Ahatract-An analysis is made of the boundary layer flow of Reiner-Philippoff fluids. This work is an extension of a previous analysis by Hansen and Na [A. G. Hansen and T. Y. Na, Similarity solutions of laminar, incompressible boundary layer equations of non-Newtonian fluids. ASME 67-WA/FE-2 presented at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, November (1967)], where the existence of similar solutions ...

Experimental findings show that transition from laminar to turbulent flow may occur also if the exponentially growing perturbations, eigensolutions to the linearised disturbance equations, are damped. An alternative non-modal growth mechanism has been recently identified, also based on the linear approximation. This consists of the transient growth of streamwise elongated disturbances, with reg...

Many shear flows exhibit laminar to turbulent transitions at subcritical Reynolds numbers. In this context, the computation of perturbations that largest possible transient growth is central interest as it often sheds light on actual bypass transition route. work, we consider effect a spanwise magnetic field in boundary layer flow liquid metal over an electrically insulating flat plate. We comp...

In this research, a numerical algorithm is employed to investigate the classical Blasius equation which is the governing equation of boundary layer problem. The base of this algorithm is on the development of RCW (Rahmanzadeh-Cai-White) method. In fact, in the current work, an attempt is made to solve the Blasius equation by using the sum of Taylor and Fourier series. While, in the most common ...

In an earlier paper in Entropy [1] we hypothesized that the entropy generation rate is the driving force for boundary layer transition from laminar to turbulent flow. Subsequently, with our colleagues we have examined the prediction of entropy generation during such transitions [2,3]. We found that reasonable predictions for engineering purposes could be obtained for flows with negligible strea...

We use momentum-transfer arguments to predict the friction factor f in two-dimensional turbulent soap film flows with rough boundaries (an analog of three-dimensional pipe flow) as a function of Reynolds number Re and roughness r , considering separately the inverse energy cascade and the forward enstrophy cascade. At intermediate Re, we predict a Blasius-like friction factor scaling of f propo...

In physics and fluid mechanics, the boundary layer is the fluid layer in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface. It is important in many aerodynamic problems. This work presents a numerical simulation of the two-dimensional laminar boundary-layer problem considering a steady incompressible flow with no-slip condition on the surface. The adaptive mesh refinement is performed by Autonomous ...

In the present work, thermo-fluidic behavior of a heat exchanger tube with conical shaped insert has been investigated help finite volume method. To enhance transfer rate, two different types roughness used in i.e. protrusion and dimple roughness. A three-dimensional computational model RNG turbulence is for simulation it performed three diameters (3 mm, 6 mm 9 mm) pitch space (120 180 both The...