简介:Turbiditycurrentsareflowsdrivenbysuspendedsedimentofflood-inducedturbidriverwaterwithexcessdensity.Suchcurrentsareoftenthegoverningfactorinreservoirsedimentationbytransportingfinematerialsoverlongdistancesanddeliveringthemajorityofdeposition,whichthusreducesthestoragecapacity.Therefore,thedesignandoperationofareservoirrequiresanaccuratepredictionofitsoccurrenceconditionandplungingposition,whichistheobjectiveofthepresentstudy.Thisarticlepresentsaverifiedalgebraicslipmixturemodelincludingmomentum,continuityandalgebraicvelocityexpressionstosimulate2-Dturbiditycurrents.Testexperimentsinamultiphaseflumewerecarriedout.Reynoldsnumber,sedimentconcentrationanddensimetricFroudenumberwereusedasparametersintheoccurrenceconditionanalysis.Theplungingofturbiditycurrentsmayproducerefluxandbackflowduetothedivingflowatthesurfaceoftheclearwater.ThesimilarexperimentalresultswerealsoobtainedbyPIVmeasurements
简介:Thispaperinvestigatestheswimmingperformanceoffishundulatorymotionwhichisthebasicforminlocomotionofaquaticalanimalfromahydrodynamicspointofview.Inparticular,thepropulsivecharacteristicsisdiscussed.Thethree-dimensionalpotentialflowoveramodelrectangularflexibleplateperformingthemotionwhichconsistsofaprogressivewaveofagivenwavelengthandphasevelocityalongthechordistreated.Vortexringmethodisusedtocalculatethethrust,thepowerrequiredandthehydrodynamicpropulsiveefficiency,etc.Thedependenceoftheseenergeticsoncertainphysicalparameters,suchastheaspectratio,thereducedfrequencyandthewavenumber,isdiscussed.Itisfoundthatasthewavetengthgetsclosetothebodylength,propulsiveperformanceisnolongersensitivetotheaspectratio.Somequalitativeexplanationofthefishswimmingphenomenaisalsogiven.
简介:Aprocessfornumericalanalysisofradialcirculationdistributionofpropellerbladeisproposedandpresented.Itisbasedontheresultsofnumericalsimulationofthevelocityfieldaroundpropellerbladesandinthewake.Thewell-knowntraditionalmethodusingtangentialvelocitydatainthewakeandapplyingStockes'stheoremwasalsoexaminedintheinvestigation.Theresultsfromtwoapproachesarecomparedwitheachother.Itisfoundthatifthetraditionalwayisutilized,inmanycasesanunexpected'hump'appearsinthecirculationdistributionatcertainouterradius.Theauthorscalculatedthecirculationsdirectlyaroundbladesections,anditisreferredasdirectmethod.Theunexpectedhumpofthecirculationdistributiondisappearsintheresultsofdirectmethod.Thisarticlealsodiscussesthereasonsoftheappearanceoftheunexpectedhumpintraditionalapproach.Thedirectmethodisproposedtohaveapotentialinanalyzingorverifyingtheradialroaddistributionfordesignedpropellerandthenumericalanalysisinsteadofexperimentalvalidationforcirculationdistributioncanbeasatoolinthepropellerdesignprocess.
简介:ThispaperinvestigatesnumericallytheinherentirreversibilityinunsteadygeneralizedCouetteflowbetweentwoparallelplateswithvariableviscosity.ThenonlineargoverningequationsarederivedfromtheNavier-Stokesequationsandsolvednumericallyusingasemi-discretizationfinitedifferencemethodtogetherwiththeRunge-Kutta-Fehlbergintegrationscheme.Theprofilesofvelocityandthetemperatureobtainedareusedtocomputetheentropygenerationnumber,Bejannumber,skinfrictionandNusseltnumber.Theeffectsofembeddedparametersonentireflowstructurearepresentedgraphicallyanddiscussedquantitatively.
简介:Ananalyticalsolutionispresentedfortheradiationandthediffractionofacylindricalbodywithamoonpoolfloatingonthesurfaceofwaterwithafinitedepth.Theexpressionsforthepotentialsareobtainedbythemethodofseparationofvariables,andtheunknowncoefficientsaredeterminedbytheboundaryconditionsandthematchingrequirementsontheinterface.Theeffectsofthemoonpoolonthehydrodynamiccharacteristicsofthebodyareinvestigated.Somepeaksareobservedonthecurvesoftheaddedmassanddampingcoefficients,correspondingtotheresonantfrequenciesofthemoonpool.Theinternalfreesurfacemoveslikeapistonatacertainlowresonantfrequency.
简介:Inthispaperthefiniteelementmethodisusedtosolvethetwo-dimensionalgradi-entcurrentproblem,Thesolutionisobtainedbytwo-stepexplicitmethod.ItisverifiedwithgoodagreementbythefielddataofferedbyXiamenE.P.A.,Fujian,P.R.C.Theauthorsrec-ommendthattheproposedmethodissuitablefortheanalysisandcomputationoflongwavesofepeiricseaattheseawardfirth.
简介:Thisarticlepresentsaspectralanalysisofwaveupliftloadsonahorizontaldeck.Thewaveupliftforcespectrumontheundersideofthedeckisobtained.Itisshownthatthewaveupliftforcespectraldensitydecreaseswiththeincreaseoftherelativeclearance1/3Δh/H.Theinfluencesofdifferentincidentwaveparameters,includingtherelativewaveheight1/3H/d,therelativedeckwidth/sBLandtherelativeclearance1/3Δh/Honthedimensionlesszerothspectralmomentoftheupliftforcesarediscussed.Itisfoundthatthezerothspectralmomentoftheupliftforcesincreaseswiththeincreaseoftherelativewaveheight1/3H/d,anddecreaseswiththeincreaseoftherelativeclearance1/3Δh/H.Anewdimensionlesspredictionmodelforthezerothspectralmomentofwaveupliftloadsonthedeckisproposedandtherelationshipbetweenthewaveupliftforcesandthezerothspectralmomentoftheupliftforceareobtained.
简介:Inthispaper,thephenomenononcollapsibletubedisplacementoscillation,anewbehaviorofthecollapsibletubepuisatileflowhasbeenstudied.Theexperimentsshowthatthecollapsibletube,inwhichtheflowisperiodicpuisatileintheupstream,willoscillateasasimplesupportedbeamwhenitiscollapsedtocertainextent,andthatifthetubeiscollapsedcontinue,thisoscillationwilltendtoweakandcompletelydisappearlastly.Ananalyticalmodelcorrespondingtothecollapsibletubedisplacementoscillationanditsgovernedequationsaresetupfromtheexperimentbackground.Byanalysingthemodelandsolvingtheequations,thecollapsibletubedisplacementoscillationpatternandtheoscillationoccurringordisappearingcriterionareobtained.Theresultspredictedbythisstudyareinagreementwiththoseobservedfromexperimentphenomena.
简介:Thevelocitiesofboundarylayerflowsbetweentwoparalleloscillatingplatesseparatedbysmalldistance,i.e.,insocallednarrowchannel,weretheoreticallyandexperimentallystudied.ThefocuswasonthelaminarcasewheretheReynoldsnumberReAismuchsmallerthanthetransitionvalue.ThetheoreticalanalysisoftheStokeslayerinoscillatingflowoveranarrowchannelwasmadefirst.ThenLaserDopplerVelocimeter(LDV)wasemployedtomeasuretheStokesboundarylayeraboveanoscillatingflatplateandinsidetheoscillatingnarrowchannelatvariousReHnumbers.Atthesametime,thephaseangledifferencealongtheverticaldirectioninbothanalysisandexperimentwereprovided.Thegoodagreementsareshownbetweenthemeasuredresultsandthetheoreticalsolution.
简介:Anumericalstudywasconductedforthefullydevelopedlaminarflowinrotatingcurvedellipticalpipe.Duetotherotation,theCoriolisforcecanalsocontributetothesecondaryflow.Theinteractionofrotationandcurvaturecomplicatestheflowcharacteristics.Theboundary-fittedcoordinatewasadoptedtostudytheflowcharacteristicintherotatingsystems.Theeffectsofrotationontheflowtransitionwerestudiedindetail.Thegenerationandmergenceofvorticesinrotatingcurvedellipticalpipeswerealsocapturedforthefirsttime.Thesimulationresultsshowthattheflowforthecaseoflargeaspectratioofthecross-sectionismorelikelytobeunstablethanthatforsmallerone.
简介:Astochasticmodelwasdevelopedtosimulatetheflowinheterogeneousmediasubjecttorandomboundaryconditions.ApproximatepartialdifferentialequationswerederivedbasedontheKarhunen-Loeve(KL)expansionandperturbationexpansion.Theeffectofrandomboundaryconditionsonthetwo-dimensionalflowwasexamined.Itisshownthattheproposedstochasticmodelisefficienttoincludetherandomboundaryconditions.Therandomboundariesleadtotheincreaseofheadvarianceandvelocityvariance.Theinfluenceoftherandomboundaryconditionsonheaduncertaintyisexertedoverthewholesimulatedregion,whiletherandomnessoftheboundaryconditionsleadstotheincreaseofthevelocityvarianceinthevicinityofboundaries.