Efficient computation of natural convection in a concentric annulus between an outer square cylinder and an inner circular cylinder

In this work, the natural convection in a concentric annulus between a cold outer square cylinder and a heated inner circular cylinder is simulated using the differential quadrature (DQ) method. The vorticity‐stream function formulation is used as the governing equation, and the coordinate transformation technique is introduced in the DQ computation. It is shown in this paper that the outer square boundary can be approximated by a super elliptic function. As a result, the coordinate transformation from the physical domain to the computational domain is set up by an analytical expression, and all the geometrical parameters can be computed exactly. Numerical results for Rayleigh numbers range from 104 to 106 and aspect ratios between 1.67 and 5.0 are presented, which are in a good agreement with available data in the literature. It is found that both the aspect ratio and the Rayleigh number are critical to the patterns of flow and thermal fields. The present study suggests that a critical aspect ratio may exist at high Rayleigh number to distinguish the flow and thermal patterns. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

双面加热环形通道内干涸点的确定

根据环形管通道内流体流动和换热的特点,以Kirillov和Smogalev提出的干涸点理论模型假设为基础,从最基本的质量守恒方程出发,并引入临界液膜厚度等相应的辅助模型,得到了双面加热环形通道内流动沸腾干涸点的理论模型。同时针对间隙为1.0mm和1.5mm的环形窄缝进行了低压低质量流速工况下干涸点的实验研究。比较发现理论模型预测值与实验结果基本相符。说明本文提出的理论模型适用于低压低流量条件下的窄环形通道。实验同时发现:环状流临界热流密度在系统压力为2.2MPa达到最大值,临界含汽量随质量流速的增大呈缓慢下降趋势。     

Additivity of tunnel number for small knots

We show that for small knots , and that for small knots . Received: March 10, 1997.     

平环和的Heegaard亏格的一个下界

Let Mi, i = 1,2, be a compact orientable 3-manifold, and Ai an incompressible annulus on a component Fi of OMi. Suppose A1 is separating on F1 and A2 is non-separating on F2. Let M be the annulus sum of M1 and M2 along A1 and A2. In the present paper, we give a lower bound for the genus of the annulus sum M in the condition of the Heegaard distances of the submanifolds M1 and M2     

Positive solutions for an elliptic equation in an annulus with a superlinear nonlinearity with zeros

We study existence, multiplicity, and the behavior, with respect to λ, of positive radially symmetric solutions of in annular domains in . The nonlinear term has a superlinear local growth at infinity, is nonnegative, and satisfies for a suitable positive and concave function a. For this, we combine several methods such as the sub and supersolutions method, a priori estimates and degree theory.     

Extending Circle Mappings to the Annulus

We show that any monotone degree one C mapping of the circle can be realized as the induced mapping on the boundary by a C area preserving diffeomorphism of the open annulus. The circle mapping may have critical points, allowing the possibility of Denjoy behavior on the boundary.     

Pertubation solution of non-newtonian fluid axial laminar flow through eccentric annuli

Using the perturbation method, the axial laminar flow of Non-Newtonian fluid through an eccentric annulus is studied in the present paper. The relative eccentricity ε is taken as a perturbation parameter, and the first order perturbation solutions of the problem, such as velocity field, limit velocity and pressure gradient, are all obtained.     

On Minimal Annuli with a Straight Line Boundary

Shiffman proved that if a minimal annulus A in a slab is bounded by two convex Jordan curves contained respectively in the two boundary planes P and Q of the slab, then A intersects all parallel planes between P and Q in strictly convex curves. We generalize Shiffman's result to the case that A is bounded by a strictly convex C² Jordan curve and a straight line. We show that in this case Shiffman's result is still true.     

Cyclicity of several quadratic reversible systems with center of genus one

By using the Chebyshev criterion to study the number of zeros of Abelian integrals, developed by M. Grau, F. Ma\(\~n\)osas and J. Villadelprat in [2], we prove that the cyclicity of period annulus of the quadratic reversible systems with center of genus one, classified as (r8), (r13) and (r16) by S. Gautier, L. Gavrilov and I. D. Iliev in [1], under quadratic perturbations is two. These results partially give a positive answer to the conjecture 1 in [1].     

A Sufficient Condition for the Genus of an Annulus Sum of Two 3-manifolds to Be Non-degenerate

Let Mi be a compact orientable 3-manifold, and Ai a non-separating incompressible annulus on a component of δMi, say Fi, i = 1, 2. Let h ： A1 → A2 be a homeomorphism, and M→M1 ∪h M2, the annulus sum of Mi and M2 along A1 and A2. Suppose that Mi has a Heegaard splitting Vi ∪Si Wi with distance d（Si） ≥ 2g（Mi） ＋ 2g（F3-i） ＋ 1, i = 1, 2. Then g（M） = g（M1） ＋ g（M2）, and the minimal Heegaard splitting of M is unique, which is the natural Heegaard splitting of M induced from Vi∪S1 Wi and V2 ∪S2 W2.