scholarly journals Acoustic Streaming Generated by Sharp Edges: The Coupled Influences of Liquid Viscosity and Acoustic Frequency

Micromachines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanyu Zhang ◽  
Xiaofeng Guo ◽  
Laurent Royon ◽  
Philippe Brunet
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Acoustic Streaming ◽  
Maximal Velocity ◽  
Liquid Viscosity ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Acoustic Frequency ◽  
Streaming Velocity ◽  
Viscous Boundary ◽  
Streaming Flow

Acoustic streaming can be generated around sharp structures, even when the acoustic wavelength is much larger than the vessel size. This sharp-edge streaming can be relatively intense, owing to the strongly focused inertial effect experienced by the acoustic flow near the tip. We conducted experiments with particle image velocimetry to quantify this streaming flow through the influence of liquid viscosity ν , from 1 mm 2 /s to 30 mm 2 /s, and acoustic frequency f from 500 Hz to 3500 Hz. Both quantities supposedly influence the thickness of the viscous boundary layer δ = ν π f 1 / 2 . For all situations, the streaming flow appears as a main central jet from the tip, generating two lateral vortices beside the tip and outside the boundary layer. As a characteristic streaming velocity, the maximal velocity is located at a distance of δ from the tip, and it increases as the square of the acoustic velocity. We then provide empirical scaling laws to quantify the influence of ν and f on the streaming velocity. Globally, the streaming velocity is dramatically weakened by a higher viscosity, whereas the flow pattern and the disturbance distance remain similar regardless of viscosity. Besides viscosity, the frequency also strongly influences the maximal streaming velocity.

Low Frequency Acoustic Streaming in a Hele-Shaw Cell

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime Costalonga ◽  
Hassan Peerhossaini ◽  
Philippe Brunet
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Acoustic Streaming ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Acoustic Frequency ◽  
Hele Shaw Cell ◽  
Streaming Flow

When an acoustic wave propagates in a fluid, it can generate a second order flow which characteristic time is much longer than the period of the wave. Within a range of frequency between 1 and several hundred Hz, a relatively simple and versatile way to generate streaming flow is to put a vibrating object in the fluid. The flow develops vortices in the viscous boundary layer located in the vicinity of the source of vibrations, which in turns leads to an outer irrotational streaming denoted as Rayleigh streaming. Due to that the flow originates from non-linear time-irreversible terms of the Navier-Stokes equation, this phenomenon can be used to move fluids and even to generate efficient mixing at low Reynolds number, for instances in confined geometries. Here we report an experimental study of such streaming flow in a Hele-Shaw cell of 2 millimeters span using long exposure flow visualization and PIV measurements. Our study is especially focused on the effects of acoustic frequency and amplitude on flow dynamics. It is shown that some features of this flow can be predicted by simple scaling arguments, invoking a balance between viscous dissipation in the boundary layer and inertia term, and that acoustic streaming facilitates the generation of vortices.

Acoustic streaming about a cylinder in orthogonal beams

1992 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 387-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Acoustic Streaming ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Single Beam ◽  
Plane Sound ◽  
Orthogonal Beams ◽  
Viscous Boundary ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Potential Vortex

When orthogonal, plane sound waves of the same frequency, wavelength and amplitude, but with phase difference ½π, are incident upon a circular cylinder there is a time-independent streaming about the cylinder which is in the form of a potential vortex separated from the cylinder by a thin, viscous Stokes layer. As the amplitude of the waves in one of the beams decreases, an additional viscous boundary layer is involved until, when the amplitude is sufficiently small, this flow structure is destroyed as fluid erupts from the boundary layer. In the limit of a single beam it is known that this eruption results in opposing jets perpendicular to the wavefronts of the oncoming wave.

Thermal and viscous boundary layers in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

2012 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 281-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Scheel ◽  
E. Kim ◽  
K. R. White
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Variable Boundary ◽  
Bénard Convection ◽  
Benard Convection ◽  
Viscous Boundary ◽  
Rayleigh Benard Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Benard

AbstractWe present the results from numerical simulations of turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection for an aspect ratio (diameter/height) of 1.0, Prandtl numbers of 0.4 and 0.7, and Rayleigh numbers from $1\ensuremath{\times} 1{0}^{5} $ to $1\ensuremath{\times} 1{0}^{9} $. Detailed measurements of the thermal and viscous boundary layer profiles are made and compared to experimental and theoretical (Prandtl–Blasius) results. We find that the thermal boundary layer profiles disagree by more than 10 % when scaled with the similarity variable (boundary layer thickness) and likewise disagree with the Prandtl–Blasius results. In contrast, the viscous boundary profiles collapse well and do agree (within 10 %) with the Prandtl–Blasius profile, but with worsening agreement as the Rayleigh number increases. We have also investigated the scaling of the boundary layer thicknesses with Rayleigh number, and again compare to experiments and theory. We find that the scaling laws are very robust with respect to method of analysis and they mostly agree with the Grossmann–Lohse predictions coupled with laminar boundary layer theory within our numerical uncertainty.

scholarly journals Moisture gradients form a vapor cycle within the viscous boundary layer as an organizing principle to worker termites

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Soar ◽  
G. Amador ◽  
P. Bardunias ◽  
J. S. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Viscous Boundary

Viscous boundary layers in reversing flow

1976 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Pedley
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Wall Shear Rate ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Molecules ◽  
Displacement Thickness ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Viscous Boundary

The viscous boundary layer on a finite flat plate in a stream which reverses its direction once (at t = 0) is analysed using an improved version of the approximate method described earlier (Pedley 1975). Long before reversal (t < −t1), the flow at a point on the plate will be quasi-steady; long after reversal (t > t2), the flow will again be quasi-steady, but with the leading edge at the other end of the plate. In between (−t1 < t < t2) the flow is governed approximately by the diffusion equation, and we choose a simple solution of that equation which ensures that the displacement thickness of the boundary layer remains constant at t = −t1. The results of the theory, in the form of the wall shear rate at a point as a function of time, are given both for a uniformly decelerating stream, and for a sinusoidally oscillating stream which reverses its direction twice every cycle. The theory is further modified to cover streams which do not reverse, but for which the quasi-steady solution breaks down because the velocity becomes very small. The analysis is also applied to predict the wall shear rate at the entrance to a straight pipe when the core velocity varies with time as in a dog's aorta. The results show positive and negative peak values of shear very much larger than the mean. They suggest that, if wall shear is implicated in the generation of atherosclerosis because it alters the permeability of the wall to large molecules, then an appropriate index of wall shear at a point is more likely to be the r.m.s. value than the mean.

Jet Impingement of a Non-Newtonian Fluid

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangang Zhao ◽  
Roger E. Khayat
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Hydraulic Jump ◽  
Similarity Solutions ◽  
Surface Velocity ◽  
Free Surface Velocity ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Region ◽  
Layer Region ◽  
Viscous Boundary

The similarity solutions are presented for the wall flow which is formed when a smooth planar jet of power-law fluids impinges vertically on to a horizontal plate, and spreads out in a thin layer bounded by a hydraulic jump. This problem is formulated analogous to radial jet flow problem and the solution procedure is accounted for by means of similarity solution of the boundary-layer equation [1] for Newtonian fluids. For the convenience of analysis, the flow may be divided into three regions, namely a developing boundary-layer region, a fully viscous boundary-layer region, and a hydraulic jump region. The similarity solutions of the film thickness and free surface velocity in fully viscous boundary-layer region include unknown constant L, which is solved numerically and approximately in the developing boundary-layer flow region. Comparison between the numerical and approximate solutions leads generally to good agreement, except for severely shear-thinning fluids. The boundary-layer solution depends on two parameters: power-law index n and α, the dimensionless flow parameters. The effect of α on film thickness and free surface velocity is investigated. The relations between the position of the hydraulic jump and dimensionless flow parameter are obtained and the effect of α on the position of the jump is presented.

Mass transport in water waves over an elastic bed

1995 ◽  
Vol 450 (1939) ◽  
pp. 371-390 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Mass Transport ◽  
Water Waves ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Curvilinear Coordinate ◽  
Transport Velocity ◽  
Mass Transport Velocity ◽  
Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinate System ◽  
Viscous Boundary

The mass transport velocity in water waves propagating over an elastic bed is investigated. Water is assumed to be incompressible and slightly viscous. The elastic bed is also incompressible and satisfies the Hooke’s law. For a small amplitude progressive wave perturbation solutions via a boundary-layer approach are obtained. Because the wave amplitude is usually larger than the viscous boundary layer thickness and because the free surface and the interface between water and the elastic bed are moving, an orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system (Longuet-Higgins 1953) is used in the analysis of free surface and interfacial boundary layers so that boundary conditions can be applied on the actual moving surfaces. Analytical solutions for the mass transport velocity inside the boundary layer adjacent to the elastic seabed and in the core region of the water column are obtained. The mass transport velocity above a soft elastic bed could be twice of that over a rigid bed in the shallow water.

The Reflection of a Stationary Gravity Wave by a Viscous Boundary Layer

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 3363-3371 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Lott
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Gravity Wave ◽  
Richardson Number ◽  
Critical Level ◽  
Inviscid Limit ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Viscous Boundary Layer ◽  
Lee Waves ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Viscous Boundary

Abstract The backward reflection of a stationary gravity wave (GW) propagating toward the ground is examined in the linear viscous case and for large Reynolds numbers (Re). In this case, the stationary GW presents a critical level at the ground because the mean wind is null there. When the mean flow Richardson number at the surface (J) is below 0.25, the GW reflection by the viscous boundary layer is total in the inviscid limit Re → ∞. The GW is a little absorbed when Re is finite, and the reflection decreases when both the dissipation and J increase. When J &gt; 0.25, the GW is absorbed for all values of the Reynolds number, with a general tendency for the GW reflection to decrease when J increases. As a large ground reflection favors the downstream development of a trapped lee wave, the fact that it decreases when J increases explains why the more unstable boundary layers favor the onset of mountain lee waves. It is also shown that the GW reflection when J &gt; 0.25 is substantially larger than that predicted by the conventional inviscid critical level theory and larger than that predicted when the dissipations are represented by Rayleigh friction and Newtonian cooling. The fact that the GW reflection depends strongly on the Richardson number indicates that there is some correspondence between the dynamics of trapped lee waves and the dynamics of Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities. Accordingly, and in one classical example, it is shown that some among the neutral modes for Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities that exist in an unbounded flow when J &lt; 0.25 can also be stationary trapped-wave solutions when there is a ground and in the inviscid limit Re → ∞. When Re is finite, these solutions are affected by the dissipation in the boundary layer and decay in the downstream direction. Interestingly, their decay rate increases when both the dissipation and J increase, as does the GW absorption by the viscous boundary layer.

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