Exact solutions for the unsteady axial flow of Non-Newtonian fluids through a circular cylinder

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Siddique ◽  
Zamra Sajid
2010 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 543-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. VIERU ◽  
I. SIDDIQUE

The velocity field, the longitudinal and the normal tensions corresponding to the axial flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid due to an infinite circular cylinder subject to a longitudinal time-dependent stress are determined by means of the Laplace and finite Hankel transforms. The similar solutions for Maxwell, second grade or Newtonian fluids have been obtained as particular cases of the solutions for Oldroyd-B fluids. Finally, by using dimensionless variables, some characteristics of the motion as well as the influence of the material parameters on the behavior of fluid are shown by graphical illustrations.


1979 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Smits ◽  
J. A. Eaton ◽  
P. Bradshaw

Measurements have been made in the flow over an axisymmetric cylinder-flare body, in which the boundary layer developed in axial flow over a circular cylinder before diverging over a conical flare. The lateral divergence, and the concave curvature in the transition section between the cylinder and the flare, both tend to destabilize the turbulence. Well downstream of the transition section, the changes in turbulence structure are still significant and can be attributed to lateral divergence alone. The results confirm that lateral divergence alters the structural parameters in much the same way as longitudinal curvature, and can be allowed for by similar empirical formulae. The interaction between curvature and divergence effects in the transition section leads to qualitative differences between the behaviour of the present flow, in which the turbulence intensity is increased everywhere, and the results of Smits, Young & Bradshaw (1979) for a two-dimensional flow with the same curvature but no divergence, in which an unexpected collapse of the turbulence occurred downstream of the curved region.


1958 ◽  
Vol 2 (04) ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Yun-Sheng Yu

Tests made on the turbulent boundary layer on a circular cylinder in axial flow at zero pressure gradient are described. From the measurements, similarity laws of the velocity profile are formulated, and various boundary-layer characteristics are evaluated and compared with the flatplate results. It is found that the effect of transverse curvature is to increase the surface shearing stress and to decrease the boundary-layer thickness, and that the latter variation is more pronounced than the former.


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