Droplet combustion in a stream of oxidant

The burning of a fuel droplet in a stream of oxidant at high Peclet number is investigated as a small perturbation from a convection dominated situation. By making the assumptions of constant density, zero viscosity and uniform values for specific heat and transport coefficients, we focus atten­tion on the production and transfer of heat and chemical species. The situa­tion is analysed in (i) an outer region away from the droplet, (ii) a boundary layer region near the droplet, (iii) a rear stagnation region and (iv) a down­stream wake region. The appropriate governing equations are obtained and the solution illustrated numerically. The structure of the intense reaction zone and also the force experienced by the droplet are also investi­gated. The results are discussed in the light of previous studies of droplet burning in a stream of oxidant.

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen-Chun Wu ◽  
Yau-Ming Chen

This study investigates the coherent flow fields between corotating disks in a cylindrical enclosure. By using two laser velocimeters and a phase-averaged technique, the vortical structures of the flow could be reconstructed and their dynamic behavior was observed. The experimental results reveal clearly that the flow field between the disks is composed of three distinct regions: an inner region near the hub, an outer region, and a shroud boundary layer region. The outer region is distinguished by the presence of large vortical structures. The number of vortical structures corresponds to the normalized frequency of the flow.


Author(s):  
Rizwana Amin ◽  
Roger E. Khayat

The two-dimensional jet flow of a Newtonian fluid at moderate Reynolds Number emerging from a channel where the upper plate is moving is examined theoretically in this study. In this case, the equations of motion are reduced by expanding the flow field about the basic Couette flow. Inertia is assumed to be large enough, allowing asymptotic development in terms of the inverse Reynolds number. A boundary layer forms adjacent to the free surface, and a classical boundary-layer analysis is applied to find the flow in the free surface and the moving wall. The influence of this boundary layer is investigated with the aid of the method of matched asymptotic expansions. The flow and stress fields are obtained as composite expansions by matching the flow in the boundary-layer region near the free surface and the flow both in the inner (boundary-layer) region and in the outer region of the core. The influence of wall velocity on the shape of the free surface, the velocity and stress is emphasized. The formulation allows for the determination of the steady state flow and free surface profiles analytically. The present work provides the conditions near exit, with the help of Higher-order boundary-layer effects (i.e. the cubic term of the inverse Reynolds number), to determine the jet structure further downstream.


1967 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. G. Bloor

Using the grey gas approximation, the effect of radiative heat loss on axially symmetric flows is studied. Using an expansion procedure about the axis of symmetry, a numerical solution for the stagnation region is found taking the shock to be spherical. The results of this calculation are compared with the results of Lighthill's non-radiative constant density solution.


1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
RPA Bettens

A rich chemistry exists within dark clouds. In the most chemically studied dark cloud, Taurus molecular cloud one (TMC-l), more than 40 molecules have been detected. In this paper I look at the current isochoric, i.e. constant density, isothermal time-dependent gas-phase chemical models of dark clouds such as TMC-l and very briefly outline the present understanding of the chemistry of these objects. The above chemical models agree very well with the observed abundances of almost all chemical species at times earlier than steady state, i.e. earlier than thirty million years. However, the models are fraught with uncertainty and are not physically realistic representations of the full dynamical evolution of dark clouds from a more diffuse state. Nevertheless the agreement with observation is striking.


2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
R. Madhusudhan ◽  
Achala L. Nargund ◽  
S. B. Sathyanarayana

We analyse the effect of applied magnetic field on the flow of compressible fluid with an adverse pressure gradient. The governing partial differential equations are solved analytically by Homotopy analysis method (HAM) and numerically by finite difference method. A detailed analysis is carried out for different values of the magnetic parameter, where suction/ injection is imposed at the wall. It is also observed that flow separation is seen in boundary layer region for large injection. HAM is a series solution which consists of a convergence parameter h which is estimated numerically by plotting <em>h</em> curve. Singularities of the solution are identified by Pade approximation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 3986-3999 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ammani Kuttan ◽  
S. Manjunatha ◽  
S. Jayanthi ◽  
B. J. Gireesha

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangang Zhao ◽  
Roger E. Khayat

The similarity solutions are presented for the wall flow which is formed when a smooth planar jet of power-law fluids impinges vertically on to a horizontal plate, and spreads out in a thin layer bounded by a hydraulic jump. This problem is formulated analogous to radial jet flow problem and the solution procedure is accounted for by means of similarity solution of the boundary-layer equation [1] for Newtonian fluids. For the convenience of analysis, the flow may be divided into three regions, namely a developing boundary-layer region, a fully viscous boundary-layer region, and a hydraulic jump region. The similarity solutions of the film thickness and free surface velocity in fully viscous boundary-layer region include unknown constant L, which is solved numerically and approximately in the developing boundary-layer flow region. Comparison between the numerical and approximate solutions leads generally to good agreement, except for severely shear-thinning fluids. The boundary-layer solution depends on two parameters: power-law index n and α, the dimensionless flow parameters. The effect of α on film thickness and free surface velocity is investigated. The relations between the position of the hydraulic jump and dimensionless flow parameter are obtained and the effect of α on the position of the jump is presented.


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