Flow transitions in three-dimensional double-diffusive fingering convection in a porous cavity

2002 ◽  
Vol 464 ◽  
pp. 311-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. SEZAI
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Porous Cavity ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Diffusive Flow ◽  
Symmetry Properties ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Flow Transitions ◽  
Double Diffusive

In the present study the existence of multiple three-dimensional double-diffusive flow patterns in a horizontal rectangular porous cavity of a square cross-section, having horizontal aspect ratios Ax = Ay = 2 is investigated numerically. Opposing vertical gradients of temperature and concentration are applied between the two horizontal walls of the cavity, where the solute gradient is destabilizing against a stabilizing temperature gradient. All vertical walls are considered to be impermeable and adiabatic. The Brinkman and Forchheimer terms are included in the momentum equations where the convective terms are retained. The effect of the buoyancy ratio, N, thermal Rayleigh number, RaT and Lewis number, Le, on the formation of multiple flow patterns is investigated over a wide range of parameters. Altogether 36 symmetric flow structures have been identified when each of the parameters N, RaT, and Le is varied independently, keeping the others as constants. The results of the calculations are presented in terms of the average Sherwood number curves consisting of different solution branches, where transitions between the branches are indicated. The flow patterns are classified according to their symmetry properties and the type of symmetries broken or preserved are identified during the bifurcation processes.

Three-dimensional double-diffusive convection in a porous cubic enclosure due to opposing gradients of temperature and concentration

1999 ◽  
Vol 400 ◽  
pp. 333-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. SEZAI ◽  
A. A. MOHAMAD
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Stratified Medium ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Diffusive Flow ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Domain Of Existence ◽  
Buoyancy Ratio ◽  
Double Diffusive

A three-dimensional mathematical model based on the Brinkman extended Darcy equation has been used to study double-diffusive natural convection in a fluid-saturated porous cubic enclosure subject to opposing and horizontal gradients of temperature and concentration. The flow is driven by conditions of constant temperature and concentration imposed along the two vertical sidewalls of the cubic enclosure, while the remaining walls are impermeable and adiabatic. The numerical simulations presented here span a wide range of porous thermal Rayleigh number, buoyancy ratio and Lewis number to identify the different steady-state flow patterns and bifurcations. The effect of the governing parameters on the domain of existence of the three-dimensional flow patterns is studied for opposing flows (N < 0). Comprehensive Nusselt and Sherwood number data are presented as functions of the governing parameters. The present results indicate that the double-diffusive flow in enclosures with opposing buoyancy forces is strictly three-dimensional for a certain range of parameters. At high Lewis numbers multiple dipole vortices form in the transverse planes near the horizontal top and bottom surfaces, which the two-dimensional models fail to detect. The dipolar vortex structures obtained are similar to those created in laboratory experiments by the injection of fluid into a stratified medium.

MHD three dimensional double diffusive flow of Casson nanofluid with buoyancy forces and nonlinear thermal radiation over a stretching surface

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 2858-2878 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Gireesha ◽  
M. Archana ◽  
Prasannakumara B.C. ◽  
R.S. Reddy Gorla ◽  
Oluwole Daniel Makinde
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Nonlinear Thermal Radiation ◽  
Stretching Surface ◽  
Temperature Ratio ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Casson Nanofluid ◽  
Diffusive Flow ◽  
Double Diffusive

Purpose This paper aims to deal with the study of heat and mass transfer on double-diffusive three-dimensional hydromagnetic boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting Casson nanofluid over a stretching surface. The combined effects of nonlinear thermal radiation, magnetic field, buoyancy forces, thermophoresis and Brownian motion are taken into consideration with convective boundary conditions. Design/methodology/approach Similarity transformations are used to reduce the governing partial differential equations into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The reduced equations were numerically solved using Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method along with shooting technique. Findings The impact of several existing physical parameters such as Casson parameter, mixed convection parameter, regular buoyancy ratio parameter, radiation parameter, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoresis parameter, temperature ratio parameter on velocity, temperature, solutal and nanofluid concentration profiles are analyzed through graphs and tables in detail. It is found that the solutal component increases for Dufour Lewis number, whereas it decreases for nanofluid Lewis number. Moreover, velocity profiles decrease for Casson parameter, while the Nusselt number increases for Biot number, radiation and temperature ratio parameter. Originality/value This paper is a new work related to three-dimensional double-diffusive flow of Casson nanofluid with buoyancy and nonlinear thermal radiation effect.

Investigations of the Effect of Annulus Taper on Transonic Turbine Cascade Flow

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bra¨unling ◽  
F. Lehthaus
Keyword(s):  
Surface Pressure ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Wide Range

In a test facility for rotating annular cascades with three conical test sections of different taper angles (0, 30, 45 deg), experiments are conducted for two geometrically different turbine cascade configurations, a hub section cascade with high deflection and a tip section cascade with low deflection. The evaluation of time-averaged data derived from conventional probe measurements upstream and downstream of the test wheel in the machine-fixed absolute system is based on the assumption of axisymmetric stream surfaces. The cascade characteristics, i.e., mass flow, deflection, and losses, for a wide range of inlet flow angles and outlet Mach numbers are provided in the blade-fixed relative system with respect to the influence of annulus taper. Some of the results are compared with simple theoretical calculations. To obtain some information about the spatial structure of the flow within the cascade passages, surface pressure distributions on the profiles of the rotating test wheels are measured at three different radial blade sections. For some examples those distributions are compared with numerical results on plane cascades of the same sweep and dihedral angles and the same aspect ratios. The computer code used is based on a three-dimensional time-marching finite-volume method solving the Euler equations. Both experimental and numerical results show a fairly good qualitative agreement in the three-dimensional blade surface pressure distributions. This work will be continued with detailed investigations on the spatial flow structure.

Numerical simulation of unsteady double-diffusive natural convection within an inclined parallelepipedic enclosure

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1450058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakher Oueslati ◽  
Brahim Ben-Beya ◽  
Taieb Lili
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Flow Energy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Inclination Angles ◽  
Volume Method ◽  
Buoyancy Ratio ◽  
Double Diffusive

Unsteady three-dimensional (3D) double diffusive convection in tilted enclosure having a parallelepipedic shape has been analyzed numerically. The governing unsteady, 3D flow, energy and concentration transport equations, have been solved using an accelerated multigrid implicit volume method. Main attention was paid to the effects of the Rayleigh number Ra , buoyancy ratio N and the inclination angle γ of the cavity on the flow structure and heat and mass transfer rates. Typical distributions of velocity contours, temperature and concentration fields in wide range of defining parameters 103 ≤ Ra ≤ 2 × 104, -5 ≤ N ≤ 5 have been obtained. It is found, that the optimal heat and mass transfer rates for the aiding situation have been observed at two particular inclination angles namely 30° and 75° about the horizontal direction. It should be noted that the flow undergoes a periodic behavior for particular parameters Ra = 104 and γ = 75° according to the aiding flow case. The results also suggest that when N is in range -2 ≤ N ≤ -0.6, the flow continues to be three-dimensional keeping different heat and mass rates. Furthermore, it has been argued that the 2D assumption can be adopted for the 3D flows when the buoyancy ratio N is in range (-0.5–0).

Secondary Flow and Hydraulic Losses Within Sinuous Conduits of Rectangular Cross Section

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukimaru Shimizu ◽  
Yoshiki Futaki ◽  
C. Samuel Martin
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Geometric Configuration ◽  
Hydraulic Losses ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Relationship

This paper describes the relationship between hydraulic losses and secondary flow within sinuous conduits with complicated bends. It has been found that the nature of secondary flow present in the bends is quite sensitive to the geometric configuration of the bend and the actual aspect ratio of the conduit section. Indeed, many different secondary flow patterns have been found to exist as the bend geometry is altered. A wide range of experiments has been conducted for various aspect ratios of a rectangular conduit with different curvatures.

Effect of variable heating on double diffusive flow in a square porous cavity

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan Anjum Badruddin ◽  
T. M. Yunus Khan ◽  
Salman Ahmed N. J. ◽  
Sarfaraz Kamangar
Keyword(s):  
Porous Cavity ◽  
Diffusive Flow ◽  
Double Diffusive

scholarly journals Double-Diffusive of Natural Convection in an Inclined Porous Square Domain Generalized Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-160
Author(s):  
Khaled Al-Farhany ◽  
A. Turan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Convection ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Boussinesq Approximation ◽  
Darcy Number ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Simpler Algorithm ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Finite Volume Approach ◽  
Buoyancy Ratio ◽  
Double Diffusive

Numerical investigate of double-diffusive natural convection in an inclined porous square. Two opposing walls of the square cavity are adiabatic; while the other walls are, kept at constant concentrations and temperatures. The Darcy–Forchheimer–Brinkman model is used to solve the governing equations with the Boussinesq approximation. A code written in FORTRAN language developed to solve the governing equations in dimensionless forms using a finite volume approach with a SIMPLER algorithm. The results presented in U-velocity and V-velocity, isotherms, iso-concentration, streamline, the average Nusselt number, and the average Sherwood number for different values of the dimensionless parameters. A wide range of these parameters have been used including; Darcy Number, modified Rayleigh number, Lewis number, buoyancy ratio, and inclination angle.  The results show that for opposite buoyancy ratio (N≤-1), the Nu decreases when the Le increases and the Sh increase when the Le increases. For an (N>0), the Nu increases when the Le increases until Le is equal to 1 and then it decreases, also Sh increases when the Le increases

scholarly journals Investigations of the Effect of Annulus Taper on Transonic Turbine Cascade Flow

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bräunling ◽  
F. Lehthaus
Keyword(s):  
Surface Pressure ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Wide Range

In a test facility for rotating annular cascades with three conical test sections of different taper angles (0°, 30°, 45°), experiments are conducted for two geometrically different turbine cascade configurations, a hub section cascade with high deflection and a tip section cascade with low deflection. The evaluation of time averaged data derived from conventional probe measurements upstream and downstream of the test wheel in the machine-fixed absolute system is based on the assumption of axisymmetric stream surfaces. The cascade characteristics, i.e. mass flow, deflection and losses, for a wide range of inlet flow angles and outlet Mach numbers are provided in the blade-fixed relative system with respect to the influence of annulus taper. Some of the results are compared with simple theoretical calculations. To obtain some informations about the spatial structure of the flow within the cascade passages, surface pressure distributions on the profiles of the rotating test wheels are measured at three different radial blade sections. For some examples those distributions are compared with numerical results on plane cascades of the same sweep and dihedral angles and the same aspect ratios. The computer code used is based on a three-dimensional time-marching finite-volume method solving the Euler equations. Both experimental and numerical results show a fairly good qualitative agreement in the three-dimensional blade surface pressure distributions. This work will be continued with detailed investigations on the spatial flow structure.

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