The final approach to steady state in an axisymmetric stagnation flow following a change in free stream velocity

1983 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
1975 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Vimala ◽  
G. Nath

The unsteady laminar compressible boundary-layer flow in the immediate vicinity of a two-dimensional stagnation point due to an incident stream whose velocity varies arbitrarily with time is considered. The governing partial differential equations, involving both time and the independent similarity variable, are transformed into new co-ordinates with finite ranges by means of a transformation which maps an infinite interval into a finite one. The resulting equations are solved by converting them into a matrix equation through the application of implicit finite-difference formulae. Computations have been carried out for two particular unsteady free-stream velocity distributions: (i) a constantly accelerating stream and (ii) a fluctuating stream. The results show that in the former case both the skin-friction and the heat-transfer parameter increase steadily with time after a certain instant, while in the latter they oscillate, thus responding to the fluctuations in the free-stream velocity.


1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sucec

Approximate solutions using integral methods and the method of characteristics are found for the case of laminar, low speed, constant property, two-dimensional planar boundary layer type flow over a body which is initially at the constant temperature of the fluid passing over it and then, suddenly, has its surface temperature changed to a new constant value or has a constant heat flux imposed at the surface. The free stream velocity is variable with position along the body and the entire velocity field is assumed to be in the steady state. Response curves for surface heat flux or of surface temperature as a function of position and time are presented for power law variations of free stream velocity (the “wedge” type flows) and also for one particular nonsimilar (nonwedge) case. The relative ease with which the nonsimilar cases can be handled is thought to make the approach, advanced herein, a useful tool for the engineer to attack other nonsimilar cases. It was also found that the use of an “equivalent” wedge variable gives reasonably satisfactory results for the nonsimilar case chosen. Hence the application of the equivalent wedge methods is valid for transient forced convection problems just as it is, as is well known, for steady-state forced convection.


2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. David ◽  
P. G. de Groot ◽  
P. G. Walker

This paper presents, on the basis of high Peclet number, a mathematical model for the activation and initial adhesion of flowing platelets onto a surface. In contrast to past work, the model is applicable to general 2D and axi-symmetric flows where the wall shear stress is knowna priori. Results indicate that for high activation reaction rates there exist two layers, one containing only activated platelets and the other both activated and non-activated platelets. Fundamental relationships are proposed between the adhesion rate of platelets to the surface and the characteristic parameters of Peclet number and Reynolds number. Activation in the bulk fluid (blood) is characterised by the Damkohler number, which is a function of activation rate and the free-stream velocity. It is shown that, as the free-stream velocity varies, there exists a maximum of activated platelet flux to the wall for particular values of the velocity. These values, at which the maximum occur, are themselves functions of the platelet activation rate. As the free-stream velocity increases the activation of platelets ceases altogether and adhesion is reduced to a very small value strengthening the hypothesis of the correlation between atherogenesis/thrombogenesis and areas of low shear.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 6072-6083
Author(s):  
K. Rajesh, A. Govindarajan, M. Vidhya

“The purpose of this investigation stands to discuss the effects of periodic permeability on1the; free1convective flow of a dusty viscous; incompressible1fluid through a1highly1porous1channel. The porous1medium is confined by an infinite perpendicular porous plate supercilious the free stream velocity to be uniform. Analytical solutions are gained for the dusty flow field, the1temperature field, the1skin1friction and the rate1of heat1transfer. when there is an increase in mass concentration1of dust1particles, it is found that the1velocity profile of fluid and dust particles reduces.”


1966 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. H. Back ◽  
A. B. Witte

Laminar boundary-layer heat transfer and shear-stress predictions from existing similarity solutions are extended in an approximate way to perfect gas flows with a large free-stream velocity gradient parameter β and variable density-viscosity product ρμ across the boundary layer resulting from a highly cooled wall. The dimensionless enthalpy gradient at the wall gw′, to which the heat flux is related, is found not to vary appreciably with β. Thus the application of similarity solutions on a local basis to predict heat transfer from accelerated flows to an arbitrary surface may be a reasonable approximation involving a minimum amount of calculation time. Unlike gw′, the dimensionless velocity gradient at the wall fw″, to which the shear stress is related, is strongly dependent on β.


2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Mukhopadhyay

Abstract This paper presents the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer stagnation point flow with diffusion of chemically reactive species undergoing first-order chemical reaction over a permeable stretching sheet in presence of partial slip. With the help of similarity transformations, the partial differential equations corresponding to momentum and the concentration equations are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations. Numerical solutions of these equations are obtained by shooting method. It is found that the horizontal velocity increases with the increasing value of the ratio of the free stream velocity and the stretching velocity. Velocity decreases with the increasing magnetic parameter when the free-stream velocity is less than the stretching velocity but the opposite behavior is noted when the free-stream velocity is greater than the stretching velocity. Due to suction, fluid velocity decreases at a particular point of the surface. With increasing velocity slip parameter, velocity increases when the free-stream velocity is greater than the stretching velocity. But the concentration decreases in this case. Concentration decreases with increasing mass slip parameter.


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