inner cylinder when it is rotating eccentrically. The flow considered is fully developed laminar flow driven by axial pressure gradient. It is shown that the drag of the annular flow decreases initially and then increases with the enhancement of orbital motion, when it has the same direction as the inner cylinder rotation. If the eccentricity and rotation speed of the inner cylinder keep unchanged (with respect to the absolute frame of reference), and the orbital motion is strong enough that the azimuthal component (with respect to the orbit of the orbital motion) of the flow‐induced force on the inner cylinder goes to zero, the flow drag nearly reaches its minimum value. When only an external torque is imposed to drive the eccentric rotation of the inner cylinder, orbital motion may occur and, in general, has the same direction as the inner cylinder rotation. Under this condition, whether the inner cylinder can have a steady motion state with force equilibrium, and even what type of motion state it can have, is related to the linear density of the inner cylinder. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Calculation of the turbulent characteristics of channel flow with rotating inner cylinder

An attempt to analyze the turbulent characteristics of flow in an annular channel with rotating inner cylinder is described which is based on the use of the pulsating-energy-balance equations in various directions of motion. The analytical results are compared with the experimental mean velocity distribution, the pulsation intensity, the correlation, and other data.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 121–127, May–June, 1969.     

A note on the free convection boundary layer on a horizontal circular cylinder with constant heat flux

The equations governing the free convection boundary-layer flow on a horizontal circular cylinder on which there is a prescribed surface heat flux are solved using a finite-difference scheme. This numerical solution is then used to compare the accuracy of two proposed series expansions, a Blasius expansion and a Görtler-type expansion. It is shown that the former method is better at estimating temperature profiles while the latter is better at estimating velocity profiles.

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Bemerkung über die freie Konvektionsgrenzschicht an einem horizontalen Kreiszylinder mit gleichförmigem Wärmestrom

Zusammenfassung Die Grenzschichtgleichungen für die freie Konvektion an einem horizontalen Kreiszylinder mit gleichförmigem Wärmestrom durch die Oberfläche wird mit Hilfe eines finiten Differenzverfahrens gelöst. Die numerisch ermittelten Ergebnisse werden nachher für den Vergleich der Genauigkeit von zwei Reihendarstellungen der Lösung der Grenzschichtsgleichungen benützt. Diese Reihen sind vom Blasiusbzw. Görtier-Typ. Es wird bemerkt, daß die Reihendarstellung von Blasius die Temperaturprofile besser beschreibt, während die Reihenentwicklung der Görtlerschen Art für die Geschwindigkeitsprofile eine gute Übereinstimmung mit der exakten Lösung zeigt.

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Nomenclature a radius of the cylinder - g acceleration of gravity - P _r Prandtl number - Q prescribed (constant) heat flux - T temperature of the fluid - t ₀ temperature of the ambient fluid - u velocity in thex-direction - v velocity in they-direction - x co-ordinate measuring distance round the cylinder - y co-ordinate measuring distance normal to the cylinder - G _r Grashof number=g Q a ⁴/v² - coefficient of thermal expansion - x thermal conductivity - v kinematic viscosity - _w skin friction     

Thermal radiation effects on MHD-Rayleigh flow with constant surface heat flux

Thermal radiation heat transfer effects on the Rayleigh flow of gray viscous fluids under the effect of a transverse magnetic field are investigated. The free convection heat transfer problem from constant surface heat flux moving plate is selected for study. It is found that the increasing of the magnetic field number M= H₀² / U₀²decreased velocities inside boundary layer, the increasing of the conduction–radiation parameter Rd=k__R/4aT³ decreased both temperatures and heat transfer rates. It is also found that the increasing of the dimensionless surface heat flux parameter q₀^*=q₀ /(kU₀T₎ increased the temperatures inside the boundary layer and increased the heat transfer rates. Comparison with previous works shows excellent agreement. Different transient velocity profiles, temperature profiles and local Nusselt numbers against different dimensionless groups are drawn.     

Optical investigation of the heat transfer from a rotating cylinder in a cross flow

The heat transfer from a rotating cylinder in an air-cross flow was investigated by purely optical measuring techniques. Flow velocities were measured by a two-dimensional LDV both in the vicinity of the cylinder and in the boundary layer. A new optical device based on light-deflection in a temperature field was developed to examine local temperature gradients in the boundary layer of the rotating cylinder. Finally, a Michelson-interferometer was installed to produce real-time pictures of isothermal lines around the heated cylinder. The impact of rotation on flow patterns, boundary layer behaviour and heat transfer could be clearly identified. It appears that the velocity-ratio acts like an independent parameter, in that flow patterns correspond to this dimensionless number. Furthermore, it seems that rotation dominates over cross flow, both fluid-dynamically and thermally above = 2.This work was carried out at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich/Germany.     

Effects of prescribed heat flux and transpiration on MHD axisymmetric flow impinging on stretching cylinder

A numerical treatment for axisymmetric flow and heat transfer due to a stretching cylinder under the influence of a uniform magnetic field and prescribed surface heat flux is presented. Numerical results are obtained for dimensionless velocity, temperature, skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number for several values of the suction/injection, magnetic and curvature parameters as well as the Prandtl number. The present study reveals that the controlling parameters have strong effects on the physical quantities of interest. It is seen that the magnetic field enhances the dimensionless temperature inside the thermal boundary layer, whereas it reduces the dimensionless velocity inside the hydrodynamic boundary layer. Heat transfer rate reduces, while the skin friction coefficient increases with magnetic field.