Navier-Stokes approximation

While mathematically attractive, this force law is of limited interest physically it represents only the interaction between permanent quadrupoles, and even this with neglect of angles of orientation. However, although the details of the dependence of viscosity upon temperature are affected by the force law used, the general form of the hydrodynamic equation in the Navier-Stokes approximation is not affected. 

Eqs. (1-76) show that these values of the coefficients produce the Navier-Stokes approximations to pzz and qz [see Eq. (1-63)] the other components of p and q may be found from coefficient equations similar to Eq. (1-86) and (1-87) (or, by a rotation of coordinate axes). The first approximation to the distribution function (for this case of Maxwell molecules) is ... 

The mass and momentum equations, that is, the Navier-Stokes approximation expressed in cylindrical coordinates with axisymmetry assumption, are [50, 51] ... 

Thus, the governing equations (10)-(12) with the first order transport terms describe a flow of reacting mixture of viscous gases with strong non-equilibrium chemical reactions in the Navier-Stokes approximation. Transport properties in the one-temperature approach in reacting gas mixtures are considered in Em Giovangigli (1994) Kustova (2009) Kustova et al. (2008) Nagnibeda Kustova (2009). 

In this Chapter, the theoretical models for non-equilibrium chemical kinetics in multi-component reacting gas flows are proposed on the basis of three approaches of the kinetic theory. In the frame of the one-temperature approximation the chemical kinetics in thermal equilibrium flows or deviating weakly from thermal equilibrium is studied. The coupling of chemical kinetics and fluid dynamics equations is considered in the Euler and Navier-Stokes approximations. Chemical kinetics in vibrationaUy non-equilibrium flows is considered on the basis of the state-to-state and multi-temperature approaches. Different models for vibrational-chemical coupling in the flows of multi-component mixtures are derived. The influence of non-equilibrium distributions on reaction rates in the flows behind shock waves and in nozzle expansion is demonstrated. 

For a multicomponent electrolyte with j ionic species, (10) represents a system of j equations, one for each ionic species. Since the potential is present in each equation, there are a total of y - - 2 unknowns (J species concentrations, Cj, the electrostatic potential, fluid velocity, v). The extra equations required for solving the system are the electroneutrality condition (5) and the momentum equation, which describes the fluid velocity at all locations within the cell. The momentum equation is t5 ically represented in terms of the Navier-Stokes approximation ... 

Assuming laminar flow for a linear momentum equation in the a direction (an approximation from the Navier-Stokes equations) gives... 

The full concentration equation for the contaminant may be simplified in the same manner as the Navier-Stokes equations to derive a boundary-layer approximation for the concentration, namely,... 

The recovery of the Navier-Stokes also follows from momentum conservation but requires that a first-order approximation be made to the full solution to the Boltzman-equation. We sketch the main steps of the recovery below (see [huangk63]). 

The general heat-conduction equation, along with the familiar diffusion equation, are both consequences of energy conservation and, like we have just seen for the Navier-Stokes equation, require a first-order approximation to the solution of Boltz-man s equation. 

The following qualitative picture emerges from these considerations in weak flow where the molecular coils are essentially undeformed, the polymer solution should behave approximately as a Newtonian fluid. In strong flow of a highly dilute polymer solution where the macroscopic velocity field can still be approximated by the Navier-Stokes equation, it should be expected, nevertheless, that in the immediate proximity of a chain, the fluid will be slowed down because of the energy intake to stretch the molecular coil thus, the local velocity field may deviate from the macroscopic description. In the general case of polymer flow,... 

Henry [ 157] solved the steady-flow continuity and Navier-Stokes equations in spherical geometry, neglecting inertial terms but including pressure and electrical force terms, coupled with Poisson s equation. The electrical force term in Henry s analysis consisted of the sum of the externally applied electric field and the field due to the double layers. His major assumptions are low surface potential (i.e., potentials less than approximately 25 mV) and undistorted double layers. The additional parameter ku appearing in the Henry... 

The Navier-Stokes equation [Eq. (1)] provides a framework for the description of both liquid and gas flows. Unlike gases, liquids are incompressible to a good approximation. For incompressible flow, i.e. a constant density p, the Navier-Stokes equation and the corresponding mass conservation equation simplify to... 

If the Brownian particles were macroscopic in size, the solvent could be treated as a viscous continuum, and the particles would couple to the continuum solvent through appropriate boundary conditions. Then the two-particle friction may be calculated by solving the Navier-Stokes equations in the presence of the two fixed particles. The simplest approximation for hydrodynamic interactions is through the Oseen tensor [54],... 

For low-Reynolds-number fluids the second term in the right-hand side of the Navier-Stokes equation can be neglected. Additionally, assuming that the viscous relaxation occurs more rapidly than the change of the order parameter, the acceleration term in Eq. (65) can be also omitted. Such approximations are validated in the case of polymer blends, for which they become exact in the limit of infinite polymer length, N —> oo. After these approximations, the NS equation can be easily solved in the Fourier space [160]. 

Even nowadays, a DNS of the turbulent flow in, e.g., a lab-scale stirred vessel at a low Reynolds number (Re = 8,000) still takes approximately 3 months on 8 processors and more than 17 GB of memory (Sommerfeld and Decker, 2004). Hence, the turbulent flows in such applications are usually simulated with the help of the Reynolds Averaged Navier- Stokes (RANS) equations (see, e.g., Tennekes and Lumley, 1972) which deliver an averaged representation of the flow only. This may lead, however, to poor results as to small-scale phenomena, since many of the latter are nonlinearly dependent on the flow field (Rielly and Marquis, 2001). 

In addition to phase change and pyrolysis, mixing between fuel and oxidizer by turbulent motion and molecular diffusion is required to sustain continuous combustion. Turbulence and chemistry interaction is a key issue in virtually all practical combustion processes. The modeling and computational issues involved in these aspects have been covered well in the literature [15, 20-22]. An important factor in the selection of sub-models is computational tractability, which means that the differential or other equations needed to describe a submodel should not be so computationally intensive as to preclude their practical application in three-dimensional Navier-Stokes calculations. In virtually all practical flow field calculations, engineering approximations are required to make the computation tractable. 

A number of authors from Ladenburg (LI) to Happel and Byrne (H4) have derived such correction factors for the movement of a fluid past a rigid sphere held on the axis of symmetry of the cylindrical container. In a recent article, Brenner (B8) has generalized the usual method of reflections. The Navier-Stokes equations of motion around a rigid sphere, with use of an added reflection flow, gives an approximate solution for the ratio of sphere velocity in an infinite space to that in a tower of diameter Dr ... 

The fundamental physical laws governing motion of and transfer to particles immersed in fluids are Newton s second law, the principle of conservation of mass, and the first law of thermodynamics. Application of these laws to an infinitesimal element of material or to an infinitesimal control volume leads to the Navier-Stokes, continuity, and energy equations. Exact analytical solutions to these equations have been derived only under restricted conditions. More usually, it is necessary to solve the equations numerically or to resort to approximate techniques where certain terms are omitted or modified in favor of those which are known to be more important. In other cases, the governing equations can do no more than suggest relevant dimensionless groups with which to correlate experimental data. Boundary conditions must also be specified carefully to solve the equations and these conditions are discussed below together with the equations themselves. 

Here we consider three theoretical approaches. As for rigid spheres, numerical solutions of the complete Navier-Stokes and transfer equations provide useful quantitative and qualitative information at intermediate Reynolds numbers (typically Re < 300). More limited success has been achieved with approximate techniques based on Galerkin s method. Boundary layer solutions have also been devised for Re > 50. Numerical solutions give the most complete and... 

As a first approximation to the motion of two spheres in a solvent (which can be regarded as a continuum), the spheres can be presumed to move about the solvent sufficiently slowly that the very much simplified Navier—Stokes equation of fluid flow is applicable. The application of a pressure gradient VP(r) in the fluid develops velocity gradients within the fluid, Vv(r). If another force F(r) is included in the fluid, this can generate a pressure gradient and further affect the velocity gradients. The Navier— Stokes equations [476] becomes... 

After manipulations systematically dropping higher order terms in x, the problem is reduced to one in classical calculus of variations. In taking the variations of, Q , certain dependencies exist. Thus Pax is proportional to the kinetic energy part of E. Our final end product will be explicit functional dependencies of Pap, Qa, on p,ua,E, whose approximations are the classical macroscopic relations and the Navier-Stokes equations. 

Unfortunately, there is no concrete evidence that this is a correct approximation, and the dilemma remains. Nevertheless, it is a commonly made assumption and is used in most formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations. In the case of an incompressible fluid,... 

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