Slow motion of a sphere moving normal to two infinite parallel plane walls in a micropolar fluid

In the present work, we consider the slow steady motion of a rigid sphere moving normal to two parallel plane walls in a micropolar fluid. Non-dimensional variables are introduced. A combined analytical-numerical technique based on the superposition principle and a numerical method, namely the collocation method, is used. The drag force and the wall correction factor are evaluated. Numerical results are obtained and represented graphically.     

Steady motion of a rotating stratified fluid bounded by porous disks

The motion of a stratified fluid between two parallel infinite porous disks rotating about a vertical axis with slightly different angular velocities has been investigated. The closed form solutions are presented either when the temperature of the disks are prescribed or when the heat flow from the upper to the lower disk is prescribed. The effects of porosity on the flow field have been discussed.     

Flow of a micropolar fluid through two parallel porous boundaries

The present article contains the numerical solution for steady flow of a micropolar fluid between two porous plates using finite element method. The micropolar fluid fills the space inside the porous plates when the rate of suction at one boundary is equal to the rate of injection at the other boundary. The results for the fluid velocity and microrotation are graphically presented and the influence of micropolar fluid parameter K and parameter R is discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2011     

Peristaltic motion of a micropolar fluid

Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences - Peristaltic motion of a micropolar fluid is studied for small amplitudes of peristalic waves under low Reynolds number analysis. The effect of pressure...     

Slow flow past a heterogeneous porous sphere

Stokes’ flow past a heterogeneous porous sphere has been studied, adopting the boundary conditions modified by Jones (1973) for curved surfaces at the interface of the free fluid region and porous material. The porous sphere is made up ofn + 1 concentric spheres of different permeability. The results for drag experienced by the sphere has been discussed and the following cases of interest are deduced:

1. WhenK ₁=K ₂=...=K _n+1=K.
2. WhenK _i is very small for eachi.

     

Peristaltic motion of a magnetohydrodynamic micropolar fluid in a tube

This study is concerned with the magnetohydrodynamic flow of a micropolar fluid in a circular cylindrical tube. The equations governing the flow are modeled using the assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. It is found that the governing equations are coupled partial differential equations for the flow velocity and the microrotation. The finite difference scheme is used to integrate the equations and the results are graphically presented and discussed. Special emphasis is given to the effects of micropolar fluid parameters, tube wall peristaltic amplitude and magnetic parameter on the transverse profiles of velocity and microrotation as well as pumping characteristics and trapping phenomena.     

Analytic approximate solutions for heat transfer of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium with radiation

This paper aims to present complete analytic solution to heat transfer of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium with radiation. Homotopy analysis method (HAM) has been used to get accurate and complete analytic solution. The analytic solutions of the system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations are constructed in the series form. The convergence of the obtained series solutions is carefully analyzed. The velocity and temperature profiles are shown and the influence of coupling constant, permeability parameter and the radiation parameter on the heat transfer is discussed in detail. The validity of our solutions is verified by the numerical results (fourth-order Runge–Kutta method and shooting method).     

Peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium in the presence of an external magnetic field

This paper presents an analytical study of the MHD flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium induced by sinusoidal peristaltic waves traveling down the channel walls. Low Reynolds number and long wavelength approximations are applied to solve the non-linear problem in the closed form and expressions for axial velocity, pressure rise per wavelength, mechanical efficiency and stream function are obtained. The impacts of pertinent parameters on the aforementioned quantities are examined by plotting graphs on the basis of computational results. It is found that the pumping improves with Hartman number but degrades with permeability of the porous medium.     

Flow through a channel bounded by two confocal porous elliptic walls

Steady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a channel bounded by two confocal elliptic walls have been discussed. A suitable velocity of suction and injection have been applied and skin friction has been calculated.     

Unsteady motion of a finite mass of fluid,bounded by a free surface

It is proved that the problem with a free boundary for the Navier-Stokes equations, describing the motion of a finite mass of viscous, incompressible capillary fluid, has a unique solution for all t > 0 if the domain occupied by the fluid is nearly a ball and the velocity vector field is small at the initial moment.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 152, pp. 137–157, 1986.     

On global motion of a compressible viscous heat-conducting fluid bounded by a free surface

We consider the motion of a viscous compressible heat-conducting fluid in ³ bounded by a free surface which is under constant exterior pressure. We present the global existence theorems in two cases: when the free surface is under the surface tension and without it.     

Existence of global strong solution to the micropolar fluid system in a bounded domain

In this paper we are concerned with the initial boundary value problem of the micropolar fluid system in a three dimensional bounded domain. We study the resolvent problem of the linearized equations and prove the generation of analytic semigroup and its time decay estimates. In particular, L^p–L^q type estimates are obtained. By use of the L^p–L^q estimates for the semigroup, we prove the existence theorem of global in time solution to the original nonlinear problem for small initial data. Furthermore, we study the magneto‐micropolar fluid system in the final section. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Slip at the surface of a sphere translating perpendicular to a plane wall in micropolar fluid

The Stokes axisymmetrical flow caused by a sphere translating in a micropolar fluid perpendicular to a plane wall at an arbitrary position from the wall is presented using a combined analytical-numerical method. A linear slip, Basset type, boundary condition on the surface of the sphere has been used. To solve the Stokes equations for the fluid velocity field and the microrotation vector, a general solution is constructed from fundamental solutions in both cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. Boundary conditions are satisfied first at the plane wall by the Fourier transforms and then on the sphere surface by the collocation method. The drag acting on the sphere is evaluated with good convergence. Numerical results for the hydrodynamic drag force and wall effect with respect to the micropolarity, slip parameters and the separation distance parameter between the sphere and the wall are presented both in tabular and graphical forms. Comparisons are made between the classical fluid and micropolar fluid.      

Slow rotation of a sphere with source at its centre in a viscous fluid

In this note, the problem of a sphere carrying a fluid source at its centre and rotating with slow uniform angular velocity about a diameter is studied. The analysis reveals that only the azimuthal component of velocity exists and is seen that the effect of the source is to decrease it. Also, the couple on the sphere is found to decrease on account of the source.     

Stokes’ first problem for a micropolar fluid through state-space approach

The flow of an incompressible micropolar fluid over a suddenly moved plate is considered under isothermal conditions. State-space technique is used to find the solution of the problem. Inversion of Laplace transform is carried out using a numerical approach. The variation of velocity and microrotation fields is studied with respect to various flow parameters and the results are presented through graphs.     

The flow due to a porous sphere embedded in a pure straining motion

Résumé Dans le présent travail on étudie les mouvements stationnaires lents d'un fluide visqueux en présence d'une sphère poreuse. Les mouvements considérés sont l'écoulement en présence d'une sphère poreuse dans une translation uniforme, dans une rotation uniforme, et dans un mouvement de déformation pure. On donne aussi une expression pour la viscosité de suspension des sphères poreuses. Elle montre que la viscosité de suspension des sphères poreuses est plus petite que celle des sphères rigides.     

Numerical simulation of flow of a micropolar fluid between a porous disk and a non-porous disk

Two dimensional steady, laminar and incompressible motion of a micropolar fluid between an impermeable disk and a permeable disk is considered to investigate the influence of the Reynolds number and the micropolar structure on the flow characteristics. The main flow stream is superimposed by constant injection velocity at the porous disk. An extension of Von Karman’s similarity transformations is applied to reduce governing partial differential equations (PDEs) to a set of non-linear coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in dimensionless form. An algorithm based on finite difference method is employed to solve these ODEs and Richardson’s extrapolation is used to obtain higher order accuracy. The numerical results reflect the expected physical behavior of the flow phenomenon under consideration. The study indicates that the magnitude of shear stress increases strictly and indefinitely at the impermeable disk while it decreases steadily at the permeable disk, by increasing the injection velocity. Moreover, the micropolar fluids reduce the skin friction as compared to the Newtonian fluids. The magnitude of microrotation increases with increasing the magnitude of R and the micropolar parameters. The present results are in excellent comparison with the available literature results.     

Slow rotation of a sphere in a non-Newtonian fluid with or without suction or injection

The flow generated by the rotation of a sphere in an infinitely extending fluid has recently been studied by Goldshtik. The corresponding problem for non-Newtonian Reiner-Rivlin fluids has been studied by Datta. Bhatnagar and Rajeswari have studied the secondary flow between two concentric spheres rotating about an axis in the non-Newtonian fluids. This last investigation was further generalised by Rajeswari to include the effects of small radial suction or injection. In Part A of the present investigation, we have studied the secondary flow generated by the slow rotation of a single sphere in non-Newtonian fluid obeying the Rivlin-Ericksen constitutive equation. In Part B, the effects of small suction or injection have been studied which is applied in an arbitrary direction at the surface of the sphere. In the absence of suction or injection, the secondary flow for small values of the visco-elastic parameter is similar to that of Newtonian fluids with inclusion of inertia terms in the Oseen approximation. If this parameter exceeds K_c = 18R/219, whereR is the Reynolds number, the breaking of the flow field takes place into two domains, in one of which the stream lines form closed loops. For still higher values of this parameter, the complete reversal of the sense of the flow takes place. When suction or injection is included, the breaking of the flow persists under certain condition investigated in this paper. When this condition is broken, the breaking of the flow is obliterated.