Numerical Investigation of Three-Dimensional Laminar Wall Jet of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids

AIAA Journal ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 2868-2880 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. K. Adane ◽  
M. F. Tachie
Author(s):  
Kofi Freeman K. Adane ◽  
Mark F. Tachie

Three-dimensional laminar lid-driven and wall jet flows of various shear-thinning non-Newtonian and Newtonian fluids were numerically investigated. The complete nonlinear incompressible Navier-Stokes equation was solved using a collocated finite-volume based in-house CFD code. From the results, velocity profiles at several locations, jet spread rates, secondary flows and vorticity distributions were used to provide insight into the characteristics of three-dimensional laminar canonical flows of shear-thinning non-Newtonian and Newtonian fluids.


2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. K. Adane ◽  
M. F. Tachie

Three-dimensional laminar wall jet flows of shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids have been studied using a particle image velocimetry technique. The non-Newtonian fluids were prepared from xanthan gum solutions of various concentrations. The velocity measurements were performed in various streamwise-transverse and streamwise-spanwise planes at various inlet Reynolds numbers. From these measurements, the maximum velocity decay, jet half-widths, and velocity profiles were obtained to study the effects of Reynolds number and fluid type on the characteristics of the wall jet flows. It was observed that the maximum velocity decay and jet half-widths depend on inlet Reynolds number and fluid but the similarity velocities profiles are independent of both Reynolds number and specific fluid type.


2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 1151-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maheandera Prabu Paulraj ◽  
Rajesh Kanna Parthasarathy ◽  
Jan Taler ◽  
Dawid Taler ◽  
Pawel Oclon ◽  
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