scholarly journals Instability of Rayleigh-Bernard Convection Affected by Upper Wall Temperature Variation

Author(s):  
Sadoon Ayed ◽  

This paper represents the analysis of Rayleigh-Bernard convection between two parallel plates. Lower wall is being cooled while upper is heated according to periodic spatial distribution. This process has been modeled using Navier-Stokes equations, equation of continuity and energy equation. Solution of the differential equations has been obtained using pseudo spectral numeric method. For discretization in homogeneous direction, Fourier-Galerkin model has been used, while for discretization in inhomogeneous direction Chebyshev collocation method is applied. Time discretization has been performed using Adams-Bashworth two step method of second order. The results of numeric simulation have been presented by figures where vorticity fields, stream-function and velocity are shown for six different time steps.

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 761-780
Author(s):  
Leila Farrokhpour ◽  
Masoud Montazeri Namin ◽  
Morteza Eskandari-Ghadi

Abstract A numerical model is presented for simulation of hydrodynamics of a 2D vertical free surface domain consisting of an arbitrary partitioned porous and non-porous area. To this end, modified Navier–Stokes equations are considered which could be applied in surface water and in subsurface flows, simultaneously. A wide range of Reynolds number has been considered, from which non-Darcy effects have also been taken into account. A fractional step method has been used in the time discretization procedure, where the convection and diffusion terms are separated from the pressure term while solving the momentum equations. To include the variation of surface elevation in computation, the domain has been divided into two parts, namely, ‘interior subdomain’, which never gets dry during the simulation period, covered by fixed unstructured triangular grids and ‘top layer’ with only a one layer structured grid, the position of which varies with the water surface. The validation of the proposed model has been achieved by comparison of its results with both theoretical and experimental data reported in the literature.


Author(s):  
Marcel Escudier

In this chapter it is shown that solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations can be derived for steady, fully developed flow of a constant-viscosity Newtonian fluid through a cylindrical duct. Such a flow is known as a Poiseuille flow. For a pipe of circular cross section, the term Hagen-Poiseuille flow is used. Solutions are also derived for shear-driven flow within the annular space between two concentric cylinders or in the space between two parallel plates when there is relative tangential movement between the wetted surfaces, termed Couette flows. The concepts of wetted perimeter and hydraulic diameter are introduced. It is shown how the viscometer equations result from the concentric-cylinder solutions. The pressure-driven flow of generalised Newtonian fluids is also discussed.


1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Kurdyumov ◽  
E. Ferna´ndez

A correlation formula, Nu = W0(Re)Pr1/3 + W1(Re), that is valid in a wide range of Reynolds and Prandtl numbers has been developed based on the asymptotic expansion for Pr → ∞ for the forced heat convection from a circular cylinder. For large Prandtl numbers, the boundary layer theory for the energy equation is applied and compared with the numerical solutions of the full Navier Stokes equations for the flow field and energy equation. It is shown that the two-terms asymptotic approximation can be used to calculate the Nusselt number even for Prandtl numbers of order unity to a high degree of accuracy. The formulas for coefficients W0 and W1, are provided.


1996 ◽  
Vol 310 ◽  
pp. 293-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Yu. Zikanov

The solutions of the nonlinear and linearized Navier-Stokes equations are computed to investigate the instabilities and the secondary two- and three-dimensional regimes in the flow of an incompressible viscous fluid in a thin gap between two concentric differentially rotating spheres. The numerical technique is finite difference in the radial direction, spectral in the azimuthal direction, and pseudo-spectral in the meridional direction. The study follows the experiments by Yavorskaya, Belyaev and co-workers in which a variety of steady axisymmetric and three-dimensional travelling wave secondary regimes was observed in the case of a thin layer and both boundary spheres rotating. In agreement with the experimental results three different types of symmetry-breaking primary bifurcations of the basic equilibrium are detected in the parameter range under consideration.


1965 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Peng ◽  
S. W. Yuan

The effect of foreign coolant injection at the wall on the temperature distribution of a laminar flow of a fluid with variable transport and thermodynamic properties in a porous-wall pipe has been investigated. The velocity components, mass concentration, and temperature distribution were obtained by the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations, the diffusion equation, and the energy equation. A perturbation method was used to solve the first equations for small flows through the porous wall, and the eigenvalues in the latter two equations were calculated with the aid of the CDC 1604 computer. The results from this investigation depict the significant differences in both velocity distribution and temperature distribution between the present case of hydrogen coolant and the case of air coolant [1]. The results also show that the heat transfer coefficient at the wall in the present case is considerably smaller than the case of air-coolant injection.


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