Explosive thermal interactions between molten lava and water

The most effective volcanic eruptions are the phreatomagmatic explosions. In such eruptions, magma and groundwater come into contact with each other, leading to explosions. A reproduction of such explosive interactions between lava (produced by remelting of volcanic rocks) and water in the laboratory was carried out, in which water was injected into molten lava. The amount of lava that was involved in the interactions, the so-called interactive lava mass, was determined. The influences of chemical composition and temperature of the melt and the injection velocity of water were also investigated.

Experiments show that an enhancement of the injection velocity of the water leads to more violent explosions. This is obviously due to an enlargement of the mixing region between water and molten lava in the crucible. Raising the temperature of the lava melt leads also to a greater impulse but not to an increase in the interactive masses as is found in connection with the water injection velocity. That means that the conversion ratio will be larger for higher lava temperatures than for lower ones.

By a fitting calculation with the measured curve of the force history of an explosive thermal interaction, the mass of water that was evaporated by the thermal interaction was estimated. In the same calculation the superheating temperature of this evaporated water can be determined. Furthermore, the amount of energy released by the explosive thermal interactions was calculated by using the measured impulse and determined fragment mass in fragmentation analysis.     

Three-dimensional isothermal lava flows over a non-axisymmetric conical surface

Within the thin-layer approximation for a highly-viscous heavy incompressible fluid, a hydrodynamicmodel of a 3D isothermal lava flow over a non-axisymmetric conical surface is constructed. Using analytical methods, a self-similar solution for the law of leading-edge propagation is obtained in the case of a flow from a non-axisymmetric source located at the apex of a conical surface with smoothly varying properties. In the case of a flow over a substantially non-axisymmetric surface, it is shown that there exists a self-similar solution for the free-surface shape and the law of leading-edge motion. This solution is studied numerically for particular examples of the substrate surface and the source. In the general case of a non-self-similar flow over a substantially non-axisymmetric conical surface, a local analytical solution is obtained for the free-surface shape and the velocity field near the leading flow front.     

Non-Isothermal Lava Flows over a Conical Surface

Using the equations of a non-isothermal thin layer of viscous fluid with an exponential dependence of the viscosity on temperature, a family of hydrodynamic models of a cooling lava flow over a conical surface in the presence of mass supply is constructed. These models correspond to asymptotically different rates of heat exchange with the ambient medium. The evolution of the free-surface shape and the temperature fields is investigated numerically for a stationary mass supply. Using the matched asymptotic expansions method, solutions valid both near and very far from the mass supply region are constructed. The solutions obtained are compared with known analytical solutions for isothermal flow.__________Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, 2005, pp. 62–75.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Osiptsov.     

Asymptotic and numerical study of a surface breaking crack subject to a transient thermal loading

An asymptotic algorithm is applied to the problem of a finite, thermo-elastic solid containing a surface breaking crack, when the exterior surface is subjected to oscillatory thermal loading. This algorithm involves the study of a model problem. An analytical and numerical study of this model problem of a thermo-elastic half space containing a surface breaking crack and subjected to oscillatory thermal loading is presented. The crack surface is traction free. In particular, the amplitude of the stress intensity factor at the crack vertex is found as a function of the crack depth and the frequency of thermal oscillation.     

A Self-Similar Solution to the Problem of Lava Dome Growth on an Arbitrary Conical Surface

Within the framework of the asymptotic thin-film equations for a highly viscous heavy Newtonian fluid, a hydrodynamic model of non-axisymmetric lava dome growth on a conical surface is constructed. A new class of self-similar solutions describing the flow on a conical surface with finite inclination to the horizontal and a point mass supply at the apex is found analytically for power-law or exponential growth of the liquid volume with time. For a conical surface with a small inclination to the horizontal, the free-surface shape is found numerically. The asymptotics of this solution are compared with the solutions describing the flow on a horizontal plane and a conical surface with finite inclination to the horizontal.     

Singular perturbation analysis of dynamic fields in a thermoelastic solid with a small surface-breaking crack

An asymptotic analysis is presented for a dynamic problem of a semi-infinite isotropic thermoelastic solid with a small surface breaking crack. The exterior surface of the solid is subjected to a series of short thermal pulses. The crack surface is traction free and an ideal thermal contact is assumed across the crack. The stress intensity factor is asymptotically evaluated as a function of the crack depth and time. The effect of a boundary layer associated with the diffusive term is identified. The theoretical model is supplied with numerical simulations.     

Energy Addition to a Gas in a Turbulent Supersonic Boundary Layer

The effect of the thermal action on a turbulent supersonic boundary–layer flow is studied numerically. It is shown that the friction force on an isothermal surface decreases significantly. The effectiveness of using a thermal source for decreasing friction is evaluated.     

Coupled model of coating formation on a cylindrical substrate

A coupled model of coating formation on the surface of a part of a cylindrical shape during deposition from the plasma is proposed. This model takes into account the phenomena of thermal diffusion, diffusive thermal conductivity, and mass transfer under the action of the stress gradient, and the formation of chemical compounds. The coating growth rate is considered to be a given function of the particle velocity and particle concentration near the surface of the growing coating. The problem is solved numerically. It is shown that diffusion cross-fluxes, diffusive thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusion during the growth process reduce the width of the transition zone between the substrate and the coating. This effect becomes most essential if the substrate has a low thermal conductivity. Accounting for stresses arising in the coating-substrate system during the deposition process changes the effective transfer coefficients and significantly affects the result of modeling the distribution of chemical elements and their compounds in the coating.     

Temperature and thermal stresses in material of a pad during braking

The transient temperature field and corresponding quasi-static thermal stresses are analysed in a system consisting of a semi-space and a strip. The strip is heated on its outer surface by a heat flux with the intensity equal to the specific power of friction during braking with a uniform retardation. The evolution and distribution in depth from a surface of friction for temperatures and thermal stresses were investigated for the metal-ceramic FMK-11 material of the strip.     

Crack spacing effect for a piezoelectric cylinder under electro-mechanical loading or transient heating

This paper investigates the fracture problem of a piezoelectric cylinder with a periodic array of embedded circular cracks. An electro-mechanical fracture mechanics model is established first. The model is further used to the thermal fracture analysis of a piezoelectric cylinder subjected to a sudden heating on its outer surface. The temperature field and the associated thermal stresses and electric displacements are obtained and are added to the crack surface to form a mixed-mode boundary value problem for the electro-mechanical coupling fracture. The stress and stress intensities are investigated for the effect of crack spacing. Strength evaluation of piezoelectric materials under the transient thermal environment is made and thermal shock resistance of the medium is given.     

Destabilization of film boiling by means of a thermal resistance

Described is the type of vaporisation which takes place when a thermal resistance, consisting in a film of a substance of low heat conductivity, is placed between the surface of a quenched sample and the cooling liquid. This type of vaporisation, larvate boiling, is characterised by an alternate wetting/non-wetting of the solid surface.Two conditions are necessary for larvate boiling: thermal resistance and surface effusivity.Substituting larvate boiling for film boiling allows the heat flux between a solid surface at high temperature and the cooling liquid to be greatly increased.     

Asymptotic models of solidification in cooling thin-layer flows of a highly viscous fluid

Asymptotic models are constructed for the solidification process in a highly viscous film flow on the surface of a cone with a given mass supply at the cone apex. In the thin-layer approximation, the problem is reduced to two parabolic equations for the temperatures of the liquid and the solid coupled with an ordinary differential equation for the solidification front. For large Péclet numbers, an analytical steady-state solution for the solidification front is found. A nondimensional parameter which makes it possible to distinguish flows (i) without a solid crust, (ii) with a steady-state solid crust, and (iii) with complete solidification is determined. For finite Péclet numbers and large Stefan numbers, an analytical transient solution is found and the time of complete flow solidification is determined. In the general case, when all the governing parameters are of the order of unity, the original system of equations is studied numerically. The solutions obtained are qualitatively compared with the data of field observations for lava flows produced by extrusive volcanic eruptions.     

Thermal Creep Condition for a Gas in the Presence of a Temperature Jump along the Surface of a Body

The well-known kinetic condition of the thermal creep of a gas along a nonuniformly heated surface is generalized to the case of a small zone (of the order of the free molecular path) with large longitudinal temperature gradients and an essentially two-dimensional Knudsen wall layer. Green's theorem is used to obtain the generalized thermal creep condition for the linearized Boltzmann equation.     

Integral solution for Forchheimer free convection over a horizontal flat surface

The aim of the present paper is to study the non-Darcy free convection from a horizontal flat surface in a fluid saturated porous medium using integral method for the case when the heat flux from the surface remains constant. The thermal dispersion effects are taken into consideration. The linear relation between the dispersion thermal diffusivity and the streamwise velocity component has been adopted. Exponential profiles are choosen for the velocity and temperature distributions. The Nusselt number results are in good agreement with the existing similarity solution.     

Thermal Dispersion Effects on Combined Convection in Non-Newtonian Fluids Along a Nonisothermal Vertical Plate in a Porous Medium

The method of non-similarity solution is used to study the influence of thermal dispersion on combined convection from vertical surfaces in a porous medium saturated with a power-law type non-Newtonian fluid. The coefficient of thermal diffusivity has been assumed to be the sum of molecular diffusivity and the dispersion thermal diffusivity due to mechanical dispersion. The transformed conservation laws are solved numerically for the case of variable surface heat flux conditions. Results for the details of the velocity and temperature fields as well as the Nusselt number have been presented.     

Transient thermal elastic fracture of a piezoelectric cylinder specimen

A finite piezoelectric cylinder with an embedded penny-shaped crack is investigated for a thermal shock load on the outer surface of the cylinder. The theory of linear electro-elasticity is applied to solve the transient temperature field and the associated thermal stresses and electrical displacements without crack. These thermal stresses and electrical displacements are added to the surfaces of the crack to form an electromechanical coupling and mixed mode boundary-value problem. The electrically permeable crack face boundary condition assumption is used, and the thermal stress intensity factor and electrical displacement intensity factor at the crack border are evaluated. The thermal shock resistance of the piezoelectric cylinder is evaluated for the analysis of piezoelectric material failure in practical engineering applications.     

Mixed convection heat transfer from a horizontal plate with variable surface heat flux in a porous medium

In this article nonsimilarity solution for mixed convection from a horizontal surface in a saturated porous medium was obtained for the case of variable surface heat flux. The entire mixed convection regime, ranging from pure forced convection to pure free convection, is considered by introducing a single nonsimilarity parameter. Heat transfer results are predicted by employing four different flow models, namely, Darcy's law, the Ergun model, and the Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy model with constant and variable porosity. The variable porosity effect is approximated by an exponential function. Effects of transverse thermal dispersion are taken into consideration in the energy equation, along with variable stagnant thermal conductivities. The formulation of the present problem shows that the flow and heat transfer characteristics depend on five parameters, that is, the power in the variation of surface heat flux, the nonsimilarity mixed-convection parameter, the inertia effect parameter, the boundary effect parameter, and the ratio of thermal conductivity of the fluid phase to that of the solid phase. Numerical results for the local Nusselt number variations, based on the various flow models, are presented for the entire mixed convection regime. The impacts␣of different governing parameters on the heat transfer results are thoroughly investigated. Received on 7 August 1997     

Convection in a stratified binary mixture near a thermally inhomogeneous vertical surface

The stationary convection in a stratified two-component medium, for example, saline sea water, near a thermally inhomogeneous vertical surface is investigated analytically. Physically different cases of thermal inhomogeneities extended in the vertical or horizontal direction are considered. The solutions obtained can be applied to problems of convection in semibounded horizontal or vertical layers in the presence of thermal inhomogeneities at the “ends” of the layer. The solutions show that in two-component media convection is very specific. In particular, the spatial pattern of the thermal response to inhomogeneous heatingmay significantly differ from the case of an ordinary single-component medium: additional perturbation modes that penetrate deeply into the stably stratified medium appear. For an arbitrarily strong hydrostatic stability of the medium there exists an unexplored mechanism of convective instability related with the difference in the boundary conditions for the two substances. Weak variations of the background stratification of the admixture concentration (salinity) may significantly affect the heat exchange between a vertical surface and the medium. Even a very weak presence of the second component (a small contribution of the admixture stratification to the background density stratification) may lead not only to a significant quantitative change in the thermal response but also to a change in its sign, for example, to a significant decrease in the temperature of the medium in response to a heat influx from the vertical boundary.     

Absorption of thermal radiation in a semi-transparent spherical droplet: a simplified model

The boundary-value problem for calculation of differential absorption of thermal radiation is formulated based on the modified DP₀ approximation. The solution of this problem is supplemented by simple analytical approximations for the normalised absorbed radiation power. The latter is used together with the analytical approximation for the efficiency factor of absorption, suggested earlier. The resulting simplified model is applied to the specific problem of absorption of thermal radiation by a diesel fuel droplet. Two types of diesel fuel have been considered. It is pointed out that the radial distribution of absorbed thermal radiation power is non-monotonic. The power absorbed in the droplet core is shown to be rather large and almost homogeneous. Also, the absorbed power is large in the vicinity of the droplet surface, but is minimal in the intermediate region. It is pointed out that the variations of the refractive index of diesel fuel with wavelengths can smooth the predicted radial dependence of the thermal radiation power, absorbed in diesel fuel droplets.     

Heating analysis of a droplet on stretchable hydrophilic surface

Heating of a droplet on a stretchable hydrophilic surface is investigated and fluid dynamics in the droplet under the heating load is assessed. Elastomer wafers are considered as the sample material and the fixture is designed and manufactured to assure uniform stretching of the droplet located elastomer surface. Droplet adhesion and possible slipping/sliding of the droplet are evaluated during stretching of the sample surface. Numerical simulations are carried out to predict thermal and flow response of the droplet fluid before and after stretching. The effect of droplet volume on heating enhancement is also included in the numerical simulations. Experiments are carried out using a high-speed recording system towards comparing the flow predictions. Findings reveal that predictions are in agreement with their counterparts of experiments. Stretching of sample surface increases wetting area and lowers height of the droplet while influencing thermal flow structures in the fluid. The Nusselt and the Bond numbers increase with enlarging stretching, which becomes more visible for large droplet volume (80 µl). Hence, stretching corresponding to 80% extension of elastomer surface gives rise to 60% improvement in the Nusselt number.