Onset of transition to turbulence in natural convection with gas along a vertical isotherm plane

It is generally accepted that the onset of transition to the turbulence in free convection along a vertical isotherm plane with gas occurs at a given Grashof number. A more subtle reality became apparent thirty years ago in the course of experiments carried out with either small installations and pressurized gas or under atmospheric pressure with an experimental installation of great height. To elucidate the problem, a re-examination of data set and a new analysis have been made. This has led to a physical interpretation of what was observed : the origin of the instability which is triggered off in this boundary layer lies in interaction between the zone beyond this boundary layer where there is a vertical stratification of temperature and the boundary layer near the plane. This is based on the comparison between characteristic times calculated for the two zones in question.     

Numerical study of stratified oil-water two-phase turbulent flow in a horizontal tube

Stratified oil-water two-phase turbulent flow in a horizontal tube is numerically simulated using a volume of fluid model. A single momentum equation is solved throughout the domain. The RNG k-ε model combined with a near-wall low-Re turbulence model is applied to each phase, and a continuum surface force approximation is adopted for the calculation of surface tension. The simulation is performed in a time-dependent way and the final solution which corresponds to steady-state flow is analyzed. Results of pressure loss, slip ratio, local phase fraction profile and the axial velocity profile are verified by experimental data in literature. Based on the numerical results of extensive calculations, the flow field characteristics are explored and correlations for pressure loss and hold-up are presented.     

Effect of oxide scale on corrosion behavior of HP-13Cr stainless steel during well completion process

The well completion process in oil and gas industry,aiming to build effective exploitation,is divided into acidizing and formation water production process.Oxide scale(OS)formed on the inner wall of the HP-13Cr stainless steel tubes during the hot extrusion process changes the surface roughness.The effects of OS on the corrosion of HP-13Cr stainless steel during well completion process were studied by corrosion measurement,spectra analysis,microscopic observation and numerical simulation.The results indicate that the OS make no change of phase distribution and element composition of corrosion scale,while the increasing OS roughness is the dominant factor for accelerating corrosion rate during the well completion process.In acidizing process,the greater surface roughness OS of HP-13Cr stainless steel increases the corrosion rate obviously due to a larger interfacial area in contact with the aggressive environment.During subsequent formation water production process,the turbulence eddy,formed at locations characterized with greater surface roughness OS,can deteriorate the corrosion scale and accelerate the mass transfer of the corrosive species,resulting in more serious corrosion.     

用光纤准直耦合光路测量大气光学湍流

阐述了利用光纤准直器对组成的耦合光路的附加损耗产生的机理,证明大气湍流运动可引起该光路的附加损耗发生随机变化。根据湍流大气光传播原理,推导出了耦合光功率与光路参数和湍流参数关系式。分析表明：实际湍流大气造成的随机附加损耗主要取决于湍流强度。实验验证了利用该光路可在很短的空气间隙内获得湍流强度的变化信息。     

On the realizability of reynolds stress turbulence closures

The realizability of Reynolds stress models in homogeneous turbulence is critically assessed from a theoretical standpoint. It is proven that a well known second-order closure model formulated using the strong realizability constraints of Schumann (1977) and Lumley (1978) is, in fact, not a realizable model. The problem arises from the failure to properly satisfy the necessary positive second time derivative constraint when a principal Reynolds stress vanishes-a flaw that becomes apparent when the nonanalytic terms in the model are made single-valued as required on physical grounds. More importantly, arguments are advanced which suggest that it is impossible to identically satisfy the strong from of realizability in any version of the present generation of second-order closures. On the other hand, models properly formulated to satisfy the weak form of realizability—wherein states of one or two component turbulence are made inaccessible in finite time via the imposition of a positive first derivative condition—are found to be realizable. However, unlike the simpler and more commonly used second-order closures, these models can be ill-behaved near the extreme limits of realizable turbulence due to the way that higher-degree nonlinearities are often unnecessarily introduced to satisfy realizability. Illustrative computations of homogeneous shear flow are presented to demonstrate these points which can have important implications for turbulence modeling.     

Eddy Taxonomy Methodology around a Submerged Barb Obstacle within a Fixed Rough Bed

Past research in environmental hydraulics has established the consideration that small- and large-scale turbulent eddy structures correspond to fast and slow fluctuations within a velocity time series measured at a fixed location. This work embraces this concept and develops an eddy taxonomy methodology to classify the prominent small- and large-scale eddies in the vicinity of an obstacle within a fixed rough bed. The previously documented visual interpretation technique is used in conjunction with a novel technique, which utilizes the statistical skew parameter, to quantify the moving-average time step at which large-scale eddies may be isolated from small-scale eddies. Thereafter, triple decomposition theory is employed and prominent spatial and temporal scales (i.e., integral length scales and periodicity) of small- and large-scale eddies are calculated. The eddy taxonomy methodology is implemented using acoustic Doppler velocimeter time-series measurements captured in the vicinity of an experimental model of a submerged barb obstacle—a hydraulic structure used for bank protection and increasing aquatic diversity. Implementation of the eddy taxonomy methodology using the streamwise velocity (u) time series and streamwise-vertical Reynolds stress (uw) time series provide similar results for the time step necessary to decompose large- from small-scale eddies. Eddy taxonomy results indicate the presence of large-scale, macroturbulent eddies throughout the barb test section with periodicity and length scales that agree with literature reported values. Additionally, small-scale bed derived eddies are most pronounced in the deflected flow regions where the barb obstacle has less influence upon the flow, while multiple small-scale eddies, including ejection, wake, and Kelvin–Helmotz associated eddies, persist in the downstream overtopping and wake regions of the barb obstacle.     

小型亚热带半日潮河口中的湍流

在天然河口,污染物的输送是由湍流动量混合驱动的,而弥散的大小却难以被准确地预测。这是由于对河口的湍流结构缺乏基础的认识而造成的。介绍在一个小型的亚热带半日潮河口进行的高频率及连续50 h的湍流实地测量的情况。在研究的浅水(低潮水深小于0．5 m)小型河口中,使用了最适用于这种水体的声学多普勒流速仪进行测量,并进行了完整的后处理工作。河口水流是一个波动的过程,各种宏观流动参数随潮周期和其它大尺度的过程而波动,但是湍流特性是由即时局部流动特性所决定,它们基本不受流动历程的影响,其结构和瞬时变化受多种机理影响。这导致其只与水流剪切力引起的湍流边界层平衡相关。所有湍流特性在潮周期中均有大波动是本次研究数据的一个显著特征,这一特征在此前少有记载,但本次的测量数据与过往数据的一大差别是,数据连续测量的时间长且频率高。这将为波动特性的动量交换系数及积分时间和长尺度提供新的信息,这些湍流特性不应被视为不变的。     

Compensation Method of Laser Drifting by Atmosphere Turbulence in Large Shafting Aligning

Instead of the rotor shafting line, visible laser beam, as a centering and adjusting benchmark of rotor bearing groove or static components, has been used to examine and repair the high precision shafting in many industry areas. Atmosphere turbulence is one of the important factors that affect shafting alignment precision. A correcting method is proposed in this paper, which monitors the light target to measure the drift of laser direetrix in real time and compensates the error using beeline correction.     

Convection Velocity of Vortex Structures in the Near Wake of a Circular Cylinder

The convection velocity of vortex structures in the near wake of a circular cylinder was experimentally investigated over the region 1.6–2.5 ? x/D ? 12.0 for R = 160–12,000. Dye injection technique of flow visualization and two completely noninvasive laser Doppler velocimeters were employed for R ? 320 and ?400, respectively. The convection velocity, Uc, is defined as the mean traveling velocity of vortex cores passing a streamwise separation during a mean elapsed time. For R ? 320, Uc was determined directly from the motion of dye-marked vortex cores filmed by a video camera. In the cases of R ≥ 400, the positions of peak vorticity and half of the half-velocity-defect width at each downstream section were first used to identify the mean path of vortex cores (i.e., the most probable trajectory of the vortex structures), along which spatial correlation measurements were then performed to determine the mean elapsed time corresponding to the maximum cross correlation. The present results show that, in laminar and transitional wakes, the ratio Uc/Uo increases from 0.53 to 0.84 over a region of 1.6 ? x/D ? 6.0 and then tends to be a constant of 0.84 for x/D ≥ 6.0. In a turbulent wake, Uc/Uo also increases from a certain value at a point downstream from the position of vortex formation to a mean value of about 0.86 at x/D ≥ 5.0–6.0, and then changes little with the increase of x/D. In addition, it is found that the dependence of Uc/Uo on R almost disappears for x/D ≥ 5.0.     

Numerical prediction of turbulent convective heat transfer in mini/micro channels for carbon dioxide at supercritical pressure

A new approach to take into account the effects of variable physical properties on turbulence is suggested. It allows to choose freely the turbulent closure model for conventional terms due to velocity fluctuations and to describe coherently the additional terms due to density fluctuations. Numerical calculations based on the suggested approach have been performed for carbon dioxide flowing within mini/micro channels under cooling conditions. The numerical predictions show that the effects due to density fluctuations are smaller than it could have been initially supposed and that the heat transfer impairment for mini/micro channels, which some experiments seem to highlight, is not completely explained by the considered model.