基于沿程坐标积分模式颗粒流与结构物阵列相互作用的数值模拟

近年来, 由颗粒物质流动主导的泥石流、滑坡等自然灾害评估及其防护工作越来越受到人们的关注. 本文基于沿程坐标积分模式建立了陡峭地形条件结构物作用下颗粒流运动的数值模型, 可以较为准确地表征陡峭地形情形结构物影响下颗粒流的流态特征和运动过程, 尤其是相互作用过程中激波结构的形成与演化, 颗粒流的反射、绕射和爬升等动力效应. 通过数值模拟研究了颗粒流与不同分布密度四面体结构物阵列相互作用时的流态演化与堆积形貌, 提出了新型偏转效率无量纲指标, 结合流通效率, 定量评估了四面体结构物阵列对颗粒流流通距离和侧向铺展特征的影响. 结果表明, 单个四面体结构物对颗粒流的作用包括耗散作用和偏转作用两种模式, 其中偏转作用尤为显著; 结构物阵列对颗粒流产生综合的耗散和偏转作用, 通过多级作用形成系列的弓形激波耗散颗粒流能量, 通过偏转作用分隔和改变颗粒流路径, 增强耗散作用, 调控堆积形态, 可望对下游地区产生显著的防护效果.      

水沙流中离散颗粒流动应力关系

在已有的基于膨胀体模型、动理论模型和连续介质理论得到的关系式基础上,分析了水沙流中颗粒流动的应力关系应由摩擦应力、滑动应力和碰撞应力3部分组成,并将颗粒弹性恢复系数引入,对颗粒碰撞项进行了修正。根据颗粒碰撞时间间隔T_c和颗粒弛豫时间T_e的对比,提出了颗粒流动进入碰撞惯性区的临界值,即当T_c/T_e<0.02时,水沙流中颗粒流动碰撞作用占优,可忽略摩擦应力和滑动应力,并将提出的临界值与实验资料进行了比较。利用修正后的水沙流中颗粒流动应力关系,对缓槽水沙流动进行了模拟计算,获得了与实测资料一致的结果。     

颗粒流动力学及其离散模型评述

颗粒流是由众多颗粒组成的具有内在相互作用的非经典介质流动. 自然界常见颗粒流都是密集流, 颗粒间接触形成力链, 诸多力链相互交接构成支撑整个颗粒流重量和外载荷的网络, 其局部构型及强度在外载荷下演化, 是颗粒流摩擦特性和接触应力的来源.本文介绍球形颗粒间无粘连作用时的Hertz法向接触理论和Mindlin-Deresiewicz切向接触理论. Campbell依据是否生成较为稳定的力链把颗粒流分为弹性流和惯性流两大类, 其中弹性-准静态流和惯性-碰撞流分别对应准静态流和快速流, 作为两种极端流动情况通常处理成连续体, 分别采用摩擦塑性模型和动理论予以描述, 但是表征接触力链的颗粒弹性参数并不出现这两个模型和理论框架中, 如何进一步考虑颗粒弹性参数将非常困难. 目前离散动力学方法逐渐成为复现其复杂颗粒流动现象、提取实验不可能获得的内部流动信息进而综合起来探索颗粒流问题的一种有效工具, 其真实性强于连续介质理论的描述. 软球模型对颗粒间接触力简化处理, 忽略了切向接触力对法向接触力及其加载历史的依赖, 带来了法向和切向刚度系数如何标度等更艰难的物理问题, 但由于计算强度小而广泛应用于工程问题中. 硬球模型不考虑颗粒接触变形, 因而不能描述颗粒流内在接触应变等物理机理, 仅适用于快速颗粒流, 这不仅仅是由于两体碰撞的限制. 因此基于颗粒接触力学的离散颗粒动力学模型是崭新的模型,适用于准静态流到快速流整个颗粒流态的模拟, 可以细致考虑接触形变及接触力的细节,建立更为合理的颗粒流本构关系, 进而有力的促进颗粒流这一非经典介质流动的研究.      

电场作用下纳米颗粒与竖直壁面的碰撞效率

着重考虑了电场作用下,壁面排斥力对颗粒-壁面碰撞效率的影响. 采用Matlab 中的龙格库塔方法,对颗粒-壁面碰撞的压缩阶段及回弹阶段的动力学方程组进行求解,并对Maxwell 速度分布进行积分获得不同速度方向下的碰撞效率. 研究表明,颗粒的碰撞效率随着碰撞角度的增加而增大,并最终达到一个临界值,即完全凝并时的碰撞效率;且颗粒的碰撞效率将因壁面排斥力的影响而减小,即壁面排斥力在一定程度上阻碍了颗粒的凝并.      

RESEARCH ON THE COLLISION EFFICIENCY OF NANO-PARTICLE-TO-WALL WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD

着重考虑了电场作用下,壁面排斥力对颗粒-壁面碰撞效率的影响. 采用Matlab 中的龙格库塔方法,对颗粒-壁面碰撞的压缩阶段及回弹阶段的动力学方程组进行求解,并对Maxwell 速度分布进行积分获得不同速度方向下的碰撞效率. 研究表明,颗粒的碰撞效率随着碰撞角度的增加而增大,并最终达到一个临界值,即完全凝并时的碰撞效率;且颗粒的碰撞效率将因壁面排斥力的影响而减小,即壁面排斥力在一定程度上阻碍了颗粒的凝并.     

明渠中悬移质的弥散-对流方程及悬浮机理

悬移质泥沙通常构成冲积河流总输沙量的主体, 研究悬移质的悬浮机理具有重要的意义. 以双流体模型为基础, 通过引入弥散速度的概念, 建立了悬移质泥沙的输沙方程以及泥沙扩散系数的本构关系. 应用该方程分析了二维明渠均匀流中悬移质泥沙浓度垂向分布规律, 并与Einstein 和Chien 的泥沙浓度实验资料及经典扩散理论进行了对比. 以此为基础, 分析了紊动扩散、颗粒自身的紊动、颗粒碰撞应力对泥沙悬浮的影响在垂向上的变化, 以及浓度、粒径等对这些因素的影响. 结果表明, 泥沙颗粒在明渠紊流中的扩散是浑水的紊动扩散、颗粒自身的紊动、颗粒碰撞应力3 部分不同机制共同作用的结果, 把泥沙颗粒的悬浮简单归因于水流的紊动是不全面的.     

考虑颗粒碰撞的多重Monte Carlo算法

从减少计算代价和改进碰撞算法出发, 提出了考虑颗粒碰撞的多重Monte Carlo算法, 它采用直接模拟Monte Carlo算法来考虑颗粒碰撞, 并与求解颗粒拉氏Langevin方程的Monte Carlo算法耦合起来, 跟踪比实际颗粒数目小得多的虚拟颗粒. 提出了时间步长选定标准、虚拟碰撞伙伴所在控制容积的判断准则、颗粒碰撞发生的判 断准则、虚拟碰撞伙伴的选择、基于随机碰撞角度的碰撞动力学, 构成了考虑颗粒碰撞的完整多重Monte Carlo算法. 对理想工况的细微颗粒流和粗重颗粒流进行了数值模拟, 颗粒碰撞率的模拟结果与理论分析解和DNS结果均符合很好, 颗粒场演变的细节信息, 如时间平均和特定时刻的颗粒数密度, 速度和颗粒湍动能等, 均与DNS结果符合很好. 数值模拟结果证明该算法不仅具有较低的计算代价, 而且能够达到足够的计算精度.     

颗粒材料破碎演化路径细观热力学机制

颗粒材料在高应力环境下会发生颗粒破碎现象,颗粒破碎不仅影响颗粒材料的力学特性,同时与大量工程问题密切相关.目前的相关研究主要集中在唯象地描述颗粒破碎的演化以及破碎对力学特性的影响层面,对颗粒破碎演化路径的物理机制研究较少.本文基于热力学框架,采用细观力学中细观–宏观的均匀化方法推导了颗粒体系弹性能和破碎能量耗散,并在最大能量耗散的假设下,在热力学框架内,建立了理想化的无摩擦球体颗粒等向压缩过程的弹性–破碎模型,阐述了颗粒材料破碎演化路径细观热力学机制.由于模型的推导不依赖任何唯象的经验公式,因此模型中包含的参数均有明确的物理意义.模型预测与前人试验结果对比表明,材料的初始级配对弹性压缩模量和破碎应力的影响并不相同:不同分形维数级配对应的弹性体变模量存在极大值,而破碎应力却随着分形维数的增大单调递增;颗粒破碎的演化符合最大能量耗散原理,且颗粒材料的压缩曲线可以分为弹性–破碎–拟弹性3个机制不同的阶段.     

颗粒材料破碎演化路径细观热力学机制

颗粒材料在高应力环境下会发生颗粒破碎现象,颗粒破碎不仅影响颗粒材料的力学特性,同时与大量工程问题密切相关.目前的相关研究主要集中在唯象地描述颗粒破碎的演化以及破碎对力学特性的影响层面,对颗粒破碎演化路径的物理机制研究较少.本文基于热力学框架,采用细观力学中细观-宏观的均匀化方法推导了颗粒体系弹性能和破碎能量耗散,并在最大能量耗散的假设下,在热力学框架内,建立了理想化的无摩擦球体颗粒等向压缩过程的弹性-破碎模型,阐述了颗粒材料破碎演化路径细观热力学机制.由于模型的推导不依赖任何唯象的经验公式,因此模型中包含的参数均有明确的物理意义.模型预测与前人试验结果对比表明,材料的初始级配对弹性压缩模量和破碎应力的影响并不相同:不同分形维数级配对应的弹性体变模量存在极大值,而破碎应力却随着分形维数的增大单调递增;颗粒破碎的演化符合最大能量耗散原理,且颗粒材料的压缩曲线可以分为弹性-破碎-拟弹性3个机制不同的阶段.      

明渠流动若干特性初探

解析定量计算了光滑边壁条件下明渠内部平均流和脉动流能量间的分配关系,得到了平均流粘性耗散能量、脉动流能量、脉动流取自平均流能量之间的关系表达式.分析了能谱的结构形式,从工程应用的角度初步勾勒了恒定流动光滑边壁条件下明渠内部能量分布的轮廓.讨论了壁面剪切流层内的流场结构和特性,研究了Navier-Stokes方程的标度变换等一些定量的指标,从标度和流速分布之间的相互关系入手,对这些指标及其间的相互关系进行了讨论.分析了二维平行壁面剪切流内部流动结构的机理和特性,指出能量传递和不同阶段的不同结构有关,能量耗散和扩散与共振和锁频密切相联系.从另一个角度阐释雷诺数的物理意义,以突出雷诺数和涡之间的关系,强调雷诺数是空间点和时间的函数.     

On flows of granular materials

This article reviews the behavior of materials made up of a large assemblage of solid particles under rapid and quasi static deformations. The focus is on flows at relatively high concentrations and for conditions when the interstitial fluid plays an insignificant role. The momentum and energy exchange processes are then primarily governed by interparticle collisions and Coulomb-type frictional contact. We first discuss some physical behavior —dilatancy, internal friction, fluidization and particle segregation — that are typical to the understanding of granular flows. Bagnold's seminal Couette flow experiments and his simple stress analysis are then used to motivate the first constitutive theories that use a microstructural variable — the fluctuation energy or granular temperature — governing the subscale fluctuating motion. The kinetic theories formalize the derivation of the field equations of bulk mass, momentum and energy, and permit derivation of constitutive relations for stress, flux of fluctuation energy and its dissipation rate for simple particle assemblages and when frictional rubbing contact can be ignored. These statistical considerations also show that formulation of boundary conditions needs special attention. The frictional-collisional constitutive behavior in which both Coulomb-type rubbing contact and collisional encounters are significant are discussed. There is as yet no rigorous formulation. We finally present a phenomenological approach that describes rapid flows of granular materials under simultaneous transport of heat and close with a summary of stability analyses of the basic flow down an inclined plane.Dedicated to Professor Dr.-Ing. Franz Gustav Kollmann on the occasion of his sixtieth brithday     

A priori evaluations and least-squares optimizations of turbulence models for fully developed rotating turbulent channel flow

The present study involves a priori tests of pressure-strain and dissipation rate tensor models using data from direct numerical simulations (DNS) of fully developed turbulent channel flow with and without spanwise system rotation. Three different pressure-strain rate models are tested ranging from a simple quasi-linear model to a realizable fourth order model. The evaluations demonstrate the difficulties of developing RANS-models that accurately describe the flow for a wide range of rotation numbers. Furthermore, least-squares based tensor representations of the exact pressure-strain and dissipation rate tensors are derived pointwise in space. The relation obtained for the rapid pressure-strain rate is exact for general 2D mean flows. Hence, the corresponding distribution of the optimized coefficients show the ideal behaviour. The corresponding representations for the slow pressure-strain and dissipation rate tensors are incomplete but still optimal in a least-squares sense. On basis of the least-squares analysis it is argued that the part of the representation that is tensorially linear in the Reynolds stress anisotropy is the most important for these parts.     

Simulated configurational temperature of particles and a model of constitutive relations of rapid-intermediate-dense granular flow based on generalized granular temperature

In gas–solid flat-base spout bed with a jet, the flow of particles must go through an intermediate regime where both kinetic/collisional and frictional contributions play a role. In this paper, the statistical framework is proposed to define the generalized granular temperature which sums up the configurational temperature and translational granular temperature. The configurational temperature, translational and rotational granular temperatures of particles are simulated by means of CFD-DEM (discrete element method) in a 3D flat-base spout bed with a jet. The configurational temperatures of particles are calculated from instantaneous overlaps of particles. The translational and rotational granular temperatures of particles are calculated from instantaneous translational and angular velocities of particles. Roughly, the simulated translational and rotational granular temperatures increase, reach maximum, and then decrease with the increase of solids volume fractions. However, the configurational temperature increases with the increase of solids volume fractions. At high solid volume fraction, the predicted configurational temperatures are larger than the translational and rotational granular temperatures, indicating that the rate of energy dissipation do contributes by contact deformation of elastic particles. The generalized granular temperature is proposed to show the relation between the variance of the fluctuation velocity of deformation and the variance of the translational fluctuation velocity of particles. The constitutive relations of particle pressure, viscosity, granular conductivity of fluctuating energy and energy dissipation in rapid-intermediate-dense granular flows are correlated to the generalized granular temperature. The variations of particle pressure, shear viscosity, energy dissipation and granular conductivity are analyzed on the basis of generalized granular temperature in a flat-base spout bed with a jet. The axial velocities of particles predicted by a gas–solid two-fluid model of rapid-intermediate-dense granular flows agree with experimental results in a spout bed.     

Gravity-driven dry granular slow flows down an inclined moving plane: a comparative study between two concepts of the evolution of porosity

Two concepts in modeling the effects of the evolution of porosity in dry granular flows are investigated to illuminate their performance and limitations. To this end, the thermodynamic analysis, based on the Müller-Liu entropy principle, and the quasi-linear theory, are employed to deduce the ultimate constitutive models and the restrictions on their thermodynamic consistencies. The models are employed to study an isothermal dry granular slow flow down an inclined moving plane, of which the results are compared with the experimental outcomes. Results show that, while the two models deliver appropriate equilibrium expressions of the Cauchy stress tensor for compressible grains, the model in which the evolution of porosity is treated kinematically yields a spherical stress tensor for incompressible grains. Only the model with a dynamic evolution of porosity can give rise to a non-spherical stress tensor at equilibrium. Moreover, whilst the former model can better capture the characteristics of flows with slow to moderate speeds, the latter model is more able to describe the features of very rapid flows like avalanches. The present study illustrates the essential difference between the two concepts in modeling the effects of the evolution of porosity, and can be extended for further studies on other microstructural effects in granular flows.     

A kinetic model for rapid flows of granular materials

A kinetic model for rapid flows of granular material is considered. An evolution equation for the first order distribution function is developed which includes the effects of intergranular friction force in an average sense. The collision operator is approximated by the BGK relaxation model. The fundamental equations of motion including an equation for dynamics of the fluctuation energy are derived and discussed. The gravity and the plane Couette flows of granular materials are treated as examples of the applications of the present theory.     

A FENE-P k–ε turbulence model for low and intermediate regimes of polymer-induced drag reduction

A new low-Reynolds-number k–ε turbulence model is developed for flows of viscoelastic fluids described by the finitely extensible nonlinear elastic rheological constitutive equation with Peterlin approximation (FENE-P model). The model is validated against direct numerical simulations in the low and intermediate drag reduction (DR) regimes (DR up to 50%). The results obtained represent an improvement over the low DR model of Pinho et al. (2008) [A low Reynolds number k–ε turbulence model for FENE-P viscoelastic fluids, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 154, 89–108]. In extending the range of application to higher values of drag reduction, three main improvements were incorporated: a modified eddy viscosity closure, the inclusion of direct viscoelastic contributions into the transport equations for turbulent kinetic energy (k) and its dissipation rate, and a new closure for the cross-correlations between the fluctuating components of the polymer conformation and rate of strain tensors (NLT_ij). The NLT_ij appears in the Reynolds-averaged evolution equation for the conformation tensor (RACE), which is required to calculate the average polymer stress, and in the viscoelastic stress work in the transport equation of k. It is shown that the predictions of mean velocity, turbulent kinetic energy, its rate of dissipation by the Newtonian solvent, conformation tensor and polymer and Reynolds shear stresses are improved compared to those obtained from the earlier model.     

Visco-electro-elastic models of fiber-distributed active tissues

We present a constitutive model for stochastically distributed fiber reinforced visco-active tissues, where the behavior of the reinforcement depends on the relative orientation of the electric field. Following our previous works, for the passive behaviors we adopt a second order approximation of the strain energy density associated to the parameters of the fiber distribution. Consistently, we also assume that the active behavior accounts for the stochastic distribution of the fibers. The ensuing mechanical quantities result to be dependent on two average structure tensors. We introduce an extended Helmholtz free energy density characterized by the inclusion of a directional active potential, dependent on a stochastic anisotropic permittivity tensor. The permittivity tensor is expanded in Taylor series up to the second order, allowing to obtain an approximated active potential with the same structure of the passive Helmholtz free energy density. In particular, the explicit expression of active stress and stiffness are dependent on the two average structure tensors that characterize the passive response. Anisotropy follows from the fiber distribution and inherits its stochastic nature through statistics parameters. The active fiber distributed model is extended here to viscous materials by including the contribution of a dual dissipation potential in the variational formulation of the constitutive updates. Additionally, we present a computational example of application of the electro-viscous-mechanical material model by simulating peristaltic contractions on a portion of human intestine.     

Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent energy balance and the shear stresses in power-law fluid flows in pipes

The results of direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows of non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluids in a straight pipe are presented. The data on the distributions of the turbulent stress tensor components and the shear stress and turbulent kinetic energy balances are obtained for steady turbulent flows at the Reynolds numbers of 10⁴ and 2×10⁴. As distinct from Newtonian fluid flows, the viscous shear stresses turn out to be significant even far from the wall. In power-law fluid flows the mechanism of the energy transport from axial to transverse component fluctuations is suppressed. It is shown that with decrease in the fluid index the turbulent transfer of the momentum and the velocity fluctuations between the wall layer and the flow core reduces, while the turbulent energy flux toward the wall increases. The earlier-proposed models for the average viscosity and the non-Newtonian one-point correlations are in good agreement with the data of direct numerical simulation.     

基于颗粒物质流体动力学的三轴力学分析

构建了颗粒体系热力学特征函数, 确定了宏观尺度不可逆过程的迁移系数, 将颗粒物质流体动力学理论应用于密砂的三轴加载力学性质分析, 得到了应力-应变关系和体积应变-应变关系, 还得到了颗粒温度演化过程.      

弹脆性材料的损伤本构关系及应用

本文根据连续损伤力学方法,对弹脆性材料损伤的力学响应进行一般分析。理论分析中,材料与损伤都是各向异性的。还导出了计算损伤张量、有效弹性张量、真实应力张量以及损伤能耗率张量的实用表达式。