The effect of mass transfer on steady two-dimensional rimming flow

Motivated by applications in rapidly rotating machinery, the standard lubrication model of two-dimensional thin-film flow on the inside of a rotating circular cylinder is adapted in a simple manner to incorporate the effect of mass flux into the free surface of the film. A numerical attack, validated against published results for the zero-mass-flux case, is used to study the case of constant mass fraction with non-zero injection into and extraction from the film, this representing the steady-state operating condition in an aero-engine. It is found that increasing mass flux inhibits the formation of the steep fronts on the film surface, thus reducing the chances of droplets being stripped away from the film when there is a core flow present, and that recirculation zones may be suppressed by an increase in the Bond number, thus reducing the chances of oil degradation in rapidly rotating machinery.     

Lattice Boltzmann simulations of incompressible liquid-gas systems on partial wetting surfaces

A three-dimensional Lattice Boltzmann two-phase model capable of dealing with large liquid and gas density ratios and with a partial wetting surface is introduced. This is based on a high density ratio model combined with a partial wetting boundary method. The predicted three-dimensional droplets at different partial wetting conditions at equilibrium are in good agreement with analytical solutions. Despite the large density ratio, the spurious velocity around the interface is not substantial, and is rather insensitive to the examined liquid and gas density and viscosity ratios. The influence of the gravitational force on the droplet shape is also examined through the variations of the Bond number, where the droplet shape migrates from spherical to flattened interface in tandem with the increase of the Bond number. The predicted interfaces under constant Bond number are also validated against measurements with good agreements.     

In-situ observation of solid-liquid interface transition during directional solidification of Al-Zn alloy via X-ray imaging

The morphological instability of solid/liquid(S/L) interface during solidification will result in different patterns of microstructure. In this study, two dimension(2 D) and three dimension(3 D) in-situ observation of solid/liquid interfacial morphology transition in Al-Zn alloy during directional solidification were performed via X-ray imaging. Under a condition of increasing temperature gradient(G), the interface transition from dendritic pattern to cellular pattern, and then to planar growth with perturbation was captured. The effect of solidification parameter(the ratio of temperature gradient and growth velocity(v), G/v) on morphological instabilities was investigated and the experimental results were compared to classical "constitutional supercooling" theory. The results indicate that 2 D and 3 D evolution process of S/L interface morphology under the same thermal condition are different. It seems that the S/L interface in 2 D observation is easier to achieve planar growth than that in 3 D, implying higher S/L interface stability in 2 D thin plate samples. This can be explained as the restricted liquid flow under 2 D solidification which is beneficial to S/L interface stability. The in-situ observation in present study can provide coherent dataset for microstructural formation investigation and related model validation during solidification.     

An experimental study of bubble behavior in a temperature gradient near a heated wall under low-gravity and microgravity conditions aboard NASA DC9 airplane

The behavior of a single bubble and a pair of bubbles under microgravity conditions has been investigated using the NASA-DC9 aircraft in order to understand the effects of various parameters and to control the bubble behavior in space. Silicone oil was used as the test liquid, and a nitrogen gas bubble was injected from the top wall under different experimental conditions. In an isothermal case, two different microgravity conditions were achieved by either fixing the experimental apparatus to the aircraft floor or freely floating the apparatus in the aircraft cabin. The bubble behavior was found to be clearly influenced by the quality of the microgravity environment, and variations of the bubble aspect ratio with the Bond number were presented. The results indicate that there is a critical Bond number of the order of 10⁻¹ which determines the bubble shape deformation. In the free-floating experiments, a temperature gradient was imposed on the liquid around the bubble near the heated top wall. Marangoni convection was expected to occur around the bubble and the bubble behavior was studied under various temperature gradients. The bubble aspect ratio was found to decrease with an increase in the Marangoni number. A theoretical model for the relation between the Marangoni flow around the bubble and the aspect ratio is proposed based on simple assumptions. Visualization of Marangoni convection around the bubbles using the photochromic dye activation method was successfully performed. The aspect ratios predicted by the model agreed with the experimental results reasonably well. Direct measurements of surface velocity are, however, necessary to further evaluate the validity of the model.     

基于三叶扭曲膨胀管技术的油冷器实验分析

传统管壳式油冷却器的传热效率较低,且存在壳程流动死区及易结垢等缺点。本文采用新型三叶形扭曲膨胀管技术提高传统油冷器的传热。通过实验测试平台测试得到的三叶形扭曲膨胀管油冷器传热及压降数据,与光滑圆管油冷器、传统翅片管油冷器和花瓣状翅片管油冷器进行对比分析。研究结果表明,采用三叶形扭曲膨胀管技术能明显提高油冷器传热系数,但比外翅片管油冷器压降更高,在较低雷诺数下,三叶形扭曲膨胀管油冷器综合性能比翅片管油冷器差,而随雷诺数增加,其综合性能逐渐优于外翅片管油冷器,具有很好的推广应用前景。     

A novel biomimetic analysis system for quantitative characterisation of sclerosing foams used for the treatment of varicose veins

A novel analysis system for the quantification of sclerosing foam properties under clinically relevant conditions was developed with the purpose of establishing a robust methodology for comparative characterisation of different foam formulations and production strategies. The developed biomimetic-inspired model comprised of 4 or 10 mm inner diameter polytetrafluoroethylene tubing, filled with a blood substitute and fixed to a platform with an adjustable inclination angle. Sclerosing foams were produced by mixing polidocanol with either atmospheric air or 100 % CO₂, using a double-syringe system method. Individual foams were injected into the tube, while videos were captured simultaneously. Videos were then transferred to an in-house computational foam analysis system (CFAS) which performed a sequence of semi-automated operations, allowing quantitative characterisation of sclerosing foam dynamic behaviour. Using CFAS, degradation rates of different foams were measured and the effect of gas composition, liquid sclerosant concentration and time delay between foam production and injection were evaluated.     

振动圆柱绕流气动力系数的数值模拟研究

给出了在锁定状态下不同振动条件时气动力系数变化的计算结果及其机理分析。首先给出固定圆柱绕流气动力系数的数值模拟结果；其次，在特定的频率比条件下，计算了升力系数均方根值和平均阻力系数随振幅的变化，并从圆柱的底部压力系数和漩涡生成长度两方面对这种变化进行了机理分析。     

圆柱绕流的流场特性及涡脱落规律研究

采用粒子图像测速技术对630、800及950三种雷诺数条件下的圆柱绕流场进行了实验,给出了圆柱下游沿流动方向4倍圆柱直径和垂直方向3倍圆柱直径区域内的速度场、涡量场以及涡脱落现象的时空演化规律.结果表明:圆柱尾流区域位于垂直方向约1.5~2.5倍圆柱直径范围内,随着雷诺数增大,这一范围呈现缩小趋势,而主流对涡的拉伸和输运能力有所增强;涡脱落频率随雷诺数增大而增大,小雷诺数时能够较为完整地捕捉到涡生成、脱落、发展和耗散过程,由于PIV采集频率的限制,大雷诺数条件下涡脱落整个过程不易被完整捕捉到.     

Study on Oil Cavity Number of Hydrostatic Guide Sleeve of Electro-hydraulic Servo Cylinder

The electro-hydraulic servo drive hydraulic cylinder has many unique advantages, such as fast response, high load stiffness, high control power, strong anti-eccentric load ability and so on, so it has been widely used in industrial control. Based on the guide sleeve of hydrostatic seal of hydraulic cylinder, the reasonable number of oil chamber of guide sleeve is studied in this paper. ICEM CFD software and FLUENT simulation software are used to calculate and analyze the number of different oil chambers of guide sleeve of hydrostatic seal. The temperature field of piston rod with different moving speed, different initial pressure of oil chamber and oil film under different number of oil chambers is analyzed. The relationship between the pressure field and temperature field provides a better basis for optimizing the design of hydrostatic guide sleeve and helps to improve the servo drive cylinder.     

Gravity Effect on the Axisymmetric Drop Spreading

The flattening (spreading) of the axisymmetrical drop on a plane horizontal surface under action of gravity force at zero tangential force (no shear at the gas–liquid interface) is investigated analytically and numerically. We determine the exact profile of compressed drop assuming the condition of drop volume conservation. 2D time dependant numerical model, based on a finite difference method, has been developed to describe the hydrodynamics inside the drop. The energy and Navier–Stokes equations are solved within the drop’s analytical profile. Effects of surface tension and thermocapillarity are taken into account. The effect of gravity has been studied to define main features of the drop dynamics. In calculations vector of gravitational acceleration is oriented perpendicularly to the surface, the Bond number is changed in the range from Bo = 0 to Bo = 151.6. Our results show that the gravity has a significant effect on the drop spreading.     

Finite element study of a penny-shaped crack along the interface in a bi-material cylinder

A contemporary approach to the analysis of interface cracks in bi-material cylinders using finite elements is presented. From results obtained with a commercial finite element code using regular and singular isoparametric elements, three fracture mechanics techniques are considered to study the interface crack problem and are presented in a fundamental manner. These are the stress intensity factor evaluation by the crack opening displacement method, the strain energy release rate evaluation using the modified crack closure integral method, and the J-integral evaluation using the virtual crack extension technique. Only the finite element results in the vicinity of the crack are then needed. The accuracy of the proposed approach is assessed by solving standard test problems with known solutions. In particular, the mode I problem of a penny-shaped crack in a homogeneous isotropic cylinder under remote tension loading is used as a standard test case. Finally, the mixed-mode (I and II) problem of a penny-shaped crack along the interface in a bi-material cylinder under three loading conditions is studied in detail. Numerical results are presented to quantify the combined effects of geometry and material discontinuities on the strain energy release rate.     

Parametric study of solidification of PCM around a cylinder for ice-bank applications

This paper presents the results of a numerical parametric study of the solidification of a phase change material (PCM) around a cylinder carrying a heat-transfer fluid (HTF) inside. A pure conduction model is used for the PCM and tube wall, the finite volume method is used together with the interface immobilization technique for treating the phase-change process. The convection problem inside the tube is solved by an energy balance with a Nusselt number value, obtained from the steady-state values for constant wall heat-flux conditions. The effects of the HTF entry temperature, the initial PCM temperature and the thermal conductivity of the tube material on the evolution of the solidification front are studied. Results for the temperature distribution during the process, phase-change interface velocity and thermal energy stored in the system are also presented.     

有气相注入的管内气液分层流数值模拟

管内气液两相分层流是管道输运和水平井采油过程中重要的研究课题之一，而气液界面是研究的重点内容，尤其是有气泡穿过界面的分层流是水平井采油过程中从有壁面注入时不可回避的流动现象，也是数值计算的难点所在。本文利用VOF方法[1]捕捉气液界面，应用有限体积方法和重正化 湍流模式[2]计算圆管内三维非定常雷诺平均方程，得到了典型的界面上有质量交换时的分层流的流场、界面形状和界面上阻力变化的结果。     

锅炉给水预热器管板的优化设计与分析

目的对锅炉给水预热器的管板进行结构优化设计及有限元分析。方法首先通过给定设计参数计算出管板的厚度及受力分析,进而明确管板的结构设计确定主要参数,利用SolidWorks软件建立管板的三维分析模型,并用Ansys软件进行管板应力应变分析及温度场的分析,按标准方法计算4种工况下管板应力、壳程筒体的轴向应力以及换热管的轴向应力,同时采用JB/T 4732的方法对管板与筒体的应力进行评定,采用GB/T 151的方法对换热管的轴向应力、拉脱应力进行评定。结果该预热器能够在给定工况下安全运行。结论采用的设计方法为锅炉给水预热器管板的结构性能优化提供了理论依据和判定标准。     

Ice formation of aqueous solution and its removal phenomena around vertical cooled cylinder

Experimental and analytical studies for freezing phenomena of ethylene glycol solution around a vertical cooled polyvinyl-chloride cylinder have been performed. It is found that the crystal ice formed around the vertical cylinder is removed from the cylinder surface due to a buoyancy force acting on the crystal ice. The crystal ice slides along the cylinder surface due to buoyancy force and grows in the shape of a tube by joining with the neighboring ice. It is shown that the onset of ice removal condition is related to the heat flux ratio, ‘from the cylinder surface into the cylinder’ to ‘from the cylinder surface into the solution’. The ice removal occurs more easily for short cylinders than for long ones.     

MHD convective heat transfer of nanofluids through a flexible tube with buoyancy: A study of nano-particle shape effects

This paper presents an analytical study of magnetohydrodynamics and convective heat transfer of nanofluids synthesized by three different shaped (brick, platelet and cylinder) silver (Ag) nanoparticles in water. A two-phase nanoscale formulation is adopted which is more appropriate for biophysical systems. The flow is induced by metachronal beating of cilia and the flow geometry is considered as a cylindrical tube. The analysis is carried out under the low Reynolds number and long wavelength approximations and the fluid and cilia dynamics is of the creeping type. A Lorentzian magnetic body force model is employed and magnetic induction effects are neglected. Solutions to the transformed boundary value problem are obtained via numerical integration. The influence of cilia length parameter, Hartmann (magnetic) number, heat absorption parameter, Grashof number (free convection), solid nanoparticle volume fraction, and cilia eccentricity parameter on the flow and heat transfer characteristics (including effective thermal conductivity of the nanofluid) are examined in detail. Furthermore a comparative study for different nanoparticle geometries (i.e. bricks, platelets and cylinders) is conducted. The computations show that pressure increases with enhancing the heat absorption, buoyancy force (i.e. Grashof number) and nanoparticle fraction however it reduces with increasing the magnetic field. The computations also reveal that pressure enhancement is a maximum for the platelet nano-particle case compared with the brick and cylinder nanoparticle cases. Furthermore the quantity of trapped streamlines for cylinder type nanoparticles exceeds substantially that computed for brick and platelet nanoparticles, whereas the bolus magnitude (trapped zone) for brick nanoparticles is demonstrably greater than that obtained for cylinder and platelet nanoparticles. The present model is applicable in biological and biomimetic transport phenomena exploiting magnetic nanofluids and ciliated inner tube surfaces.     

并联涡旋式压缩机油位平衡方式试验研究

对涡旋式压缩机内部结构及并联压缩机回油机制进行分析,以压降为指标对压缩机内部润滑油回路的流动进行理论研究,并针对油平衡管、吸气平衡管、系统润滑油充注量等对系统回油效果的影响进行试验研究。结果表明:当只安装油平衡管时,除1#或3#压缩机单独运转工况,其他运行工况下压缩机油池内油位均满足设定要求;添加吸气平衡管的同时降低系统润滑油充注量,大部分工况下压缩机油池内油位不满足设定要求;减小油平衡管管径能够增加润滑油在油池间迁移的流动阻力,在大部分工况下压缩机油池内油位满足设定要求。     

An investigation of the performance of a scroll compressor under liquid refrigerant injection

In this study, fundamental and practical influence of liquid refrigerant injection on the performance of a refrigerant scroll compressor has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. In the theoretical analysis, a compression model of vapor/liquid mixture is developed by taking account of heat transfer from the cylinder wall to suction, compression and injection refrigerant. An experiment has been done under the condition of keeping the oil temperature constant in order to investigate the fundamental influence of the liquid refrigerant injection on the compressor performance, and the results were compared with the theoretical ones. It was found that the injection basically increases the compression power and decreases the compressor efficiency, though the situation depends on the condition of the heat transfer to the injection refrigerant. And furthermore, the performance of the liquid refrigerant injection compressor under practical operating condition without controlling the oil temperature has been investigated. Under this condition, the compressor showed recovery and slight improvement of performance due to the decrease of the oil and cylinder temperatures by the injection. In addition, influence of the refrigerant injection on the oil viscosity and refrigerant solubility in the oil, which relate mechanical loss and reliability of the compressor, have been discussed.     

带壁厚偏差管坯液压胀形加载路径的研究

建立了带壁厚偏差管坯液压胀形的力学模型,揭示了不同轴向应力状态下壁厚偏差对管坯成形的影响规律,给出了带壁厚偏差管坯液压胀形加载路径设计的标准.针对某重型卡车桥壳预成形管坯的液压胀形工艺,进行了3种不同壁厚偏差管坯在不同典型加载路径下的有限元模拟,结果表明:内压升高至最大保持恒定,管坯薄壁侧均在合模前发生开裂且薄壁侧与厚...     

Modeling the stiction effect in automatic compressor valves

The stiction effect is a source of thermodynamic losses in compressor suction and discharge systems. Deformation of the lubricant film between the valve and the seat delays the valve opening, as larger pressure differences between the cylinder and the discharge or suction chambers are needed to overcome the stiction force. A model is presented for the dynamic behavior of a ring-shaped lubricant oil film between a discharge valve and the seat. The valve is allowed to move under the action of an external force due to the time-dependent pressure difference between the cylinder and the discharge chamber. The main contributions of the model are the consideration of a finite oil amount between the valve and the seat and relationships for calculating the film thickness initial condition. At typical conditions of discharge systems of domestic refrigeration compressors, viscous effects are the dominant component in the oil stiction force under dynamic conditions.