The Effect of Double Dispersion on Natural Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in a Non-Newtonian Fluid Saturated Non-Darcy Porous Medium

The effect of power law index parameter of the non-Newtonian fluid on free convection heat and mass transfer from a vertical wall is analyzed by considering double dispersion in a non-Darcy porous medium with constant wall temperature and concentration conditions. The Ostwald–de Waele power law model is used to characterize the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. In this case a similarity solution is possible. The variation of heat and mass transfer coefficients with the governing parameters such as power law index, thermal and solutal dispersion parameters, inertia parameter, buoyancy ratio, and the Lewis number is discussed for a wide range of values of these parameters.     

Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer in a Fractured Porous Medium

While fractured formations are possibly the most important contributors to the production of oil worldwide, modeling fractured formations with rigorous treatments has eluded reservoir engineers in the past. To date, one of the most commonly used fractured reservoir models remains the one that was suggested by Warren and Root nearly four decades ago. In this paper, a new model for fractures embedded in a porous medium is proposed. The model considers the Navier-Stokes equation in the fracture (channel flow) while using the Brinkman equation for the porous medium. Unlike the previous approach, the proposed model does not require the assumption of orthogonality of the fractures (sugar cube assumption) nor does it impose incorrect boundary conditions for the interface between the fracture and the porous medium. Also, the transfer coefficient between the fracture and matrix interface does not need to be specified, unlike the cases for which Darcy's law is used. In order to demonstrate the usefulness of the approach, a two-dimensional model of a fractured formation is developed and numerical simulation runs conducted.

The proposed model is derived through a series of finite element modeling runs for various cases using the Navier-Stokes equation in the channel while maintaining the Brinkman equation in the porous medium. Various cases studied include different fracture orientations, fracture frequencies, and thermal and solutal constraints. The usefulness of the proposed model in modeling complex formations is discussed. Finally, a series of numerical runs also provided validity of the proposed model for the cases in which thermal and solutal effects are important. Such a study of double diffusive phenomena, coupled with forced convection, in the context of fractured formations has not been reported before.     

Effect of Variable Viscosity on Free Convective Heat Transfer over a Non-isothermal Body of Arbitrary Shape in a Non-Newtonian Fluid Saturated Porous Medium with Internal Heat Generation

Similarity solutions are proposed for the analysis of free convection flow over a non-isothermal body of arbitrary shape embedded in porous media in the presence of internal heat generation. The porous medium is saturated with non-Newtonian power law fluid. The effect of temperature dependent viscosity on heat transfer rates is investigated. The linearized version of the Arrhenius law for temperature dependent viscosity is considered and it is shown that the heat transferred is more for a less viscous fluid.     

Optimization of Forced Convection Heat Transfer in a Composite Porous Medium Channel

The optimization of heat transfer for forced convection in a composite porous channel was studied. We investigated the question where should one place, in the core or in the sheath, the material with high permeability and high-thermal conductivity and where should one place the material with low permeability and low-thermal conductivity, to maximize heat transfer from the walls. We also investigated the optimal heat transfer situation when one has the freedom to vary the relative volumes of the core and the sheath.     

Propagation of Plane Waves of a Defect Field in a Viscoplastic Medium in the Presence of an Interface between Two Media

The dynamic equations of the continual theory of defects are used to study the structure of the waves of a defect field characterized by a defect density tensor and a defect flux tensor in a viscoplastic medium. Relations are obtained that define the passage of defect field waves through an interface between two media. Particular cases of media with rapidly and slowly decaying waves are considered.     

平面SH波传递算子反演方法

讨论了弹性水平层状介质中ＳＨ波的反演问题,在平面脉动ＳＨ波激励和反射模式下利用的传递算子方法逐层反演了介质的速度,密度和厚度,反演过程转化为线性回归,并且进行了数值模拟这种逐层反演方法简化了方程的阶数和计算量。     

Analysis of Laminar Flow and Forced Convection Heat Transfer in a Porous Medium

The flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid confined in a planar geometry with different wall temperatures filled with a homogenous and isotropic porous medium is analyzed in terms of determining the unsteady state and steady state velocities, the temperature and the entropy generation rate as function of the pressure drop, the Darcy number, and the Brinkman number. The one-dimensional approximate equation in the rectangular Cartesian coordinates governing the flow of a Newtonian fluid through porous medium is derived by accounting for the order of magnitude of terms as well as accompanying approximations to the full-blown three-dimensional equations by using scaling arguments. The one-dimensional approximate energy and the entropy equations with the viscous dissipation consisting of the velocity gradient and the square of velocity are derived by following the same procedure used in the derivation of velocity expressions. The one-dimensional approximate equations for the velocity, the temperature, and the entropy generation rate are analytically solved to determine the velocity, the temperature, and the entropy distributions in the saturated porous medium as functions of the effective process parameters. It is found that the pressure drop, the Darcy number, and the Brinkman number affect the temperature distribution in the similar way, and besides the above parameters, the irreversibility distribution ratio also affects the entropy generation rate in the similar way.     

Heat Transfer Characteristics of Reciprocating Flows in Channels Partially Filled with Porous Medium

This paper presents the effect of introducing a porous medium on the flow regime and heat transfer of a two-dimensional channel through which the flow is reciprocating. The channel is discretely heated from above and is insulated in the bottom which can simulate a cooling mechanism for compact circuit boards. In this ideal geometry, a fully developed reciprocating flow is established via oscillating pressure gradient. In side boundaries, velocity and temperature are assumed to be periodic. A certain volume of this channel is occupied by a porous medium which is shown to be an effecting tool for augmentation of heat transfer. At first, Momentum equations of the domain are solved analytically (Brinkman-extended Darcy model is used for porous region) and then the energy equation is solved numerically using alternating direction implicit (ADI) method. Finally a case study is investigated for a high-porous and high-conductive medium (Aluminum alloy T-6201) and the enhancing effect and optimization criteria are discussed in the result section.     

The Flow Analysis of Viscoelastic Fluid with Fractional Order Derivative in Horizontal Well

The fractional calculus approach is introduced into the seepage mechanics. A three-dimensional relaxation model of viscoelastic fluid is built. The models based on four boundary conditions of exact solution in Laplace space for some unsteady flows in an infinite reservoir is obtained by using the Laplace transform and Fourier sine and cosine integral transform. The pressure transient behavior of non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluid is studied by using Stehfest method of the numerical Laplace transform inversion and Gauss–Laguerre numerical integral formulae. The viscoelastic fluid is very sensitive to the order of the fractional derivative. The change rules of pressure are discussed when the parameters of the models change. The plots of type pressure curves are given, and the results can be provided to theoretical basis and well-test method for oil field.     

Effect of Longitudinal Forced Motion on the Stability of Convection in a Plane Vertical Layer with Internal Heat Sources

The effect of longitudinal forced fluid motion on the mechanisms of instability of a convection flow developing in a plane vertical layer in the presence of internal heat sources is considered. It is found that forced motion which intensifies the central stream of the convection flow can lead to moderate stabilization of the hydrodynamic and thermal crisis mechanisms. In the presence of counterstream forced motion the flow stability increases sharply.__________Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, 2005, pp. 14–17.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Lobov.     

初应力对压电压磁板中水平剪切振动的影响

针对含有初始应力的压电压磁板中的水平剪切振动问题,从基本的线弹性理论出发,经过适当的变量代换,推导出了精确的解析解,得到了电磁学开路、电学开路磁学短路、电学短路磁学开路、电磁学短路四种情况下的频率控制方程;进一步应用二分法对方程进行求解,并数值模拟了初始应力以及不同的电磁学边界条件对振动频率、位移模态的影响．研究结果表明：初始应力和电磁学边界条件对压电压磁板的水平剪切振动频率都具有显著的影响,且当初始应力变化范围较小时（初始应力与有效刚度系数之比在5%以内）,振动频率与初始应力之间呈线性关系;电磁学边界条件能显著改变压电压磁板内振动位移的分布,但初始应力对其影响不大．     

Quasi-One-Dimensional Model of Heat and Mass Transfer During Sublimation of a Molecular Crystal Plate in a Plane Channel

An unsteady quasi-one-dimensional model is constructed for the process of sublimation of a monocrystalline plate of -diketonate in a uniform flow of an indifferent gas. A method of collocations and least squares is developed for solving heat-transfer problems. In contrast to the previous variants of the method, the algorithm proposed is designed for solving unsteady equations in partial derivatives with a phase transition. Numerical calculations are performed for various regimes of sublimation of chromium -diketonate; the results are in good agreement with the data of a physical experiment.     

Effect of Interphase Heat Transfer on the Stability of a Turbulent Multicomponent Flow in a Vortex

The parameters of an axisymmetric turbulent two-phase swirling flow of a viscous heat-conducting gas containing a liquid dispersed phase in the presence of water vapor condensation on the particles are calculated. For the dispersed phase, a model taking into account the variation of the vapor concentration and the particle size due to condensation or evaporation is proposed. The distributions of the parameters of the basic unperturbed flow obtained numerically are used in the numerical solution of the linear problem of hydrodynamic stability within the time-dependent formulation. The parameters of small-amplitude harmonic perturbations propagating along the vortex axis are investigated in the linear formulation. A significant effect of heat release in the gas due to water vapor condensation on the parameters of the neutral perturbations and the neutral-stability curves is detected.     

Effect of the Initial Stresses on Waves in the System Consisting of a Viscous Fluid Layer and a Compressible Elastic Half-Space

International Applied Mechanics - The problem of acoustic wave propagation in a prestrained compressible elastic half-space that interacts with a layer of viscous compressible fluid is solved using...     

Effect of Viscous Dissipation on the Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Permeable Stretching Surface Embedded in a Porous Medium with a Second-Order Slip Using Chebyshev Finite Difference Method

This article investigates a theoretical and numerical study for the effect of viscous dissipation on the steady flow with heat transfer of Newtonian fluid toward a permeable stretching surface embedded in a porous medium with a second-order slip and thermal slip. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are converted into nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using similarity variables. The resulting ODEs are successfully solved numerically with the help of Chebyshev finite difference method. Graphically results are shown for non-dimensional velocities and temperature. The effects of the porous parameter, the suction (injection) parameter, Eckert number, first- and second-order velocity slip parameter, the thermal slip parameter and the Prandtl number on the flow and temperature profiles are presented. Moreover, the local skin-friction and Nusselt numbers are presented. A comparison of numerical results is made with the earlier published results under limiting cases.     

On the Interphase Heat Transfer Effect on Nonlinear Wave Propagation in a Gas-Liquid Mixture

The effect of interphase heat transfer on shock wave propagation is investigated. A multiwave nonlinear equation which in the limiting case of the absence of heat transfer decomposes into two classic generalizations of the Boussinesq equations is derived. Quasi-isothermal and quasi-adiabatic propagation regimes for which the heat transfer is fairly intense are considered. For both regimes, nonlinear equations describing the wave propagation are obtained. The equation describing the first regime is investigated in detail. Exact analytic solutions of this equation are given and used to study the shock wave structures and the solitary wave behavior. Formulas for the dependence of the heat transfer rate on the equilibrium-mixture parameters are obtained.     

A Dual Phase Lag Model on Thermoelastic Interaction in an Infinite Fiber-Reinforced Anisotropic Medium with a Circular Hole

The model of generalized thermoelasticity proposed by dual phase lag (DPL), is applied to study the thermoelastic interactions in an infinite fiber-reinforced anisotropic medium with a circular hole. A decaying with time thermal field on the boundary of the hole, which is stress free, causes the thermoelastic interactions. The solutions for displacement, temperature, and stresses are obtained with the help of the finite element procedure. The effects of the reinforcement on temperature, stress, and displacement are studied. The exact solution in the case of isotropic medium is discussed explicitly. The accuracy of the finite element method validated by comparing between the finite element and exact solutions for absence the reinforcement.     

A Comment on the Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Permeable Stretching/Shrinking Surface in a Porous Medium: Brinkman Model

An analytical solution is presented for the boundary-layer flow and heat transfer over a permeable stretching/shrinking surface embedded in a porous medium using the Brinkman model. The problem is seen to be characterized by the Prandtl number $Pr$ , a mass flux parameter $s$ , with $s>0$ for suction, $s=0$ for an impermeable surface, and $s<0$ for blowing, a viscosity ratio parameter $M$ , the porous medium parameter $\Lambda $ and a wall velocity parameter $\lambda $ . The analytical solution identifies critical values which agree with those previously determined numerically (Bachok et al. Proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Applications of Porous Media, 2013) and shows that these critical values, and the consequent dual solutions, can arise only when there is suction through the wall, $s>0$ .