Boundary conditions velocity

Equations (3),(4) are supplemented by the conjugate boundary conditions (velocity and shear stress continuity) at the interface. The numerical solution of the hydrodynamic equations yields the liquid film thickness as well as velocity profiles in each phase. They are used for the description of mass and heat transfer. 

The micro-scale study focuses on the flow around the textile fibres. For this, one needs a computational representation of the fabric microstructure (sometimes referred to as a virtual textile). An example is schematically presented in Fig. 11.3 (left). Here, the shape, diameter and distribution of the textile fibres is based on the average values observed in a microscopic image of an actual CBRN protective textile. The inflow boundary conditions (velocity magnitude and direction) can be obtained from experimental data or from meso-scale RANS and DNS simulations. 

The gas injection by the nozzle is included as a free jet. The nozzle tip is a circular area (diameter 3 mm), where the gas velocity is prescribed by the boundary condition (velocity inlet). The gas volume around the nozzle tip has a refined mesh compared to the rest of the volume of the coater (see Fig. 17). 

Equation (A3.3.73) is referred to as the Gibbs-Thomson boundary condition, equation (A3.3.74) detemiines p on the interfaces in temis of the curvature, and between the interfaces p satisfies Laplace s equation, equation (A3.3.71). Now, since ] = -Vp, an mterface moves due to the imbalance between the current flowing into and out of it. The interface velocity is therefore given by... 

The basis for the familiar non-slip boundary condition is a kinetic theory argument originally presented by Maxwell [23]. For a pure gas Maxwell showed that the tangential velocity v and its derivative nornial to a plane solid surface should be related by... 

Here f denotes the fraction of molecules diffusely scattered at the surface and I is the mean free path. If distance is measured on a scale whose unit is comparable with the dimensions of the flow channel and is some suitable characteristic fluid velocity, such as the center-line velocity, then dv/dx v and f <<1. Provided a significant proportion of incident molecules are scattered diffusely at the wall, so that f is not too small, it then follows from (4.8) that G l, and hence from (4.7) that V v° at the wall. Consequently a good approximation to the correct boundary condition is obtained by setting v = 0 at the wall. ... 

This is Che required boundary condition for the mass mean velocity, Co be applied at the tube surface r = a. With a non-vanishing value for v (a), Che Poiseuille solution (4.5) must now be replaced by the simple modification. 

Equipped with a proper boundary condition and a complete solution for the mass mean velocity, let us now turn attention to the diffusion equations (4.1) which must be satisfied everywhere. Since all the vectors must... 

At Che opposite limit, where Che density Is high enough for mean free paths to be short con ared with pore diameters, the problem can be treated by continuum mechanics. In the simplest ease of a straight tube of circular cross-section, the fluid velocity field can easily be obtained by Integrating Che Nsvler-Stokes equations If an appropriate boundary condition at Che... 

Typically velocity components along the inlet are given as essential (also called Dirichlet)-type boundary conditions. For example, for a flow entering the domain shown in Figure 3.3 they can be given as... 

On no-slip walls zero velocity components can be readily imposed as the required boundary conditions (v = v, = 0 on F3 in the domain shown in Figure 3.3). Details of the imposition of slip-wall boundary conditions are explained later in Section 4.2. 

Typically the exit velocity in a flow domain is unknown and hence the prescription of Dirichlet-type boundary conditions at the outlet is not possible. However, at the outlet of sufficiently long domains fully developed flow conditions may be imposed. In the example considered here these can be written as... 

Step 2 an initial configuration representing the partially filled discretized domain is considered and an array consisting of the appropriate values of F - 1, 0.5 and 0 for nodes containing fluid, free surface boundary and air, respectively, is prepared. The sets of initial values for the nodal velocity, pressure and temperature fields in the solution domain are assumed and stored as input arrays. An array containing the boundary conditions along the external boundaries of the solution domain is prepared and stored. 

Step 4 - it is initially assumed that the flow field in the entire domain is incompressible and using the initial and boundary conditions the corresponding flow equations are solved to obtain the velocity and pressure distributions. Values of the material parameters at different regions of the domain are found via Equation (3.70) using the pseudo-density method described in Chapter 3, Section 5.1. 

Figure 5.14 (a) The predicted velocity field corresponding to no-slip wall boundary conditions, (b) Tlie predicted velocity field corresponding to partial slip boundary conditions... 

Equations (5,61) and (5.62) can be used to derive a pressure potential equation applicable to thin-layer flow between curved surfaces using the following procedure. In a thin-layer flow, the following velocity boundary conditions are prescribed ... 

Simila.rityAna.Iysis, Similarity analysis starts from the equation describing a system and proceeds by expressing all of the dimensional variables and boundary conditions in the equation in reduced or normalized form. Velocities, for example, are expressed in terms of some reference velocity in the system, eg, the average velocity. When the equation is rewritten in this manner certain dimensionless groupings of the reference variables appear as coefficients, and the dimensional variables are replaced by their normalized relatives. If another physical system can be described by the same equation with the same numerical values of the coefficients, then the solutions to the two equations (normalized variables) are identical and either system is an accurate model of the other. 

Because the Navier-Stokes equations are first-order in pressure and second-order in velocity, their solution requires one pressure bound-aiy condition and two velocity boundaiy conditions (for each velocity component) to completely specify the solution. The no sBp condition, whicn requires that the fluid velocity equal the velocity or any bounding solid surface, occurs in most problems. Specification of velocity is a type of boundary condition sometimes called a Dirichlet condition. Often boundary conditions involve stresses, and thus velocity gradients, rather than the velocities themselves. Specification of velocity derivatives is a Neumann boundary condition. For example, at the boundary between a viscous liquid and a gas, it is often assumed that the liquid shear stresses are zero. In numerical solution of the Navier-... 

This problem requires use of the microscopic balance equations because the velocity is to he determined as a function of position. The boundary conditions for this flow result from the no-slip condition. AU three velocity components must he zero at the plate surfaces, y = H/2 and y = —H/2. 

Boundary conditions are special treatments used for internal and external boundaries. For example, the center line in cylindrical geometry is an internal boundary that is modeled as a plane of symmetry. External boundaries model the world outside the mesh. The outermost row of elements is often used to implement the boundary condition as shown in Fig. 9.13. The mass, stress, velocity, etc., of the boundary elements are defined by the boundary conditions rather than the governing equations. External boundary conditions are typically prescribed through user input. 

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