A linear theory of rotating, thermally stratified, hydromagnetic flow

1975 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Loper

The hydromagnetic flow of a thermally stratified fluid confined between two rotating parallel plates is studied. The flow is assumed to be linear, steady and axially symmetric. The flow is driven both mechanically and thermally and general thermal boundary conditions are applied. Attention is focused upon the mechanism controlling the interior fluid (diffusion, Ekman pumping or hydro-magnetic forces) and upon the conditions under which laminated flow (∂v/∂z ≠ 0) may occur. It is found that the occurrence of laminated flow is very sensitive to the thermal boundary conditions and is suppressed by hydromagnetic effects. For mixed boundary conditions, hydromagnetic forces control the interior and laminated flow is suppressed if α [ges ] O(1), where α2 represents the ratio of hydro-magnetic to Coriolis forces. For a constant heat flux, this occurs for a much weaker magnetic field: if α [ges ] O(E¼). For a restricted range of the parameters, a new boundary layer, called the thermomagnetic layer, in which Coriolis, thermal and hydromagnetic forces balance may occur.

Author(s):  
Thomas B. Gradinger ◽  
T. Laneryd

Natural-convection cooling with oil or other fluids of high Prandtl number plays an important role in many technical applications such as transformers or other electric equipment. For design and optimization, one-dimensional (1D) flow models are of great value. A standard configuration in such models is flow between vertical parallel plates. Accurate modeling of heat transfer, buoyancy, and pressure drop for this configuration is therefore of high importance but gets challenging as the influence of buoyancy rises. For increasing ratio of Grashof to Reynolds number, the accuracy of one-dimensional models based on the locally forced-flow assumption drops. In the present work, buoyancy corrections for use in one-dimensional models are developed and verified. Based on two-dimensional (2D) simulations of buoyant flow using finite-element solver COMSOL Multiphysics, corrections are derived for the local Nusselt number, the local friction coefficient, and a parameter relating velocity-weighted and volumetric mean temperature. The corrections are expressed in terms of the ratio of local Grashof to Reynolds number and a normalized distance from the channel inlet, both readily available in a one-dimensional model. The corrections universally apply to constant wall temperature, constant wall heat flux, and mixed boundary conditions. The developed correlations are tested against two-dimensional simulations for a case of mixed boundary conditions and are found to yield high accuracy in temperature, wall heat flux, and wall shear stress. An application example of a natural-convection loop with two finned heat exchangers shows the influence on mass-flow rate and top-to-bottom temperature difference.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 4285-4293 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Setare

The Casimir forces on two parallel plates in conformally flat de Sitter background due to conformally coupled massless scalar field satisfying mixed boundary conditions on the plates is investigated. In the general case of mixed boundary conditions formulae are derived for the vacuum expectation values of the energy–momentum tensor and vacuum forces acting on boundaries. Different cosmological constants are assumed for the space between and outside of the plates to have general results applicable to the case of domain wall formations in the early universe.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Llabrés

Abstract We find the most general solution to Chern-Simons AdS3 gravity in Fefferman-Graham gauge. The connections are equivalent to geometries that have a non-trivial curved boundary, characterized by a 2-dimensional vielbein and a spin connection. We define a variational principle for Dirichlet boundary conditions and find the boundary stress tensor in the Chern-Simons formalism. Using this variational principle as the departure point, we show how to treat other choices of boundary conditions in this formalism, such as, including the mixed boundary conditions corresponding to a $$ T\overline{T} $$ T T ¯ -deformation.


2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 860-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C. Aguiar Pinto ◽  
T.M. Britto ◽  
R. Bunchaft ◽  
F. Pascoal ◽  
F.S.S. da Rosa

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