A laboratory study of fluid flow and microhabitat selection by larvae of Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae)

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 582-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean O. Lacoursière
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Velocity Gradient ◽  
Longitudinal Velocity ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Surface Shear Stress ◽  
Microhabitat Selection ◽  
Surface Shear ◽  
Stagnation Line ◽  
Simulium Vittatum

Microhabitat selection by Simulium vittatum Zetterstedt larvae in a flume was studied at different mainstream velocities on two substrates: a thin flat plate parallel to the flow and a cylinder in cross flow. The results do not support the generally accepted assumptions that simuliid larvae keep within the boundary layer to avoid the direct influence of mainstream current and that they select the fastest velocity available when offered a longitudinal velocity gradient within their tolerance range. Instead, larvae gathered along the zone of boundary layer separation and remained along the stagnation line at the leading point of the cylinder when artificially positioned there. Further, under most conditions, larvae avoided zones of maximum surface shear stress. Larval reaction to hydraulic changes was immediate. It is hypothesized that S. vittatum larvae first scan the velocity profile at the substrate, initially moving toward increasing flow velocity (or water acceleration). They then cue on a steep velocity gradient along the body as part of the processes involved in choosing a location for suspension feeding. Such conditions would maximize particle flux through the labral fans and minimize drag forces on the bulbous posterior abdomen. This study provides the first direct evidence for microhydraulic factors as causative agents in the formation of simuliid larval assemblages.

Experimental approaches towards interpreting dolphin-stimulated bioluminescence.

1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (9) ◽  
pp. 1447-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Rohr ◽  
M I Latz ◽  
S Fallon ◽  
J C Nauen ◽  
E Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Flow Speed ◽  
The Body ◽  
Surface Shear Stress ◽  
Literature Report ◽  
Surface Shear

Flow-induced bioluminescence provides a unique opportunity for visualizing the flow field around a swimming dolphin. Unfortunately, previous descriptions of dolphin-stimulated bioluminescence have been largely anecdotal and often conflicting. Most references in the scientific literature report an absence of bioluminescence on the dolphin body, which has been invariably assumed to be indicative of laminar flow. However, hydrodynamicists have yet to find compelling evidence that the flow remains laminar over most of the body. The present study integrates laboratory, computational and field approaches to begin to assess the utility of using bioluminescence as a method for flow visualization by relating fundamental characteristics of the flow to the stimulation of naturally occurring luminescent plankton. Laboratory experiments using fully developed pipe flow revealed that the bioluminescent organisms identified in the field studies can be stimulated in both laminar and turbulent flow when shear stress values exceed approximately 0.1 N m-2. Computational studies of an idealized hydrodynamic representation of a dolphin (modeled as a 6:1 ellipsoid), gliding at a speed of 2 m s-1, predicted suprathreshold surface shear stress values everywhere on the model, regardless of whether the boundary layer flow was laminar or turbulent. Laboratory flow visualization of a sphere demonstrated that the intensity of bioluminescence decreased with increasing flow speed due to the thinning of the boundary layer, while flow separation caused a dramatic increase in intensity due to the significantly greater volume of stimulating flow in the wake. Intensified video recordings of dolphins gliding at speeds of approximately 2 m s-1 confirmed that brilliant displays of bioluminescence occurred on the body of the dolphin. The distribution and intensity of bioluminescence suggest that the flow remained attached over most of the body. A conspicuous lack of bioluminescence was often observed on the dolphin rostrum and melon and on the leading edge of the dorsal and pectoral fins, where the boundary layer is thought to be thinnest. To differentiate between effects related to the thickness of the stimulatory boundary layer and those due to the latency of the bioluminescence response and the upstream depletion of bioluminescence, laboratory and dolphin studies of forced separation and laminar-to-turbulent transition were conducted. The observed pattern of stimulated bioluminescence is consistent with the hypothesis that bioluminescent intensity is directly related to the thickness of the boundary layer.

scholarly journals Investigation of the ionized gas flow adjacent to porous wall in the case when electroconductivity is a function of the longitudinal velocity gradient

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Slobodan Savic ◽  
Branko Obrovic ◽  
Dusan Gordic ◽  
Sasa Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Velocity Gradient ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Longitudinal Velocity ◽  
Porous Wall ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ionized Gas ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations

This paper studies the laminar boundary layer on a body of an arbitrary shape when the ionized gas flow is planar and steady and the wall of the body within the fluid porous. The outer magnetic field is perpendicular to the fluid flow. The inner magnetic and outer electric fields are neglected. The ionized gas electroconductivity is assumed to be a function of the longitudinal velocity gradient. Using transformations, the governing boundary layer equations are brought to a general mathematical model. Based on the obtained numerical solutions in the tabular forms, the behavior of important non-dimensional quantities and characteristics of the boundary layer is graphically presented. General conclusions about the influence of certain parameters on distribution of the physical quantities in the boundary layer are drawn.

The boundary layer over an impulsively started flat plate

1969 ◽  
Vol 310 (1502) ◽  
pp. 401-414 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Surface Shear Stress ◽  
Unsteady State ◽  
Similarity Condition ◽  
Surface Shear ◽  
Boundary Layer Problem ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Layer Problem

A numerical solution has been obtained for the development of the flow from the initial unsteady state described by Rayleigh to the ultimate steady state described by Blasius. The usual formulation of the problem in two independent variables is dropped, and three independent variables, in space and time, are reverted to. The boundary-layer problem is unconventional in that the boundary conditions are not completely known. Instead, it is known that the solution should satisfy a similarity condition, and use is made of this to obtain a solution by iteration. A finite-difference technique of a mixed, explicit-implicit, type is employed. The iteration converges rapidly. It is terminated where the maximum errors are estimated to be about 0.04%. A selection of the results for the velocity profiles and the surface shear stress is presented. One striking feature is the rapidity of the transition from the Rayleigh to the Blasius state. The change is practically complete, at a given station on the plate, by the time the plate has moved a distance equal to four times the distance from the station to the leading edge of the plate.

scholarly journals Simultaneous Free Convection and Heat Generation on a Horizontal Isothermal Circular Cylinder

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajjad Sedighi ◽  
Mohammad Saeed Aghighi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Horizontal Cylinder ◽  
Surface Shear Stress ◽  
Surface Shear ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Linear Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Dimensional Boundary

<p class="zhengwen"><span lang="EN-GB">The linear boundary layer of the free flow around a circular horizontal cylinder with uniform surface temperature in the presence of heat generation was studied. Upon obtaining the non-dimensional boundary layer equations, the Runge-Kutta series method was used to solve the non-linear partial differential equations numerically. The surface shear stress results and surface heat rate were subsequently obtained in terms of the internal shell friction and the local Nusselt number respectively. The following heat generation parameters (C) were selected:  0.0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.0. The following results were obtained: 1) increasing C led to a corresponding increase u, v , VM , and θ , 2) Increasing i led to a corresponding increase in u, v , and VM, and 3) increasing C increased velocity variations and, naturally, the value of Cf, and 4) increasing i from i=0 to i=100 led to a decrease in the Nusselt number (Nu). </span></p>

The Effects of Localized Blade Endwall Suction on Secondary Flows and Heat Transfer

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hollis ◽  
Jeffrey P. Bons
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Surface Shear Stress ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Surface Shear ◽  
Surface Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat Transfer

Two methods of flow control were designed to mitigate the effects of the horseshoe vortex structure (HV) at an airfoil/endwall junction. An experimental study was conducted to quantify the effects of localized boundary layer removal on surface heat transfer in a low-speed wind tunnel. A transient infrared technique was used to measure the convective heat transfer values along the surface surrounding the juncture. Particle image velocimetry was used to collect the time-mean velocity vectors of the flow field across three planes of interest. Boundary layer suction was applied through a thin slot cut into the leading edge of the airfoil at two locations. The first, referred to as Method 1, was directly along the endwall, the second, Method 2, was located at a height ∼1/3 of the approaching boundary layer height. Five suction rates were tested; 0%, 6.5%, 11%, 15% and 20% of the approaching boundary layer mass flow was removed at a constant rate. Both methods reduced the effects of the HV with increasing suction on the symmetry, 0.5-D and 1-D planes. Method 2 yielded a greater reduction in surface heat transfer but Method 1 outperformed Method 2 aerodynamically by completely removing the HV structure when 11% suction was applied. This method however produced other adverse effects such as high surface shear stress and localized areas of high heat transfer near the slot edges at high suction rates.

scholarly journals On transonic viscous–inviscid interaction

2002 ◽  
Vol 470 ◽  
pp. 291-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. BULDAKOV ◽  
A. I. RUBAN
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Inviscid Flow ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
Viscous Sublayer ◽  
Interaction Region ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sonic Point ◽  
Similar Solutions

The paper is concerned with the interaction between the boundary layer on a smooth body surface and the outer inviscid compressible flow in the vicinity of a sonic point. First, a family of local self-similar solutions of the Kármán–Guderley equation describing the inviscid flow behaviour immediately outside the interaction region is analysed; one of them was found to be suitable for describing the boundary-layer separation. In this solution the pressure has a singularity at the sonic point with the pressure gradient on the body surface being inversely proportional to the cubic root dpw/dx ∼ (−x)−1/3 of the distance (−x) from the sonic point. This pressure gradient causes the boundary layer to interact with the inviscid part of the flow. It is interesting that the skin friction in the boundary layer upstream of the interaction region shows a characteristic logarithmic decay which determines an unusual behaviour of the flow inside the interaction region. This region has a conventional triple-deck structure. To study the interactive flow one has to solve simultaneously the Prandtl boundary-layer equations in the lower deck which occupies a thin viscous sublayer near the body surface and the Kármán–Guderley equations for the upper deck situated in the inviscid flow outside the boundary layer. In this paper a numerical solution of the interaction problem is constructed for the case when the separation region is entirely contained within the viscous sublayer and the inviscid part of the flow remains marginally supersonic. The solution proves to be non-unique, revealing a hysteresis character of the flow in the interaction region.

scholarly journals The influence of the magnetic field on the ionized gas flow adjacent to the porous wall

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (suppl.) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Slobodan Savic ◽  
Branko Obrovic ◽  
Milan Despotovic ◽  
Dusan Gordic
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Porous Wall ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ionized Gas ◽  
Friction Function ◽  
The Magnetic Field

This paper studies the influence of the magnetic field on the planar laminar steady flow of the ionized gas in the boundary layer. The present outer magnetic field is homogenous and perpendicular to the body within the fluid. The gas of the same physical characteristics as the gas in the main flow is injected (ejected) through the contour of the body. The governing boundary layer equations for different forms of the electroconductivity variation law are transformed, brought to a generalized form and solved numerically in a four-parametric approximation. It has been determined that the magnetic field, through the magnetic parameter, has a great influence on certain quantities and characteristics of the boundary layer. It has also been shown that this parameter has an especially significant influence on the non-dimensional friction function, and hence the boundary layer separation point.

scholarly journals Dependency of particle size distribution at dust emission on friction velocity and atmospheric boundary-layer stability

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 12939-12953
Author(s):  
Yaping Shao ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Masahide Ishizuka ◽  
Masao Mikami ◽  
John Leys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Particle Size ◽  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Atmospheric Boundary Layer ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Surface Shear Stress ◽  
Surface Shear

Abstract. Particle size distribution of dust at emission (dust PSD) is an essential quantity to estimate in dust studies. It has been recognized in earlier research that dust PSD is dependent on soil properties (e.g. whether soil is sand or clay) and friction velocity, u∗, which is a surrogate for surface shear stress and a descriptor for saltation-bombardment intensity. This recognition has been challenged in some recent papers, causing a debate on whether dust PSD is “invariant” and the search for its justification. In this paper, we analyse the dust PSD measured in the Japan Australian Dust Experiment and show that dust PSD is dependent on u∗ and on atmospheric boundary-layer (ABL) stability. By simple theoretical and numerical analysis, we explain the two reasons for the latter dependency, which are both related to enhanced saltation bombardment in convective turbulent flows. First, u∗ is stochastic and its probability distribution profoundly influences the magnitude of the mean saltation flux due to the non-linear relationship between saltation flux and u∗. Second, in unstable conditions, turbulence is usually stronger, which leads to higher saltation-bombardment intensity. This study confirms that dust PSD depends on u∗ and, more precisely, on the probability distribution of u∗, which in turn is dependent on ABL stability; consequently, dust PSD is also dependent on ABL. We also show that the dependency of dust PSD on u∗ and ABL stability is made complicated by soil surface conditions. In general, our analysis reinforces the basic conceptual understanding that dust PSD depends on saltation bombardment and inter-particle cohesion.

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