Experimental Study on Liquid Free Surface in Buoyant-Thermocapillary Convection

We investigate the surface deformations of buoyant-thermocapillary convection in a rectangular cavity due to gravity and temperature gradient between the two sidewalls. The cavity is 52mm×42 mm in horizontal cross section, the thickness of liquid layer h is changed from 2.5 mm to 6.5 mm. Surface deformations of h = 3.5 mm and 6.0mm are discussed and compared. Temperature difference is increased gradually, and the flow in the liquid layer will change from stable convection to unstable convection. Two kinds of optical diagnostic system with image processor are developed for study of the kinetics of buoyant-thermocapillary convection, they give out the information of liquid free surface. The quantitative results are calculated by Fourier transform and correlation analysis, respectively. With the increasing temperature gradient, surface deformations calculated are more declining. It is interesting phenomenon that the inclining directions of the convections in thin and thick liquid layers are different. For a thin layer, the convection is mainly controlled by thermocapillary effect. However, for a thick layer, the convection is mainly controlled by buoyancy effect. The surface deformation theoretically analysed is consistent with our experimental results. The present experiment proves that surface deformation is related to temperature gradient and thickness of the liquid layer. In other words, surface deformation lies on capillary convection and buoyancy convection.     

Experimental Investigation of Thermocapillary Convection in a Liquid Layer with Evaporating Interface

Thermocapillary convection coupling with the evaporation effect of evaporating liquids is studied experimentally. This study focused on an evaporation liquid layer in a rectangular cavity subjected to a horizontal temperature gradient when the top evaporating surface is open to air, while most previous works only studied pure thermocapillary convection without evaporation. Two liquids with different evaporating rates are used to study the coupling of evaporation and thermocapillary convection, and the interfacial temperature profiles for different temperature gradients are measured. The experimental results indicate evidently the influence of evaporation effect on the thermocapillary convection and interfacial temperature profiles. The steady multicellular flow and the oscillatory multicellular flow in the evaporation liquid layer are observed by using the particle-image-velocimetry method.     

水平温差对环形浅液池内Marangoni-热毛细对流的影响

双向温差驱动下的Marangoni-热毛细对流在许多工程技术领域具有重要作用, 但是, 已有的大部分研究集中于单向温差作用下的流动. 因此, 采用数值模拟的方法研究了水平温差对双向温差驱动下的环形浅液池内Marangoni-热毛细对流的影响. 在一个给定的顶部换热条件下, 确定了不同水平温差作用下流动由轴对称稳态流动向三维非稳态流动转变的临界底部热流密度. 结果表明, 水平温差使得Marangoni-热毛细对流不稳定; 随着水平温差的持续增强, 稳态流动转变为一种规律的振荡流动, 最终变得混乱; 发现两种新的状态演化过程; 确定了水平温差和垂直温差在共同驱动流体运动时各自发挥的作用; 随着水平温差的增强, 最初出现在中间区域的最高表面温度不断向热壁移动, 在此过程中, 内壁附近的流动增强, 而外壁附近的流动减弱.     

Modelling of a closed two-dimensional reactor bounded by a wavy wall

In this paper, we propose a model for a two-dimensional closed reactor bounded by a wavy wall. The left, right and top walls of the reactor are assumed to be flat surfaces while the bottom wall is a wavy surface. In order to formulate a model for such a reactor, we introduce a coordinate transformation into the dimensionless equations of a rectangular closed domain. Then the resulting equations illustrate the phenomena for a closed reactor bounded by a wavy wall. We solve these equations using the finite difference method. The astonishing results are that the intensity of streamlines and the maximum temperature within the reactor significantly increase with an increase of the number of waves in the bottom wall, the amplitude of waves and the Frank-Kamenetskii number. Converse characteristics are observed for higher values of the enlargement of a wave. Moreover, larger Rayleigh number induces stronger vortices in the flow field and reduces the maximum temperature. The Nusselt number at the bottom wavy wall is found to increase for higher values of the Frank-Kamenetskii number and the amplitude of a wave. A transition from the steady-state to the oscillatory convection is identified for a certain value of the Frank-Kamenetskii number. However, for a low value of the Rayleigh number, there occurs a transition from the steady-state to an explosion for increasing value of the Frank-Kamenetskii number. Results also demonstrate that the critical value of the Frank-Kamenetskii number, for which a transition from the steady-state to the oscillatory convection occurs, is higher for increasing values of the number of waves, the enlargement of a wave and the amplitude of a wave.     

Microsphere manipulation using ferroelectric liquid crystals

We propose a strategy for a micromanipulation method using SSFLC (surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals). By adjusting the frequency of the applied ac electric field, the surface layers that cannot follow an applied ac electric field are constructed in SSFLC. In addition, by applying a sawtooth wave voltage, net flow along the smectic layer is generated. The flow direction is reversed by changing the polarity of the sawtooth wave. Consequently, the particles dispersed in SSFLC can be driven bidirectionally along the smectic layer. The particle velocity depends on the temperature, amplitude, and frequency of the applied voltage.     

Instability in Two-Sided Thermocapillary-Buoyancy Convection with Interfacial Phase Change

A new model of two-phase thermocapillary-buoyancy convection with phase change at gas-liquid interface in an enclosed cavity subjected to a horizontal temperature gradient is proposed,rather than the previous onesided model without phase change.We study the onset of multicellular convection and two modes of convective instability,and find four different flow regimes.Their transition map is compared with the non-phase-change condition.Our numerical results show the stabilizing effect of interfacial phase change on the thermocapillarybuoyancy convection.     

Surface triple points and multiple-layer transitions observed by tuning the surface field at smectic liquid-crystal-water interfaces

We present an ellipsometric study of the interface between a smectic liquid crystal and water in the presence of a nonionic surfactant. The surfactant concentration serves as a handle to tune the surface field. For sufficiently large surfactant concentrations, a smectic phase is present at the interface in the temperature range above the smectic-A-isotropic bulk transition; when the bulk transition is approached, the thickness of this surface phase grows via a series of layer-by-layer transitions at which single smectic layers are formed. At lower surfactant concentrations, transitions appear at which the thickness of the surface phase jumps by multiple smectic layers, thereby implying the existence of triple points at which surface phases with different smectic layer numbers coexist. This is the first experimental demonstration of such surface triple points which are predicted by theoretical models.     

稳定自然对流下的温度梯度液相外延

介绍了稳定自然对流下的温度梯度液相外延,稳定自然对流由加在溶液上的水平温差产生,用简化模式计算了该生长的生长速率,计算给出:该生长的生长速率与水平温差的平方根成比例;具体对Ga_0.85Al_0.15AS生长,在本工作给定的条件下,生长速率为稳态扩散理论预示生长速率的1124倍,在大部份生长面积内,外延层的厚度变化小于平均厚度的±10％,设计了稳定自然对流下的温度梯度液相外延装置,用该装置生长了厚Ga_1-xAl_xAs层,实 关键词：     

Numerical simulation of metallic powder flow in a coaxial nozzle in laser direct metal deposition

To investigate the influencing rule of deposited layer’s shape on coaxial powder feeding flow field in the metal forming process, gas–solid two-phase flow theory is used to analyze effect of deposited layers on powder concentration distribution and variation of focus distance from nozzle outlet to convergence point (the center of the convergent zone). Different height and width parameters of deposited layers were chosen to calculate the powder concentration distribution, consequently, and also their effect on additive height of single-trace cladding layer was studied by experimental investigations. The numerical results are in good agreement with experimental observations. The results indicated that additive height of cladding layer was non-uniform under uneven wall thickness of parts fabrication condition. Consequently, the surface of deposited layers with uneven thickness is not smooth, and hence affects surface forming quality.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MARANGONI-BENARD CONVECTION IN A LIQUID LAYER INDUCED BY EVAPORATION

Marangoni-Bénard instability and convection in evaporating liquid layers have been studied experimentally through flow visualization and temperature profile measurement. Bénard cells have been observed in an evaporating thin liquid layer whether it is heated, adiabatic, or cooled from below. This experimental study has revealed a different mechanism from the traditional Rayleigh-Bénard and Marangoni-Bénard instabilities and convections, which require a negative temperature gradient in the thin liquid layer. Evaporation rate and enthalpy of evaporation have been found to be important parameters of instability and convection in an evaporating liquid layer. A modified form of Marangoni number, Ma^*, is proposed and its critical values, Ma^* _c, for alcohol and Freon-113 evaporating layers are determined experimentally. A quantitative comparison between Ma^* and the traditional Marangoni number, Ma, shows that Ma^* is an adequate indicator of the stability status in evaporating liquid layers.     

Mass transfer due to nonlinear capillary-gravitational waves on the surface of a viscous liquid

An analytical expression of the second order of smallness in wave amplitude-to-wavelength ratio is derived for a horizontal flow arising in a finite-depth layer of a viscous liquid under the action of a periodic nonlinear capillary wave. It is found that the liquid flow is determined by the nonlinear component of the velocity field vortex part and the flow rate increases with increasing viscosity and decreasing wavelength irrespective of the layer thickness. In thin layers, the flow rate rapidly drops from its maximal value with increasing viscosity, wavelength, and surface charge density. If the liquid surface is charged, the horizontal liquid flow decreases rapidly as the surface charge density approaches the threshold of the Tonks-Frenkel instability.     

Experimental estimate of wave spectra of wall pressure fluctuations of the turbulent boundary layer in the subconvective region

A technique is developed for measuring the intensity of the frequency-wave spectrum components of wall pressure fluctuations of the turbulent boundary layer in a quiet aeroacoustic installation with the use of wave filters in the form of rectangular plates. Aluminium-alloy and organic-glass plates of various thickness under a fine-meshed screen are used, set up rigidly flush with the polished wall of the working part of the installation. The experimental data testify to the fundamental possibility of determining the field components of wall pressure fluctuations of the turbulent boundary layer using similar wave filters in the subconvective region, where a substantially lower pressure fluctuation intensity is observed in comparison to the intensity in the region of the convective maximum of the frequency-wave spectrum at a small flow velocity.     

不同磁致纵向涡形式对空气对流换热的影响

为揭示不同磁致纵向涡对通道内空气对流换热的影响规律,分别就两极和四极钕铁硼永磁体作用下的矩形通道内的对流换热进行了数值模拟。模拟以通道入口段的流动和换热为对象,得到了不同Re和不同壁温下的流场和温度场, 对流换热的Nu和阻力系数,以及场协同数Fc。结果表明,不同纵向涡形式下的流场和温度场的协同性不同,具有八纵向涡形式的对流换热的协同性优于四纵向涡形式,强化效果也优于四纵向涡。     

Free field fringes in Mach-Zehnder interferometry

A theoretical and experimental investigation of the effect on interferograms of heat transfer from a liquid is reported. When the temperature of water in a tank differs from ambient, boundary layers are set up which produce the phenomenon of ‘free field fringes’, first reported by Knowles. At excess temperatures of less than 1 K the free field fringes had a marked effect on the interferogram of convection from a vertical surface with uniform heat flux but at excess temperatures of about 1 K the fringe patterns produced by the boundary layer in the water agreed well with the prediction of theory.     

合成冷/热射流控制超声速边界层流动稳定性

为了探究超声速边界层流动稳定性及其转捩控制机理,提出基于合成冷/热射流的边界层速度-温度耦合控制方法,并通过数值模拟研究了Ma=4.5超声速平板边界层不稳定波的传播,采用线性稳定性理论中的时间模式分析了壁面吹吸、射流温度、扰动频率、扰动振幅等对不稳定波控制效果的影响.结果表明:无射流控制时,边界层内同时存在不稳定的第一模态扰动波和第二模态扰动波,且二维波形式的第二模态占主导地位;壁面吹吸作用下,仅出现更加不稳定的第二模态,第一模态被抑制;速度-温度耦合控制下,射流温度对扰动模态的不稳定区域大小及扰动增长率影响显著,射流温度与来流温度不同时,温度的脉动使得流动转捩为湍流的速度加快,边界层速度型更加饱满,抗干扰能力增强,流动稳定性提高;高频的吹吸扰动对流场的控制效果优于低频扰动,扰动频率超过400 Hz时,第二模态扰动波时间增长率降低,扰动分量对边界层速度剖面和温度剖面的修正加快,第二模态更加稳定;扰动振幅减小为主流速度的1%时,仅出现时间增长率较小的第二模态,控制效果较好,进一步减小时,第一模态重新出现,并且波数范围与第二模态先重合后分离,对应的时间增长率先增加后减小.研究结果为边界层转捩控制技术提供了新的思路.     

Benard-Marangoni convection in two-layered liquids

We describe experiments on Benard-Marangoni convection in horizontal layers of two immiscible liquids. Unlike previous experiments, which used gases as the upper fluid, we find a square planform close to onset which undergoes a secondary bifurcation to rolls at higher temperature differences. The scale of the convection pattern is that of the thinner lower fluid layer for which buoyancy and surface tension forces are comparable. The wave number of the pattern near onset agrees with the linear stability prediction for the full two-layer problem. The square planform is in qualitative agreement with recent two-layer weakly nonlinear theories, which fail however to predict the transition to rolls.     

竖直圆管中超临界压力CO2对流换热实验研究

本文对超临界压力CO2在竖直加热圆管内的对流换热进行了实验研究,比较了不同流向、不同热流密度等对流动和换热的影响。实验结果表明,管内径为2mm时,在低进口Re条件下,由于浮升力影响导致层流向湍流提前转变, 对流换热增强;与向上流动相比,向下流动更易由层流转变为湍流;向下流动的换热要强于向上流动,表明浮升力对换热有很大影响。对于管内径为0．27 mm的微细圆管,当进口Re高于104时,浮升力的影响可以忽略,对流换热系数的变化完全由物性的变化尤其是cp的变化导致。     

发汗冷却换热过程的实验研究与数值模拟

本文对水平矩形槽道内湍流对流换热与发汗冷却进行了实验研究和数值模拟。实验结果表明:随着冷却气体流量的增加,发汗冷却壁面温度、局部对流换热系数和Nu数都迅速下降;在注入率为1％时,壁温下降了约40％,对流换热系数降低至50％左右。随着注入率的增大,壁面热流先是增加,在F=0.7％-0.8％左右时达到一个最大值,随后下降。St/St0随着注入率的增大而降低; St／St0的实验值与由已有关联式以及数值计算得到的值基本吻合。     

Simulation of winter air pollution dispersion mechanism of Kathmandu valley by water-tank experiment

The air pollution concentration in Kathmandu valley in the winter season was found to be higher than in the summer season due to the formation of the inversion layer. This mechanism was simulated in the water-tank experiment by measuring the temperature and flow field using liquid crystal thermometry and particle image velocimetry. Thermal stratification was made at the beginning of the experiment and the surface temperature of the valley model was changed with 12 minutes period matching the diurnal field temperature pattern of the Kathmandu valley. The updraft wind and Bernard convection occurred during daytime and downdraft wind and inversion layer were realized during nighttime. The temperature, flow field and mass dispersion characteristics obtained in the water-tank experiment explained clearly the mechanism of air pollution in Kathmandu valley.     

Experimental study of temperature field evolution in the channel with corrugated wall at a jump-like change in the heat flux

Results of experimental investigation of nonstationary temperature field in the flow and on the surface of the channel with corrugated wall are presented at a jump-like change of heat release in time. The changes were performed at the air flow in a rectangular channel, whose one heated wall was made as a plate with triangular corrugation oriented at 45° relative to the main flow direction. The microthermocouples with the thickness of below 10 microns were used to perform these changes. Investigations revealed typical regularities of temperature evolution in the flow and along the perimeter of the heated rib. Experimental data on time-temperature dependence are approximated well by the exponential function.