scholarly journals Hydrodynamics Interactions of Metachronal Waves on Particulate-Liquid Motion through a Ciliated Annulus: Application of Bio-Engineering in Blood Clotting and Endoscopy

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti ◽  
Asmaa F. Elelamy ◽  
Sadiq M. Sait ◽  
Rahmat Ellahi

This study deals with the mass transport phenomena on the particle-fluid motion through an annulus. The non-Newtonian fluid propagates through a ciliated annulus in the presence of two phenomenon, namely (i) endoscopy, and (ii) blood clot. The outer tube is ciliated. To examine the flow behavior we consider the bi-viscosity fluid model. The mathematical modeling has been formulated for small Reynolds number to examine the inertia free flow. The purpose of this assumption is that wavelength-to-diameter is maximal, and the pressure could be considerably uniform throughout the entire cross-section. The resulting equations are analytically solved, and exact solutions are given for particle- and fluid-phase profiles. Computational software Mathematica has been used to evaluate both the closed-form and numerical results. The graphical behavior across each parameter has been discussed in detail and presented with graphs. The trapping mechanism is also shown across each parameter. It is noticed clearly that particle volume fraction and the blood clot reveal converse behavior on fluid velocity; however, the velocity of the fluid reduced significantly when the fluid behaves as a Newtonian fluid. Schmidt and Soret numbers enhance the concentration mechanism. Furthermore, more pressure is required to pass the fluid when the blood clot appears.

Author(s):  
S. Shaw ◽  
P. V. S. N. Murthy

The present investigation deals with finding the trajectories of the drug dosed magnetic carrier particle in a microvessel, which is subjected to the external magnetic field. We consider the physical model that was given in the work of Furlani and Furlani (2007, “A Model for Predicting Magnetic Targeting of Multifunctional Particles in the Microvasculature,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 312, pp. 187–193), but deviating by taking the non-Newtonian fluid model for the blood in the permeable microvessel. Both the Herschel–Bulkley fluid and Casson models are considered to analyze the present problem. The expression for the fluid velocity in the permeable microvessel is obtained using the analogy given by Decuzzi et al. (2006, “The Effective Dispersion of Nanovectors Within the Tumor Microvasculature,” Ann. Biomed. Eng., 34, pp. 633–641) first. Then the expression for the fluidic force for the carrier particle traversing in the non-Newtonian fluid is obtained. Several factors that influence the magnetic targeting of the carrier particles in the microvasculature, such as the permeability of the inner wall, size of the carrier particle, the volume fraction of embedded nanoparticles, and the diameter of the microvessel are considered in the present problem. The trajectories of the carrier particles are found in both invasive and noninvasive targeting systems. A comparison is made between the trajectories in these cases in both the Casson and Herschel–Bulkley fluid models. The present results for the permeable microvessel are compared with the impermeable inner wall trajectories given by Shaw et al. (2010, “Effect of Non-Newtonian Characteristics of Blood on Magnetic Targeting in the Impermeable Micro Vessel,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 322, pp. 1037–1043). Also, a prediction of the capture of therapeutic magnetic nanoparticle in the human permeable microvasculature is made for different radii and volume fractions in both the invasive and noninvasive cases.


2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Namazian ◽  
A. F. Najafi ◽  
S. M. Mousavian

AbstractA numerical simulation of the particle-gas flow in a vertical turbulent pipe flow was conducted. The main objective of the present article is to investigate the effects of dispersed phase (particles) on continuous phase (gas). In so doing, two general forms of Eulerian-Lagrangian approaches namely, one-way (when the fluid flow is not affected by the presence of the particles) and two-way (when the particles exert a feedback force on the fluid) couplings were used to describe the equations of motion of the two-phase flow. Gas-phase velocities which are within the order of magnitude as that of particles, volume fraction, and particle Stokes number were calculated and the results were subsequently compared with the available experimental data. The simulated results show that when the particles are added, the fluid velocity is attenuated. With an increase in particle volume fraction, particle mass loading and Stokes number, velocity attenuation also increases. Moreover, the results indicate that an increase in particle Stokes number reduces the special limited particle volume fraction, according to which one-way coupling method yields plausible results. The results have also indicated that the significance of particle fluid interaction is not merely a function of volume fraction and particle Stokes number.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Safaei ◽  
O. Mahian ◽  
F. Garoosi ◽  
K. Hooman ◽  
A. Karimipour ◽  
...  

This paper addresses erosion prediction in 3-D, 90° elbow for two-phase (solid and liquid) turbulent flow with low volume fraction of copper. For a range of particle sizes from 10 nm to 100 microns and particle volume fractions from 0.00 to 0.04, the simulations were performed for the velocity range of 5–20 m/s. The 3-D governing differential equations were discretized using finite volume method. The influences of size and concentration of micro- and nanoparticles, shear forces, and turbulence on erosion behavior of fluid flow were studied. The model predictions are compared with the earlier studies and a good agreement is found. The results indicate that the erosion rate is directly dependent on particles’ size and volume fraction as well as flow velocity. It has been observed that the maximum pressure has direct relationship with the particle volume fraction and velocity but has a reverse relationship with the particle diameter. It also has been noted that there is a threshold velocity as well as a threshold particle size, beyond which significant erosion effects kick in. The average friction factor is independent of the particle size and volume fraction at a given fluid velocity but increases with the increase of inlet velocities.


2014 ◽  
Vol 917 ◽  
pp. 267-282
Author(s):  
Aisha Ahmed ◽  
A. Maulud ◽  
M. Ramasamy ◽  
Lau Kok Keong ◽  
Mahadzir Shuhaimi

A 2D axi-symmetric, steady state and pressure-based model for the riser of an industrial RFCC unit was developed with ANSYS FLUENT in workbench 13.0. The EulerianEulerian approach was applied to simulate the flow behavior of the two phases and the catalytic cracking reactions. Thek-εgassolid turbulent flow per phase model was used, and the particle-level fluctuations are modeled in the framework of the kinetic theory of granular flow. Two different drag models were used separately to simulate the gas solid interaction in the riser fluidized bed. The 14-lump kinetic model was chosen to describe the complex catalytic cracking of the heavy residual feed stock. The particle volume fraction, velocity and temperature profiles, as well as product yields in the riser were analyzed and validated with results from open literature and the industrial RFCC plant data.


2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahar Sarkar

The theoretical analyses of the double-tube gas cooler in transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration cycle have been performed to study the performance improvement of gas cooler as well as CO2 cycle using Al2O3, TiO2, CuO and Cu nanofluids as coolants. Effects of various operating parameters (nanofluid inlet temperature and mass flow rate, CO2 pressure and particle volume fraction) are studied as well. Use of nanofluid as coolant in double-tube gas cooler of CO2 cycle improves the gas cooler effectiveness, cooling capacity and COP without penalty of pumping power. The CO2 cycle yields best performance using Al2O3-H2O as a coolant in double-tube gas cooler followed by TiO2-H2O, CuO-H2O and Cu-H2O. The maximum cooling COP improvement of transcritical CO2 cycle for Al2O3-H2O is 25.4%, whereas that for TiO2-H2O is 23.8%, for CuO-H2O is 20.2% and for Cu-H2O is 16.2% for the given ranges of study. Study shows that the nanofluid may effectively use as coolant in double-tube gas cooler to improve the performance of transcritical CO2 refrigeration cycle.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosephus Ardean Kurnianto Prayitno ◽  
Tong Zhao ◽  
Yoshiyuki Iso ◽  
Masahiro Takei

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Gao ◽  
S. J. White ◽  
C. Y. Wang

Abstract A combined experimental and numerical investigation of the solidification process during gravity casting of functionally graded materials (FGMs) is conducted. Focus is placed on the interplay between the freezing front propagation and particle sedimentation. Experiments were performed in a rectangular ingot using pure substances as the matrix and glass beads as the particle phase. The time evolutions of local particle volume fractions were measured by bifurcated fiber optical probes working in the reflection mode. The effects of various processing parameters were explored. It is found that there exists a particle-free zone in the top portion of the solidified ingot, followed by a graded particle distribution region towards the bottom. Higher superheat results in slower solidification and hence a thicker particle-free zone and a higher particle concentration near the bottom. The higher initial particle volume fraction leads to a thinner particle-free region. Lower cooling temperatures suppress particle settling. A one-dimensional solidification model was also developed, and the model equations were solved numerically using a fixed-grid, finite-volume method. The model was then validated against the experimental results, and the validated computer code was used as a tool for efficient computational prototyping of an Al/SiC FGM.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertrand Rollin ◽  
Frederick Ouellet ◽  
Bradford Durant ◽  
Rahul Babu Koneru ◽  
S. Balachandar

Abstract We study the interaction of a planar air shock with a perturbed, monodispersed, particle curtain using point-particle simulations. In this Eulerian-Lagrangian approach, equations of motion are solved to track the position, momentum, and energy of the computational particles while the carrier fluid flow is computed in the Eulerian frame of reference. In contrast with many Shock-Driven Multiphase Instability (SDMI) studies, we investigate a configuration with an initially high particle volume fraction, which produces a strongly two-way coupled flow in the early moments following the shock-solid phase interaction. In the present study, the curtain is about 4 mm in thickness and has a peak volume fraction of about 26%. It is composed of spherical particles of d = 115μm in diameter and a density of 2500 kg.m−3, thus replicating glass particles commonly used in multiphase shock tube experiments or multiphase explosive experiments. We characterize both the evolution of the perturbed particle curtain and the gas initially trapped inside the particle curtain in our planar three-dimensional numerical shock tube. Control parameters such as the shock strength, the particle curtain perturbation wavelength and particle volume fraction peak-to-trough amplitude are varied to quantify their influence on the evolution of the particle cloud and the initially trapped gas. We also analyze the vortical motion in the flow field. Our results indicate that the shock strength is the primary contributor to the cloud particle width. Also, a classic Richtmyer-Meshkov instability mixes the gas initially trapped in the particle curtain and the surrounding gas. Finally, we observe that the particle cloud contribute to the formation of longitudinal vortices in the downstream flow.


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