Swirling Laminar Pipe Flow of Suspensions

1973 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Tung ◽  
S. L. Soo

Vortex pipe flow of suspensions with laminar motion in the fluid phase is treated. The pipe consists of two smoothly joined sections, one stationary and the other rotating with a constant angular velocity. The flow properties of the fluid phase are determined by solving the complete Navier-Stokes equations numerically. The governing parameters are the flow Reynolds number and swirl ratio. Subsequent numerical solution to the momentum equations governing the particulate phase provides for both particle velocity and concentration distributions.

1965 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Peng ◽  
S. W. Yuan

The effect of foreign coolant injection at the wall on the temperature distribution of a laminar flow of a fluid with variable transport and thermodynamic properties in a porous-wall pipe has been investigated. The velocity components, mass concentration, and temperature distribution were obtained by the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations, the diffusion equation, and the energy equation. A perturbation method was used to solve the first equations for small flows through the porous wall, and the eigenvalues in the latter two equations were calculated with the aid of the CDC 1604 computer. The results from this investigation depict the significant differences in both velocity distribution and temperature distribution between the present case of hydrogen coolant and the case of air coolant [1]. The results also show that the heat transfer coefficient at the wall in the present case is considerably smaller than the case of air-coolant injection.


1976 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-A. Mackrodt

The linear stability of Hagen-Poiseuille flow (Poiseuille pipe flow) with superimposed rigid rotation against small three-dimensional disturbances is examined at finite and infinite axial Reynolds numbers. The neutral curve, which is obtained by numerical solution of the system of perturbation equations (derived from the Navier-Stokes equations), has been confirmed for finite axial Reynolds numbers by a few simple experiments. The results suggest that, at high axial Reynolds numbers, the amount of rotation required for destabilization could be small enough to have escaped notice in experiments on the transition to turbulence in (nominally) non-rotating pipe flow.


Author(s):  
Felix Fischer ◽  
Andreas Rhein ◽  
Katharina Schmitz

Abstract Hydraulic pumps, which reach pressures up to 3000 bar, are often realized as plunger-piston type pumps. In the case of a common-rail pump for diesel injection systems, the plunger is driven by a cam-tappet construction and the contact during suction stroke is maintained by a helical spring. Many hydraulic piston-based high pressure pumps include gap seals, which are formed by small clearances between the two surfaces of the piston and the bushing. Usually the gap height is in the magnitude of several micrometers. Typical radial gaps are between 0.5 and 1 per mil of the nominal diameter. These gap seals are used to allow and maintain pressure build up in the piston chamber. When the gap is pressurized, a special flow regime is reached. For the description of this particular flow the Reynolds equation, which is a simplification of the Navier-Stokes equations, can be used as done in the state of the art. Furthermore, if the pressure in the gap is high enough — 500 bar and above — fluid-structure interactions must be taken into account. Pressure levels above 1500 or 2000 bar indicate the necessity for solving the energy equation of the fluid phase and the rigid bodies surrounding it. In any case, the fluid properties such as density and viscosity, have to be modelled in a pressure dependent manner. This means, a compressible flow is described in the sealing gap. Viscosity changes in magnitudes while density remains in the same magnitude, but nevertheless changes about 30 %. These facts must be taken into account when solving the Reynolds equation. In this paper the authors work out that the Reynolds equation is not suitable for every piston-bushing gap seal in hydraulic applications. It will be shown that remarkable errors are made, when the inertia terms in the Navier-Stokes equations are neglected, especially in high pressure applications. To work out the influence of the inertia terms in these flows, two simulation models are built up and calculated for the physical problem. One calculates the compressible Reynolds equation neglecting the fluid inertia. The other model, taking the fluid inertia into account, calculates the coupled Navier-Stokes equations on the same geometrical boundaries. Here, the so called SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations) algorithm is used. The discretization is realized with the Finite Volume Method. Afterwards, the solutions of both models are compared to investigate the influence of the inertia terms on the flow in these specific high pressure applications.


Author(s):  
A.M.J Davis

The steady-state transition from and to the uniform entry and exit flow profiles is well described, at large aspect ratio, in terms of the stream function by the pipe eigenfunctions. But these latter are unsuited to oscillatory motion or the time evolution of the symmetric piston-driven pipe flow, for which an appropriate solution has a combination of a Fourier series along the finite pipe and a Fourier–Bessel series in the transverse direction. A non-uniqueness requires the identification of a solvability condition and care is needed in demonstrating its satisfaction. An additional result is that the solution must be constructed to satisfy the normal flow conditions identically. Application is made to thermal transpiration, recently explained by the revised Navier–Stokes equations and boundary conditions.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oktay Baysal ◽  
Guan-Wei Yen ◽  
Kamran Fouladi

Effectiveness of two devices to suppress the cavity acoustics was computationally investigated. Two dimensional, computational simulations were performed for the transonic, turbulent flows past a cavity, which was first equipped with a rear face ramp and then with a spoiler. The Reynolds-averaged, unsteady, compressible, full Navier-Stokes equations were solved time accurately by a second-order accurate, implicit, upwind, finite-volume method. The effect of turbulence was included through the Baldwin-Lomax model with modifications for the multiple-wall effects and for the highly vortical flow with a shear layer. The results included instantaneous and time-averaged flow properties, and time-series analyses of the pressure inside the cavity, which compared favorably with the available experimental data. These results were also contrasted with the computed aeroacoustics of the same cavity (length-to-depth ratio of 4.5), but without a device, to demonstrate the suppression effectiveness.


Author(s):  
Ph. Traore´ ◽  
C. Herbreteau ◽  
R. Bouard

This paper deals with an Eulerian-Lagrangian model for dispersed multiphase flow in which all the interactions of any kind are taking into account. The fluid phase and particles interactions are two way coupled while all the collisions between the particles or between the particles and the walls are calculated. The Navier-Stokes equations (fluid phase continuity and momentum equations including exchange from the particle to the fluid is modeled to simulate the effect of the presence of the particles in the fluid phase) are solved on a staggered Eulerian grid by a finite volume discretisation type method. The originality of the Lagrangian approach used here for the particles motion, lies in the way of managing the collisions which are calculated using simple mechanical models such as a spring, dashpot and friction slider at the contact points following the Distinct Element Method DEM [1]. In the Lagrangian stage, motion’s calculation of each discrete particle including collisions effects is generally time consuming. In the context of this paper we shall show how to optimized the contacts tracking algorithm in an efficient way to increase significantly the capability of the DEM.


An eigenmotion analysis of viscous fluid flows around dihedral angles presented in part I of this paper revealed the simultaneous existence of regular and weakly singular motions which are characterized by finite and infinite pressures at the edge of a wedge. Since the derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations is based on the finiteness of the velocity and pressure, the physical meaning of an infinite pressure in the region of operation requires an additional explanation. The present investigations analyse the flow properties of regular and weakly singular motions past a semi-infinite flat plate under symmetric and asymmetric attack. Particular attention is directed to the attached and separated flow patterns which can develop around a sharp edge. The duality of regular and weakly singular motions is shown to exist for most of the typical flow patterns which can be observed in published photographs. The qualitative agreement with photographs is especially satisfactory for regular motions. A brief summary of the essential flow properties of both types is given.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 638-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiao C. Kao

The problem of turbulent flows in two-inlet channels has been studied numerically by solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the k–ε model in a mapped domain. Both the high Reynolds number and the low Reynolds number form were used for this purpose. In general, the former predicts a weaker and smaller recirculation zone than the latter. Comparisons with experimental data, when applicable, were also made. The bulk of the present computations used, however, the high Reynolds number form to correlate different geometries and inflow conditions with the flow properties after turning.


1990 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 289-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Landman

The Navier-Stokes equations for flow in a rotating circular pipe are solved numerically, subject to imposing helical symmetry on the velocity field v = v(r, θ + αz,t). The helical symmetry is exploited by writing the equations of motion in helical variables, reducing the problem to two dimensions. A limited study of the pipe flow is made in the parameter space of the wavenumber α, and the axial and azimuthal Reynolds numbers. The steadily rotating waves previously studied by Toplosky & Akylas (1988), which arise from the linear instability of the basic steady flow, are found to undergo a series of bifurcations, through periodic to aperiodic time dependence. The relevance of these results to the mechanism of laminar-turbulent transition in a stationary pipe is discussed.


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