scholarly journals Viscoelastic Thermovibrational Flow Driven by Sinusoidal and Pulse (Square) Waves

Fluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Marcello Lappa ◽  
Alessio Boaro

The present study aims to probe the role of an influential factor heretofore scarcely considered in earlier studies in the field of thermovibrational convection, that is, the specific time-varying shape of the forcing used to produce fluid motion under the effect of an imposed temperature gradient. Towards this end, two different temporal profiles of acceleration are considered: a classical (sinusoidal) and a pulse (square) wave. Their effects are analyzed in conjunction with the ability of a specific category of fluids to accumulate and release elastic energy, i.e., that of Chilcott–Rallison finitely extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE-CR) liquids. Through solution of the related governing equations in time-dependent, three-dimensional, and nonlinear form for a representative set of parameters (generalized Prandtl number Prg=8, normalized frequency Ω=25, solvent-to-total viscosity ratio ξ=0.5, elasticity number ϑ=0.1, and vibrational Rayleigh number Raω=4000), it is shown that while the system responds to a sinusoidal acceleration in a way that is reminiscent of modulated Rayleigh–Bénard (RB) convection in a Newtonian fluid (i.e., producing a superlattice), with a pulse wave acceleration, the flow displays a peculiar breaking-roll mode of convection that is in between classical (un-modulated) RB in viscoelastic fluids and purely thermovibrational flows. Besides these differences, these cases share important properties, namely, a temporal subharmonic response and the tendency to produce spatially standing waves.

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balaji Gopalan ◽  
Edwin Malkiel ◽  
Jian Sheng ◽  
Joseph Katz

High-speed in-line digital holographic cinematography was used to investigate the diffusion of droplets in locally isotropic turbulence. Droplets of diesel fuel (0.3–0.9mm diameter, specific gravity of 0.85) were injected into a 37×37×37mm3 sample volume located in the center of a 160-liter tank. The turbulence was generated by 4 spinning grids, located symmetrically in the corners of the tank, and was characterized prior to the experiments. The sample volume was back illuminated with two perpendicular collimated beams of coherent laser light and time series of in-line holograms were recorded with two high-speed digital cameras at 500 frames/sec. Numerical reconstruction generated a time series of high-resolution images of the droplets throughout the sample volume. We developed an algorithm for automatically detecting the droplet trajectories from each view, for matching the two views to obtain the three-dimensional tracks, and for calculating the time history of velocity. We also measured the mean fluid motion using 2-D PIV. The data enabled us to calculate the Lagrangian velocity autocorrelation function.


2002 ◽  
Vol 455 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHO LIK CHAN ◽  
WEN-YAU CHEN ◽  
C. F. CHEN

The three-dimensional motion observed by Chen & Chen (1997) in the convection cells generated by sideways heating of a solute gradient is further examined by experiments and linear stability analysis. In the experiments, we obtained visualizations and PIV measurements of the velocity of the fluid motion in the longitudinal plane perpendicular to the imposed temperature gradient. The flow consists of a horizontal row of counter-rotating vortices within each convection cell. The magnitude of this secondary motion is approximately one-half that of the primary convection cell. Results of a linear stability analysis of a parallel double-diffusive flow model of the actual ow show that the instability is in the salt-finger mode under the experimental conditions. The perturbation streamlines in the longitudinal plane at onset consist of a horizontal row of counter-rotating vortices similar to those observed in the experiments.


2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-326
Author(s):  
Neringa Klovienė

Third order initial boundary value problem is studied in a bounded plane domain σ with C4 smooth boundary ∂σ. The existence and uniqueness of the solution is proved using Galerkin approximations and a priory estimates. The problem under consideration appear as an auxiliary problem by studying a second grade fluid motion in an infinite three-dimensional pipe with noncircular cross-section.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Yu ◽  
Ronald W. Yeung

A pseudo-spectral formulation for solving unsteady, three-dimensional fluid motion with a free surface in cylindrical coordinates is presented. An effective method for treating the Laplace equation, as a special application of a generalized Poisson solver, is developed. This approach is demonstrated by studying the evolution of transient surface waves near a vertical circular cylinder enclosed in open or closed domains. Results are observed to have a high degree of precision and spatial resolution even at large time. Potential applications of this method to other problems are discussed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Eisenbrey ◽  
Anush Sridharan ◽  
Ji-Bin Liu ◽  
Flemming Forsberg

Nonlinear contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging schemes strive to suppress tissue signals in order to better visualize nonlinear signals from blood-pooling ultrasound contrast agents. Because tissue does not generate a subharmonic response (i.e., signal at half the transmit frequency), subharmonic imaging has been proposed as a method for isolating ultrasound microbubble signals while suppressing surrounding tissue signals. In this paper, we summarize recent advances in the use of subharmonic imagingin vivo. These advances include the implementation of subharmonic imaging on linear and curvilinear arrays, intravascular probes, and three-dimensional probes for breast, renal, liver, plaque, and tumor imaging.


2019 ◽  
Vol 863 ◽  
pp. 904-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dvoriashyna ◽  
R. Repetto ◽  
J. H. Tweedy

We study the flow induced by eye rotations in the anterior chamber (AC) of the eye, the region between the cornea and the iris. We model the geometry of the AC as a thin domain sitting on the surface of a sphere, and study both the simpler case of a constant-height domain as well as a more realistic AC shape. We model eye rotations as harmonic in time with prescribed frequency $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{f}$ and amplitude $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$, and use lubrication theory to simplify the governing equations. We write the equations in a reference frame moving with the domain and show that fluid motion is governed by three dimensionless parameters: the aspect ratio $\unicode[STIX]{x1D716}$ of the AC, the angular amplitude $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ and the Womersley number $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$. We simplify the equations under the physiologically realistic assumptions that $\unicode[STIX]{x1D716}$ is small and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ large, leading to a linear system that can be decomposed into three harmonics: a dominant frequency component, with frequency $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{f}$, and a steady streaming component and a third component with frequency $2\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{f}$. We solve the problem analytically for the constant-height domain and numerically as the solution of ordinary differential equations in the more realistic geometry. Both the primary flow and the steady streaming are shown to have a highly three-dimensional structure, which has not been highlighted in previous numerical works. We show that the steady streaming is particularly relevant from the clinical point of view, as it induces fluid mixing in the AC. Furthermore, the steady flow component is the dominant mixing mechanism during the night, when the thermal flow induced by temperature variations across the AC is suppressed.


Author(s):  
Shuangqin Liu ◽  
Douglas A. Gauthier ◽  
Ethan Mandelup ◽  
Robert D. White

In this research, an uncoiled scale gerbil cochlea is designed and fabricated. The cochlea model is an uncoiled, 16 times scale model of the real gerbil cochlea and has only one duct. Both the basilar membrane width and the duct size vary along the length of the device, in analogy to the physiology. The cochlea duct is filled with silicone oil and driven by a modal exciter (shaker) at different frequencies. The movement of the basilar membrane is measured using laser vibrometry at different locations along the basilar membrane. The ratio of the basilar membrane velocity to drive velocity is computed and plotted. The characteristic frequency of the model varies from 7000 Hz at 2 cm from the base of the cochlea to 350 Hz at the 15 cm from the base. Two different viscosities silicone oil, 20 cSt and 500 cSt are used for the basilar membrane movement measurements. A WKB method is applied to the calculation of the basilar membrane movement of the scale cochlea model, in which the fluid motion is fully three dimensional.


2013 ◽  
Vol 470 ◽  
pp. 962-965
Author(s):  
Dong Yan Ding ◽  
Jian Min Ren

The Chengzigou hydropower station of composite geomembrane rockfill dam as an example of the dam body and the composite geotechnical membrane stress and deformation characteristics are used nonlinear elastic model - Duncan EB model establish three-dimensional finite element model of rockfill,by using the large finite element softwareFLAC3D,whice provided geogrid element to simulate lexible geomembrane shear interaction with soil.The stress and deformation of the dam and the composite geomembrane is calculated under two conditionscompletion period and impoundment period.And analyze the change of the stress and strain distribution rule,whice will provide the basis for the design of the geomembrane.


Author(s):  
Yichen Jiang ◽  
Ronald W. Yeung

The prediction of roll motion of a ship with bilge keels is particularly difficult because of the nonlinear characteristics of the viscous roll damping. Flow separation and vortex shedding caused by bilge keels significantly affect the roll damping and hence the magnitude of the roll response. To predict the ship motion, the Slender-Ship Free-Surface Random-Vortex Method (SSFSRVM) was employed. It is a fast discrete-vortex free-surface viscous-flow solver developed to run on a standard desktop computer. It features a quasi-three-dimensional formulation that allows the decomposition of the three-dimensional ship-hull problem into a series of two-dimensional computational planes, in which the two-dimensional free-surface Navier–Stokes solver Free-Surface Random-Vortex Method (FSRVM) can be applied. In this paper, the effectiveness of SSFSRVM modeling is examined by comparing the time histories of free roll-decay motion resulting from simulations and from experimental measurements. Furthermore, the detailed two-dimensional vorticity distribution near a bilge keel obtained from the numerical model will also be compared with the existing experimental Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV) images. Next, we will report, based on the time-domain simulation of the coupled hull and fluid motion, how the roll-decay coefficients and the flow field are altered by the span of the bilge keels. Plots of vorticity contour and vorticity isosurface along the three-dimensional hull will be presented to reveal the motion of fluid particles and vortex filaments near the keels.


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