Electroconvection between coaxial cylinders of arbitrary ratio subjected to strong unipolar injection

This study deals with the electroconvection phenomenon that takes place in a dielectric liquid layer placed between two annular electrodes and subjected to the action of an electric field.The full set of governing equations describing the combined Electro-Hydro-Dynamic (EHD) flow is directly solved with the finite volume method.The development of electroconvective motion is investigated in details in the case of strong injection when the emitter electrode is the inner cylinder.We first examine the stability of such flow. As in the plane–plane configuration we have highlighted the existence of a linear and non-linear critical electric Rayleigh numbers giving rise to a hysteresis loop. The flow structure under the effect of the electric field is analyzed and the distribution of electric charge density is presented. In particular we investigate the effect of various parameters involved in this configuration, such as the radius ratio, injection strength and electric Rayleigh number.A multicellular convective pattern is particularly observed and it is shown that the number of cells is increased when the annular gap is narrower. Finally a significant increase of the rotational speed of the vortex with the electric Rayleigh number is recorded.     

Magneto-optic Fluorescence Behavior of Anthracene and Its Derivatives in a Diluted Magnetic Fluid Solution.

Variations in the fluorescence in the intensities of anthracene derivatives under a magnetic field were investigated in the presence of a dilute magnetic fluid. When excitation was carried out with light that was polarized parallel to the magnetic field, the intensity of the fluorescence that was polarized paralell to the magnetic field decreased by about 10%. Although the fluorescence intensities of most of the anthracene derivatives showed a similar decrease in magnitude, that of 9,10-dimethylanthracene showed a large decrease. On the other hand, fluorescence increased when excitation and fluorescence were perpendicular to the magnetic field. The obtained phenomena can be explaned by the formation of anisotropic assembly of magnetic fluid particles in the solution.     

Wave propagation analysis in buried pipe conveying fluid

A study of wave propagation in buried pipe conveying fluid is presented in the paper. The Flüggle shell model is adopted for pipe and surrounding solid is modeled as elastic matrix by using Winkle model. Wave dispersion curves of a buried vacant pipe and a pipe conveying fluid are obtained numerically by considering coupling conditions. Results show that wave velocity exhibits sharp drop points in dispersion curves, and remains to an identical values before and after the points for both of vacant pipe and pipe conveying fluid. Effects of wall thickness, elastic matrix properties and fluid velocity are also discussed.     

Meshless solution of two-dimensional incompressible flow problems using the radial basis integral equation method

The two-dimensional incompressible fluid flow problems governed by the velocity–vorticity formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations were solved using the radial basis integral (RBIE) equation method. The RBIE is a meshless method based on the multi-domain boundary element method with overlapping subdomains. It solves at each node for the potential and its spatial derivatives. This feature of the RBIE is advantageous in solving the velocity–vorticity formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations since the calculated velocity gradients can be used to compute the vorticity that is prescribed as a boundary condition to the vorticity transport equation. The accuracy of the numerical solution was examined by solving the test problem with known analytical solution. Two benchmark problems, i.e. the lid driven cavity flow and the thermally driven cavity flow were also solved. The numerical results obtained using the RBIE showed very good agreement with the benchmark solutions.     

创新流体实验仪器,探索创新型人才培养

实验教学是理论联系实践的关键环节,对于学生的综合素质培养和提高有重要意义,而传统的实验教学模式已难以满足社会对工程应用型创新人才的要求.本文结合流体力学实验教学改革实践,探讨了改进自制流体力学实验仪器设备对提升大学生创新精神和创新能力的作用.创新化的实验教学,有助于激发学生自主实验的积极性,进而增强了他们应用已学知识解...     

双旋转附属圆柱对主圆柱尾流控制的影响

基于Fluent软件平台,采用数值模拟方法对非稳态圆柱体结构尾流流动特性进行了研究。对在Re=50～200范围内,双旋转附属圆柱的转速对主圆柱体尾流流动特性的影响进行了分析。研究结果表明:随着附属圆柱旋转速率的增加,主圆柱体表面所受阻力系数平均值与均方根值、升力系数均方根值均会减小。同时,旋转速率的变化对柱体结构表面压力分布的影响显著,压力系数在附属圆柱的位置产生了跳跃性变化。另外,当附属圆柱转速达到临界值时,尾流涡街变窄,涡脱落现象消失,并且系统的能量效率到达最佳状态。     

Investigation of dense slurry suspensions with coaxial mixers: Influences of design variables through tomography and mathematical modelling

The coaxial mixers enhance the suspension of concentrated slurries in an agitated reactor. In this research work, the complex slurry suspension and dissemination behavior in a coaxial slurry mixing system (comprised of a close clearance anchor rotating with a low speed and an inner axial impeller rotating with a high speed) was analyzed employing ERT (electrical resistance tomography, a non-intrusive flow visualization technique), and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The numerical models were validated by comparing the axial solid concentration profiles generated using the ERT data and the CFD simulation results. The influences of various important parameters such as the diameter of the inner axial impeller, the inner impeller type, and the inner impeller spacing on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the slurry suspensions in a coaxial mixing vessel were thoroughly analyzed. The radial and axial velocity profiles of solid particles were generated using the validated mathematical models. The assessment of energy loss due to the solid–solid collisions, the particle–fluid frictions, and the particle–vessel wall collisions was conducted. The evaluation of optimum inner impeller clearance and inner impeller diameter is essential to attain a high degree of solids suspension and dissemination in a coaxial slurry mixing system.     

双空孔间距对爆破槽腔断面大小的影响

为了探究空孔间距对巷道掘进掏槽爆破效果的影响,基于大红山铜矿某巷道建立有限元数值模型,计算双大直径空孔不同布孔间距条件下的掏槽爆破成腔断面积,并对最优方案开展现场验证。研究结果表明：空孔间距d_v=15 cm时,槽腔断面积为0.1641 m²;当d_v增加到d_v=25 cm时,槽腔断面积为0.2116 m²,断面积增大28.94%;当 d_v增加到35 cm时,槽腔断面面积为0.2436 m²,断面积增大15.1%;但当d_v增大到45 cm时,槽腔面积为0.1740 m²,断面积减小17.8%;当d_v增大到55 cm时,槽腔面积为0.0951 m²,断面积减小45.3%。对成腔断面积最大的空孔间距d_v=35 cm的布孔方案进行现场试验,2号现场试验测得槽腔断面宽度、高度及断面积分别比模拟结果小4.0%、3.4%和4.98%,多次试验与模拟结果误差均在5%以内,能够为地下巷道掏槽爆破成腔体积预测的数值方法构建提供数据参考。

     

An analytical poroelastic model for laboratorial mechanical testing of the articular cartilage (AC)

The articular cartilage (AC) can be seen as a biphasic poroelastic material. The cartilage deformation under compression mainly leads to an interstitial fluid flow in the porous solid phase. In this paper, an analytical poroelastic model for the AC under laboratorial mechanical testing is developed. The solutions of interstitial fluid pressure and velocity are obtained. The results show the following facts. (i) Both the pressure and fluid velocity amplitudes are proportional to the strain loading amplitude. (ii) Both the amplitudes of pore fluid pressure and velocity in the AC depend more on the loading amplitude than on the frequency. Thus, in order to obtain the considerable fluid stimulus for the AC cell responses, the most effective way is to increase the loading amplitude rather than the frequency. (iii) Both the interstitial fluid pressure and velocity are strongly affected by permeability variations. This model can be used in experimental tests of the parameters of AC or other poroelastic materials, and in research of mechanotransduction and injury mechanism involved interstitial fluid flow.     

Fluid‐structure coupling of linear elastic model with compressible flow models

Cavitation erosion is caused in solids exposed to strong pressure waves developing in an adjacent fluid field. The knowledge of the transient distribution of stresses in the solid is important to understand the cause of damaging by comparisons with breaking points of the material. The modeling of this problem requires the coupling of the models for the fluid and the solid. For this purpose, we use a strategy based on the solution of coupled Riemann problems that has been originally developed for the coupling of 2 fluids. This concept is exemplified for the coupling of a linear elastic structure with an ideal gas. The coupling procedure relies on the solution of a nonlinear equation. Existence and uniqueness of the solution is proven. The coupling conditions are validated by means of quasi‐1D problems for which an explicit solution can be determined. For a more realistic scenario, a 2D application is considered where in a compressible single fluid, a hot gas bubble at low pressure collapses in a cold gas at high pressure near an adjacent structure.