On the prediction of riblet performance with engineering turbulence models

The paper reports the outcome of a numerical study of fully developed flow through a plane channel composed of ribleted surfaces adopting a two-equation turbulence model to describe turbulent mixing. Three families of riblets have been examined: idealized blade-type, V-groove and a novel U-form that, according to computations, achieves a superior performance to that of the commercial V-groove configuration. The maximum drag reduction attained for any particular geometry is broadly in accord with experiment though this optimum occurs for considerably larger riblet heights than measurements indicate. Further explorations bring out a substantial sensitivity in the level of drag reduction to the channel Reynolds number below values of 15 000 as well as to the thickness of the blade riblet. The latter is in accord with the trends of very recent, independent experimental studies.Possible shortcomings in the model of turbulence are discussed particularly with reference to the absence of any turbulence-driven secondary motions when an isotropic turbulent viscosity is adopted. For illustration, results are obtained for the case where a stress transport turbulence model is adopted above the riblet crests, an elaboration that leads to the formation of a plausible secondary motion sweeping high momentum fluid towards the wall close to the riblet and thereby raising momentum transport.Nomenclature c _f Skin friction coefficient - c _f Skin friction coefficient in smooth channel at the same Reynolds number - k Turbulent kinetic energy - K ⁺ k/ _w - h Riblet height - S Riblet width - H Half height of channel - Re Reynolds number = volume flow/unit width/ - Modified turbulent Reynolds number - R _t turbulent Reynolds numberk ²/ - P _k Shear production rate ofk, _t (U _i /x _j + U _j /x _i ) U _i /x _j - dP/dz Streamwise static pressure gradient - U _i Mean velocity vector (tensor notation) - U Friction velocity, _w/ where _w=–H dP/dz - W Mean velocity - W _b Bulk mean velocity through channel - y ⁺ yU /v. Unless otherwise stated, origin is at wall on trough plane of symmetry - Kinematic viscosity - _t Turbulent kinematic viscosity - Turbulence energy dissipation rate - Modified dissipation rate – 2(k ^1/2/x _j )² - Density - _k , Effective turbulent Prandtl numbers for diffusion ofk and      

LDA measurements in low Reynolds number turbulent boundary layer

LDA measurements of the mean velocity in a low Reynolds number turbulent boundary layer allow a direct estimate of the friction velocity U from the value of /y at the wall. The trend of the Reynolds number dependence of / is similar to the direct numerical simulations of Spalart (1988).     

Numerical computation of high Rayleigh number natural convection and prediction of hot radiator induced room air motion

The two-dimensional stationary turbulent buoyant flow and heat transfer in a cavity at high Rayleigh numbers was computed numerically. The k– turbulence model was used. The time-averaged equations for momentum, energy and continuity, which are coupled to the turbulence equations, were solved using a finite difference formulation. In order to validate the computer code, a comparison exercise was carried out. The test results are in good agreement with the internationally accepted benchmark solution. Grid-refinement shows the necessity of a very fine grid at high Rayleigh numbers with especially small grid-distances in the near-wall region. The computed boundary layer velocity profiles are in excellent agreement with available experimental data. The local heat transfer in the turbulent part of the boundary layers is predicted 20% too high. Computations were carried out for the natural convective flow in a room induced by a hot radiator and a cold window. Various radiator configurations and types of thermal boundary conditions were applied including thermal radiation interaction between surfaces.Nomenclature a thermal diffusivity (m²/s) - C constant in _t expression - D cavity dimensions (m) - g acceleration of gravity (m/s²) - G _k production/destruction of k by buoyancy (kg/ms³) - h enthalpy (J/kg) - IX index of grid point - k turbulent kinetic energy (m²/s²) - m dimensionless stratification parameter - Nu overall Nusselt number - Nu _y local Nusselt number - NX total number of grid points - p pressure (N/m²) - P _k production of k by shear stress (kg/ms³) - Q heat flux through wall (W/m) - Ra overall Rayleigh number - Ra _y local Rayleigh number - Re _t turbulent Reynolds number - S source term in -equation (kg/ms⁴) - S source term for - T _c, T _h temperatures of cold and hot walls (K) - T _s (y) stratification temperature on vertical mid-line (K) - T ₀ mean cavity temperature (K) - u, v horizontal and vertical velocity components (m/s) - u ₀ Brunt-Vaisälä velocity scale (m/s) - x, y horizontal and vertical coordinates (m) - non-linearity parameter for grid - coefficient of thermal expansion (l/K) - jet angle (°) - diffusivity for - S dissipation rate for turbulent kinetic energy (m²/s³) - variable to be solved - thermal conductivity (W/mK) - , _t kinematic and eddy viscosities (m²/s) - stream function (kg/ms) - density (kg/m³) - _k, , _t constants in k– model     

Nonlinear viscoelastic properties and change in entanglement structure of linear polymer

Simultaneous measurements of stress relaxation and differential dynamic modulus were made at 268 K over a time scale of 10 to 10⁴⁵ s for nearly monodisperse polybutadiene (M _w =2.2x10⁵, 1,2-structure 70%, M _e =3600) and also one having coarse cross-linking (M _c =29000). Static shear strain ranged from 0.1 to 2.0. In a long-time region (t> _k ), the relaxation modulus G (; t) could be expressed by the product G (0; t) h (y). The observed h() agreed well with the Doi-Edwards theory without use of IA approximation. Both the cured and uncured samples showed initial drop of the differential storage modulus G (), ; t) followed by gradual recovery, but did not attain the value before shearing G (, ; t) for the uncured sample showed smaller values than that for the cured one in the whole measured time scale at the higher strain, confirming the two origins of nonlinear viscoelasticity of well entangled polymer; induced chain anisotropy and induced decrement in entanglement density. G (, ; t) curves for the cured sample agreed well with the BKZ predictions. But the curves for the uncured sample agreed well with the BKZ prediction only at the time scale of t< _k . BKZ prediction showed significant upward deviations at t> _k . Such the differences are discussed in terms of the two origins.Dedicated to Prof. John D. Ferry on the occasion of his 85th birthday.     

Natural convection heat transfer through an enclosed horizontal layer of supercritical carbon dioxide

In natural convection heat transfer through a thin horizontal layer of carbon dioxide, maxima in the equivalent thermal conductivities are obtained in the vicinity of the respective pseudocritical temperatures at pressures of 75.8, 89.6 and 103.4 bar. The maxima are the more pronounced, the closer the critical point is approached.Comparison of experimental results with Nusselt equations shows good agreement except for the immediate vicinity of the pseudocritical temperature.In visual observations a distinct change in flow structure appears in the immediate vicinity of the pseudocritical temperature. A steady state polygon pattern and a boiling-like action could not be observed in this geometry.

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Zusammenfassung Beim Wärmetransport durch freie Konvektion in einer dünnen waagerechten Schicht von Kohlendioxid ergaben sich Maxima der scheinbaren Wärmeleitfähigkeit in der Nähe der pseudokritischen Temperaturen bei Drükken von 75,8, 89,6 und 103,4 bar. Die Maxima sind um so ausgeprägter, je mehr man sich dem kritischen Punkt nähert.Ein Vergleich der Versuchsergebnisse mit Nusseltbeziehungen ergibt gute Übereinstimmung außer in unmittelbarer Umgebung der pseudokritischen Temperatur. Direkte Beobachtungen der Konvektionsmuster zeigen in unmittelbarer Umgebung der pseudokritischen Temperatur eine deutliche Strukturänderung. Ein stationäres Zellmuster und siedeähnliche Vorgänge konnten in dieser Anordnung nicht beobachtet werden.

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Nomenclature A area of the heating or cooling plate - C constant in the correlation - g acceleration of gravity - h heat transfer coefficient - k thermal conductivity of fluid in the gap - k _e equivalent thermal conductivity - m, n exponents of dimensionless numbers - q heat flux - T _C,PC absolute temperature; critical C, pseudocritical PC - Gr Grashof numberg ( _h– _c) ³/ ² - Nu Nusselt numberh/k - Pr Prandtl number/ - thermal diffusivity - coefficient of volume expansion - width of gap - _c,h temperature of cooling (c)-, heating (h)-plate - _m arithmetic mean temperature ( _c+ _h)/2 - kinematic viscosity - _c,h fluid density at the temperature of the cooling (c)- or heating (h)-plate - heat flow rate through the gap     

Transport in ordered and disordered porous media V: Geometrical results for two-dimensional systems

In this paper we continue the geometrical studies of computer generated two-phase systems that were presented in Part IV. In order to reduce the computational time associated with the previous three-dimensional studies, the calculations presented in this work are restricted to two dimensions. This allows us to explore more thoroughly the influence of the size of the averaging volume and to learn something about the use of anon-representative region in the determination of averaged quantities.

Nomenclature

Roman Letters A interfacial area of the– interface associated with the local closure problem, m² - a _i i=1, 2, gaussian probability distribution used to locate the position of particles - l unit tensor - characteristic length for the-phase particles, m - ⁰ reference characteristic length for the-phase particles, m - characteristic length for the-phase, m - _i i=1,2,3 lattice vectors, m - m convolution product weighting function - m _V special convolution product weighting function associated with a unit cell - n _i i=1, 2 integers used to locate the position of particles - n unit normal vector pointing from the-phase toward the-phase - r _p position vector locating the centroid of a particle, m - r gaussian probability distribution used to determine the size of a particle, m - r ₀ characteristic length of an averaging region, m - V averaging volume, m³ - V volume of the-phase contained in the averaging volume,V, m³ - x position of the centroid of an averaging area, m - x ₀ reference position of the centroid of an averaging area, m - y position vector locating points in the-phase relative to the centroid, m Greek Letters V /V, volume average porosity - _{a i} standard deviation ofa _i - _r standard deviation ofr - intrinsic phase average of      

On natural convection from a vertical plate with a prescribed surface heat flux in porous media

This paper presents a theoretical and numerical investigation of the natural convection boundary-layer along a vertical surface, which is embedded in a porous medium, when the surface heat flux varies as (1 +x ²)), where is a constant andx is the distance along the surface. It is shown that for > -1/2 the solution develops from a similarity solution which is valid for small values ofx to one which is valid for large values ofx. However, when -1/2 no similarity solutions exist for large values ofx and it is found that there are two cases to consider, namely < -1/2 and = -1/2. The wall temperature and the velocity at large distances along the plate are determined for a range of values of .Notation g Gravitational acceleration - k Thermal conductivity of the saturated porous medium - K Permeability of the porous medium - l Typical streamwise length - q _w Uniform heat flux on the wall - Ra Rayleigh number, =gK(q _w /k)l/(v) - T Temperature - Too Temperature far from the plate - u, v Components of seepage velocity in the x and y directions - x, y Cartesian coordinates - Thermal diffusivity of the fluid saturated porous medium - The coefficient of thermal expansion - An undetermined constant - Porosity of the porous medium - Similarity variable, =y(1+x ) ^/3/x ^1/3 - A preassigned constant - Kinematic viscosity - Nondimensional temperature, =(T – T )Ra^1/3 k/qw - Similarity variable, = =y(log_e x)^1/3/x ^2/3 - Similarity variable, =y/x ^2/3 - Stream function     

Correlations between porous medium flow data and turbulent tube flow results for aqueous hydroxypropylguar solutions (Part 2)

Turbulent tube flow and the flow through a porous medium of aqueous hydroxypropylguar (HPG) solutions in concentrations from 100 wppm to 5000 wppm is investigated. Taking the rheological flow curves into account reveals that the effectiveness in turbulent tube flow and the efficiency for the flow through a porous medium both start at the same onset wall shear stress of 1.3 Pa. The similarity of the curves = ( _w ) and = ( _w ), respectively, leads to a simple linear relation / =k, where the constantk or proportionality depends uponc. This offers the possibility to deduce (for turbulent tube flow) from (for flow through a porous medium). In conjunction with rheological data, will reveal whether, and if yes to what extent, drag reduction will take place (even at high concentrations).The relation of our treatment to the model-based Deborah number concept is shown and a scale-up formula for the onset in turbulent tube flow is deduced as well.     

Impacts of local dispersion and first-order decay on solute transport in randomly heterogeneous porous media

Stochastic subsurface transport theories either disregard local dispersion or take it to be constant. We offer an alternative Eulerian-Lagrangian formalism to account for both local dispersion and first-order mass removal (due to radioactive decay or biodegradation). It rests on a decomposition of the velocityv into a field-scale componentv , which is defined on the scale of measurement support, and a zero mean sub-field-scale componentv _s , which fluctuates randomly on scales smaller than. Without loss of generality, we work formally with unconditional statistics ofv _s and conditional statistics ofv . We then require that, within this (or other selected) working framework,v _s andv be mutually uncorrelated. This holds whenever the correlation scale ofv is large in comparison to that ofv _s . The formalism leads to an integro-differential equation for the conditional mean total concentration c which includes two dispersion terms, one field-scale and one sub-field-scale. It also leads to explicit expressions for conditional second moments of concentration cc. We solve the former, and evaluate the latter, for mildly fluctuatingv by means of an analytical-numerical method developed earlier by Zhang and Neuman. We present results in two-dimensional flow fields of unconditional (prior) mean uniformv . These show that the relative effect of local dispersion on first and second moments of concentration dies out locally as the corresponding dispersion tensor tends to zero. The effect also diminishes with time and source size. Our results thus do not support claims in the literature that local dispersion must always be accounted for, no matter how small it is. First-order decay reduces dispersion. This effect increases with time. However, these concentration moments c and cc of total concentrationc, which are associated with the scale below, cannot be used to estimate the field-scale concentrationc directly. To do so, a spatial average over the field measurement scale is needed. Nevertheless, our numerical results show that differences between the ensemble moments ofc and those ofc are negligible, especially for nonpoint sources, because the ensemble moments ofc are already smooth enough.     

The chaotic response of a fluttering panel: The influence of maneuvering

The influence of maneuvering on the chaotic response of a fluttering buckled plate on an aircraft has been studied. The governing equations, derived using Lagrangian mechanics, include geometric non-linearities associated with the occurrence of tensile stresses, as well as coupling between the angular velocity of the maneuver and the elastic degrees of freedom. Numerical simulation for periodic and chaotic responses are conducted in order to analyze the influence of the pull-up maneuver on the dynamic behavior of the panel. Long-time histories phase-plane plots, and power spectra of the responses are presented. As the maneuver (load factor) increases, the system exhibits complicated dynamic behavior including a direct and inverse cascade of subharmonic bifurcations, intermittency, and chaos. Beside these classical routes of transition from a periodic state to chaos, our calculations suggest amplitude modulation as a possible new mode of transition to chaos. Consequently this research contributes to the understanding of the mechanisms through which the transition between periodic and strange attractors occurs in, dissipative mechanical systems. In the case of a prescribed time dependent maneuver, a remarkable transition between the different types of limit cycles is presented.Nomenclature a plate length - a _r u _r /h - D plate bending stiffness - E modulus of elasticity - g acceleration due to gravity - h plate thickness - j₁,j₂,j₃ base vectors of the body frame of reference - K spring constant - M Mach number - n 1 + ₀/g - N ₁ applied in-plane force - p–p aerodynamic pressure - P pa ⁴/Dh - q ₀/2 - Q _r generalized Lagrangian forces - R rotation matrix - R ₄ N, a ²/D - t time - kinetic energy - u plate deflection - u displacement of the structure - u _r modal amplitude - v₀ velocity - x coordinates in the inertial frame of reference - z coordinates in the body frame of reference - Ka/(Ka+Eh) - - elastic energy - 2qa ³/D - a/_mh - Poisson's ratio - material coordinates - air density - _m plate density - - _r prescribed functions - _r sin(r z/a) - angular velocity - a/v₀ - skew-symmetric matrix form of the angular velocity     

Stability characteristics of condensate films

The linear stability theory is used to study stability characteristics of laminar condensate film flow down an arbitrarily inclined wall. A critical Reynolds number exists above which disturbances will be amplified. The magnitude of the critical Reynolds number is in all practical situations so small that a laminar gravity-induced condensate film can be expected to be unstable. Several stabilizing effects are acting on the film flow; at an inclined wall these effects are due to surface tension, gravity and condensation mass transfer.

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Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe der linearen Stabilitätstheorie werden die Stabilitätseigenschaften laminarer Kondensatfilme an einer geneigten Wand untersucht. Es zeigt sich, daß Kondensatfilme in jedem praktischen Fall ein unstabiles Verhalten aufweisen. Der stabilisierende Einfluß von Oberflächenspannung, Schwerkraft und Stoffübertragung durch Kondensation bewkkt jedoch, daß Störungen in bestimmten Wellenlängenbereichen gedämpft werden.

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Nomenclature c=c^*/u₀ complex wave velocity, celerity, dimensionless - c^*=c _r ^* + i c _i ^* complex wave velocity, celerity, dimensional - c_p specific heat at constant pressure - g gravitational acceleration - h_fg latent heat - k thermal conductivity of liquid - p^* pressure - p=p^*/u₀ ² dimensionless pressure - Pe=Pr Re^* Peclet number - Pr Prandtl number - Re^*=u₀ / Reynolds number (defined with surface velocity) - S temperature perturbation amplitude - t^* time - t=t^* u₀/ dimensionless time - T temperature - T_s saturation temperature - T_w wall temperature - T=T_s-T_w temperature drop across liquid film - u^*, v^* velocity components - u=u^*/u₀ dimensionless velocity components - v=v^*/u₀ dimensionless velocity components - u₀ surface velocity of undisturbed film flow - v _g ^* vapor velocity - x^*, y^* coordinates - x=x^*/ dimensionless coordinates - y=y^*/ dimensionless coordinates Greek Symbols =^* wave number, dimensionless - ^*=2 /^* wave number dimensional - ^* wave length, dimensional - =^*/ wave length, dimensionless - local thickness of undisturbed condensate film - kinematic viscosity, liquid - density, liquid - _g density vapor - surface tension - = (1 +) film thickness of disturbed film, Fig. 1 - stream function perturbation amplitude - angle of inclination Base flow quantities are denoted by^–, disturbance quantities are denoted by.     

Thermal effects in the capillary rheometer

Summary The effect of viscous heating in a capillary rheometer is analysed for a power-law fluid by means of a perturbation expansion based upon a boundary-layer-core structure. This expansion is found to complement the eigenfunction series solution obtained by earlier investigators. A similar analysis is presented for the work-of-expansion effect. These two thermal effects are superimposed together with a third perturbation effect due to the pressure dependence of viscosity.On the basis of the present theory, earlier work in this area is discussed and, in some cases, apparent inaccuracies or inconsistencies are pointed out. A means is indicated for correcting data on the basis of the present theory.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird der Effekt der Erwärmung einer Potenzflüssigkeit infolge viskoser Reibung in einem Kapillar-Rheometer mittels einer Störungsrechnung untersucht, die auf der Unterteilung der Strömung in eine Grenzschicht und einen Kern basiert. Diese Störungsentwicklung ergänzt eine früher von anderen Autoren gefundene Reihenentwicklung mit Hilfe von Eigenfunktionen. Eine ähnliche Untersuchung wird für die thermische Ausdehnungsarbeit durchgeführt. Diese beiden thermischen Effekte sind zusammen einem dritten Störeffekt superponiert, der von der Druckabhängigkeit der Viskosität herrührt.Aufgrund der vorgelegten Theorie werden verschiedene auf diesem Gebiet früher durchgeführte Arbeiten diskutiert, und es werden in einigen Fällen offensichtliche Ungenauigkeiten und Folgewidrigkeiten aufgedeckt. Schließlich wird eine Methode zur Korrektur von Meßdaten mit Hilfe der vorliegenden Theorie angegeben.

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Nomenclature a tube radius - b ; evaluated atT ₀ andp = 0 when used in perturbation expansion - C _p specific heat - f - f ^* - h defined by eq. [15] - k thermal conductivity - L tube length - m defined by eq. [8] - m ₀ m(T₀, 0) - n power-law index - p pressure - Pe C _p W a/k Peclet number - Pr C _pa/k Prandtl number - Q volumetric flow rate - Q ₀ unperturbed value ofQ in specified-p formulation - r radial coordinate - Re W a/ _a Reynolds number - T temperature - T ₀ inlet temperature - u radial velocity component - u ₀ 0 unperturbed radial velocity - w axial velocity component - w ₀ /W(1 – ) unperturbed axial velocity - W Q/(a ²) average axial velocity - W ₀ Q ₀/(a ²) - z axial coordinate - (3n + 1)/n - ^* ; evaluated atT ₀ andp = 0 when used in perturbation expansion - 4^1-n - ^* - (n + 1)/n - ... shear rate - 4W/a apparent shear rate - p total pressure drop - T _a W ²/k characteristic temperature difference - T _b total bulk-temperature rise - ^* T - r/a - shear viscosity - _a m₀ - (1 –)/ ^1/3 - —p/z - ₀ ... unperturbed value of - z-averaged value of - µ ^{n + 1}/n - z/(a Pe) - _L L/(a Pe) - mass density - _w shear stress at wall - streamfunction - ^*T₀ (absolute temperature scale) - ( )₁ leading-order effect due to viscous heating - ( ) ₁ ^* leading-order effect due to work-of-expansion Note: in specified-p formulation,W gets replaced byW ₀ in definition of Pe, Re, and. With 7 figures and 7 tables     

The free energy of a macroscopic system

The statistical mechanics of classical and quantum mechanical systems interacting with many-body forces are investigated in the canonical and grand canonical ensembles. Under various general conditions on the attractive and repulsive parts of the potential energy and on the shapes of the domains _k confining the system, it is shown that the canonical free energy per particle and the grand canonical pressure have unique limits for infinite systems which are convex monotonie functions of the specific volume and chemical potential respectively, and satisfy the expected thermodynamic relations.For pure pair forces with potential (r) sufficient conditions are: (r)D ₁/r³⁺ as r0, |(r)|D ₂/r³⁺ as r (>0), and (r)-w₀ all r; the domains _k may be constructed from a finite set of bounded domains of arbitrary shape by any sequence of isotropic expansions such that the volume V(_k) approaches infinity with k.The work reported here was done while the author was on leave of absence from The Wheatstone Physics Laboratory, King's College, London W. C. 2, England.     

Flow in porous media I: A theoretical derivation of Darcy's law

Stokes flow through a rigid porous medium is analyzed in terms of the method of volume averaging. The traditional averaging procedure leads to an equation of motion and a continuity equation expressed in terms of the volume-averaged pressure and velocity. The equation of motion contains integrals involving spatial deviations of the pressure and velocity, the Brinkman correction, and other lower-order terms. The analysis clearly indicates why the Brinkman correction should not be used to accommodate ano slip condition at an interface between a porous medium and a bounding solid surface.The presence of spatial deviations of the pressure and velocity in the volume-averaged equations of motion gives rise to aclosure problem, and representations for the spatial deviations are derived that lead to Darcy's law. The theoretical development is not restricted to either homogeneous or spatially periodic porous media; however, the problem ofabrupt changes in the structure of a porous medium is not considered.Roman Letters A interfacial area of the - interface contained within the macroscopic system, m² - A _e area of entrances and exits for the -phase contained within the macroscopic system, m² - A interfacial area of the - interface contained within the averaging volume, m² - A ^* interfacial area of the - interface contained within a unit cell, m² - Ae area of entrances and exits for the -phase contained within a unit cell, m² - B second order tensor used to represent the velocity deviation (see Equation (3.30)) - b vector used to represent the pressure deviation (see Equation (3.31)), m^–1 - d distance between two points at which the pressure is measured, m - g gravity vector, m/s² - K Darcy's law permeability tensor, m² - L characteristic length scale for volume averaged quantities, m - characteristic length scale for the -phase (see Figure 2), m - characteristic length scale for the -phase (see Figure 2), m - n unit normal vector pointing from the -phase toward the -phase (n =–n ) - n _e unit normal vector for the entrances and exits of the -phase contained within a unit cell - p pressure in the -phase, N/m² - p intrinsic phase average pressure for the -phase, N/m² - p –p , spatial deviation of the pressure in the -phase, N/m² - r ₀ radius of the averaging volume and radius of a capillary tube, m - v velocity vector for the -phase, m/s - v phase average velocity vector for the -phase, m/s - v intrinsic phase average velocity vector for the -phase, m/s - v –v , spatial deviation of the velocity vector for the -phase, m/s - V averaging volume, m³ - V volume of the -phase contained within the averaging volume, m³ Greek Letters V/V, volume fraction of the -phase - mass density of the -phase, kg/m³ - viscosity of the -phase, Nt/m² - arbitrary function used in the representation of the velocity deviation (see Equations (3.11) and (B1)), m/s - arbitrary function used in the representation of the pressure deviation (see Equations (3.12) and (B2)), s^–1     

An experimental investigation of separating flow on a convex surface

The mean and turbulent characteristics of an incompressible turbulent boundary layer developing on a convex surface under the influence of an adverse pressure gradient are presented in this paper.The turbulence quantities measured include all the components of Reynolds stresses, auto-correlation functions and power spectra of the three components of turbulence. The results indicate the comparative influence of the convex curvature and adverse pressure gradient which are simultaneously acting on the flow. The investigation provides extensive experimental information which is much needed for a better understanding of turbulent shear flows.Nomenclature a, b constants in equation for velocity defect profile (Fig. 6) - c _f skin-friction coefficient (= _w/F _1/2 U ₁ ² ) - E(k ₁) one-dimensional wave number spectra - f frequency in Hz - G Clauser's equilibrium parameter = (H–1)/H(c _f /2) - H shape parameter (= ₁/ ₂) - k ₁ wave number (=2f/U) - L _u, L _v, L _w length scales of u, v and w fluctuations - p _s static pressure on the measurement surface - p _w reference tunnel wall static pressure - q ² total turbulent kinetic energy - R radius of curvature of the convex surface - R() auto-correlation function - T _u, T _v, T _w time scales of u, v and w fluctuations - U local mean velocity - U ₁ local free stream velocity - U _* friction velocity - u, v, w velocity fluctuations in x, y and z directions respectively - X streamwise coordinate measured along the surface from A (Fig. 1b) - x streamwise coordinate measured along the surface reckoned from station 9 - y coordinate normal to the surface - z spanwise coordinate - ₁/ _w · dp/dx - - boundary layer thickness - ₁ displacement thickness - ₂ momentum thickness - ₃ energy thickness - kinematic viscosity - density - time delay - _w wall shear stress     

The very slow flow of a Powell-Eyring fluid around a sphere

Summary The very slow flow of a Powell-Eyring type non-Newtonian fluid around a sphere is investigated by a variational technique. The result, a correction factor that is applied to the Stokes' equation, is given as a plot and as an equation which is empirically fit to the plot. Also, a comparison of the very slow flows of a simplified viscoelastic Oldroyd fluid and the Powell-Eyring fluid is made which indicates that in a certain restricted region of the very slow flows, both models give essentially the same results. The Oldroyd and Powell-Eyring model parameters are interrelated by forcing both models to fit the same tube flow viscosity data.Nomenclature B dimensionless quantity, v /R - C dimensionless second invariant - c ₁ constant determined by variational method - D dimensionless variational integral - D _2j , D _j+k position-independent variables used in specification of trial functions - E _2j , E _j+k position-independent variables used in specification of trial functions - f friction factor - f _corr friction factor correction - F _drag drag force on sphere - g, g ₀, g ₁ general trial function; first and second terms in the general trial function - G, H terms in the expression for C - j index - J variational integral - k index - K term in the expression for C - p, q integers - r integer, radial coordinate - R radius of sphere - Re Reynolds number - Re ₀ Reynolds number at point of zero shear rate - Re Reynolds number at infinite distance from sphere - Re _NN Reynolds number based on variable part of viscosity - u, v dimensionless position coordinates - V volume considered - v _i ith velocity component - v _r , v , v _z velocity components in the r, , and z-directions - v approach velocity of the fluid - x/ parameter in Powell-Eyring model - x _i i-position coordinate - parameter in Powell-Eyring model - rate of deformation - , _c , _N , ₀ coefficient of viscosity; cross viscosity; parameter in Powell-Eyring model; viscosity in limit of zero shear rate - spherical coordinate - , _ij rate of deformation tensor; ij-component of rate of deformation tensor - ₁, ₂ parameters in Oldroyd model - Newtonian viscosity - ₁, ₂ parameters in Oldroyd model - dimensionless radial coordinate, r/R - second invariant - fluid density - spherical coordinate - stream function     

Pulsatile flow in a tube with wall injection and suction

This paper studies similarity solutions for pulsatile flow in a tube with wall injection and suction. The Navier-Stokes equations are reduced to a system of three ordinary differential equations. Two of the equations represent the effects of suction and injection on the steady flow while the third represents the effects of suction and injection on pulsatile flow. Since the equations for steady flow have been studied previously, the analysis centers on the third equation. This equation is solved numerically and by the method of matched asymptotic expansions. The exact numerical solutions compare well with the asymptotic solutions.The effects of suction and injection on pulsatile flow are the following: a) Small values of suction can cause a resonance-like effect for low frequency pulsatile flow. b) The annular effect still occurs but for large injection or suction the frequency at which this effect becomes dominant depends on the cross-flow Reynolds number. c) The maximum shear stress at the wall is decreased by injection, but may be increased or decreased by suction.Nomenclature a radius of the tube - a ₀ ² i ² - A₀, B₀, C₀, D₀, E₀ constant coefficients appearing in the expression for pressure - b a non-dimensionalized length - b ₀ ² i ^{2 2} - b _k complex coefficients of a power series - B - C ₁, C ₂, D complex constants - d - D _1,2 - f() F(a ^1/2)/aV - f ₀,f ₁,... functions of order one used in asymptotic expansions of f() - F(r) rv _r - g() - G(r) a steady component of velocity in axial direction - h() 4/C₀ a ² H(a ^1/2) - h ₀,h ₁,h ₂,...;l ₀,l ₁,l ₂,... functions of order one used in asymptotic expansions for h() in outer regions - H(r) complex valued function giving unsteady component of velocity - H ₀, H ₁, H ₂, ... K ₀, K ₁, K ₂, ...; L ₀, L ₁, L ₂, ... functions of order one used in asymptotic expansions for h() in inner regions - i - J ₀, J ₁, Y ₀, Y ₁ Bessel functions of first and second kind - k - K Rk/2b ² - O order symbol - p pressure - p ₁(z, t) arbitrary function related to pressure - r radial coordinate - r ₀ (1+16 ^{4 4})^1/4 - R Va/, the crossflow Reynolds number - t time - u() G(r)/V - v _r radial velocity - v _z axial velocity - V constant velocity at which fluid is injected or extracted - z axial coordinate - ² a ²/4 - 4.196 - small parameter; =–2/R (Sect. 4); =–R/2 (Sect. 5); =2/R(Sect. 6) - r ²/a ² - * 0.262 - Arctan (4 ^{2 2}) - , inner variables - kinematic viscosity - b - * zero of g() - density - (r, t) arbitrary function related to axial velocity - frequency     

Boundary layer effect on thermal NO decomposition behind incident shock waves

The thermal decomposition of nitric oxide (diluted in Argon) has been measured behind incident shock waves by means of IR diode laser absorption spectroscopy. In two independent runs the diode laser was tuned to the=0 =1² _3/2 R(18.5)-rotational vibrational transition and the=1 =2² _3/2 R(20.5)-rotational vibrational transition of nitric oxide, respectively. These two transitions originating from the vibrational ground state (=0) and the first excited vibrational state (=1) were selected in order to probe the homogeneity along the absorption path. The measured NO decomposition could satisfactorily be described by a chemical reaction mechanism after taking into account boundary layer corrections according to the theory of Mirels. The study forms a further proof of Mirels' theory including his prediction of the laminar-turbulent transition. It also shows, that the inhomogeneities from the boundary layer do not affect the IR linear absorption markedly.This article was processed using Springer-Verlag T_EX Shock Waves macro package 1.0 and the AMS fonts, developed by the American Mathematical Society.     

Application of the Chapman-Enskog method to the case of a binary two-temperature gas mixture

An interesting property of the flows of a binary mixture of neutral gases for which the molecular mass ratio =m/M1 is that within the limits of the applicability of continuum mechanics the components of the mixture may have different temperatures. The process of establishing the Maxwellian equilibrium state in such a mixture divides into several stages, which are characterized by relaxation times _i which differ in order of magnitude. First the state of the light component reaches equilibrium, then the heavy component, after which equilibrium between the components is established [1]. In the simplest case the relaxation times differ from one another by a factor of ^*.Here the mixture component temperature difference relaxation time _T /, where is the relaxation time for the light component. If 1, 1, so that _T ~1, then for the characteristic hydrodynamic time scale t~1 the relative temperature difference will be of order unity. In the absence of strong external force fields the component velocity difference is negligibly small, since its relaxation time _vt1.In the case of a fully ionized plasma the Chapman-Enskog method is quite easily extended to the case of the two-temperature mixture [3], since the Landau collision integral is used, which decomposes directly with respect to . In the Boltzmann cross collision integral, the quantity appears in the formulas relating the velocities before and after collision, which hinders the decomposition of this integral with respect to , which is necessary for calculating the relaxation terms in the equations for temperatures differing from zero in the Euler approximation [4] (the transport coefficients are calculated considerably more simply, since for their determination it is sufficient to account for only the first (Lorentzian [5]) terms of the decomposition of the cross collision integrals with respect to ). This led to the use in [4] for obtaining the equations of the considered continuum mixture of a specially constructed model kinetic equation (of the Bhatnagar-Krook type) which has an undetermined degree of accuracy.In the following we use the Boltzmann equations to obtain the equations of motion of a two-temperature binary gas mixture in an approximation analogous to that of Navier-Stokes (for convenience we shall term this approximation the Navier-Stokes approximation) to determine the transport coefficients and the relaxation terms of the equations for the temperatures. The equations in the Burnett approximation, and so on, may be obtained similarly, although this derivation is not useful in practice.     

Die scheinbare Wärmedurchgangszahl von Plattenwärmeaustauschern

Zusammenfassung Um bei Platten-Wärmeaustauschern die übertragene Wärme richtig zu erhalten, muß das Produkt aus der Wärmedurchgangszahl k=1/(1/a ₁ + / + 1/a ₂), der gesamten Heizfläche A und der mittleren logarithmischen Temperatur differenz _m im allgemeinen noch mit einem Korrekturfaktor Z multipliziert werden, der von der Fließweganzahl n und der dimensionslosen Größe =(k A₀)/(M c) abhängt: Q=Z (kA_m) =k_sA_m (k_s=scheinbare Wärmedurchgangszahl). Unter der Voraussetzung, daß Gegenstrom herrscht und das Umwälzverhältnis U=M₁c₁/M₂c₂=1 ist, konnte diese Funktion Z=Z (n, )=k_s/k jetzt im Anschluß an eine frühere Rechnung für die reine Hintereinanderschaltung beliebig vieler Fließwege bestimmt werden. Die gefundenen Formeln weisen für gerade und ungerade Fließweganzahlen kleine Unterschiede auf. Doch verlaufen beide Kurvenscharen so gleichartig, daß sie sich gegenseitig ergänzend sehr gut ineinander fügen. — Eine wichtige Folgerung aus den Rechnungsergebnissen ist, daß die scheinbare Wärmedurchgangszahl k_s bei einem gegebenem Austauscher für jeden Massenstrom einen absoluten Höchstwert hat.

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The apparent overall heat transfer coefficient of plate heat exchangers

In order to get the correct value of the transfered heat Q of plate heat exchangers one must multiply the product of the overall heat transfer coefficient k=(1/a ₁ + / + 1/a ₂), the total heating area A and the logarithmic mean temperature difference _m with a correction factor Z: Q=Z · k · A · _m =k_s · A_m, where k_s means the so called apparent overall heat transfer coefficient. Z is, as was shown in a previous paper, a function of the numbers of flow channels and the dimensionless quantity =(k · A₀)/M · c. In this paper, assuming counter flow and the validity of the relation U=M₁c₁/M₂c₂=1, the correction factor Z is determined for the pure series con nexion of any desired number of flow channels. — An important conclusion drawn from our results is, that for a given heat exanger, k_s has an absolute maximum value for every mass flow rate.