Pressure gradient effect on a particle velocity distribution

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Y. Lui
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Particle Velocity ◽  
Gradient Effect

scholarly journals Instability and Transition of a Boundary Layer over a Backward-Facing Step

Fluids ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Ming Teng ◽  
Ugo Piomelli
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Adverse Pressure Gradient ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Recirculation Region ◽  
Backward Facing Step ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Displacement Thickness

The development of secondary instabilities in a boundary layer over a backward-facing step is investigated numerically. Two step heights are considered, h/δo*=0.5 and 1.0 (where δo* is the displacement thickness at the step location), in addition to a reference flat-plate case. A case with a realistic freestream-velocity distribution is also examined. A controlled K-type transition is initiated using a narrow ribbon upstream of the step, which generates small and monochromatic perturbations by periodic blowing and suction. A well-resolved direct numerical simulation is performed. The step height and the imposed freestream-velocity distribution exert a significant influence on the transition process. The results for the h/δo*=1.0 case exhibit a rapid transition primarily due to the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability downstream of step; non-linear interactions already occur within the recirculation region, and the initial symmetry and periodicity of the flow are lost by the middle stage of transition. In contrast, case h/δo*=0.5 presents a transition road map in which transition occurs far downstream of the step, and the flow remains spatially symmetric and temporally periodic until the late stage of transition. A realistic freestream-velocity distribution (which induces an adverse pressure gradient) advances the onset of transition to turbulence, but does not fundamentally modify the flow features observed in the zero-pressure gradient case. Considering the budgets of the perturbation kinetic energy, both the step and the induced pressure-gradient increase, rather than modify, the energy transfer.

scholarly journals Pulsating Flow of an Ostwald—De Waele Fluid between Parallel Plates

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 932
Author(s):  
Rodrigo González ◽  
Aldo Tamburrino ◽  
Andrea Vacca ◽  
Michele Iervolino
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Momentum Equation ◽  
Parallel Plates ◽  
Analytical Computation ◽  
Pulsatile Pressure ◽  
Pulsatile Pressure Gradient

The flow between two parallel plates driven by a pulsatile pressure gradient was studied analytically with a second-order velocity expansion. The resulting velocity distribution was compared with a numerical solution of the momentum equation to validate the analytical solution, with excellent agreement between the two approaches. From the velocity distribution, the analytical computation of the discharge, wall shear stress, discharge, and dispersion enhancements were also computed. The influence on the solution of the dimensionless governing parameters and of the value of the rheological index was discussed.

PIV investigations on particle velocity distribution in uniform swirling regime of fluidization

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Y. Naz ◽  
S. A. Sulaiman ◽  
S. Shukrullah ◽  
A. Ghaffar ◽  
Y. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Particle Velocity
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