Thin-Film Flow Over a Rotating Plate: An Assessment of the Suitability of VOF and Eulerian Thin-Film Methods for the Numerical Simulation of Isothermal Thin-Film Flows

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kakimpa ◽  
H. P. Morvan ◽  
S. Hibberd
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Vof Model ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Thickness Variations ◽  
Rotating Plate

An isothermal thin-film flow over a rotating plate has been simulated using the depth-averaged Eulerian Thin-Film modelling (ETFM) approach. The model setup is based on published experimental and numerical Volume of Fluid (VOF) CFD studies of the same problem to allow for model validation. A range of controlled film inlet heights and mass flow rates are explored together with varied plate rotational speeds ranging from a stationary plate (50rpm) to 200 rpm. While the VOF model has previously been shown to accurately reproduce film thickness, the Eulerian thin-film model is shown to provide predictions of comparable accuracy at a much lower computational cost. The model is also shown to be able to reproduce the film solution’s sensitivity to variations in fluid properties due to changes in inlet temperature. A full 3D domain has been used in this study and the ETFM model is also shown to be able to reproduce azimuthal film thickness variations and surface features similar to those previously observed in experiments.

scholarly journals Triple Solutions of Carreau Thin Film Flow with Thermocapillarity and Injection on an Unsteady Stretching Sheet

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohilavani Naganthran ◽  
Ishak Hashim ◽  
Roslinda Nazar
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Problem Solver ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Unsteady Stretching Sheet ◽  
Negative Film

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.

scholarly journals Heat Transfer Analysis of Cu and Al 2 0 3 Dispersed in Ethylene Glycol as a Base Fluid over a Stretchable Permeable Sheet of MHD Thin-film Flow

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeeshan Khan ◽  
Ilyas Khan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Thin Film Thickness

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.

scholarly journals MHD dissipative Casson nanofluid liquid film flow due to an unsteady stretching sheet with radiation influence and slip velocity phenomenon

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 463-472
Author(s):  
Elham Alali ◽  
Ahmed M. Megahed
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Slip Velocity ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Thin Film Layer ◽  
Film Layer

Abstract The problem of non-Newtonian Casson thin film flow of an electrically conducting fluid on a horizontal elastic sheet was studied using suitable dimensionless transformations on equations representing the problem. The thin film flow and heat mechanism coupled with mass transfer characteristics are basically governed by the slip velocity, magnetic field, and the dissipation phenomenon. The present numerical analysis by the shooting method was carried out to study the detailed, fully developed heat and mass transfer techniques in the laminar thin film layer by solving the competent controlling equations with eight dominant parameters for the thin liquid film. Additionally, the predicted drag force via skin-friction coefficient and Nusselt and Sherwood numbers were correlated. In view of the present study, a smaller magnetic parameter or a smaller slip velocity parameter exerts very good influence on the development of the liquid film thickness for the non-Newtonian Casson model. Furthermore, a boost in the parameter of unsteadiness causes an increase in both velocity distribution and concentration distribution in thin film layer while an increase in the same parameter causes a reduction in the film thickness. Likewise, the present results are observed to be in an excellent agreement with those offered previously by other authors. Finally, some of the physical parameters in this study, which can serve as improvement factors for heat mass transfer and thermophysical characteristics, make nanofluids premium candidates for important future engineering applications.

Thin film flow of an unsteady Maxwell fluid over a shrinking/stretching sheet with variable fluid properties

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1596-1612 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Faraz ◽  
Y. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Differential Equation ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Partial Differential Equation ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Maxwell Fluid ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fluid Properties

Purpose This paper aims to explore the variable properties of a flow inside the thin film of a unsteady Maxwell fluid and to analyze the effects of shrinking and stretching sheet. Design/methodology/approach The governing mathematical model has been developed by considering the boundary layer limitations. As a result of boundary layer assumption, a nonlinear partial differential equation is obtained. Later on, similarity transformations have been adopted to convert partial differential equation into an ordinary differential equation. A well-known homotopy analysis method is implemented to solve the problem. MATHEMATICA software has been used to visualize the flow behavior. Findings It is observed that variable viscosity does not have a significant effect on velocity field and temperature distribution either in shrinking or stretching case. It is noticed that Maxwell parameter has no dramatic effect on the flow of thin liquid fluid. It has been seen that heat flow increases by increasing the conductivity with temperature in both cases (shrinking/stretching). As a result, fluid temperature goes down when than delta = 0.05 than delta = 0.2. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, nobody has conducted earlier thin film flow of unsteady Maxwell fluid with variable fluid properties and comparison of shrinking and stretching sheet.

scholarly journals Asymptotic Modeling of the Thin Film Flow with a Pressure-Dependent Viscosity

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Marušić-Paloka ◽  
Igor Pažanin
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Asymptotic Analysis ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Asymptotic Modeling ◽  
Governing System ◽  
Expansion Technique ◽  
Pressure Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

We study the lubrication process with incompressible fluid taking into account the dependence of the viscosity on the pressure. Assuming that the viscosity-pressure relation is given by the well-known Barus law, we derive an effective model using asymptotic analysis with respect to the film thickness. The key idea is to conveniently transform the governing system and then apply two-scale expansion technique.

Thermal energy transport in thin film flow of nanofluid over a decelerating rotating disk

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440892110507
Author(s):  
Latif Ahmad ◽  
Jawad Ahmed ◽  
Awais Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Rotating Disk ◽  
Brownian Diffusion ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Thickness Skin ◽  
Buongiorno Model

The thin film flow in nanotechnology is one of the most modern progresses in the study of thin films. This includes coating with nanocomposite materials, thus providing the materials improved mechanical properties due to a so-called size effect. The ultimate functional properties that can be gained are of high adherence, wear resistance, thermal conductivity, oxidation resistance, higher toughness and hardness. This article studies the transient motion of nanofluid thin film over a disk rotating with angular velocity inversely proportional to the time. The importance of Lorentz force arises due to the axial projection of magnetic flux is studied on thin film flow and heat transfer. Two active mechanisms of nanoparticles, namely thermophoresis and Brownian diffusion, are discussed using Buongiorno model. By adopting a similarity method, the velocity distribution thermal and concentration fields above the rotating disk are simulated numerically and assessed graphically. Numerical illustrations for nanofluid film thickness, skin friction and heat and mass transfer rates are depicted against the impacts of several influential parameters. Results highlight that film thickness reduces with unsteadiness and rotation parameters. The results also spectacle that the involvement of a magnetic beam reduces the velocity of nanofluid film. Further, it is observed that thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects make a better influence in enhancing the heat transfer rate.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Heat Irreversibility in a Thin Film Flow of Couple Stress Fluid on a Moving Belt

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Adesanya ◽  
Ramosheuw S. Lebelo ◽  
K. C. Moloi
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Second Law Of Thermodynamics ◽  
Entropy Generation Rate ◽  
Thermodynamic Process ◽  
Thin Film Flow ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Adiabatic Surface

This article addresses the inherent heat irreversibility in the flow of a couple stress thin film along a moving vertical belt subjected to free and adiabatic surface. Mathematical analysis for the fluid-governing-equations is performed in detail. For maximum thermal performance and efficiency, the present analysis follows the second law of thermodynamics approach for the evaluation of entropy generation rate in the moving film. With this thermodynamic process, the interconnectivity between variables responsible for energy wastage is accounted for in the thermo-fluid equipment. Results of the analysis revealed the fluid properties that contribute more to energy loss and how the exergy of the system can be restored.

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