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1	Acoustic separation of submicron particles in gaseous flows Imani Jajarmi, Ramin January 2015 (has links) The separation of submicron particles suspended in gaseous flows is a problem of great importance and is the subject of sustained research efforts. This is motivated by several challenges presented by modern science and technology requiring high separation efficiencies for submicron particles.Continuous acoustic particles separation is a novel technique based on the acoustophoresis phenomenon, in which a particle within an acoustic field is manipulated using acoustic forces on its surface. This technique has the potential to overcome some of the limitations of common techniques for the separation of submicron particles, as well as performing advanced tasks such as sorting particles according to their size or density.In this thesis, the separation of submicron solid particles suspended in air is investigated experimentally, with a focus on the effect of key design parameters (acoustic, flow, geometry) on the efficiency of the process. A simple method based on laser light scattering was also used to provide qualitative information on the particle number density as a function of position in the channel. This technique allowed to quickly investigate the effect of a wide range of parameters on the acoustic separation efficiency including the pressure amplitude, the frequency of the standing wave, the average flow velocity and the parallelism of the channel walls. The results demonstrate conclusively that acoustic manipulation is possible for submicron particles and that the acoustic force scales following the trends expected from theoretical models developed in the continuum regime. From the size of the particles used it however follows that the observed separation is the result of transition regime acoustophoresis, with a Knudsen number on the order of 0.2. / <p>QC 20150522</p> Acoustic submicron particles gaseous flows separation Engineering and Technology Teknik och teknologier
2	Development of High-order CENO Finite-volume Schemes with Block-based Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) Ivan, Lucian 31 August 2011 (has links) A high-order central essentially non-oscillatory (CENO) finite-volume scheme in combination with a block-based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) algorithm is proposed for solution of hyperbolic and elliptic systems of conservation laws on body- fitted multi-block mesh. The spatial discretization of the hyperbolic (inviscid) terms is based on a hybrid solution reconstruction procedure that combines an unlimited high-order k-exact least-squares reconstruction technique following from a fixed central stencil with a monotonicity preserving limited piecewise linear reconstruction algorithm. The limited reconstruction is applied to computational cells with under-resolved solution content and the unlimited k-exact reconstruction procedure is used for cells in which the solution is fully resolved. Switching in the hybrid procedure is determined by a solution smoothness indicator. The hybrid approach avoids the complexity associated with other ENO schemes that require reconstruction on multiple stencils and therefore, would seem very well suited for extension to unstructured meshes. The high-order elliptic (viscous) fluxes are computed based on a k-order accurate average gradient derived from a (k+1)-order accurate reconstruction. A novel h-refinement criterion based on the solution smoothness indicator is used to direct the steady and unsteady refinement of the AMR mesh. The predictive capabilities of the proposed high-order AMR scheme are demonstrated for the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations governing two-dimensional compressible gaseous flows as well as for advection-diffusion problems characterized by the full range of Peclet numbers, Pe. The ability of the scheme to accurately represent solutions with smooth extrema and yet robustly handle under-resolved and/or non-smooth solution content (i.e., shocks and other discontinuities) is shown for a range of problems. Moreover, the ability to perform mesh refinement in regions of smooth but under-resolved and/or non-smooth solution content to achieve the desired resolution is also demonstrated. computational fluid dynamics finite-volume method high-order scheme adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) ENO scheme essentially non-oscillatory CENO body-fitted multi-block mesh high-order spatial discretization numerical method hyperbolic and elliptic PDE fixed stencil reconstruction piecewise linear reconstruction smoothness indicator Euler and Navier-Stokes equations advection-diffusion equation smooth and non-smooth solution content k-exact least-squares reconstruction hybrid numerical scheme compressible gaseous flows refinement criteria high-performance parallel computing solution monotonicity enforcement large-eddy simulation (LES) interpolation technique structured grid inviscid and viscous flow TVD scheme h-p-adaptation high-order boundary conditions complex curved geometries 0538
3	Development of High-order CENO Finite-volume Schemes with Block-based Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) Ivan, Lucian 31 August 2011 (has links) A high-order central essentially non-oscillatory (CENO) finite-volume scheme in combination with a block-based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) algorithm is proposed for solution of hyperbolic and elliptic systems of conservation laws on body- fitted multi-block mesh. The spatial discretization of the hyperbolic (inviscid) terms is based on a hybrid solution reconstruction procedure that combines an unlimited high-order k-exact least-squares reconstruction technique following from a fixed central stencil with a monotonicity preserving limited piecewise linear reconstruction algorithm. The limited reconstruction is applied to computational cells with under-resolved solution content and the unlimited k-exact reconstruction procedure is used for cells in which the solution is fully resolved. Switching in the hybrid procedure is determined by a solution smoothness indicator. The hybrid approach avoids the complexity associated with other ENO schemes that require reconstruction on multiple stencils and therefore, would seem very well suited for extension to unstructured meshes. The high-order elliptic (viscous) fluxes are computed based on a k-order accurate average gradient derived from a (k+1)-order accurate reconstruction. A novel h-refinement criterion based on the solution smoothness indicator is used to direct the steady and unsteady refinement of the AMR mesh. The predictive capabilities of the proposed high-order AMR scheme are demonstrated for the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations governing two-dimensional compressible gaseous flows as well as for advection-diffusion problems characterized by the full range of Peclet numbers, Pe. The ability of the scheme to accurately represent solutions with smooth extrema and yet robustly handle under-resolved and/or non-smooth solution content (i.e., shocks and other discontinuities) is shown for a range of problems. Moreover, the ability to perform mesh refinement in regions of smooth but under-resolved and/or non-smooth solution content to achieve the desired resolution is also demonstrated. computational fluid dynamics finite-volume method high-order scheme adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) ENO scheme essentially non-oscillatory CENO body-fitted multi-block mesh high-order spatial discretization numerical method hyperbolic and elliptic PDE fixed stencil reconstruction piecewise linear reconstruction smoothness indicator Euler and Navier-Stokes equations advection-diffusion equation smooth and non-smooth solution content k-exact least-squares reconstruction hybrid numerical scheme compressible gaseous flows refinement criteria high-performance parallel computing solution monotonicity enforcement large-eddy simulation (LES) interpolation technique structured grid inviscid and viscous flow TVD scheme h-p-adaptation high-order boundary conditions complex curved geometries 0538

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