Effect of Viscosity on Gaseous Flow in a Micro-Nozzle

Author(s):  
Shintaro Murakami ◽  
Yutaka Asako

Two-dimensional compressible momentum and energy equations are solved numerically to obtain the effect of viscosity on gaseous flow in a micro converging-diverging nozzle. The numerical methodology is based on the Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method. The numerical computations were performed for a wide range of the diverging angle and throat height and for no-heat conduction flow. The results are compared with one-dimensional analytical solutions for flow in a conventional sized nozzle and the effects of the viscosity on gaseous flow in the micro-nozzle are discussed.

Author(s):  
Yutaka Asako ◽  
Kenji Nakayama

The product of friction factor and Reynolds number (f·Re) of gaseous flow in the quasi-fully developed region of a micro-tube was obtained experimentally and numerically. The tube cutting method was adopted to obtain the pressure distribution along the tube. The fused silica tubes whose nominal diameters were 100 and 150 μm, were used. Two-dimensional compressible momentum and energy equations were solved to obtain the flow characteristics in micro-tubes. The numerical methodology is based on the Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method. The both results agree well and it was found that (f·Re) is a function of Mach number.


Author(s):  
Toru Yamada ◽  
Yutaka Asako

Two-dimensional compressible momentum and energy equations are solved on gaseous flows around a micro-scaled gas turbine blade (GE-E3) whose axial chord ranges from 86.1μm to 86.1mm to obtain the scale effect. The numerical methodology is based on Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method. The flow is assumed to be ‘no heat conduction’ flow. The computations were performed for gaseous flow around a single blade with periodical conditions imposed along the boundaries in the pitch directions. The study is focused on the effect of the scale of the turbine blade on the performance. The predicted pressure distribution on both the pressure and suction sides of the conventional sized blade and both the inlet and outlet Mach numbers were compared with available experimental data to verify the code and the scale effect was discussed.


Author(s):  
Robert L. McMasters ◽  
Filippo de Monte ◽  
James V. Beck ◽  
Donald E. Amos

This paper provides a solution for two-dimensional heating over a rectangular region on a homogeneous plate. It has application to verification of numerical conduction codes as well as direct application for heating and cooling of electronic equipment. Additionally, it can be applied as a direct solution for the inverse heat conduction problem, most notably used in thermal protection systems for re-entry vehicles. The solutions used in this work are generated using Green’s functions. Two approaches are used which provide solutions for either semi-infinite plates or finite plates with isothermal conditions which are located a long distance from the heating. The methods are both efficient numerically and have extreme accuracy, which can be used to provide additional solution verification. The solutions have components that are shown to have physical significance. The extremely precise nature of analytical solutions allows them to be used as prime standards for their respective transient conduction cases. This extreme precision also allows an accurate calculation of heat flux by finite differences between two points of very close proximity which would not be possible with numerical solutions. This is particularly useful near heated surfaces and near corners. Similarly, sensitivity coefficients for parameter estimation problems can be calculated with extreme precision using this same technique. Another contribution of these solutions is the insight that they can bring. Important dimensionless groups are identified and their influence can be more readily seen than with numerical results. For linear problems, basic heating elements on plates, for example, can be solved to aid in understanding more complex cases. Furthermore these basic solutions can be superimposed both in time and space to obtain solutions for numerous other problems. This paper provides an analytical two-dimensional, transient solution for heating over a rectangular region on a homogeneous square plate. Several methods are available for the solution of such problems. One of the most common is the separation of variables (SOV) method. In the standard implementation of the SOV method, convergence can be slow and accuracy lacking. Another method of generating a solution to this problem makes use of time-partitioning which can produce accurate results. However, numerical integration may be required in these cases, which, in some ways, negates the advantages offered by the analytical solutions. The method given herein requires no numerical integration; it also exhibits exponential series convergence and can provide excellent accuracy. The procedure involves the derivation of previously-unknown simpler forms for the summations, in some cases by virtue of the use of algebraic components. Also, a mathematical identity given in this paper can be used for a variety of related problems.


Author(s):  
Ganesh Hegde ◽  
Madhu Gattumane

Improvement in accuracy without sacrificing stability and convergence of the solution to unsteady diffusion heat transfer problems by computational method of enhanced explicit scheme (EES), has been achieved and demonstrated, through transient one dimensional and two dimensional heat conduction. The truncation error induced in the explicit scheme using finite difference technique is eliminated by optimization of partial derivatives in the Taylor series expansion, by application of interface theory developed by the authors. This theory, in its simple terms gives the optimum values to the decision vectors in a redundant linear equation. The time derivatives and the spatial partial derivatives in the transient heat conduction, take the values depending on the time step chosen and grid size assumed. The time correction factor and the space correction factor defined by step sizes govern the accuracy, stability and convergence of EES. The comparison of the results of EES with analytical results, show decreased error as compared to the result of explicit scheme. The paper has an objective of reducing error in the explicit scheme by elimination of truncation error introduced by neglecting the higher order terms in the expansion of the governing function. As the pilot examples of the exercise, the implementation is aimed at solving one-dimensional and two-dimensional problems of transient heat conduction and compared with the results cited in the referred literature.


Author(s):  
D. Dowson ◽  
C. N. March

A thermohydrodynamic analysis is discussed which takes account of the general nature of the experimental observations in work which forms part of a programme of research designed to develop an improved understanding of better design procedures for journal bearings. The analysis considers compatible solutions of the Reynolds, energy, and heat conduction equations for two-dimensional conditions. It is shown that the solutions are in reasonable agreement with experimental findings. The two-dimensional solutions of the Reynolds and energy equations take full account of the variation of lubricant properties along and across the film. A very simple and approximate representation is used to estimate the temperature distribution in the bush, but the solutions present a reasonable estimate of bush and shaft temperatures. The ‘thermohydrodynamic’ or ‘heat conduction’ solution to journal bearing problems will provide intermediate, and it is hoped more realistic, results between the extreme ‘isothermal’ and ‘adiabatic’ conditions.


Author(s):  
Н.А. Афанасьев ◽  
П.А. Майоров

Схема КАБАРЕ, являющаяся представителем семейства балансно-характеристических методов, широко используется при решении многих задач для систем дифференциальных уравнений гиперболического типа в эйлеровых переменных. Возрастающая актуальность задач взаимодействия деформируемых тел с потоками жидкости и газа требует адаптации этого метода на лагранжевы и смешанные эйлерово-лагранжевы переменные. Ранее схема КАБАРЕ была построена для одномерных уравнений газовой динамики в массовых лагранжевых переменных, а также для трехмерных уравнений динамической упругости. В первом случае построенную схему не удалось обобщить на многомерные задачи, а во втором — использовался необратимый по времени алгоритм передвижения сетки. В данной работе представлено обобщение метода КАБАРЕ на двумерные уравнения газовой динамики и динамической упругости в смешанных эйлерово-лагранжевых и лагранжевых переменных. Построенный метод является явным, легко масштабируемым и обладает свойством временн´ой обратимости. Метод тестируется на различных одномерных и двумерных задачах для обеих систем уравнений (соударение упругих тел, поперечные колебания упругой балки, движение свободной границы идеального газа). The conservative-characteristic CABARET scheme is widely used in solving many problems for systems of differential equations of hyperbolic type in Euler variables. The increasing urgency of the problems of interaction of deformable bodies with liquid and gas flows requires the adaptation of this method to Lagrangian and arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian variables. Earlier, the CABARET scheme was constructed for one-dimensional equations of gas dynamics in mass Lagrangian variables, as well as for three-dimensional equations of dynamic elasticity. In the first case, the constructed scheme could not be generalized to multidimensional problems, and in the second, a time-irreversible grid movement algorithm was used. This paper presents a generalization of the CABARET method to two-dimensional equations of gas dynamics and dynamic elasticity in arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian and Lagrangian variables. The constructed method is explicit, easily scalable, and has the property of temporal reversibility. The method is tested on various one-dimensional and two-dimensional problems for both systems of equations (collision of elastic bodies, transverse vibrations of an elastic beam, motion of the free boundary of an ideal gas).


Author(s):  
Y Horii ◽  
Y Asako ◽  
C Hong ◽  
J Lee

The pressure loss of gaseous flow at a micro-tube outlet was investigated numerically. The numerical methodology is based on the arbitrary Lagrangian—Eulerian (ALE) method. Axis-symmetric compressible momentum and energy equations are solved to obtain the pressure loss coefficient of gaseous flow at a micro-tube outlet. Computed tube diameters are 50, 100, and 150μm. The stagnation pressure of upper stream of the tube is chosen in such a way that the Mach number at the tube outlet ranges from 0.1 to 1.2. The ambient (back) pressure is fixed at the atmospheric pressure. The pressure loss coefficients are compared with available experimental data for a conventionally sized tube. The effects of the Mach number and the tube diameter on the pressure loss coefficient are discussed and a correlation for the pressure loss coefficient is proposed.


1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Yu ◽  
A. Z. Szevi

In this approximate analysis of laminar journal bearing operations both the momentum and the energy equations are two dimensional, the shaft operates at a constant temperature and the bearing conducts heat in the radial direction only. Via the last of these assumptions, the equation of heat conduction is eliminated from consideration. The remaining equations are solved by a numerical iteration method. A parametric study of therohydrodynamic journal bearing operations is performed and design charts are given for a 100 deg arc bearing.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengt Sundén ◽  
Andreas Abdon ◽  
Daniel Eriksson

Abstract The performance of a radiator copper fin is considered as the braze joint between the fin and the brass tube is not perfect. The influence of different thermophysical properties of the brazing materials, created intermetallic compounds and possible air gaps is considered. Numerical methods for both two-dimensional and one-dimensional calculations have been developed. The finite volume technique is applied and in the two-dimensional case, boundary fitted coordinates are used. Heat conduction in the fin and braze joint coupled with convective heat transfer in a gas stream is analysed. Results in terms of fin temperature distributions and fin efficiencies are provided. It is found that the detrimental effect of a poor braze joint is not as large as reported previously in the literature.


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