Analysis of Finite Cylinders Rotating Within Moderate Clearance Ratios

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-161
Author(s):  
O. Pinkus ◽  
I. Etsion

The Navier-Stokes equations are examined here for the flow of an incompressible fluid contained between rotating eccentric cylinders of finite length and moderate clearance ratios. Based on a modified form of the Reynolds Equation an analytical solution for short cylinders, and numerical results for finite configurations are given for the range of Reynolds numbers and (C/R) ratios in which inertia forces can be neglected. In a subsequent paper consideration will be given to the range of Taylor numbers in which inertia and transverse effects may become significant.

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 3103-3118 ◽  
Author(s):  
SONG WANG

In this paper we investigate numerically chaotic behaviors of incompressible fluid flows at large Reynolds numbers in triangular driven cavities. The problem is first formulated as incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with appropriate boundary and initial conditions. The equations are then solved numerically by an exponentially fitted finite volume method for various Reynolds numbers up to 107. Numerical experiments on flows in triangular cavities with different depths are performed. The numerical results show clearly that the transitions of the flows from lamina to turbulence/chaos follow some conventional routes to chaos.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-49
Author(s):  
Ridha Alwan Ahmed

       In this paper, the phenomena of vortex shedding from the circular cylinder surface has been studied at several Reynolds Numbers (40≤Re≤ 300).The 2D, unsteady, incompressible, Laminar flow, continuity and Navier Stokes equations have been solved numerically by using CFD Package FLUENT. In this package PISO algorithm is used in the pressure-velocity coupling.        The numerical grid is generated by using Gambit program. The velocity and pressure fields are obtained upstream and downstream of the cylinder at each time and it is also calculated the mean value of drag coefficient and value of lift coefficient .The results showed that the flow is strongly unsteady and unsymmetrical at Re>60. The results have been compared with the available experiments and a good agreement has been found between them


1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Lee

The truncated Burgers models have a unique equilibrium state which is defined continuously for all the Reynolds numbers and attainable from a realizable class of initial disturbances. Hence, they represent a sequence of convergent approximations to the original (untruncated) Burgers problem. We have pointed out that consideration of certain degenerate equilibrium states can lead to the successive turbulence-turbulence transitions and finite-jump transitions that were suggested by Case & Chiu. As a prototype of the Navier–Stokes equations, Burgers model can simulate the initial-value type of numerical integration of the Fourier amplitude equations for a turbulent channel flow. Thus, the Burgers model dynamics display certain idiosyncrasies of the actual channel flow problem described by a truncated set of Fourier amplitude equations, which includes only a modest number of modes due to the limited capability of the computer at hand.


1976 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-A. Mackrodt

The linear stability of Hagen-Poiseuille flow (Poiseuille pipe flow) with superimposed rigid rotation against small three-dimensional disturbances is examined at finite and infinite axial Reynolds numbers. The neutral curve, which is obtained by numerical solution of the system of perturbation equations (derived from the Navier-Stokes equations), has been confirmed for finite axial Reynolds numbers by a few simple experiments. The results suggest that, at high axial Reynolds numbers, the amount of rotation required for destabilization could be small enough to have escaped notice in experiments on the transition to turbulence in (nominally) non-rotating pipe flow.


2010 ◽  
Vol 656 ◽  
pp. 189-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
ILIA V. ROISMAN

This theoretical study is devoted to description of fluid flow and heat transfer in a spreading viscous drop with phase transition. A similarity solution for the combined full Navier–Stokes equations and energy equation for the expanding lamella generated by drop impact is obtained for a general case of oblique drop impact with high Weber and Reynolds numbers. The theory is applicable to the analysis of the phenomena of drop solidification, target melting and film boiling. The theoretical predictions for the contact temperature at the substrate surface agree well with the existing experimental data.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 2377-2398
Author(s):  
Gabriel R Barrenechea ◽  
Andreas Wachtel

Abstract Uniform inf-sup conditions are of fundamental importance for the finite element solution of problems in incompressible fluid mechanics, such as the Stokes and Navier–Stokes equations. In this work we prove a uniform inf-sup condition for the lowest-order Taylor–Hood pairs $\mathbb{Q}_2\times \mathbb{Q}_1$ and $\mathbb{P}_2\times \mathbb{P}_1$ on a family of affine anisotropic meshes. These meshes may contain refined edge and corner patches. We identify necessary hypotheses for edge patches to allow uniform stability and sufficient conditions for corner patches. For the proof, we generalize Verfürth’s trick and recent results by some of the authors. Numerical evidence confirms the theoretical results.


Author(s):  
Guillermo E. Ovando ◽  
Juan C. Prince ◽  
Sandy L. Ovando

Fluid dynamics for a Newtonian fluid in the absence of body forces in a two-dimensional cavity with top and bottom curved walls was studied numerically. The vertical walls are fixed and the curved walls are in motion. The Navier-Stokes equations were solved using the finite element method combined with the operator splitting scheme. We analyzed the behaviour of the velocity fields, the vorticity fields and the velocity profiles of the fluid inside the cavity. The analysis was carried out for two different Reynolds numbers of 50 and 500 with two ratios (R = 1, −1) of the top to the bottom curved lid speed. For these values of parameters the flow is characterized by vortex formation inside the cavity. The spatial symmetry on the flow patterns are also investigated. We found that when the velocities of the top and bottom walls have opposite direction only one cell is formed in the central part of the cavity; however when the velocities of the top and bottom walls have the same direction the vortex formation inside the cavity is more complex.


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