scholarly journals Survey on time periodic problem for fluid flow under inhomogeneous boundary condition

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroko Morimoto ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Periodic Problem ◽  
Inhomogeneous Boundary Condition ◽  
Time Periodic

Numerical investigation of laminar forced convection for a non-Newtonian nanofluids flowing inside an elliptical duct under convective boundary condition

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 334-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroun Ragueb ◽  
Kacem Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convective Boundary Condition ◽  
Bulk Temperature ◽  
Convective Boundary ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the thermal response of the laminar non-Newtonian fluid flow in elliptical duct subjected to a third-kind boundary condition with a particular interest to a non-Newtonian nanofluid case. The effects of Biot number, aspect ratio and fluid flow behavior index on the heat transfer have been examined carefully.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the mathematical problem has been formulated in dimensionless form, and then the curvilinear elliptical coordinates transform is applied to transform the original elliptical shape of the duct to an equivalent rectangular numerical domain. This transformation has been adopted to overcome the inherent mathematical deficiency due to the dependence of the ellipsis contour on the variables x and y. The yielded problem has been successfully solved using the dynamic alternating direction implicit method. With the available temperature field, several parameters have been computed for the analysis purpose such as bulk temperature, Nusselt number and heat transfer coefficient.FindingsThe results showed that the use of elliptical duct enhances significantly the heat transfer coefficient and reduces the duct’s length needed to achieve the thermal equilibrium. For some cases, the reduction in the duct’s length can reach almost 50 per cent compared to the circular pipe. In addition, the analysis of the non-Newtonian nanofluid case showed that the addition of nanoparticles to the base fluid improves the heat transfer coefficient up to 25 per cent. The combination of using an elliptical duct and the addition of nanoparticles has a spectacular effect on the overall heat transfer coefficient with an enhancement of 50-70 per cent. From the engineering applications view, the results demonstrate the potential of elliptical duct in building light-weighted compact shell-and-tube heat exchangers.Originality/valueA complete investigation of the heat transfer of a fully developed laminar flow of power law fluids in elliptical ducts subject to the convective boundary condition with application to non-Newtonian nanofluids is addressed.

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer in Rectangular Microchannels Under H2 Boundary Condition During Developing and Fully Developed Laminar Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Dharaiya ◽  
S. G. Kandlikar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Aspect Ratios

Study of fluid flow characteristics at microscale is gaining importance with shrinking device sizes. Better understanding of fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels will have important implications in electronic chip cooling, heat exchangers, MEMS, and microfluidic devices. Due to short lengths employed in microchannels, entrance header effects can be significant and need to be investigated. In this work, three dimensional model of microchannels, with aspect ratios (α = a/b) ranging from 0.1 to 10, are numerically simulated using CFD software tool fluent. Heat transfer effects in the entrance region of microchannel are presented by plotting average Nusselt number as a function of nondimensional axial length x*. The numerical simulations with both circumferential and axial uniform heat flux (H2) boundary conditions are validated for existing data set for four wall heat flux case. Large numerical data sets are generated in this work for rectangular cross-sectional microchannels with heating on three walls, two opposing walls, one wall, and two adjacent walls under H2 boundary condition. This information can provide better understanding and insight into the transport processes in the microchannels. Although the results are seen as relevant in microscale applications, they are applicable to any sized channels. Based on the numerical results obtained for the whole range, generalized correlations for Nusselt numbers as a function of channel aspect ratio are presented for all the cases. The predicted correlations for Nusselt numbers can be very useful resource for the design and optimization of microchannel heat sinks and other microfluidic devices.

Numerical Solutions of Transients in Pneumatic Networks: Part 3—Network Problems With Branching

1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tsao ◽  
W. Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Network Problems

This paper investigates the mathematical problem of fluid flow at a junction. It is shown that the junction pressure at a given time can be expressed approximately in terms of the known pressures and flow rates at and near the junction at an earlier time. After the junction pressure is determined, it serves as a boundary condition for all the transmission lines meeting at the junction. Several junction networks are computed for illustrative purposes.

Molecular Dynamics Study on Fluid Flow in Nanochannels With Permeable Walls

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Fei Xie ◽  
Bing-Yang Cao
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Slip Velocity ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Porous Wall ◽  
Permeable Surface ◽  
Fluid Density ◽  
Maxwell Theory ◽  
Permeable Walls

This paper presents the fluid flow in nanochannels with permeable walls using the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. A three-dimensional Couette flow has been carried out to investigate the effect of the permeable surface on the fluid density distributions and the slip velocity. The ordering layer of molecules is constructed near the smooth surface but it was destroyed by the permeable ones resulting in the density drop in porous wall. The fluid density in porous wall is large under strong fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and it is decreased under weak FSI. The negative slip is observed for fluid flow past solid walls under strong FSI, no-slip under medium FSI and positive slip under weak FSI whatever it is smooth or porous. Moreover, the largest slip velocity and slip length occur on the smooth surface of solid wall. As predicted by Maxwell theory, the molecule is bounced back when it impinges on the smooth surface. The molecules, however, can reside in porous wall by replacing the molecules that are trapped in the pores. Moreover, the molecule can escape from the pore and enter the channel becoming a free molecule. After travelling for a period time in the channel, the molecule can enter the pore again. During the molecular movement, the momentum exchange has been implemented not only between fluid molecules and wall but also between the fluid molecules themselves in the pore, and the multi-collision between fluid molecules takes place. The reduced slip velocity at the porous wall results in the larger friction coefficient compared to the smooth surface wall. The molecular boundary condition predicted by Maxwell theory on the smooth surface is no longer valid for flow past the permeable surface, and a novel boundary condition should be introduced.

DISCRETE PROCEDURE OF OPTIMAL STABILIZATION FOR PERIODIC LINEAR SYSTEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

2018 ◽  
pp. 891-906
Author(s):  
Roman Ivanovich Shevchenko ◽  
Yuri Filippovich Dolgii
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Periodic Problem ◽  
Optimal Stabilization ◽  
Systems Of Differential Equations ◽  
Special Procedure ◽  
Periodic Linear ◽  
System States ◽  
Linear Periodic Systems ◽  
Time Periodic

We propose procedure to solve the optimal stabilization problem for linear periodic systems of differential equations. Stabilizing controls, formed as a feedback, are defined by the system states at the fixed instants of time. Equivalent discrete-time linear periodic problem of optimal stabilization is considered. We propose a special procedure for the solution of discrete periodic Riccati equation. We investigate the relation between continuous-time and discrete-time periodic optimal stabilization problems. The proposed method is used for stabilization of mechanical systems.

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