scholarly journals The Effect of Varying Magnetic Number, Reynolds Number and Pressure Gradient on Velocity Profiles in an MHD Flow

Author(s):  
LIHAVI ANNET ◽  
Dr. Virginia Kitetu ◽  
Dr. Mary wainaina

Magnetohydrodynamic ow of a hot viscous electrically conducting incompressible uid through parallel plates is studied. In the study, the e ect of Hartmann number (M), pressure gradient and Reynolds number (Re) on the velocity eld is investigated. The Navier-stokes equations were coupled with Ohms law and then solved using nite di erence method (FDM). The velocity eld was computed for various values of the physical parameters and shown graphically. It was found that as the Hartmann number M increases, the velocity pro les decreased due to increased Lorents force while an increase in Reynolds number causes an increase in the velocity of the uid. All these analysis was done using MATLAB program and the results were presented in tables and graphs.

1972 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Vardy ◽  
M. I. G. Bloor ◽  
J. A. Fox

The problem considered is that of the steady motion of a series of neutrally buoyant, flat-faced, rigid, cylindrical capsules along the axis of a pipeline under the influence of a hydraulic pressure gradient. The Navier-Stokes equations are non-dimensionalized and expressed in central-difference form. Numerical solutions are found by the method of relaxation for Reynolds numbers up to 20 000 and a close agreement is obtained with readings from a laboratory apparatus for Reynolds numbers up to 2200.The flow is examined in detail and the existence of toroidal vortices between successive capsules is demonstrated. Their shape is shown to be increasingly influenced by inertial forces as the Reynolds number increases, but the overall pressure gradient is not greatly dependent on the Reynolds number.


Author(s):  
S. Ganesh ◽  
S. Krishnambal

The Unsteady Laminar flow of an electrically conducting viscous, incompressible fluid between two parallel porous plates of a channel in the presence of a transverse magnetic field when the fluid is being withdrawn through both the walls of the channel at the same rate is discussed. Numerical solution is obtained for different values of R (Suction Reynolds number) using R-K Gill’s method and the graphs of dimensionless functions f′ and f have been drawn.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Hosseini ◽  
Sadegh Poozesh ◽  
Saeed Dinarvand

The flow of an incompressible electrically conducting viscous fluid in convergent or divergent channels under the influence of an externally applied homogeneous magnetic field is studied both analytically and numerically. Navier-Stokes equations of fluid mechanics and Maxwell’s electromagnetism equations are reduced into highly non-linear ordinary differential equation. The resulting non-linear equation has been solved analytically using a very efficient technique, namely, differential transform method (DTM). The DTM solution is compared with the results obtained by a numerical method (shooting method, coupled with fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme). The plots have revealed the physical characteristics of flow by changing angles of the channel, Hartmann and Reynolds numbers.


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.


1973 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Freeman ◽  
S. Kumar

It is shown that, for a spherically symmetric expansion of a gas into a low pressure, the shock wave with area change region discussed earlier (Freeman & Kumar 1972) can be further divided into two parts. For the Navier–Stokes equation, these are a region in which the asymptotic zero-pressure behaviour predicted by Ladyzhenskii is achieved followed further downstream by a transition to subsonic-type flow. The distance of this final region downstream is of order (pressure)−2/3 × (Reynolds number)−1/3.


1998 ◽  
Vol 371 ◽  
pp. 207-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. VITTORI ◽  
R. VERZICCO

Numerical simulations of Navier–Stokes equations are performed to study the flow originated by an oscillating pressure gradient close to a wall characterized by small imperfections. The scenario of transition from the laminar to the turbulent regime is investigated and the results are interpreted in the light of existing analytical theories. The ‘disturbed-laminar’ and the ‘intermittently turbulent’ regimes detected experimentally are reproduced by the present simulations. Moreover it is found that imperfections of the wall are of fundamental importance in causing the growth of two-dimensional disturbances which in turn trigger turbulence in the Stokes boundary layer. Finally, in the intermittently turbulent regime, a description is given of the temporal development of turbulence characteristics.


2014 ◽  
Vol 752 ◽  
pp. 602-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kengo Deguchi ◽  
Philip Hall

AbstractOur concern in this paper is with high-Reynolds-number nonlinear equilibrium solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations for boundary-layer flows. Here we consider the asymptotic suction boundary layer (ASBL) which we take as a prototype parallel boundary layer. Solutions of the equations of motion are obtained using a homotopy continuation from two known types of solutions for plane Couette flow. At high Reynolds numbers, it is shown that the first type of solution takes the form of a vortex–wave interaction (VWI) state, see Hall & Smith (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 227, 1991, pp. 641–666), and is located in the main part of the boundary layer. On the other hand, here the second type is found to support an equilibrium solution of the unit-Reynolds-number Navier–Stokes equations in a layer located a distance of $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}O(\ln \mathit{Re})$ from the wall. Here $\mathit{Re}$ is the Reynolds number based on the free-stream speed and the unperturbed boundary-layer thickness. The streaky field produced by the interaction grows exponentially below the layer and takes its maximum size within the unperturbed boundary layer. The results suggest the possibility of two distinct types of streaky coherent structures existing, possibly simultaneously, in disturbed boundary layers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-283
Author(s):  
M. Tezer-Sezgin ◽  
Merve Gürbüz

Abstract We consider the steady, laminar, convection ow in a long channel of 2D rectangular constricted cross-section under the inuence of an applied magnetic field. The Navier-Stokes equations including Lorentz and buoyancy forces are coupled with the temperature equation and are solved by using linear radial basis function (RBF) approximations in terms of the velocity, pressure and the temperature of the fluid. RBFs are used in the approximation of the particular solution which becomes also the approximate solution of the problem. Results are obtained for several values of Grashof number (Gr), Hartmann number (M) and the constriction ratios (CR) to see the effects on the ow and isotherms for fixed values of Reynolds number and Prandtl number. As M increases, the ow is flattened. An increase in Gr increases the magnitude of the ow in the channel. Isolines undergo an inversion at the center of the channel indicating convection dominance due to the strong buoyancy force, but this inversion is retarded with the increase in the strength of the applied magnetic field. When both Hartmann number and constriction ratio are increased, ow is divided into more loops symmetrically with respect to the axes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kartik P. Iyer ◽  
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan ◽  
P.K. Yeung

Using direct numerical simulations performed on periodic cubes of various sizes, the largest being $8192^3$ , we examine the nonlinear advection term in the Navier–Stokes equations generating fully developed turbulence. We find significant dissipation even in flow regions where nonlinearity is locally absent. With increasing Reynolds number, the Navier–Stokes dynamics amplifies the nonlinearity in a global sense. This nonlinear amplification with increasing Reynolds number renders the vortex stretching mechanism more intermittent, with the global suppression of nonlinearity, reported previously, restricted to low Reynolds numbers. In regions where vortex stretching is absent, the angle and the ratio between the convective vorticity and solenoidal advection in three-dimensional isotropic turbulence are statistically similar to those in the two-dimensional case, despite the fundamental differences between them.


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