简介:Anumericalsimulationisperformedtofindoutakeyvorticalstructureinthelaminar-turbulenttransition.Alow-speedstreakisgeneratedinsidealaminarboundarylayerusinganisolatedcuboidroughness,aimedatprovidinganenvironmentunstabletoouterdisturbances.Then,ashortdurationjetisissuedintotheboundarylayer.Whenthejetvelocityislow,somevorticesappearintheboundarylayer,butthetransitionoftheboundarylayerdoesnottakeplace.However,whenthejetvelocityexceedsacertainthreshold,twovorticesnewlyappearabovetheelongatedlegsofaV-shapedvortexandonlyoneofthemisstretchedandsurvives.Afterthat,vorticesaregeneratedoneafteranotheraroundthesurvivedone.Bycomparingthedecayedandthesurvivedvortices,itisfoundthatthedifferenceintheirheightsisthekeycharacteristicwhichleadstothetransition.
简介:Temporalmodedirectnumericalsimulationwasdonefortheprocessoflaminar-turbulenttransitioninanincompressibleboundarylayeronaflatplate.Theanalysisoftheresultsshowedthatduringthebreakdownprocessoflaminar-turbulenttransition,themodificationofthemeanflowprofilebythedisturbancesledtoaremarkablechangeinitsstabilitycharacteristics,manifestedinthesignificantenlargementofthelinearunstablezoneandthemaximumamplificationrate,andledtothatmanymoredisturbanceswereexcitedandenhancedrapidly,correspondinglytheturbulentenergyalsoincreasedrapidly,andthemeanflowprofilesevolvedswiftlyfromlaminartoturbulent.Itwasalsofoundthatiftheobliquewavesintheinitialdisturbancesdidnotformsymmetricalpairs,thesubsequentspan-wisemeanvelocitieswould,ingeneral,benonzeroduetononlinearinteraction,whichwouldhaveagreateffectonthestabilitycharacteristicsandalsoimpliedthattheturbulenceobtainedbydirectnumericalsimulationmightnotbefullyarandomprocess.
简介:Flowdistributionheadersplayamajorroleinheatexchangers.Theselectionofheaderdiameter,branchpipediameter,branchpipespacingetc.isbasedonthedesigner'sexperienceandgeneralguidelines.Theproperselectionoftheheaderdimensionswillyielduniformflowdistributioninheatexchangers,whichinturnwillenhancetheheatexchangerefficiency.Inthiswork,theflowdistributioninbranchpipesandthepressurevariationacrossthebranchpipesinlaminarandlowturbulenceregionisstudiedwithtwomodelsoftheinletdividingheaders.Whenthenumericalanalysishasbeenapplied,itsinabilitytopredictthenoflowconditionthroughthebranchpipesisrevealed.Theresultsarepresentedintheformofflowrateratiothroughbranchpipesandnondimensionalcoefficientsacrossbranchpipeswhichareusefultoapplytheexistingmathematicalmodelsforthepresentexperimentalsetup.
简介:Theyear2016markedthe25thanniversaryoftheendoftheColdWarandthe15thanniversaryofthe9/11attack.Thoughinternationalrelationsareconstantlyadjusted,theworldisbynomeansmorestableandorderly.Internationalorderreshapingtriggeredbythe2008financialcrisisisdeepening,withchaosofvariouskindspoppinguphereandthere.Inthesociopoliticalfield,the'Trumpphenomenon'andBrexitindicateseriousweakeningoftheauthorityoftraditionalpoliticalsystemsandelites.Inmajorcountryrelationsandinternationalsecurity,theworldiswitnessingtheriseofemergingcountriesandtheandfalloftheWest,fiercerUS-RussiaandSino-USwrestlingofstrategicsignificance,andgreaterglobalandregionalsecurityrisks.Inglobalgovernance,whileadjustmentofUN-centeredglobalgovernanceislaboringalong,nationalrivalriestouchcoreissues,makingglobalgovernancemoreurgent.
简介:Theeffectsofheatlossonthestructureoflaminarflamelets,whicharetheconstitutiveelementsofturbulentflamesunderthemostcommonoperatingconditions,areinvestigatedfortypicalaeronauticalgas-turbineoperatingconditionsattake-off.Themagnitudeofheatlossisquantifiedviathe"enthalpydefect"measuredwithrespecttoanadiabaticflame.Aproceduretogeneratelaminarflameletswithanassignedenthalpydefectattheboundariesisdevisedandappliedtononpremixedpropane/airflames,aspropanereproducestheessentialfeaturesofhigherhydrocarboncombustion.Itisfound,contrarytocommonlyheldbeliefs,thattheenthalpydefecthasasignificanteffectontheconcentrationnotonlyofminorspecies,butalsoofmainreactionproducts.Sucheffectsarefoundingeneraltobemorepronouncedforfuel-richconditions.Animpactisanticipatedontheformationrateofnitricoxides.Theeffectsofscalardissipationratearealsodiscussed.
简介:Theoreticalandexperimentalinvestigationsofheattransferinflatcurvilinearchannelhavebeencarriedout.Linearandnon-lineareffectsofDeanvortexesonintensityofheattransferweretakenintoaccount.Thelineareffect,whichdescribeharmonic(sinuous)variationoftheheattransfercoefficientneartheconcavesurfaceofthechannelandthenon-lineareffectcausesthegeneralincreaseoftheheattransfercoefficientduetoaugmentationofheattransferengenderedbytheDeanvortexes.Forbotheffects,mathematicalrelationswereobtainedintheformofquadratures.Thesenumericalresultsweremodifiedtotheformconvenientinengineeringcalculations.TheinvestigationshaveshownthatbothlinearandnonlinearcomponentsgrowupwiththeDeannumber.NonlinearcomponentQ0Tincreasesmoreabruptly,whilethelinearoneQ1Tismoreconservative.Thisisaconfirmationofstabilityofvortexstructures.
简介:Antheoreticalinvestigationwasconductedtodetectthegas-solidinterfaceeffectonlaminarflowcharacteristicsforgasflowingthroughmicropassages.Inthewall-adjacentregion,thechangeinviscosityoffluidvsthedistancefromthewallsurface,asderivedfromthedkinetictheoryofgasesresultinsignificantinfluenceontheflowcharacteristicsinmicropassages.Amodelwasproposedtoaccountforthewalleffect.Analyticalexpressionsforvelocityprofilesandpressuredropwerederived,respectively,forlaminarflowofgasesinmicrotubesandinextremelynarrowparallelplaes.TheKnudsennumber,Kn,asacriterion,thattheflowcanbetreatedreasonablyasflowinmacrochannels,isdiscussed.
简介:Ageneralexpressionofthescintillationindexisproposedforopticalwavepropagatinginturbulentat-mosphereunderarbitraryfluctuationconditions.Theexpressiondependsonextremebehaviorsofthescintillationindicesunderbothweakandstrongfluctuations.ThemaximumscintillationindexintheonsetregionandthecorrespondingRytovindexcanbeevaluatedfromthegeneralexpression.Planeandsphericalwavesinthecasesofzeroandnon-zeroturbulenceinnerscalearegivenasexamplesforillustra-tionofthegeneralbehaviorsofscintillationindices.
简介:-Turbulentflowisabasicformoffluidmotionwidelyobservedinnature.Inhydraulicengineering,especiallyinthestudyofsedimentmovement,turbulenceisakeyproblem.Inthispaper,basedonthestochastictheoryofwallturbulencedevelopedbytheauthorandtheresultsbyotherinvestigators,fluc-tuationandmeanstructuresanddragcoefficientforNewtoniananddragreductionflowsinallstates(laminar,transitional,turbulent)andinallregions(smooth,transitional,rough)aretheoreticallydiscussedindetail.Generallawsforlaminarandturbulentflowsobtainedbytheauthorareverifiedbytheexperimentalresultsobtainedbyothers,andthereisgoodagreementbetweenthem.
简介:Inapreviouspaper,amethodhasbeendevelopedtostudythestabilitycharacteristicsoflaminarboundarylayersovercompliantwalls.Inthispaper,theeffectofdoublelayeredcompliantwallandKramertypecompliantwallondelayingthetransitionisinvestigated,anditisshownthattheredoesexistthepossibilitytode-laythetransitionbyapplyingsuchcompliantwalls.
简介:Thestabilitycharacteristicsoflaminarboundarylayersovercompliantwallswasstudiedbythelineartheory.Unlikethepreviousauthors,thecoupledmotionofthefluidandsolidwasrequiredtosat-isfythecontinuityconditionsofboththevelocityandstressattheinterface.Resultsofcalculationsshowthatasthespeedratioordensityratioexceedsacertainthresholdvalue,thetwotypesofunstablewaveswillnolongerbedistinguishable,andthetangentialcomponentofthedisturbancestressisnolongernegligi-ble.Sotheneglectofit,asthepreviousauthorsdid,isunjustified.
简介:Aprogramincorporatingtheparallelcodeoflargeeddysimulation(LES)andparticletransportationmodelisdevelopedtosimulatethemotionofparticlesinanatmosphericturbulentboundarylayer(ATBL).Amodelofparticlesof100-micrometerordercouplingwithlargescaleATBLisproposed.Twotypicalcasesarestudied,onefocusesontheevolutionofparticleprofileintheATBLandthelandingdisplacementofparticles,whereastheotheronthemotionofparticlestream.
简介:Thegenerationandevolutionofturbulentspotsintheopen-channelflowaresimulatednumericallybyusingtheNavier-Stokesequations.Aneffectivenumericalmethodwithhighaccuracyandhighresolutionisdeveloped.Thefourth-ordertimesplittingmethodswithhighaccuracyisproposed.Three-dimensionalcouplingdifferencemethodsarepresentedforthespatialdiscretizationofthePoissonequationofpressureandHemholtzequationsofvelocity,therefore,thefourth-orderthree-dimensionalcouplingcentraldifferenceschemesareconstituted.Thefourth-orderexplicitupwind-biasedcompactdifferenceschemesaredesignedtoovercomethedifficultyforthegeneralhigher-ordercentraldifferenceschemewhichisinadaptableintheboundaryneighborhood.Theiterativealgorithmandoveralltimemarchingisusedtoenhanceefficiency.Themethodisappliedinthenumericalsimulationofturbulentspotsatvariouscomplexboundaryconditionsandflowdomains.Thegenerationandthedevelopingprocessofturbulentspotsaregiven,andthebasiccharacteristicsofturbulentspotsareshownbysimulatingtheevolutionofthewallpulseininclinedopen-channelflow.
简介:Thispaperreviewssomeoftheprincipaluses,overalmostsevendecades,ofcorrelations,inbothEulerianandLagrangianframesofreference,ofpropertiesofturbulentflowsatvariablespatiallocationsandvariabletimeinstants.Commonlycalledspace–timecorrelations,theyhavebeenfundamentaltotheoriesandmodelsofturbulenceaswellasfortheanalysesofexperimentalanddirectnumericalsimulationturbulencedata.
简介:Thechangesofthedevelopingturbulentflowcharacteristicsincurvedductafteraddingabafflearestudiednumericallyatthebody-fittedcoordinates.ak-εmodelisusedtorepresenttheturbulence.acurvedductofrectangularcross-sectioniscomputedfirstly,ithasbeenobservedthatthepredictionsusingtheprocedureagreeverysatisfactorywiththeexperimentaldata.Then,twokindsofsquareductsarestudied,oneisnormalcurvedduct,theotherisaductwithabaffle.Thecomputationalresultsarepresentedandcomparedtoeachother,inordertodisplaythechangesoftheflowafteraddingabaffleincurvedducts.Thesecondaryflowinaductwithabaffleischaracterizedbyfour-vorticesstructurewiththeoutertwobiggerthantheinnertwo.Besides,comparedwiththeductwithoutabaffle,theintensityofthesecondaryflowsisreduced,whichresultsintheflowfieldofthecross-sectionmuchmoreequableandhasmuchmoresignificantmeaningintheengineering.
简介:Granularmaterialsexhibitabundantdissipationsduetofluctuationsinbothgranularmotionsandconfigurations(i.e.,granularskeleton)evolutions.TwingranulartemperaturesTkandTeareintroducedaccountingfortwotypesoffluctuations,andtheso-calledtwingranulartemperaturestheoryisestablishedasanextensionofgranularsolidhydrodynamics.Byusingsimulations,thenonaffinedeformationsina2Dassemblyaresimulatedbyusingdiscreteelementmethods.Byanalogizingwithmicrodamagesindeformedsolids,doublescalardamagevariables,DPandDq,areproposedtodescribethedeformedgranularsolidundertriaxialcompressions.GranularflowsarefoundintrinsicallyturbulentduetothepresenceofTkandtheNaiver-Stokesequationisobtainedforgranularflows.
简介:Accuratepredictionofunsteadyseparatedturbulentflowsremainsoneofthetoughesttasksandapracticalchallengeforturbulencemodeling.Inthispaper,a2DflowpastacircularcylinderatReynoldsnumber3,900isnumericallyinvestigatedbyusingthetechniqueofunsteadyRANS(URANS).Sometypicallinearandnonlineareddyviscosityturbulencemodels(LEVMandNLEVM)andaquadraticexplicitalgebraicstressmodel(EASM)areevaluated.Numericalresultshaveshownthatahigh-performancecubicNLEVM,suchasCLS,aresuperiortotheothersinsimulatingturbulentseparatedflowswithunsteadyvortexshedding.