Momentum flux

Imposition of no-slip velocity conditions at solid walls is based on the assumption that the shear stress at these surfaces always remains below a critical value to allow a complete welting of the wall by the fluid. This iraplie.s that the fluid is constantly sticking to the wall and is moving with a velocity exactly equal to the wall velocity. It is well known that in polymer flow processes the shear stress at the domain walls frequently surpasses the critical threshold and fluid slippage at the solid surfaces occurs. Wall-slip phenomenon is described by Navier s slip condition, which is a relationship between the tangential component of the momentum flux at the wall and the local slip velocity (Sillrman and Scriven, 1980). In a two-dimensional domain this relationship is expressed as... 

As velocity continues to rise, the thicknesses of the laminar sublayer and buffer layers decrease, almost in inverse proportion to the velocity. The shear stress becomes almost proportional to the momentum flux (pk ) and is only a modest function of fluid viscosity. Heat and mass transfer (qv) to the wall, which formerly were limited by diffusion throughout the pipe, now are limited mostly by the thin layers at the wall. Both the heat- and mass-transfer rates are increased by the onset of turbulence and continue to rise almost in proportion to the velocity. 

In a free jet the absence of a pressure gradient makes the momentum flux at any cross section equal to the momentum flux at the inlet, ie, equations 16 and 17 define jet velocity at all points. For a cylindrical jet this leads to a center-line velocity that varies inversely with (x — aig), whereas for slot jets it varies inversely with the square root of (x — Xq As the jet proceeds still further downstream the turbulent entrainment initiated by the jet is gradually subordinated to the turbulence level in the surrounding stream and the jet, as such, disappears. 

In vertical downward flow as well as in upward and downward inclined flows, the flow patterns that can be observed are essentially similar to those described above, and the definitions used can be applied. Experimental data on flow patterns and the transition boundaries are usually mapped on a two dimensional plot. Two basic types of coordinates are generally used for this mapping - one that uses dimensional coordinates such as superficial velocities, mass superficial velocities, or momentum flux and another that uses dimensionless coordinates in which some kind of dimensionless groups are used as coordinates. The dimensional coordinates maps are inherently limited to the range of data and flow conditions under which the experiments were conducted. In spite of this limitation, it is widely used because of its simplicity and ease of use. Figure 24 provides an example of such a map. 

To characterize the relationship between the buoyancy forces and momentum flux in different cross-sections of a nonisothermal jet at some distance x, Grimitlyn proposed a local Archimedes number ... 

The momentum flux of the plumes is high enough to penetrate the supply airflow patterns. The penetration depends on the location of the plumes in relation to the supply airflow patterns. 

Conservation is a general concept widely used in chemical engineering systems analysis. Normally it relates to accounting for flows of heat, mass or momentum (mainly fluid flow) through control volumes within vessels and pipes. This leads to the formation of conservation equations, which, when coupled with the appropriate rate process (for heat, mass or momentum flux respectively), enables equipment (such as heat exchangers, absorbers and pipes etc.) to be sized and its performance in operation predicted. In analysing crystallization and other particulate systems, however, a further conservation equation is... 

While the general form of the generalized Euler s equation (equation 9.9) allows for dissipation (through the term Hifc) expression for the momentum flux density as yet contains no explicit terms describing dissipation. Viscous stress forces may be added to our system of equations by appending to a (momentarily unspecified) tensor [Pg.467]

We begin by describing the HPP model, which satisfies all of the above requirements except for the isotropy of the momentum flux density tensor. As we shall, however, this early model nonetheless has some very interesting and suggestive properties, despite not being able to reproduce Navier-Stokes-like behavior exactly. 

Chapman-Enskog Expansion As we have seen above, the momentum flux density tensor depends on the one-particle distribution function /g, which is itself a solution of the discrete Boltzman s equation (9.80). As in the continuous case, finding the full solution is in general an intractable problem. Nonetheless, we can still obtain a useful approximation through a perturbative Chapman-Enskog expansion. 

We make two additional comments. First, notice that when u 0, the momentum flux density tensor reduces to the diagonal term p5ij, where the pressure p = Cgp and Cg is the speed of sound. We thus conclude that the speed of sound in the FHP-I LG is given by... 

Isotropy of the Momentum Flux Density Tensor If we trace back our derivation of the macroscopic LG Euler s and Navier-Stokes equations, we see that the only place where the geometry of the underlying lattice really enters is through the form for the momentum flux density tensor, fwhere cp = x ) + y ), k = 1,..., V... 

Now, in order for us to recover standard hydrodynamical behavior, we require that the momentum flux density tensor be isotropic i.e. invariant under rotations and reflections. In particular, from the above expansion we see that must be isotropic up to order... 

For a fluid flowing through a pipe the momentum per unit cross-sectional area is given by pu2. This quantity, which is proportional to the inertia force per unit area, is the force required to counterbalance the momentum flux. 

Equating die net momentum flux out of the element to the net retarding force (equations 11.6 and 11.7) and simplifying gives ... 

He considered that the rapid flame propagation could be achieved with the same mechanism as vortex breakdown. Figure 4.2.2 schematically shows his vortex bursting mechanism [4,5]. When a combustible mixture rotates, Ihe pressure on the axis of rotation becomes lower than the ambient pressure. The amount of pressure decrease is equal to max in Rankine s combined vor-fex, in which p denotes fhe unburned gas density and Vg denotes the maximum tangential velocity of the vortex. However, when combustion occurs, the pressure on the axis of rofafion increases in the burned gas owing to the decrease in the density, and becomes close to the ambient pressure. Thus, there appears a pressure jump AP across the flame on fhe axis of rotation. This pressure jump may cause a rapid movement of the hot burned gas. By considering the momentum flux conservation across the flame, fhe following expression for the burned gas speed was derived ... 

A theory, termed as the back-pressure drive flame propagation theory, has been proposed to account for the measured flame speeds [12]. This theory gives the momentum flux conservation on the axis of rotation in the form of... 

The line 9 is given by the steady-state, back-pressure drive flame propagation theory [29], which assumes the momentum flux balance between the upstream and downstream positions on the center streamline and the angular momentum conservation on each streamline. 

Bernoulli s equation on a center streamline ahead of and behind the flame and the momentum flux conservation across the flame front however, the steady-state, backpressure drive theory [29] used only the momentum flux balance across the flame front. These resulted in the -v/2 difference between Equation 4.2.10 and the first term of Equation 4.2.7. 

Thus, it should be noted that the flame propagation in combustible vortex rings is not steady, but "quasi-steady" in the strict sense of the word. This may explain why prediction 9, based on the momentum flux conservation can better describe the flame speed for large values of Vg than prediction 4, which adopts the Bernoulli s equation on the axis of rotation. 

In addition, Turner and Trimble defined a slip equation of state combination as the specification of mass flux, momentum flux, energy density, and energy flux as single-valued functions of the geometric parameters (area, equivalent diameter, roughness, etc.) at any z location, and of mass flux, pressure, and enthalpy,... 

It is important to distinguish between the momentum flux and the shear stress because of the difference in sign. Some references define viscosity (i.e., Newton s law of viscosity) by Eq. (1-8), whereas others use Eq. (1-9) (which we shall follow). It should be evident that these definitions are equvialent,... 

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