简介:ThesedimentationsoftwocylindricalparticlesinthreedifferentinitialrelativepositionsarenumericallysimulatedusingthelatticeBoltzmannmethod.Themovementcharacteristicsandparticleinteractionsduringtheirsedimentationarepresentedanddiscussedindetail.Theresultsshowthat,(i)ifthetwoparticlesarereleasedparallelbutseparatedhorizontally,theypushawayeachother,rotateinwardsandseparatehorizontallyastheyfall;(ii)ifthetwoparticlesarereleasedparallelbutseparatedvertically,thesedimentationbehaviorcanbeclassifiedintothreestages:trailing,tumblingandseparating;(iii)ifthetwoparticlesarereleasedperpendicularbutseparatedvertically,thesedimentationbehaviorcanbecharacterizedas:trailingandrotating,touchingandsliding.Inordertovalidateoursimulation,experimentswerealsoconductedandtheresultsagreewellwiththenumericalones.
简介:Theinertiasofthefluidandtheinnercylinderincoaxialcylinderrheometer(CACR)havegreatinfluenceontheunsteadyflowofnon-Newtonianfluid.EvenfortheNewtonianfluidthereexistthesocalled'stressovershoot'phenomenon.Inthepresentarticlethisphenomenonwasstudiedindetailandamethodcorrectingthemeasuredresultsforanunsteadyflowintherheometerwasproposed.Itisfoundthattheinertiaeffectofthefluidcanbeignoredwhenthegapbetweencylindersissmall.
简介:ThispaperstudiesRayleigh-B'enardconvectionofmicropolarfluidlayerheatedfrombelowwithrealisticboundaryconditions.AspecificapproachforstabilityanalysisofaconvectiveproblembasedonvariationalprincipleisappliedtocharacterizetheRayleighnumberforquitegeneralnatureofboundingsurfaces.TheanalysisconsistsofreplacingthesetoffieldequationsbyavariationalprincipleandtheexpressionsforRayleighnumberarethenobtainedbyusingtrialfunctionsatisfyingtheessential...
简介:TheconstitutiveequationforasemiconcentratedfibresuspensionintheOldroyd-Bfluidhasbeenderivedfromastatisticalmodelofsuchasuspensionbyemployingthemoleculartheoryforpolymericliquids.Tocircumventtheoreticaldifficultiesinviscoelasticfluidmechanics,severalsimplifiedmodelsareusedtoaccountfortheinteractionsoffibresandpolymermolecules.Someofmaterialfunctionsarecalculatedintermsoftheconstitutiveequation.
简介:ResearcheffortsmadesofartosimulatefibresuspensionflowsarelimitedtofibresuspensionsinNewtonianfluids.Thoughshortfibrecompositesaremostlymadeofpolymers,lackofsuitableconstitutiveequationsforfibresuspensionsinviscoelasticfluidsfrustratesattemptstosimulateflowsofthesesuspensions.ApreliminaryworkdonebytheauthorledtoaconstitutiveequationforsemiconcentratedfibresuspensionsintheOldroyd-Bfluid.Thispaperdescribesthemathematicalformulationoftheflowproblemsforsuchasuspensionandthenumericalproceduretosolvethem.Somenumericalresultsofflowpastasphereinatubearealsopresented.
简介:EffectsoftheorientationandapexangleonthesettlingvelocityofconicalparticlesinBinghamplas-ticfluidsarenumericallyinvestigatedoveraReynoldsnumberrangeof1≤Re≤100,Binghamnumberrangeof0≤Bn≤100,andconeanglerangeof20≤α≤150°.Governingequations(ofcontinuityandmomentum)aresolvednumericallyusingthefiniteelementmethodtoobtainvelocityandpressurefieldsthatarepostprocessedtoobtainvaluesofthedragcoefficien.Futthermore,theeffectofconeori-entationontheflowfieldisvisualizedandexploredintermsofstreamlinecontoursandthemorphologyofyielded/unyieldedregions.Finally,theobtainedvaluesofdragarecorrelatedviaasimplepredictiveexpressionintermsofthemodifiedReynoldsnumber.Theeffectoftheconeangleondragisfoundtobemoderatebecausethedragforceactingonthelateralsurfaceisasmallfractionoftheoveralldrag.
简介:Fluid-particleinteractionunderpinsimportantbehaviorofgranularmedia.Particle-scalesimulationmayhelptoprovidekeymicroscopicinformationgoverningtheinteractionandofferbetterunderstandingofgranularmediaasawhole.Thispaperpresentsacoupledcomputationalfluiddynamicsanddiscreteelementmethod(CFD-DEM)approachforthispurpose.ThegranularparticlesystemismodeledbyDEM,whilethefluidflowissimulatedbysolvingthelocallyaveragedNavier-StokesequationwithCFD.ThecouplingisconsideredbyexchangingsuchinteractionforcesasdragforceandbuoyancyforcebetweentheDEMandCFD.Theapproachisbenchmarkedbytwoclassicgeomechanicsproblemsforwhichanalyticalsolutionsareavailable,andisfurtherappliedtothepredictionofsandheapformationinwaterthroughhopperflow.Itisdemonstratedthatthekeycharacteristicofgranularmaterialsinteractingwithporewatercanbesuccessfullycapturedbytheproposedmethod.
简介:ThispaperestablishesthevelocityfieldandtheadequateshearstresscorrespondingtothemotionofanOldroyd-BfluidbetweentwoinfinitecoaxialcircularcylindersbymeansoffiniteHankeltransforms.Theflowofthefluidisproducedbytheinnercylinderwhichappliesatime-dependentlongitudinalshearstresstothefluid.Theexactanalyticalsolutions,presentedinseriesformintermsofBesselfunctions,satisfyallimposedinitialandboundaryconditions.ThegeneralsolutionscanbeeasilyspecializedtogivesimilarsolutionsforMaxwell,secondgradeandNewtonianfluidsperformingthesamemotion.Finally,somecharacteristicsofthemotionaswellastheinfluenceofthematerialparametersonthebehaviorofthefluidmotionaregraphicallyillustrated.
简介:Astandardconservationformisderivedinthispaper.ThehyperbolicityofHelbing’sfluiddynamictrafficflowmodelisproved,whichisessentialtothegeneralanalyticalandnumericalstudyofthismodel.Onthebasisofthisconservationform,alocaldiscontinuousGalerkinschemeisdesignedtosolvetheresultingsystemefficiently.Theevolutionofanunstableequilibriumtrafficstateleadingtoastablestop-and-gotravelingwaveissimulated.Thissimulationalsoverifiesthatthemodelistrulyimprovedbytheintroductionofthemodifieddiffusioncoefficients,andthushelpstoprotectvehiclesfromcollisionsandavoidetheappearanceoftheextremelylargedensity.
简介:Inthispaper,multifractalanalysistogetherwithwavelettransformmodulusmaxima(WTMM)methodisusedtoanalyzethefluctuatingsignalsofcirculatingfluidizedbed(CFB).Singularityspectrumshowsthatthegas-particleflowinCFBhasmultifractalcharacter.Motionbehavioroftheparticle-fluidsystemofCFBcanbedescribedbysingularityspectrum.Intermittencyindexcanbeusedtodeterminethetransitionofflowregimefromfastfluidizationtopneumaticconveying.
简介:Toanalyzeanddepictcomplicatedfluidbehaviorsinfracturedporousmediawithvariablypermeablematrix,anintegrateddiscretecomputationalalgorithmisproposedbasedonlatticeBoltzmannmethod(LBM).Thispapercombineswiththeexternalforcemodelandstatisticalmaterialphysicstoeffectivelydescribethefeaturechangeswhilethefluidpassesthroughthefractureswithinthepermeablematrix.Asanapplicationexample,atwodimensionalrocksampleisreconstructedusingthedigitalimageandcharacterizedwithdifferentfeaturevaluesateachLBMgridtodistinguishpores,impermeableandpermeablematrixbystatingitslocalphysicalproperty.ComparedwiththeconventionalLBM,theresultsdemonstratetheadvantagesofproposedalgorithminmodelingfluidflowphenomenoninfracturedporousmediawithvariablypermeablematrix.
简介:Thisinvestigationdealswiththeeffectsofslip,magneticfield,andnonNewtonianflowparametersontheflowandheattransferofanincompressible,electricallyconductingfourth-gradefluidpastaninfiniteporousplate.Theheattransferanalysisiscarriedoutfortwoheatingprocesses.Thesystemofhighlynon-lineardifferentialequationsissolvedbytheshootingmethodwiththefourth-orderRunge-Kuttamethodformoderatevaluesoftheparameters.TheeffectiveBroydentechniqueisadoptedinordertoimprovetheinitialguessesandtosatisfytheboundaryconditionsatinfinity.Anexceptionalcross-overisobtainedinthevelocityprofileinthepresenceofslip.Thefourth-gradefluidparameterisfoundtoincreasethemomentumboundarylayerthickness,whereastheslipparametersubstantiallydecreasesit.Similarly,thenon-Newtonianfluidparametersandthesliphaveoppositeeffectsonthethermalboundarylayerthickness.
简介:Spreadingofnanofluidsonsolidsubstratewasstudiedviamoleculardynamicssimulations.Simulationmodelsfortwoimmisciblefluids(oilandwaterbasednanofluids)confinedinaslitbetweentwoplanarsolidwallsweresetup.Theinfluenceofthevolumeconcentrationofthenanoparticlesonthethree-phasecontactlinemotionwasinvestigated.Wefoundthatthelargervolumeconcentrationresultsinmorevisiblenanoparticleadsorptiononsolidsurface.Thisefectfurtherinducesanadvancingdisplacementofthecontactlinecomparedwiththemeniscusprofilesinlowconcentrationcaseandthatwiththeabsenceofnanoparticles.Thesefindingsareconsistentwiththepreviousexperimentalandtheoreticalresultsandprovidetheatomic-scaleunderstandingonnanofluidspreading.
简介:Inthiswork,theborescopicparticleimagevelocimetry(BPIV)techniquewasappliedtoabubblinggas-solidfluidizedbed,andtheresultswerecomparedwithpublishedpositronemissionparticletracking(PEPT)measurementdata.Beforeperformingtheexperiments,thesensitivityoftheBPIVresultstotheilluminationpower,lightreflectivityoftheparticles,andlocationoftheborescopewasalsoinvestigated.TheBPIVandPEPTresultswereinfairagreement;however,somediscrepancieswereobserved.ThedifferencebetweenthetwosetsofresultsweremainlycausedbytheintrusivenessofBPIV,thefactthatthelocalsolidsvolumefractionwasnotaccountedforintheBPIVanalysis,andtheintrinsicdifferencesofthesetwomethods.Therefore,measurementofthelocalsolidsvolumefractionwiththeborescopeishighlyrecommendedforfurtherdevelopmentoftheBPIVmethod,whichwillalsoenablemeasurementofthelocalsolidsmassfluxesinsidedensegas-solidfluidizedbeds.
简介:NanocrystallineSnO2wassynthesizedbydirectmixingandgrindingofSnCI4-5H2OandNaOHatroomtemperature,followedbycalcinationatdifferenttemperaturesfordifferenttimesinair.ProductsampleswerecharacterizedbyX-raydiffractionandtransmissionelectronmicroscope,revealingthattheamorphousprecursorSnO2wastransformedtocrystalsat200℃for3h,andthattheaverageparticlesizeincreaseduponraisingthecalciningtemperatureorprolongingthecalciningtime.Themechanismofthephasetransformationoftheproductsisdiscussed.