Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-147).

The present thesis describes an experimental and theoretical investigation of the flow field and scour action of an offset jet. The hydraulic characteristics of the offset jet and the resulting scour developed in the bed were investigated in the laboratory. Tests were carried out using a fixed bed and a single offset ratio (height of jet above bed / jet thickness). Three flow rates were used. Velocity measurements in two directions, especially in the recirculating zone, were of help in understanding the flow field and in providing the necessary data for comparison with the theoretical results. The development of scour, on a uniform sand, was monitored at set time intervals, in most cases until the asymptotic state was reached. A new effective and simple method for measuring the scour profile, while the experiment was running, was devised. The experiments were conducted using four different offset ratios and several flow-rates. Results showed dependency of the scour characteristics on Froude number, time and especially the offset ratio. The findings of each experiment were combined dimensionlessly to produce relationships which describe the development of scour characteristics for the tested range of parameters. Scour profiles were found to be similar for a given offset ratio, but differed from one offset ratio to another. The second part of the work was concerned with developing a general integral method capable of the prediction of velocity fields of different flow situations, including those of offset jet impinging on rigidand eroded beds. The combination of strip integral method in a curvilinear system with the k-E and algebraic stress turbulence models provided such a method. Application of this method to a variety of selected test cases revealed the ability of the model to capture the main features of the flow within the considered range of interest. The algebraic stress model was found to give better results in curved and wall effected flows.

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Στην παρούσα εργασία παρουσιάζονται πειραματικά αποτελέσματα των τρισδιάστατων διανυσμάτων των τυρβωδών πεδίων ταχύτητας και στροβιλότητας στην εγγύς περιοχή της τυρβώδους ορθογωνικής δέσμης με λόγο σύγκλισης 6. Οι τυρβώδεις ορθογωνικές ελεύθερες δέσμες έχουν πρακτικό ενδιαφέρον για την καύση, την πρόωση και τις περιβαλλοντικές ροές. Για την μέτρηση των μέσων και στατιστικών χαρακτηριστικών των συνιστωσών των δυο πεδίων σε διαφορετικές θέσεις στην εγγύς περιοχή της δέσμης χρησιμοποιήθηκε κεφαλή 12-αισθητήρων θερμού νήματος αποτελούμενη από τρεις κεφαλές 4 αισθητήρων. Η κεφαλή 12-αισθητήρων μετράει ταυτόχρονα τις τρεις συνιστώσες της ταχύτητας σε τρεις διαφορετικές θέσεις και επιτρέπει τον υπολογισμό των χωρικών παραγώγων του ανύσματος της ταχύτητας με την μέθοδο των πεπερασμένων διαφορών με ακρίβεια πρώτης τάξεως. Η κατασκευή της κεφαλής 12-αισθητήρων και η τεχνική μέτρηση βασίζεται στην εργασία των Lemonis & Drakos (1995) και Lemonis (1995) και έχει περαιτέρω βελτιωθεί στο Εργαστήριο Τεχνικής Θερμοδυναμικής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Οι μετρήσεις διεξήχθησαν σε αριθμό Reynolds, ReD = 21000 σε αποστάσεις κατά μήκος της ροής ίσες προς x/D =1, 3, 6 και 11, όπου D είναι το πλάτος του ακροφυσίου. Η αξιοπιστία της κεφαλής 12-αισθητήρων εκτιμήθηκε σε σύγκριση με τα αποτελέσματα της κεφαλής αισθητήρων X. Τα αποτελέσματα από τις μετρήσεις του πεδίου ταχύτητας και με τις δύο κεφαλές είναι σε καλή συμφωνία, εκτός από τις θέσεις όπου οι μεγάλες χωρικές κλίσεις της ταχύτητας και η τρισδιαστατότητα του πεδίου ταχύτητας υπονομεύουν τις μετρήσεις με την κεφαλή αισθητήρων Χ. Οι στατιστικές ιδιότητες των πεδίων της ταχύτητας και στροβιλότητας που υπολογίστηκαν από τις μετρήσεις με την κεφαλή 12-αισθητήρων εκτιμιούνται σε σύγκριση με πειραματικά και υπολογιστικά αποτελέσματα άλλων ερευνητών. Οι κατανομές των κυμαινόμενων πεδίων της ταχύτητας και στροβιλότητας δείχνουν ότι στην περιοχή του πυρήνα δυναμικού οι τιμές είναι αρκετά χαμηλές στον κεντρικό άξονα της δέσμης και αρκετά υψηλές στα διατμητικά στρώματα. Κατάντι της ροής οι διακυμάνσεις της ταχύτητας και στροβιλότητας μεταφέρονται από τα διατμητικά στρώματα προς το κέντρο και τις άκρες της δέσμης και οδηγούν στη συγχώνευση των διατμητικών στρωμάτων. Τα αποτελέσματα επιβεβαιώνουν επίσης τα υψηλά επίπεδα του ρυθμού εκφυλισμού (dissipation rate) στα διατμητικά στρώματα. Το ισοζύγιο της τυρβώδους ενέργειας παρουσιάζει σημαντικές διαφορές με το αντίστοιχο της επίπεδης δέσμης. Η σύγκριση των όρων της εξίσωσης της μέσης τετραγωνικής διακύμανσης της στροβιλότητας στη θέση x/D=11 δείχνει ότι η περιστροφή και η διάταση λόγω των διακυμάνσεων του ρυθμού παραμόρφωσης (strain rate) εξισορροπείται από τον ιξώδη εκφυλισμό της στροβιλότητας. Οι ανισοτροπίες στην εγγύς περιοχή της τυρβώδους ορθογωνικής δέσμης ερευνώνται και συζητούνται λεπτομερώς. Για την ερευνά της δομικής εξέλιξης της τυρβώδης ορθγωνικής δέσμης στην εγγύς περιοχή χρησιμοποιήθηκε επίσης και η μέθοδος PIV. Οι μετρήσεις με την μέθοδο PIV προσφέρουν το πλεονέκτημα της απεικόνισης της ροής μαζί με τη δυνατότητα καλύτερης κατανόησης των φαινόμενων της ροής, και ειδικότερα, πώς η δημιουργία, η αλληλεπίδραση και η συγχώνευση των στροβίλων συμβάλλουν στην ανάπτυξη της ορθογωνικής δέσμης. Τα αποτελέσματα των κατανομών φασμάτων ισχύος δείχνουν ότι μετά το τέλος του πυρήνα δυναμικού η ενισχυμένη συχνότητα αντιστοιχεί σε αριθμό Strouhal St=f•yc/U0≈0,11. Οι κατανομές της πυκνότητας ελικότητας στις περιοχές των διατμητικών στρωμάτων για x/D=3, 6, 11 δείχνουν μια τάση των ολικών διανυσμάτων της ταχύτητας και στροβιλότητας να ευθυγραμμιστούν. Από την άλλη, στις περιοχές των διατμητικών στρωμάτων για x/D=1 όπου το ολικό διάνυσμα της ταχύτητας είναι περίπου κάθετο προς την μέση ροή οι κατανομές παρουσιάζουν αντίθετη μορφή, όπως θα αναμενόταν. Η συλλογή πληροφοριών στην παρούσα έρευνα και η σύγκριση με τα ήδη υπάρχοντα στην βιβλιογραφία πειραματικά αποτελέσματα για τις τυρβώδες δέσμες αναμένεται να διευρύνουν περαιτέρω τη γνώση σχετικά με τη δομή των ελεύθερων διατμητικών ροών. / In the present work the three-dimensional velocity and vorticity vector fields in the near field of the rectangular turbulent jet with aspect ratio 6 have been experimentally investigated. Turbulent rectangular jets are prototypical free shear flows of practical interest in propulsion, combustion and environmental flows. The presented data, consisting of distributions of mean and statistical characteristics of the components of the two fields at several locations within the jet’s near field region, were obtained by using an in-house constructed 12-sensor hot wire probe consisting of three closely separated orthogonal 4-hot wire velocity arrays. The probe measures the three components of velocity simultaneously at three closely spaced locations. Spatial velocity derivatives are estimated using a forward difference scheme of first order accuracy. Streamwise velocity derivatives are estimated using Taylor’s frozen turbulence hypothesis. The 12-sensor construction and measurement technique relies upon previous work of Lemonis & Dracos (1995) and Lemonis (1995) and has been further improved and refined at the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics of the University of Patras. Measurements have been conducted in a jet with Reynolds number ReD = 21000 at nozzle distances, x/D =1, 3, 6 and 11, where D is the width of the nozzle. The performance of the 12-sensor probe is investigated in comparison with X-sensor probe measurements. Results referring to measurements of velocity with both sensors are in good agreement, except in locations where the steep velocity gradients and the three dimensionality of the velocity field undermine X-wire probe measurements. The statistical properties of the velocity-vorticity fields based on measurements with the 12-sensor probe are presented in comparison with several experimental and direct numerical simulation data of other researchers. Distributions of fluctuating velocity –vorticity fields show that in the potential core region the values are low on the centerline of the jet and quite high in the shear layers. Downstream the velocity-vorticity fluctuations spread from the shear layer towards the centre and the edge of the jet leading to merging of the two mixing layers. The results also confirm the high levels of dissipation rate in the shear layers. The turbulent energy balance shows important differences to that in plane jets. The budget of the transport equation for fluctuating enstrophy at x/D=11 indicates that the rotation and stretching by the fluctuating strain rate is balanced by the viscous dissipation of vorticity. The anisotropies in the near field of the turbulent rectangular jet are illustrated and discussed in detail. The structure development of a rectangular turbulent jet in the near field region has been also investigated experimentally using PIV. The results obtained with PIV measurements offer the advantages of flow visualization along with the possibility of better understanding the flow phenomena, in particular, how the formation, interaction and merging of vortices contribute to the development of the rectangular jet. The results of spectra distributions indicate that the most amplified frequency after the end of the potential core give rise to a Strouhal Number St=f•yc/U0≈0,11. In the regions of turbulent shear layers at x/D=3, 6, 11 the pdf’s of the relative helicity density h have shapes showing a preferred tendency for the total velocity and vorticity vectors to be aligned. On the other hand, in the regions of turbulent shear layers at x/D=1 where the total vorticity vector is more nearly orthogonal to the mean flow, the pdf’s show the opposite shape, as would be expected. Comparison and integration of the obtained information with the existing body of experimental evidence on turbulent rectangular jets is expected to enhance knowledge on the turbulence structure in free shear flows.

I studied the atmospheric jet streams of Jupiter and Saturn through numerical simulations. Jupiter and Saturn have approximately 30 and 15 jet streams, respectively, alternatively blowing eastward and westward at the cloud level. My studies are motivated by recent space probe observations of the giant planets, which are revealing vertical structures and time dependent behaviors of the atmospheric jets. Such new findings are important keys to understanding how the jets are driven and maintained. My first project tested the hypothesis that a large convective storm on Saturn observed in 1990 decelerated the equatorial jet. The equatorial jet's speed is reported to be ∼275 ms⁻¹ today, half of the speed measured by the Voyagers in 1980-81. It has been hypothesized that the large storm is responsible for causing the observed slowdown. Our result shows that the storm's effect is insufficient to cause a slowdown of the observed magnitude. The second project investigated the formation of Jovian jet streams, namely, whether Jupiter-like atmospheric jets emerge from self-organization of small initial vortices. Thunderstorms are observed on Jupiter and have been proposed to be the sources of small-scale vorticity. Our result shows that self-organization of initial small vortices leads to east-west jets under various Jupiter-like conditions. Third, I tested the stability of shallow atmospheric jets under Jovian conditions. Deep atmospheric jets have been shown to be stable on Jupiter; however, the possibility that those jets are shallow, with the point of zero-motion at perhaps ∼100-bar level, is not well explored and deserves a thorough examination.

In the present work, investigations are carried out for the ultimate use of the "Bis table Fluid Amplifier" as an alternator to produce intermittent vertical water slugs. The effect of some geometrical and flow variables on the amplifier characteristics used in a vertical position, is studied experimentally. The minimum control flow required to switch the main power jet from one wall to the other is obtained as a function of the main jet flow rate, the splitter angle and its distance from the main nozzle. The efficiency of the amplifier functioning as a pressure recovery device is determined in relation to the output load. Theoretical and experimental results are compared. Some aspects of downwards air water flow in long vertical tubes are investigated. The formation of a spherical-cap air slug in an overflow pipe, and the behaviour and stability of the air-water interface in the tube are studied with the aid of motion picture films. Finally, a theory is appended concerning the transient polytropic compression of a gas in a vertical tube by a high velocity falling liquid slug from a constant flow supply.

This study examines the impact of technological complexity on the commercialization objectives of cost, time to market, and rate of new product introductions in the jet aircraft industry. It shows how technological complexity interacts with other dimensions of the technology, namely maturity and a high need for reliability, to generate distinctive product-development challenges. The study also shows how one firm - the lead firm - has overcome the challenges posed by these three technological characteristics through managing a decentralized design-build network composed of suppliers who have significant levels of design responsibility. / Cette étude examine, pour l'industrie des avions à réaction, l'impact de la complexité technologique sur les objectifs de commercialisation que sont le coût de production, le temps requis pour atteindre le marché, et la fréquence d'introduction de nouveaux produits. Elle démontre comment la complexité interagit avec d'autres dimensions de la technologie, notamment la maturité et le grand besoin de fiabilité, pour créer des défis de développement de produits particuliers. Cette étude démontre aussi comment une comment une entreprise leader a réussi à relever ces trois défis technologiques par la gestion d'un réseau décentralisé de conception-développement-production composé de fournisseurs qui ont une responsabilité importante au niveau de la conception et du développement.

Controlled cooling is an important part of steel production industry that affects the properties of the outcome steel. Many of the researches done in controlled cooling are experimental. Due to progress in the numerical techniques and high cost of experimental works in this field the numerical work seems more feasible. Heat transfer analysis is the necessary element of successful controlled cooling and ultimately achievement of novel properties in steel. Heat transfer on the surface of the plate normally contains different regimes such as film boiling, nucleate boiling, transition boiling and radiation heat transfer. This makes the analysis more complicated. In order to perform the heat transfer analysis often empirical correlations are being used. In these correlations the velocity and pressure within the fluid domain is involved. Therefore in order to obtain a better understanding of heat transfer process, study of hydrodynamics of the fluid becomes necessary. Circular jet due to its high efficiency has been used vastly in the industry. Although some experimental studies of round jet arrays have been done, yet the characteristics of a single jet with industrial geometric and flow parameters on the surface of a flat plate is not fully understood. Study of hydrodynamics of the jet impingement is the first step to achieve better understanding of heat transfer process. Finite element method as a popular numerical method has been used vastly to simulate different domains. Traditional approaches of finite element method, Lagrangian and Eulerian, each has its own benefits and drawbacks. Lagrangian approach has been used widely in solid domains and Eulerian approach has been widely used in fluid fields. Jet impingement problem, due to its unknown free surface and the change in the boundary, falls in the category of special problems and none of the traditional approaches is suitable for this application. The Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation has emerged as a technique that can alleviate many of the shortcomings of the traditional Lagrangian and Eulerian formulations in handling these types of problems. Using the ALE formulation the computational grid need not adhere to the material (Lagrangian) nor be fixed in space (Eulerian) but can be moved arbitrarily. Two distinct techniques are being used to implement the ALE formulation, namely the operator split approach and the fully coupled approach. This thesis presents a fully coupled ALE formulation for the simulation of flow field. ALE form of Navier-Stokes equations are derived from the basic principles of continuum mechanics and conservation laws in the fluid. These formulations are then converted in to ALE finite element equations for the fluid flow. The axi-symmetric form of these equations are then derived in order to be used for jet impingement application. In the ALE Formulation as the mesh or the computational grid can move independent of the material and space, an additional set of unknowns representing mesh movement appears in the equations. Prescribing a mesh motion scheme in order to define these unknowns is problem-dependent and has not been yet generalized for all applications. After investigating different methods, the Winslow method is chosen for jet impingement application. This method is based on adding a specific set of partial differential Equations(Laplace equations) to the existing equations in order to obtain enough equations for the unknowns. Then these set of PDEs are converted to finite element equations and derived in axi-symmetric form to be used in jet impingement application. These equations together with the field equations are then applied to jet impingement problem. Due to the number of equations and nonlinearity of the field equations the solution of the problem faces some challenges in terms of convergence characteristics and modeling strategies. Some suggestions are made to deal with these challenges and convergence problems. Finally the numerical treatment and results of analyzing hydrodynamics of the Jet Impingement is presented. The work in this thesis is confined to the numerical simulation of the jet impingement and the specifications of an industrial test setup only have been used in order to obtain the parameters of the numerical model.

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