scholarly journals Flow-induced morphological instability of a mushy layer

1999 ◽  
Vol 391 ◽  
pp. 337-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL L. FELTHAM ◽  
M. GRAE WORSTER

A morphological instability of a mushy layer due to a forced flow in the melt is analysed. The instability is caused by flow induced in the mushy layer by Bernoulli suction at the crests of a sinusoidally perturbed mush–melt interface. The flow in the mushy layer advects heat away from crests which promotes solidification. Two linear stability analyses are presented: the fundamental mechanism for instability is elucidated by considering the case of uniform flow of an inviscid melt; a more complete analysis is then presented for the case of a parallel shear flow of a viscous melt. The novel instability mechanism we analyse here is contrasted with that investigated by Gilpin et al. (1980) and is found to be more potent for the case of newly forming sea ice.

1960 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alar Toomre

A simple method is presented in this paper for calculating the secondary velocities, andthe lateral displacement of total pressure surfaces (i.e. the ‘displacement effect’) in the plane of symmetry ahead of an infinitely long cylinder situated normal to a steady, incompressible, slightly viscous shear flow; the cylinder is also perpendicular to the vorticity, which is assumed uniform but small. The method is based on lateral gradients of pressure, these being calculated from the primary flow alone. Profiles of the secondary velocities are obtained at several Reynolds numbers ahead of two specific cylindrical shapes: a circular cylinder, and a flat plate normal to the flow. The displacement effect is derived and, rathe surprisingly, is found to be virtually independent of the Reynolds number.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 102117
Author(s):  
M. Hosseinpour ◽  
Y. Chen ◽  
S. Zenitani

1970 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Chimonas

A statically stable, gravitationally stratified compressible fluid containing a parallel shear flow is examined for stability against infinitesimal adiabatic perturbations. It is found that the Miles–Howard theorem of incompressible fluids may be generalized to this system, so that n2 ≥ ¼U′2 throughout the flow is a sufficient condition for stability. Here n2 is the Brunt–Väissälä frequency and U’ is the vertical gradient of the flow speed. Howard's upper bound on the growth rate of an unstable mode also generalizes to this compressible system.


1989 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 389-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Smith

For a reactive solute, with weak second-order recombination, an investigation is made of the near-source behaviour (where concentrations are high), and of the far field (where the recombination has an accumulative effect). Despite the loss of material and increased spread due to recombination, the far-field concentration distribution is shown to be nearly Gaussian. This permits a simplified (Gaussian) treatment of the chemical nonlinearity. Explicit solutions are given for the total amount of solute, variance and kurtosis for solutes with no first-order reactions.


2002 ◽  
Vol 470 ◽  
pp. 247-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. ZHANG ◽  
T. MAXWORTHY

It is recognized that flow in the melt can have a profound influence on the dynamics of a solidifying interface and hence on the quality of the solidified material. To better understand the effect of fluid flow on the interface morphological stability and on the cellular and dendritic growth, directional solidification experiments were carried out in a horizontally placed Hele-Shaw cell with and without externally imposed parallel shear flow. The specimen material used was SCN–1.0 Wt% acetone. The experiment shows that the transient parallel flow has a stabilizing effect on the planar interface by damping the existing initial perturbations. The left–right symmetry of crystal cells was broken by the parallel flow, with cells tilting toward the incoming flow direction. The tilting angle increased with the velocity ratio. The secondary dendrites were found to either not appear or appear much later on the downstream side of the crystal cells. The wavelengths of the initial perturbations and of the cellular interface were insensitive to the imposed flow.


2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Feltham ◽  
N. Untersteiner ◽  
J. S. Wettlaufer ◽  
M. G. Worster
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Du

Ammonia water absorption refrigeration systems are effective in utilizing fishing-boat exhaust waste heat for cryopreservation. However, the liquid level control and the use of a solution pump characterized by small flowrate and high-pressure head result in poor reliability in the traditional system. Besides, the system must necessarily be designed anti-swaying and anti-corrosion. This paper proposes a forced flow diffusion absorption refrigeration system, in which an inherently leak-free canned motor pump and an ejector are employed to provide the driving forces of the gas and liquid loops. The approximate single pressure operation allows for a simple passive liquid sealing control without throttling valves. The system adopts an integrated cooling strategy which allows the system to operate under swaying conditions, and the external seawater cooled heat exchanger avoids internal corrosion and leakage. The thermal analysis shows the system is valid to be operated under wide operating conditions, and the coupled gas and solution circulation ratios determined the performance of the novel system. There is an optimal ammonia mass fraction difference in the gas loop to obtain the optimal COP. The COP reaches 0.4 when the temperatures at the outlets of the generator, evaporator, absorber, and condenser are 160, −15, 35, and 35°C, respectively. The novel system provides a reliable absorption refrigeration system design for fishing-boat applications.


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