Solution Procedure for Unsteady Two-Dimensional Boundary Layers

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Key Kwon ◽  
R. H. Pletcher ◽  
R. A. Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Laminar Flows ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Fully Implicit ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
Implicit Finite Difference ◽  
Reliable Solution

An accurate and reliable solution procedure is presented for solving the two-dimensional, compressible, unsteady boundary layer equations. The procedure solves the governing equations in a coupled manner using a fully implicit finite-difference numerical algorithm. Several unsteady compressible and incompressible laminar flows are considered. Example results for two unsteady incompressible turbulent flows are also included. An algebraic mixing length closure model is used for the turbulent flow calculations. The computed results compare favorably with experimental data and available analytical/numerical solutions.

scholarly journals Planar flows past thin multi-blade configurations

1996 ◽  
Vol 324 ◽  
pp. 355-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Smith ◽  
S. N. Timoshin
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Laminar Flows ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Require Solution ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Planar Flows ◽  
Steady Laminar

Two-dimensional steady laminar flows past multiple thin blades positioned in near or exact sequence are examined for large Reynolds numbers. Symmetric configurations require solution of the boundary-layer equations alone, in parabolic fashion, over the successive blades. Non-symmetric configurations in contrast yield a new global inner–outer interaction in which the boundary layers, the wakes and the potential flow outside have to be determined together, to satisfy pressure-continuity conditions along each successive gap or wake. A robust computational scheme is used to obtain numerical solutions in direct or design mode, followed by analysis. Among other extremes, many-blade analysis shows a double viscous structure downstream with two streamwise length scales operating there. Lift and drag are also considered. Another new global interaction is found further downstream. All the interactions involved seem peculiar to multi-blade flows.

A Viscous-Inviscid Interaction Procedure—Part 1: Method for Computing Two-Dimensional Incompressible Separated Channel Flows

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. K. Kwon ◽  
R. H. Pletcher
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Finite Difference ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Inviscid Flow ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Separated Flows ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Interaction Scheme ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flows

A viscous-inviscid interaction scheme has been developed for computing steady incompressible laminar and turbulent flows in two-dimensional duct expansions. The viscous flow solutions are obtained by solving the boundary-layer equations inversely in a coupled manner by a finite-difference scheme; the inviscid flow is computed by numerically solving the Laplace equation for streamfunction using an ADI finite-difference procedure. The viscous and inviscid solutions are matched iteratively along displacement surfaces. Details of the procedure are presented in the present paper (Part 1), along with example applications to separated flows. The results compare favorably with experimental data. Applications to turbulent flows over a rearward-facing step are described in a companion paper (Part 2).

A Numerical Algorithm for Solving Stiff ODEs and DAEs in Multibody Mechanics

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajrudin Pasic
Keyword(s):  
Algebraic System ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Differential Algebraic Equations ◽  
Good Precision ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Constant Matrix ◽  
Fully Implicit ◽  
Collocation Points ◽  
Collocation Technique

Abstract Presented is an algorithm suitable for numerical solutions of multibody mechanics problems. When s-stage fully implicit Runge-Kutta (RK) method is used to solve these problems described by a system of n ordinary differential equations (ODE), solution of the resulting algebraic system requires 2s3 n3 / 3 operations. In this paper we present an efficient algorithm, whose formulation differs from the traditional RK method. The procedure for uncoupling the algebraic system into a block-diagonal matrix with s blocks of size n is derived for any s. In terms of number of multiplications, the algorithm is about s2 / 2 times faster than the original, nondiagonalized system, as well as s2 times in terms of number of additions/multiplications. With s = 3 the method has the same precision and stability property as the well-known RADAU5 algorithm. However, our method is applicable with any s and not only to the explicit ODEs My′ = f(x, y), where M = constant matrix, but also to the general implicit ODEs of the form f (x, y, y′) = 0. In the solution procedure y is assumed to have a form of the algebraic polynomial whose coefficients are found by using the collocation technique. A proper choice of locations of collocation points guarantees good precision/stability properties. If constructed such as to be L-stable, the method may be used for solving differential-algebraic equations (DAEs). The application is illustrated by a constrained planar manipulator problem.

Singularities in solutions of the three-dimensional laminar-boundary-layer equations

1985 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 257-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Laminar Boundary Layer ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Unsteady Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Flows ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
New Type ◽  
Steady Laminar

The three-dimensional steady laminar-boundary-layer equations have been cast in the appropriate form for semisimilar solutions, and it is shown that in this form they have the same structure as the semisimilar form of the two-dimensional unsteady laminar-boundary-layer equations. This similarity suggests that there may be a new type of singularity in solutions to the three-dimensional equations: a singularity that is the counterpart of the Stewartson singularity in certain solutions to the unsteady boundary-layer equations.A family of simple three-dimensional laminar boundary-layer flows has been devised and numerical solutions for the development of these flows have been obtained in an effort to discover and investigate the new singularity. The numerical results do indeed indicate the existence of such a singularity. A study of the flow approaching the singularity indicates that the singularity is associated with the domain of influence of the flow for given initial (upstream) conditions as is prescribed by the Raetz influence principle.

A New Approach for the Derivation of the Similarity Equation of the 2-D Unsteady Boundary Layer Equations

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Abdus Sattar
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Similarity Solutions ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Local Similarity ◽  
Unsteady Boundary Layer ◽  
Similarity Equation ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
The One

A local similarity equation for the hydrodynamic 2-D unsteady boundary layer equations has been derived based on a time dependent length scale initially introduced by the author in solving several unsteady one-dimensional boundary layer problems. Similarity conditions for the potential flow velocity distribution are also derived. This derivation shows that local similarity solutions exist only when the potential velocity is inversely proportional to a power of the length scale mentioned above and is directly proportional to a power of the length measured along the boundary. For a particular case of a flat plate the derived similarity equation exactly corresponds to the one obtained by Ma and Hui[1]. Numerical solutions to the above similarity equation are also obtained and displayed graphically.

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