Laminar, Gravitationally Driven Flow of a Thin Film on a Curved Wall

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Ruschak ◽  
Steven J. Weinstein

Gravitationally driven flow of a thin film down an arbitrarily curved wall is analyzed for moderate Reynolds number by generalizing equations previously developed for flow on a planar wall. In the analysis, the ratio of the characteristic film thickness to the characteristic dimension of the wall is presumed small, and terms estimated to be first order in this parameter are retained. Partial differential equations are reduced to ordinary differential equations by the method of von Ka´rma´n and Pohlhausen; namely, an expression for the velocity profile is assumed, and the equation for conservation of linear momentum is averaged across the film. The assumed velocity profile changes shape in the flow direction because a self-similar profile, one of fixed shape but variable magnitude, leads to an equation that typically fails under critical conditions. The resulting equations for film thickness routinely accommodate subcritical-to-supercritical transitions and supercritical-to-subcritical transitions as classified by the underlying wave propagation. The more severe supercritical-to-subcritical transition is manifested by a standing wave where the film noticeably thickens; this standing wave is a simple analogue of a hydraulic jump. Predictions of the film-thickness profile and variations in the velocity profile compare favorably with those from the Navier-Stokes equation obtained by the finite element method.

2001 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Ruschak ◽  
Steven J. Weinstein ◽  
Kam Ng

Viscous, laminar, gravitationally-driven flow of a thin film on an inclined plane is analyzed for moderate Reynolds number under critical conditions. A previous analysis of film flow utilized a momentum integral approach with a semiparabolic velocity profile to obtain an ordinary differential equation for the film thickness for flow over a round-crested weir, and the singularity associated with the critical point for a subcritical-to-supercritical transition was removable. For developing flow on a plane with a supercritical-to-subcritical transition, however, the same approach leads to a nonremovable singularity. To eliminate the singularity, the film equations are modified for a velocity profile of changing shape. The resulting predictions compare favorably with those from the two-dimensional boundary-layer equation obtained by finite differences and with those from the Navier-Stokes equation obtained by finite elements.


Author(s):  
R Tripathi

Within a magnetohydrodynamic environment, Marangoni convection (Thermocapilarity effect) in an unsteady thin film of hybrid nanoliquid flow over a disk has been discussed. A set of simplified Navier-Stokes equation using boundary layer theory is written in order to model the above mentioned flow situation. The dissipative effects caused by viscosity and magnetic field have been incorporated in temperature-balance equation. A suitable choice of transform variables facilitate a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) from original partial differential equations (PDEs) representing the flow phenomena. This system of ODEs are solved by shooting technique in conjunction with Runge-Kutta 4th order numerical scheme. This study reveals that by increasing the surface tension along the liquid-air interface, the velocity of hybrid nanoliquid can be increased. In the context of this research work, the hybrid nanoliquid prepared by dispersing blade shaped [Formula: see text] and Cu nanoparticles, is an ideal liquid as far as liquid coolants are concerned.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohilavani Naganthran ◽  
Ishak Hashim ◽  
Roslinda Nazar

Thin films and coatings which have a high demand in a variety of industries—such as manufacturing, optics, and photonics—need regular improvement to sustain industrial productivity. Thus, the present work examined the problem of the Carreau thin film flow and heat transfer with the influence of thermocapillarity over an unsteady stretching sheet, numerically. The sheet is permeable, and there is an injection effect at the surface of the stretching sheet. The similarity transformation reduced the partial differential equations into a system of ordinary differential equations which is then solved numerically by the MATLAB boundary value problem solver bvp4c. The more substantial effect of injection was found to be the reduction of the film thickness at the free surface and development of a better rate of convective heat transfer. However, the increment in the thermocapillarity number thickens the film, reduces the drag force, and weakens the rate of heat transfer past the stretching sheet. The triple solutions are identified when the governing parameters vary, but two of the solutions gave negative film thickness. Detecting solutions with the most negative film thickness is essential because it implies the interruption in the laminar flow over the stretching sheet, which then affects the thin film growing process.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
El–Harbawi M. ◽  
Mustapha S. ◽  
Idris A. ◽  
Jameel A.T. ◽  
T.G. Chuah

Tenaga lebihan bebas Gibb per unit luas (ΔG) bagi suatu saput nipis yang tulen, tanpa cas pada satu sokongan hanya diterbitkan daripada interaksi antara molekul apolar (Lifshitz - van der Waals) dan polar (acid-bes). Interaksi polar dapat dinyatakan secara berasingan sebagai tekanan penghidratan, interaksi hidrofobik dan intekrasi asid-bes. Jumlah tenaga lebihan bebas Gibb per unit luas (ΔG) bagi satu saput nipis pada satu lapisan bergantung kepada ketebalan saput, dan angkali penyebaran apolar dan polar untuk sistem tersebut. Saput dimodelkan sebagai cecair Newtonian 2-dimensi dengan ketumpatan tetap, ρ, dan kelikatan, μ, mengalir di atas satu permukaan mengufuk. Ketebalan purata saput cecair, h0, dianggapkan cukup nipis supaya kesan graviti boleh diabaikan dan melambung atas oleh gas pasif dan menyambung secara lateral hingga infiniti (Model dua-dimensi). Daya badan yang disebut dalam persamaan Navier-Stokes adalah diubahsuaikan oleh kandungan interaksi antara molekul lebihan (daya apolar dan polar) antara saput bendalir dan permukaan pepejal bergantung kepada daya-daya apolar dan polar. Persamaan Navier-Stokes telah diubahsuai dengan keadaan sempadan berkaitan diselesaikan bawah kaedah pendekatan gelombong panjang untuk memperolehi persamaan perkembangan tak-linear bagi saput antara permukaan. Daya apolar dan polar telah didapati memainkan peranan pencirian atas saput nipis dan kesan utama pada sifat tenaga lebihan bebas, kadar penubuhan, kadar penubuhan maksimum, gelombong neutral, nombor gelombang yang dominan, jarak gelombong dominan dan masa memecah. Oleh demikian, teori linear adalah kurang sesuai untuk menyatakan kestabilan pencirian selaput. Kata kunci: Daya apolar, daya polar, kestabilan linear, kadar pertumbuhan, masa memecah The total excess free energy per unit area (ΔG) of a pure, uncharged thin film on a support is solely derived from the apolar (Lifshitz - van der Waals) and polar (acid-base) intermolecular interactions. Polar interactions are variously described as the hydration pressure, hydrophobic interaction and acid base interaction. The total free excess energy (per unit area) of a thin film on a substrate depends on the film thickness, and the apolar and polar spreading coefficients for the system. The film is modelled as a two-dimensional Newtonian liquid of constant density, ρ and viscosity, μ, flowing on a horizontal plane. The liquid film of mean thickness, h0, is assumed to be thin enough to neglect the gravity effect and bounded above by a passive gas and laterally extends to infinity (two-dimensional model). The body force term in the Navier-Stokes equation is modified by the inclusion of excess intermolecular interactions (apolar and polar forces) between fluid film and the solid surface owing to apolar and polar forces. The modified Navier-Stokes equation with associated boundary conditions is solved under long wave approximation method to obtain a nonlinear equation of evolution of the film interface. The apolar and polar forces were found to play the dominant role in characteristic of thin films and the main effect on the behavior of the excess free energy, growth rate, maximum growth rate, neutral wave, dominant wavenumber, dominant wavelength and rupture time. Hence, the linear theory is inadequate to describe the stability characteristics of films. Key words: Apolar force, polar force, linear stability, growth rate, rupture time


2005 ◽  
Vol 07 (05) ◽  
pp. 553-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
YURI BAKHTIN ◽  
JONATHAN C. MATTINGLY

We explore Itô stochastic differential equations where the drift term possibly depends on the infinite past. Assuming the existence of a Lyapunov function, we prove the existence of a stationary solution assuming only minimal continuity of the coefficients. Uniqueness of the stationary solution is proven if the dependence on the past decays sufficiently fast. The results of this paper are then applied to stochastically forced dissipative partial differential equations such as the stochastic Navier–Stokes equation and stochastic Ginsburg–Landau equation.


1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 815-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Chee ◽  
M. R. I. Haggag

This paper deals with the underlying theory of the hydraulics of channel flow with a buoyant boundary as an ice cover. It commences by developing the velocity distribution in two-dimensional covered channel flow using the Reynolds form of the Navier–Stokes equation in conjunction with the Prandtl – Von Karman mixing length theory. Central to the theory is the division of the channel into two subsections. From the developed velocity profile, the functional relationship for the division surface is obtained. Finally, the composite roughness of the channel is derived.Experimental verification of the developed theory was conducted in laboratory flumes. Seven cross-sectional shapes were utilized. Ice covers were simulated with polyethylene plastic pellets as well as floating plywood boards with roughness elements attached to the underside. Velocity profile and composite roughness measurements made in these flumes were in good agreement with the theoretical equations. The composite roughness relationship derived from the theory is very comprehensive, as it takes into account not only the varying rugosities of the channel and its floating boundary but also the shape of the cross section. Key words: composite roughness, ice cover, flow resistance, velocity profile, buoyant boundary, covered channel.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeeshan Khan ◽  
Ilyas Khan

Abstract The process of thin films is commonly utilized to improve the surface characteristics of materials. A thin film helps to improve the absorption, depreciation, flexibility, lighting, transport, and electromagnetic efficiency of a bulk material medium. Thin film treatment can be especially helpful in nanotechnology. As a result, the current study investigates the computational process of heat relocation analysis in a thin-film MHD flow embedded in hybrid nanoparticles, which combines the spherical copper and alumina dispersed in ethylene glycol as the conventional heat transfer Newtonian fluid model over a stretching sheet. Important elements such as thermophoresis and Brownian movement are used to explain the characteristics of heat and mass transfer analysis. Nonlinear higher differential equations (ODEs) were attained by transforming partial differential equations (PDEs) into governing equations when implementing the similarity transformation technique. The resulting nonlinear ODEs have been utilized by using the homotopy analysis method (MHD). The natures of the thin-film flow and heat transfer through the various values of the pertinent parameters: unsteadiness, nanoparticle volume fraction, thin-film thickness, magnetic interaction and intensity suction/injection are deliberated. The approximate consequences for flow rate and temperature distributions and physical quantities in terms of local skin friction and Nusselt number were obtained and analysed via graphs and tables. As a consequence, the suction has a more prodigious effect on the hybrid nanofluid than on the injection fluid for all the investigated parameters. It is worth acknowledging that the existence of the nanoparticles and MHD in the viscous hybrid nanofluid tends to enhance the temperature profile but decay the particle movement in the thin-film flow. It is perceived that the velocity and temperature fields decline with increasing unsteadiness, thin-film thickness and suction/injection parameters.


Fluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tagawa ◽  
Song

The stability of an electrically conducting fluid flow in a cylinder driven by a multi-pole rotating magnetic field is numerically studied. A time-averaged Lorentz force term including the electric potential is derived on the condition that the skin effect can be neglected and then it is incorporated into the Navier-Stokes equation as a body force term. The axisymmetric velocity profile of the basic flow for the case of an infinitely long cylinder depends on the number of pole-pairs and the Hartmann number. A set of linearized disturbance equations to obtain a neutral state was successfully solved using the highly simplified marker and cell (HSMAC) method together with a Newton–Raphson method. For various cases of the basic flow, depending on both the number of pole-pairs and the Hartmann number, the corresponding critical rotational Reynolds numbers for the onset of secondary flow were obtained instead of using the conventional magnetic Taylor number. The linear stability analyses reveal that the critical Reynolds number takes its minimum at a certain value of the Hartmann number. On the other hand, the velocity profile for cases of a finite length cylinder having a no-slip condition at the flat walls generates the Bödewadt boundary layers and such flows need to be computed including the non-linear terms of the Navier-Stokes equation.


2012 ◽  
Vol 614-615 ◽  
pp. 469-474
Author(s):  
Ai Ping Zhang ◽  
Sheng Qiang Lin

Calculating navier-stokes equation to study oil film pressure characteristics of three oil wedge bearing by using CFD software. Studied how to the three oil wedge sliding bearing effect on rotor stability, and analyzing oil film pressure characteristics of three oil wedge sliding bearing and cylindrical bearing. The results showed that three oil wedge bearing is much more stable than the cylindrical bearing, it is more advantageous to the running rotor and unit at stable working than the cylindrical bearing in the same oil film thickness and inlet pressure.


Author(s):  
Yandong Gao ◽  
Y. F. Yap ◽  
T. N. Wong ◽  
J. C. Chai ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
...  

Two-fluid flows in microchannel are often found in biological analysis, such as during ion exchange or solvent extraction from one phase to another. In this article, a numerical scheme is presented to describe a two-fluid flow in microchannel with electroosmotic (EO) effects. In this two-fluid system, the interfacial viscous force of a high EO mobility fluid drags a low EO mobility fluid; the high EO mobility fluid is driven by electroosmosis. We particularly analyze the electric double layer (EDL) regions close to the wall and the interface in the high EO mobility fluid. As the governing equation of the electrical potential is singularly perturbed, finer meshes are adopted to capture these EDL regions. In simulation, the interface between the two fluids evolves along the flow direction as the flow develops. Level set method is used to capture the interface implicitly. A localized mass preservation scheme is used to ensure mass conservation. A finite-volume method is used to solve the coupled electric potential equation, level set equations and Navier-Stokes equation. The validity of the numerical scheme is evaluated by comparing its predictions with the results of the analytical solutions in the fully developed regions. The interface positions; pressure gradients; mass flow rates and velocity profiles of the two fluids along the channels are obtained numerically.


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