Suppression of Bridge Flutter Using Suction Control

To verify the effectiveness of the suction-based method for improving flutter stability of long-span bridges, the forced vibration experiments for extracting the flutter derivatives of a section model with and without suction were performed, and the corresponding critical flutter wind speeds of this structure were calculated out. It is shown by the experiment that the flutter stability of the bridge depends on suction configuration. As the suction holes locate at the leeward side of the model, the critical flutter wind speed can attain maximum under the same suction velocity. In the analytical results, it is remarkably effective that the suction control improves the long-span bridge flutter stability.

Comprehensive Evaluation of a Landscape Fabric Based Solar Air Heater in a Pig Nursery

Supplementing fossil fuels with solar air tempering for brooding young livestock could reduce energy use and improve indoor air quality. Metal transpired solar collectors (TSC) are effective but too expensive for heating livestock buildings. An inexpensive 12.7 m2 dark grey landscape-fabric-based transpired solar collector (fTSC) was evaluated in a swine nursery with two herds of pigs. A fraction of the fTSC area was underlain with phase change material (PCM) to store excess heat. The Test room with the fTSC was compared with an adjacent identical Control room, each with 120 piglets. The fTSC provided supplemental heating, e.g., with a suction velocity (Vs) of 0.027 m/s during a 9 h period, air temperature was increased by 11.6 °C (mean irradiance of 592 W/m2). Between 4 pm and 9 pm that same day, the PCM increased air temperature by 3.9 °C. The fTSC did not reduce propane use or improve pig performance. Higher Vs, operational changes and controller modifications could improve system performance and reduce cost. Modeling could be used to optimize PCM use. Hence, this very low-cost fabric-based solar air heater offers potential for considerable reduction in heat energy use in livestock barns.

Heat Transfer and Entropy in a Vertical Porous Plate Subjected to Suction Velocity and MHD

This article presents an investigation of heat transfer in a porous medium adjacent to a vertical plate. The porous medium is subjected to a magnetohydrodynamic effect and suction velocity. The governing equations are nondepersonalized and converted into ordinary differential equations. The resulting equations are solved with the help of the finite difference method. The impact of various parameters, such as the Prandtl number, Grashof number, permeability parameter, radiation parameter, Eckert number, viscous dissipation parameter, and magnetic parameter, on fluid flow characteristics inside the porous medium is discussed. Entropy generation in the medium is analyzed with respect to various parameters, including the Brinkman number and Reynolds number. It is noted that the velocity profile decreases in magnitude with respect to the Prandtl number, but increases with the radiation parameter. The Eckert number has a marginal effect on the velocity profile. An increased radiation effect leads to a reduced thermal gradient at the hot surface.

Rotationally symmetric flow of Reiner-Rivlin fluid over a heated porous wall using numerical approach

This research features one parameter family of solutions representing rotationally symmetric flow of non-Newtonian fluid obeying Reiner-Rivlin model. Such flows take place over a revolving plane permeable surface through origin such that fluid at infinity also undergoes uniform rotation about the vertical axis. Heat transfer accompanied with viscous heating effect is also analyzed. A similarity solution is proposed that results into a coupled non-linear system with four unknowns. Boundary layer structure is characterized by a parameter [Formula: see text] that compares angular velocity of external flow with that of the rotating surface. Solutions are developed by a well-known package bvp4c of MATLAB for full range of [Formula: see text]. Flow pattern for different choices of [Formula: see text] is scrutinized by computing both 2 D and 3 D streamlines. It is further noted that value of suction velocity is important with regards to the sign of axial velocity component. Boundary layer suppresses considerably whenever the surface is permeable. For sufficiently high suction velocity with [Formula: see text], entire fluid undergoes rigid body rotation. In no suction case, axially upward flow accelerates for increasing values of parameter [Formula: see text] in the range [Formula: see text], whereas opposite trend is apparent in the case [Formula: see text]. Results for normalized wall shear and Nusselt number are scrutinized for various choices of embedded parameters.

Numerical Solution of the Flow of the Upper Convicted Maxwell Fluid in Boundary Layer of Stretching Sheet in the Presence of MHD

In this study, the solution of the upper limit of Maxwell liquid flow in the boundary layer stretch Sheet MHD side extension with integrated bvp5c digital solution from MATLAB. An approximate solution has been derived for suction velocity, and injection velocity, skin friction. Use the graph to discuss the results obtained to track the impact of different flow parameters.

Computation of Critical Submergence Depth to Avoid Surface Vortices at Vertical Pumps Intakes

The pumping station became widely used in many fields. Free surface vortices at intakes of pumps are not favorable. It may cause noise, excessive vibration, damage to the pumping structure, reduction in efficiency and flow for hydro-turbines, etc. One of the important problems encountered during the pump intake design is the depth of submergence and other design parameters to avoid strong free-surface vortices formation. This study aims to compute the critical submergence depth with some geometrical and hydraulic limitations by using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) package. The mathematical model was validated with a laboratory model that had been conducted. The model of three intake pipes was investigated under five different submergence depth (S), three different spaces between intake pipes (b), and five different suction velocities (v). The results showed the best operation cases when the space between intake pipes (b) equal to 4D, the submergence depth of water is equal or greater than 1.25 from the bell mouth diameter of intake pipe (D), and the suction velocity less than 2 m/s. The worst case was when the space between the suction pipe (b) was (2D), in this case, the vortex appeared at submergence depth (S/D = 2) with suction velocity 3 m/s.