Flow processes and sedimentation in a straight submarine channel on the Qiongdongnan margin, northwestern South China Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 1372-1388
Author(s):  
Chenglin Gong ◽  
Dongwei Li ◽  
Kun Qi ◽  
Hongxiang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Flow Dynamics ◽  
Straight Channel ◽  
Channel Depth ◽  
Water Entrainment ◽  
Stacking Patterns

ABSTRACT Straight channels are ubiquitous in deep-water settings, yet flow dynamics and sedimentation in them are far from being well understood. Stratigraphy and flow dynamics of a middle to late Miocene straight channel in Qiongdongnan Basin were quantified, in terms of angle of channel-complex-growth trajectories (Tc), stratigraphic mobility number (M), Froude number (Fr), layer-averaged flow velocity (U), flow thickness (h), and water entrainment coefficient (Ew). The documented channels are composed of three channel complexes (CC1 to CC3) all of which are all characterized by symmetrical channel cross sections without levees and by organized vertical channel-stacking patterns (represented by high mean value of Tc = 37.4° and low mean value of M = 0.038). Turbidity currents in them were estimated to have U of 1.6 to 2.0 m/s (averaging 1.8 m/s), h of 63 to 89 m (averaging 78), Fr of 0.849 to 0.999 (averaging 0.912), and Ew of 0.0003 to 0.0005. They were, in most case, subcritical over most of the channel length, and had a low degree of water entrainment and low flow height scaled to the channel depth (i.e., 0.786 to 0.81 of the channel depth), most likely inhibiting the gradual loss of sediment to form levees. With reference to modeling results of secondary flow velocity vectors of numerical straight channels with the same sinuosity, two parallel gullies seen on both sides of the interpreted channel beds are interpreted to be induced by high-velocity downward backflows produced by the negative buoyancy. Such symmetrical secondary flow structures most likely promoted symmetrical intrachannel deposition (i.e., less deposition along both channel margins but more deposition near the channel center), and thus forced individual channel complexes to progressively aggrade in a synchronous manner, forming straight-channel complexes with symmetrical channel cross sections and organized vertical channel-stacking patterns.

scholarly journals Simulation of unsteady blood flow dynamics in the thoracic aorta

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Laín ◽  
Andres D. Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Thoracic Aorta ◽  
Outer Wall ◽  
Posterior Wall ◽  
Ascending Aorta ◽  
Flow Dynamics ◽  
Blood Flow Dynamics ◽  
Unsteady Blood Flow

In this work, blood flow dynamics was analyzed in a realistic thoracic aorta (TA) model under unsteady-state conditions via velocity contours, secondary flow, pressure and wall shear stress (WSS) distributions. Our results demonstrated that the primary flow velocity is skewed towards the inner wall of the ascending aorta; but this skewness shifts towards the posterior wall in the aortic arch and then towards the anterior-outer wall in the descending aorta. Within the three arch branches, the flow velocity is skewed to the distal walls with flow reversal along the proximal walls. Strong secondary flow motion is observed in the TA, especially at the inlet of the arch branches. WSS is highly dynamic, but was found to be the lowest along the proximal walls of the arch branches. Finally, pressure was found to be low along the inner aortic wall and in the proximal walls of the arch branches, and high around the three stagnation regions distal to the arch branches and along the outer wall of the ascending aorta.

The Mechanics of the Secondary Flows of Viscoelastic Fluids in Non-Circular Straight Tubes and the Mean Transversal Field in Pulsating Flows

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis A. Siginer ◽  
Mario F. Letelier
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluids ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Transversal Field ◽  
Time Domains ◽  
Viscoelastic Liquids ◽  
First Time ◽  
Secondary Flow Field

Abstract A survey of secondary flows of viscoelastic liquids in straight tubes is given including recent work pointing at striking analogies with transversal deformations associated with the simple shearing of solid materials. The importance and implications of secondary flows of viscoelastic fluids in heat transfer enhancement are explored together with the difficulties in detecting weak secondary flows (dilute, weakly viscoelastic solutions) in a laboratory setting. Recent new work by the author and colleagues which explores for the first time the structure of the secondary flow field in the pulsating flow of a constitutively nonlinear simple fluid, whose structure is defined by a series of nested integrals over semi-infinite time domains, in straight tubes of arbitrary cross-sections is summarized. The transversal field arises at the second order of the perturbation of the nonlinear constitutive structure, and is driven by first order terms which define the linearly viscoelastic longitudinal flow in the hierarchy of superposed linear flows stemming from the perturbation of the constitutive structure. Arbitrary conduit contours are obtained through a novel approach to the concept of domain perturbation. Time averaged, mean secondary flow streamline contours are presented for the first time for triangular, square and hexagonal pipes.

Review of the Secondary Flows of Complex Fluids

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis A. Siginer
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Laboratory Setting ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Domain Perturbation ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Viscoelastic Liquids ◽  
First Time ◽  
Secondary Flow Field

A survey of secondary flows of viscoelastic liquids in straight tubes is given including recent work pointing at striking analogies with transversal deformations associated with the simple shearing of solid materials. The importance and implications of secondary flows of viscoelastic fluids in heat transfer enhancement are explored together with the difficulties in detecting weak secondary flows (dilute, weakly viscoelastic solutions) in a laboratory setting. Recent new work by the author and colleagues which explores for the first time the structure of the secondary flow field in the pulsating flow of a constitutively nonlinear simple fluid in straight tubes of arbitrary cross-sections is summarized. Arbitrary conduit contours are obtained through a novel approach to the concept of domain perturbation. Time averaged, mean secondary flow streamline contours are presented for the first time for triangular, square and hexagonal pipes.

Corrosion in Iron and Steel T91 Caused by Flowing Lead–Bismuth Eutectic at 400 °C and 10−7 Mass% Dissolved Oxygen

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Schroer ◽  
Valentyn Tsisar ◽  
Adeline Durand ◽  
Olaf Wedemeyer ◽  
Aleksandr Skrypnik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Pure Iron ◽  
Martensitic Steel ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Austenitic Steels ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Singular Event ◽  
Lead Bismuth Eutectic

Specimens produced from technically pure iron and two different heats of ferritic/martensitic steel T91 are investigated after exposure to oxygen-containing flowing lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 400 °C, 10−7 mass% dissolved oxygen, and flow velocity of 2 m/s, for exposure times between around 1000 and 13,000 h. The occurring phenomena are analyzed and quantified using metallographic cross sections prepared after exposure. While pure iron mostly shows solution underneath or in the absence of a detached and buckled oxide scale, solution in T91 occurs only in a few spots on the sample surface. However, in the case of one of the investigated heats, a singular event of exceptionally severe solution-based corrosion is observed. The results are compared especially with findings at 450 and 550 °C and otherwise similar conditions as well as austenitic steels tested in the identical experimental run.

scholarly journals Velocity and concentration profiles of saline and turbidity currents flowing in a straight channel under quasi-uniform conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Stagnaro ◽  
M. Bolla Pittaluga
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Longitudinal Velocity ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Turbidity Currents ◽  
Straight Channel ◽  
Densimetric Froude Number ◽  
Vertical Coordinate ◽  
Dimensionless Velocity

Abstract. We present a series of detailed experimental observations of saline and turbidity currents flowing in a straight channel. Experiments are performed by continuously feeding the channel with a dense mixture until a quasi-steady configuration is obtained. The flume, 12 m long, is characterized by a concrete fixed bed with a uniform slope of 0.005. Longitudinal velocity profiles are measured in ten cross sections, 1 m apart, employing an ultrasound Doppler velocity profiler. We also measure the density of the mixture using a rake of siphons sampling at different heights from the bottom in order to obtain the vertical density distributions in a cross section where the flow already attained a quasi-uniform configuration. We performed 27 experiments changing the flow discharge, the fractional excess density, the character of the current (saline or turbidity) and the roughness of the bed in order to observe the consequences of these variations on the vertical velocity profiles and on the overall characteristics of the flow. Dimensionless velocity profiles under quasi-uniform flow conditions were obtained by scaling longitudinal velocity with its depth averaged value and the vertical coordinate with the flow thickness. They turned out to be influenced by the Reynolds number of the flow, by the relative bed roughness, and by the presence of sediment in suspension. Unexpectedly, the densimetric Froude number of the current turned out to have no influence on the dimensionless velocity profiles.

Flow Visualization of Secondary Flows in Three Curved Ducts

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Sanz ◽  
R. D. Flack
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Symmetric Flow ◽  
Flow Measurements ◽  
Curved Ducts ◽  
Flow Velocities ◽  
Pressure Driven

Secondary flows were experimentally examined in three 90° curved ducts with square cross sections and different radii of curvature. Dean numbers were from 1.5 × 104 to 3.6 × 104 and radius ratios of 0.5, 2.3, and 3.0 were used. Streak photography flow measurements were made and general developing secondary flow patterns were studied for three cross sections in each bend: the inlet (0° plane), the midpoint (45° plane), and the outlet (90° plane). At the 0° plane, stress driven secondary flows were found to consist of flow toward the duct corners from the center, balanced by return flow at the side bisectors. This resulted in eight symmetric flow patterns at the inlet. After a rapid transition region, the pressure driven secondary flow patterns were found to be characterized by flow moving toward the outer curved wall at the axial midplane and returning to the inner wall along the duct walls. At the 45° and 90° planes two symmetric flow patterns were observed. Secondary flow velocities in the test elbow with the smallest radius of curvature, where centrifugal forces are greater, were as much as 27% higher than secondary flows in the more gradual turns examined in this study. Also, the pressure driven secondary flows at the exit were higher than the stress driven flows at the inlet by as much as 39%. The elbow with a radius ratio of 0.5 was found to influence the upstream inlet conditions the most and the secondary flow velocities at the inlet were as much as 56% higher than for the larger radii of curvature.

Parametric and Combination Resonances of a Pipe Conveying Pulsating Fluid

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 780-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Paidoussis ◽  
C. Sundararajan
Keyword(s):  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Parametric Resonance ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Pipe Conveying Fluid ◽  
Combination Resonance ◽  
Load Combination ◽  
Parametric Resonances ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Pulsating Fluid ◽  
Conveying Fluid

In this paper we consider the dynamics of a pipe conveying fluid, when the flow velocity is harmonically perturbed about a mean value. Two methods of analysis are presented; Bolotin’s method, which can only give the boundaries of regions of parametric resonance, and a numerical Floquet analysis, which gives also the boundaries of combination resonance. A number of calculations for cantilevered pipes show that, generally, combination resonance is less important than parametric resonance, except for flow velocities near the critical (where the system loses stability in steady flow); parametric resonances are selectively associated with only some of the modes of the system, and combination resonances involve only the difference of the eigenfrequencies. For pipes clamped at both ends the behavior of the system is similar to that of a column subjected to a pulsating load; combination resonances in this case involve the sum of the eigenfrequencies.

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