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Boundary Layer Flow (boundary + layer_flow)
Selected AbstractsFluid flow and heat transfer of opposing mixed convection adjacent to downward-facing, inclined heated platesHEAT TRANSFER - ASIAN RESEARCH (FORMERLY HEAT TRANSFER-JAPANESE RESEARCH), Issue 1 2009Kenzo Kitamura Abstract Experimental investigations were carried out for opposing mixed convective flows of air adjacent to downward-facing, inclined heated plates. The experiments covered the ranges of the Reynolds and modified Rayleigh numbers from ReL=400 to 4600 and RaL*=1.0×107 to 5.4×108, and the inclination angles from ,=15 to 75° from horizontal. The flow fields over the plates were visualized with smoke. The results showed that a separation of forced boundary layer flow occurs first at the bottom edge of the plate, and then the separation point shifts toward upstream with increasing wall heat flux, and finally, reaches the top edge of the plates. It was found that the separations at the bottom and top edges are predicted with a non-dimensional parameter (GrL,*/ReL2.5)=0.35 and 1.0, respectively. The local heat transfer coefficients of the inclined plates were also measured and the results showed that the minimum coefficients appear in the separation region. Moreover, it was revealed that forced, natural, and combined convective flows can be classified by the non-dimensional parameter (GrL,*/ReL2.5). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Pub- lished online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20233 [source] Experimental investigation of turbulent boundary layer flow with surfactant additives using PIV and PDAHEAT TRANSFER - ASIAN RESEARCH (FORMERLY HEAT TRANSFER-JAPANESE RESEARCH), Issue 2 2005Wang Dezhong Abstract Drag reduction of turbulent water flow with surfactant (CTAC) additives was experimentally investigated. By using PIV and PDA measurements, the spatial velocity distribution of surfactant solution flow was clarified in a two-dimensional water channel. With an increasing Reynolds number, it was found that drag reduction of surfactant solution flow is enhanced within the region of drag reduction. However, in the region of post drag reduction, the drag-reducing coefficient approaches one without surfactant when Reynolds number is increased. In the near-wall region, velocity profiles of the drag-reducing fluid are similar to, but not the same as, the laminar profiles of the Newtonian fluid. When compared to the case of water flow without surfactant, the velocity contour lines of the drag-reducing fluid run approximately parallel to the wall. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 34(2): 99,107, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20047 [source] Heat transfer for Marangoni-driven boundary layer flowHEAT TRANSFER - ASIAN RESEARCH (FORMERLY HEAT TRANSFER-JAPANESE RESEARCH), Issue 2 2002David M. Christopher Abstract Marangoni convection induced by variation of the surface tension with temperature along a surface influences crystal growth melts and other processes with liquid,vapor interfaces, such as boiling in both microgravity and normal gravity in some cases. This paper presents the Nusselt number for Marangoni flow over a flat surface calculated using a similarity solution for both the momentum equations and the energy equation assuming developing boundary layer flow along a surface. Solutions are presented for the surface velocity, the total flow rate, and the Nusselt number for various temperature profiles, Marangoni numbers, and Prandtl numbers. For large bubbles, the predicted boundary layer thickness would be less than the bubble diameter, so the curvature effects could be neglected and this analysis could be used as a first estimate of the effect of Marangoni flow around a vapor bubble. © 2002 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Asian Res, 31(2): 105,116, 2002; DOI 10.1002/htj.10019 [source] Fluid flow and heat transfer in the transition process of natural convection over an inclined plateHEAT TRANSFER - ASIAN RESEARCH (FORMERLY HEAT TRANSFER-JAPANESE RESEARCH), Issue 8 2001Katsuo Komori Abstract The present study deals with fluid flow and heat transfer in the transition process of natural convection over an inclined plate. In order to examine the mechanism of the transition process, experiments on the flow and heat transfer were performed for various plate inclination angles in the range of 20 to 75°. The wall temperature and fluid flow fields were visualized using a liquid crystal sheet and fluorescent paint, respectively. The visualization confirmed that separation of a boundary layer flow took place, and the onset point of streaks appeared over the plate wall when the modified Rayleigh number exceeded a characteristic value for each inclination angle. The local Nusselt number in the transition range was proportional to the one-third power of the local modified Rayleigh number. By introducing a nondimensional parameter, a new correlation between visualizations of the flow and temperature fields and heat transfer was proposed. © 2001 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Asian Res, 30(8): 648,659, 2001 [source] Reducing energy availability losses with open parallel microchannels embedded in a micropatterned surfaceINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, Issue 13 2005G. F. Naterer Abstract This article develops a new technique of reducing exergy losses of external viscous flow over surfaces, based on optimized microchannels embedded within the surface. The rate of entropy production and loss of available optimized energy are formulated by an integral solution and modified Blasius profiles of boundary layer flow. The optimized number of microchannels, width and height of each microchannel and spacing between microchannels involve a selective compromise between added heat exchange due to surface area, together with reduced friction through slip conditions within each microchannel. Mixed Knudsen numbers across each microchannel require simultaneous modelling of both slip-flow and no-slip conditions at the wall. Results involving the minimal entropy production and optimized microchannel profiles are presented and compared to other benchmark results involving classical macro-scale configurations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Forced Alveolar Flows and Mixing in the LungPROCEEDINGS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS & MECHANICS, Issue 1 2009David Borer The air flows deep inside the lung are not only important in gas exchange processes but they also determine the efficiency of particle deposition and retention. The study aims at quantifying the relative influence of different flow components in the transport of small particles in alveolar geometries such as convective breathing patterns, wall movement, gravitational settling and Brownian motion. In addition, the possibility and efficiency of external forcing is studied, relying on the mechanism of internal acoustic streaming. A viscous oscillating boundary layer flow is converted into a steady, viscosity-independent bulk motion which is very efficient at low Reynolds numbers. The streaming can be controlled by external parameters (excitation amplitude, frequency, beam shape) and may thus be of diagnostic and therapeutic relevance. Numerical simulations are performed to analyze the flow patterns in 3D model geometries and to measure deposition rates. (© 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] | ||||||||||