Application of the method of variational embedding to wedge flow with variable fluid properties

1985 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 775-782
Author(s):  
R. Balasubramanyam ◽  
K. Unsworth
Keyword(s):  
Wedge Flow ◽  
Variable Fluid Properties ◽  
Fluid Properties

scholarly journals Turbulence kinetic energy exchanges in flows with highly variable fluid properties

2017 ◽  
Vol 834 ◽  
pp. 5-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorian Dupuy ◽  
Adrien Toutant ◽  
Françoise Bataille
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Velocity Fluctuation ◽  
Spectral Studies ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Correlation Tensor ◽  
Variable Fluid Properties ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Energy Exchanges ◽  
The Mean

This paper investigates the energy exchanges associated with the half-trace of the velocity fluctuation correlation tensor in a strongly anisothermal low Mach fully developed turbulent channel flow. The study is based on direct numerical simulations of the channel within the low Mach number hypothesis and without gravity. The overall flow behaviour is governed by the variable fluid properties. The temperature of the two channel walls are imposed at 293 K and 586 K to generate the temperature gradient. The mean friction Reynolds number of the simulation is 180. The analysis is carried out in the spatial and spectral domains. The spatial and spectral studies use the same decomposition of the terms of the evolution equation of the half-trace of the velocity fluctuation correlation tensor. The importance of each term of the decomposition in the energy exchanges is assessed. This lets us identify the terms associated with variations or fluctuations of the fluid properties that are not negligible. Then, the behaviour of the terms is investigated. The spectral energy exchanges are first discussed in the incompressible case since the analysis is not present in the literature with the decomposition used in this study. The modification of the energy exchanges by the temperature gradient is then investigated in the spatial and spectral domains. The temperature gradient generates an asymmetry between the two sides of the channel. The asymmetry can in a large part be explained by the combined effect of the mean local variations of the fluid properties, combined with a Reynolds number effect.

scholarly journals Analysis of MHD Forced Convective Flow of Variable Fluid Properties over a Saturated Porous Medium with Thermal Radiation Effect

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 47-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kolawole Sunday Adegbie ◽  
Adeyemi Isaiah Fagbade
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Convective Flow ◽  
Radiative Heat ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Radiative Heat Loss ◽  
Variable Fluid Properties ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Forced Convective Flow

The present paper addresses the problem of MHD forced convective flow in a fluid saturated porous medium with Brinkman-Forchheimer model, which is an important physical phenomena in engineering applications. The paper extends the previous models to account for effects of variable fluid properties on the forced convective flow through a porous medium in the presence of radiative heat loss using bivariate spectral relaxation method (BSRM). The dynamic viscosity and thermal conductivity of the newtonian fluid are assumed to vary linearly respectively, with temperature whereas the contribution of thermal radiative heat loss is based on Rosseland diffussion approximation. The flow model is described and expressed in form of a highly coupled nonlinear system of partial differential equations. The method of solution BSRM as proposed by Motsa [25] seeks to decouple the original system of PDEs to form a sequence of equations that can be solved in a computationally efficient manner. BSRM is an approach that applies spectral collocation independently in all underlying independent variable is executed to obtain approximate solutions of the problem. The proposed algorithm is supposed to be a very accurate, convergent and very effective in generating numerical results. The results obtained show a significant effects of the flow control parameters on the fluid velocity and temperature respectively. Consequently, the wall shear stress and local heat transfer rate of the present paper are compared with the available results in literatures. Remarkable impacts and a good agreement are found.

Impacts of Newtonian heating, variable fluid properties and Cattaneo–Christov model on MHD stagnation point flow of Walters’ B fluid induced by stretching surface

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050125
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Afify ◽  
Nasser S. Elgazery
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Variable Fluid Properties ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Opposite Behavior ◽  
The Mathematical Model ◽  
Walters B Fluid

MHD viscoelastic (Walters’-B) fluid flow close to the stagnation point region along an extending plate with the changeable fluid properties’ influences has been debated. Heat transfer’s features are scrutinized via Cattaneo–Christov (CC) theory. The mathematical model for the physical problem is tackled numerically via Chebyshev pseudospectral (CPS) technique. The existing outcomes are supported by recent research and have acquired a suitable agreement. The numerical outcomes reveal that temperature fields are more pronounced for Fourier’s law case. Further, the opposite behavior is noticed with the heat transfer rate. Higher values of the conjugate parameter result in an increment of the heat transfer rate and temperature field. Fluid flow’s features, as well as physical quantities, are substantially varied via variable fluid properties.

Effects of Mixed Convection on the Oscillatory Flow of a Couple Stress Fluid through a Vertical Plate with Variable Fluid Properties

2018 ◽  
Vol 388 ◽  
pp. 328-343
Author(s):  
R. Suresh Babu ◽  
B. Rushi Kumar ◽  
P.A. Dinesh
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Vertical Plate ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Coupled Equations ◽  
Variable Permeability ◽  
Variable Fluid Properties ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Dimensional Parameters

A numerical computation has been carriedout for the steady, mixed convective, incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting couple stress fluid through a vertical plate with variable fluid properties in a porous medium. A uniform magnetic field is applied in the transverse direction and parallel to the vertical plate of the physical model and governing equations are derived for it."Using a suitable similarity transformation, governed PDE's are transformed into a set of ODE's which are highly non-linear coupled equations. An advanced Shooting technique is adopted to compute the variations of velocity, temperature, concentration in terms of non-dimensional parameters. Also physical interpretation of non-dimensional parameters like couple stress parameter magnetic field Prandtl number Schmidt number thermal conductivity and solutal diffusivity parameters are examined through plots for both variable permeability and uniform permeability."From the numerical results, an excellent agreement has been observed for the present results, as well as comparison is made between the present and the earlier works for a particular case of the problem.

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