Flow Characteristics of a Powder Lubricant Sheared Between Parallel Plates

1999 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhou ◽  
M. M. Khonsari

This paper is devoted to the understanding of the flow characteristics of a powder lubricant. An accurate and realistic model is introduced to investigate the mechanism of powder lubrication sheared between two infinitely wide parallel plates. In this theory, the solid volume fraction, v, together with flow velocity and granular temperature are directly obtained from a set of complete governing equations (mass, momentum and pseudo-energy conservation equations). The boundary conditions take into account the effect of slip velocity and the wall surface roughness. A set of parametric simulation results is presented. It is shown that viscous dissipation plays an important role in the pseudo-energy equation. [S0742-4787(00)01901-9]

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Y. Jang ◽  
M. M. Khonsari

This paper is devoted to a study of the enduring contact between granules of powder lubricants in an effort to better understand the flow characteristics of powder lubricants. Appropriate formulation of the governing equations is reported that can be used for prediction of the flow velocity, pseudo temperature, and volume fraction distribution of powders for a wide range of operating speeds. A set of parametric simulations and a limiting analytical solution is presented for predicting the behavior of a powder lubricant under low operating speeds when the enduring contact tends to dominate the kinetic regime. The limiting solution shows that below a certain sliding speed the volume fraction remains unchanged due to the effect of the enduring contact. It is also shown that below this limiting speed the enduring contact plays a major role and should not be neglected.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjunath Pappur ◽  
M. M. Khonsari

Abstract This paper deals with a systematic development of theory of powder lubrication with the appropriate formalism based on the fundamentals of fluid mechanics. The theory is capable of predicting flow velocity, fluctuation (pseudo-temperature), powder volume fraction, and slip velocity at the boundaries. An extensive set of parametric simulations covering particle size, surface roughness, volumetric flow, load and speed are performed to gain insight into the performance of a powder lubricated thrust bearing. The results of simulations are compared to the published experimental results. Good agreement between the theory and experiment attests to the capability of the model and its potential for design of powder lubricated bearings.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Saleh ◽  
I. Hashim

Natural convection heat transfer in a rotating, differentially heated enclosure is studied numerically in this paper. The rotating enclosure is filled with water-Ag, water-Cu, water-Al2O3, or water-TiO2nanofluids. The governing equations are in velocity, pressure, and temperature formulation and solved using the staggered grid arrangement together with MAC method. The governing parameters considered are the solid volume fraction,0.0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 0.05, and the rotational speeds,3.5≤ Ω ≤ 17.5 rpm, and the centrifugal force is smaller than the Coriolis force and both forces were kept below the buoyancy force. It is found that the angular locations of the local maximums heat transfer were sensitive to rotational speeds and nanoparticles concentration. The global quantity of heat transfer rate increases about 1.5%, 1.1%, 0.8%, and 0.6% by increasing 1%ϕof the nanoparticles Ag, Cu, Al2O3, and TiO2, respectively, for the considered rotational speeds.


2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 067001
Author(s):  
Quan CHEN ◽  
Hui YANG ◽  
Ran LI ◽  
Ren HAN ◽  
QiCheng SUN

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 6952
Author(s):  
Noura Alsedais

The influences of superellipse shapes on natural convection in a horizontally subdivided non-Darcy porous cavity populated by Cu-water nanofluid are inspected in this paper. The impacts of the inner geometries (n = 0.5,1,1.5,4) Rayleigh number (103 ≤ Ra ≤ 106), Darcy number (10−5 ≤ Da ≤ 10−2), porosity (0.2 ≤ ϵ ≤ 0.8), and solid volume fraction (0.01 ≤ ∅ ≤ 0.05) on nanofluid heat transport and streamlines were examined. The hot superellipse shapes were placed in the cavity’s bottom and top, while the adiabatic boundaries on the flat walls of the cavity were considered. The governing equations were numerically solved using the finite volume method (FVM). It was found that the movement of the nanofluid upsurged as Ra boosted. The temperature distributions in the cavity’s core had an inverse relationship with increasing Rayleigh number. An extra porous resistance at lower Darcy numbers limited the nanofluid’s movement within the porous layers. The mean Nusselt number decreased as the porous resistance increased (Da ≤ 10−4). The flow and temperature were strongly affected as the shape of the inner superellipse grew larger.


2016 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 695-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudheer Tenneti ◽  
Mohammad Mehrabadi ◽  
Shankar Subramaniam

The acceleration of an inertial particle in a gas–solid flow arises from the particle’s interaction with the gas and from interparticle interactions such as collisions. Analytical treatments to derive a particle acceleration model are difficult outside the Stokes flow regime, but for moderate Reynolds numbers (based on the mean slip velocity between gas and particles) particle-resolved direct numerical simulation (PR-DNS) is a viable tool for model development. In this study, PR-DNS of freely-evolving gas–solid suspensions are performed using the particle-resolved uncontaminated-fluid reconcilable immersed-boundary method (PUReIBM) that has been extensively validated in previous studies. Analysis of the particle velocity variance (granular temperature) equation in statistically homogeneous gas–solid flow shows that a straightforward extension of a class of mean particle acceleration models (drag laws) to their corresponding instantaneous versions, by replacing the mean particle velocity with the instantaneous particle velocity, predicts a granular temperature that decays to zero, which is at variance with the steady particle granular temperature that is obtained from PR-DNS. Fluctuations in particle velocity and particle acceleration (and their correlation) are important because the particle acceleration–velocity covariance governs the evolution of the particle velocity variance (characterized by the particle granular temperature), which plays an important role in the prediction of the core annular structure in riser flows. The acceleration–velocity covariance arising from hydrodynamic forces can be decomposed into source and dissipation terms that appear in the granular temperature evolution equation, and these have already been quantified in the Stokes flow regime using a combination of kinetic theory closure and multipole expansion simulations. From PR-DNS data we show that the fluctuations in the particle acceleration that are aligned with fluctuations in the particle velocity give rise to a source term in the granular temperature evolution equation. This approach is used to quantify the hydrodynamic source and dissipation terms of granular temperature from PR-DNS results for freely-evolving gas–solid suspensions that are performed over a wide range of solid volume fraction ($0.1\leqslant {\it\phi}\leqslant 0.4$), Reynolds number based on the slip velocity between the solid and the fluid phase ($10\leqslant \mathit{Re}_{m}\leqslant 100$) and solid-to-fluid density ratio ($100\leqslant {\it\rho}_{p}/{\it\rho}_{f}\leqslant 2000$). The straightforward extension of drag law models does not give rise to any source in the granular temperature due to hydrodynamic effects. This motivates the development of better Lagrangian particle acceleration models that can be used in Lagrangian–Eulerian formulations of gas–solid flow. It is found that a Langevin equation for the increment in the particle velocity reproduces PR-DNS results for the stationary particle velocity autocorrelation in freely-evolving suspensions. Based on the data obtained from the simulations, the functional dependence of the Langevin model coefficients on solid volume fraction, Reynolds number and solid-to-fluid density ratio is obtained. This new Lagrangian particle acceleration model reproduces the correct steady granular temperature and can also be adapted to gas–solid flow computations using Eulerian moment equations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1722
Author(s):  
Nidal Abu-Libdeh ◽  
Fares Redouane ◽  
Abderrahmane Aissa ◽  
Fateh Mebarek-Oudina ◽  
Ahmad Almuhtady ◽  
...  

In this study, a new cavity form filled under a constant magnetic field by Ag/MgO/H2O nanofluids and porous media consistent with natural convection and total entropy is examined. The nanofluid flow is considered to be laminar and incompressible, while the advection inertia effect in the porous layer is taken into account by adopting the Darcy–Forchheimer model. The problem is explained in the dimensionless form of the governing equations and solved by the finite element method. The results of the values of Darcy (Da), Hartmann (Ha) and Rayleigh (Ra) numbers, porosity (εp), and the properties of solid volume fraction (ϕ) and flow fields were studied. The findings show that with each improvement in the Ha number, the heat transfer rate becomes more limited, and thus the magnetic field can be used as an outstanding heat transfer controller.


Author(s):  
Fasihah Zulkiflee ◽  
Sharidan Shafie ◽  
Ahmad Qushairi Mohamad

In this paper, free convection of nanofluids flow with oscillating vertical parallel plates and mass diffusion were considered. Obtained equations were converted into ordinary differential equations with appropriate transformations. Method of Laplace transform was used to find the exact solutions of velocity, temperature and concentration profiles from the dimensionless governing equations. Discussion of graph pertaining to different embedded parameters such as Prandtl number, Schmidt number, Grashof and mass Grashof number, oscillating parameter and nanoparticles volume fraction parameter was also added. Skin friction, Nusselt and Sherwood number were also discussed and deliberated.


2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 252-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Ping Wang ◽  
Yong Ping Lei ◽  
Yao Wu Shi

In order to accurately simulate the process of laser deep penetration welding, a mathematical model to describe laser deep penetration welding was developed by using the heat source derived from the ray-tracing model, and taking account into the effect of keyhole on welding pool. With all the governing equations including continuity, momentum and energy equation, the VOF method is adopted to trace the free surface of the molten pool. Numerical simulation was conducted by FLUENT 6.3 software package. The simulation results show that the formation of keyhole in the weld is caused by recoil pressure.


2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 1779-1781
Author(s):  
Ren Ping Wang ◽  
Yong Ping Lei ◽  
Yao Wu Shi

In order to simulate accurately the formation process of the keyhole in laser deep penetration welding. Multiple reflection and Fresnel absorption are implemented simultaneously with the ray tracing technique in the keyhole. With all the governing equations including continuity, momentum and energy equation, the VOF method is adopted to trace the free surface of the molten pool. Simulation results are compared with the experimental ones to verify its validity.


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