Effects of a Kind of Surface Groove on Flow Loss in Both Rectangular and Circular Ducts at Different Reynolds Numbers

Pipes are widely used to transport gas,oil and water in industries.Drag reduction in pipes is an increasingly concerned problem to save energy.Some researches have indicated that the non-smooth surface with special structures can reduce flow loss.In this paper,an experimental investigation has been performed on the effects of a kind of surface groove on the drag in both rectangular and circular duct at different Reynolds numbers.In the experiment of the rectangular duct,total pressure at both inlet and outlet were measured.Static pressure on the wall was measured on the surface with smooth and grooved film respectively.In the circular duct,a boundary layer pressure probe was used to measure the total pressure distribution at both inlet and outlet.Four taps at inlet and outlet were used to measure static pressure.The loss coefficient is used to evaluate the effects of the surface groove on drag reduction.The experiment was conducted with the Reynolds number range from 1.28×10~4 to 2.57×10~4.The result shows a maximum drag loss reduction of approximately 2.4% in rectangular duct at Reynolds number of 2.4×10~4.A 10%reduction of pipe pressure loss by grooved surface is measured in circular duct at a Reynolds number of 3.0×10~5.

Ejecta from periodic grooved Sn surface under unsupported shocks

Dynamic failure and ejection characteristics of a periodic grooved Sn surface under unsupported shock loading are studied using a smoothed particle hydrodynamics method. An ＂Eiffel Tower＂ spatial structure is observed, which is com- posed of high-speed jet tip, high-density jet slug, longitudinal tensile sparse zone, and complex broken zone between grooves. It is very different from the spike-bubble structure under supported shocks, and has been validated by detonation loading experiments. In comparison with that under supported shocks at the same peak pressure, the high-speed ejecta decreases obviously, whereas the truncated location of ejecta moves towards the interior of the sample and the total mass of ejecta increases due to the vast existence of low-speed broken materials. The shock wave profile determines mainly the total ejection amount, while the variation of V-groove angle will significantly alter the distribution of middle- and high-speed ejecta, and the maximum ejecta velocity has a linear corretation with the groove angle.

Azimuthal anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal on a grooved interface with anisotropic polar anchoring

Zhang Y J et al.[Zhang Y J,Zhang Z D,Zhu L Z and Xuan L 2011 Liquid Cryst.38 355] investigated the effects of finite polar anchoring on the azimuthal anchoring energy at a grooved interface,in which polar anchoring was isotropic in the local tangent plane of the surface.In this paper,we investigate the effects of both isotropic and anisotropic polar anchoring on the surface anchoring energy in the frame of Fukuda et al.’s theory.The results show that anisotropic polar anchoring strengthens the azimuthal anchoring of grooved surfaces.In the one-elastic-constant approximation（K11 = K22 = K33 = K）,the surface-groove-induced azimuthal anchoring energy is entirely consistent with the result of Faetti,and it reduces to the original result of Berreman with an increase in polar anchoring.Moreover,the contribution of the surface-like elastic term to the Rapini-Papoular anchoring energy is zero.

Influence of groove surface texture on temperature rise under dry sliding friction

Parallel groove surface textures with different area densities were fabricated on ASTM 1045 steel. Friction tests were con- ducted under dry sliding condition. Temperature rise, friction coefficient and wear of both the textured and untextured speci- mens were studied. An embedded K-type thermocouple beneath the friction surfaces was employed to measure frictional tem- perature rise. The results indicated that the temperature rise of the textured specimen was obviously reduced compared with that of the untextured specimen, although the difference between the friction coefficients was not significan.. The specimen with high texture density exhibited a small temperature rise. The difference in temperature rise between the specimens with different texture densities can be primarily attributed to differences in heat dissipation and energy allocation between the tri- bo-pairs caused by the textured structure. The energy consumed by wear and plastic deformation was small in ~：omparison with the total energy input by friction, thus, the influence of these factors on temperature rise can be considered to be~ negligible.

A novel radiant source for infrared calibration by using a grooved surface

A radiant source with a large aperture at 5--95℃ in the wavelength bands of 8--12μm for calibrating infrared imaging systems has been designed. The effective emissivity of its flat bottom with concentric V-grooves was evaluated by the Monte-Carlo method whose correctness was tested and accuracy was discussed. The structure of the source was completed by incorporating the simulation results with the blackbody cavity effect. The source was certificated via an optical measurement system. The source can provide a consistent radiant flux with temperature uniformity of ±0.1℃ over an area of diameter of φ80 mm.

Numerical Simulation of Viscous Flow over a Grooved Surface by the Lattice Boltzmann Method

The motivation of this work is to investigate a grooved surface's drag reduction. The viscous flow through a two-dimensional microchannel with the grooved surface is analyzed by the lattice Boltzmann method(LBM). The effects of the grooved surface on the streamline patterns, the velocity distributions near wall region and the fluid shear stress distributions on the walls at different Reynolds numbers are studied. In addition, the influences of the groove's geometrical parameters on the grooved surface's drag reduction are discussed. The numerical results confirm the grooved surface's drag reduction and present the drag reduction law of the grooved surface.

A mechanical study of personalised Ti6Al4V tibial fracture fixation plates with grooved surface by finite element analysis

Low shape matching and high stress shielding rates between bone plate and human bone are not conducive to the primary healing of fracture.In this study,taking the fracture site of the lower one‐third of human tibia as an application case,six types of personalised Ti6Al4V tibial plates with grooved surface were designed and evaluated by reverse en-gineering and finite element analysis.The results showed that the grooved design can reduce the stress shielding rate of bone plate and promote the facture healing.Among the six types of bone plates,the‘OUT-MI’bone plate has the lowest stress shielding rate and the most uniform stress distribution.Meanwhile,with the increasing tibial load during the convalescence,the average stress and maximum axial displacement of the tibial fracture surface increased,which can effectively improve the bone regeneration in the tibial fracture area.Moreover,there was no significant difference in four-point bending performance between the‘OUT-MI’bone plate and the‘STR-BE’bone plate,indicating that the mechanical properties of this bone plate were reliable.The results provide a theoretical basis for the design of fracture fixation plates on clinical treatment.

Patterning of Poly（3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene）： Poly（Styrenesulfonate） Films via the Rubbing Method in Organic Photovoltaic Cells

OPV （Organic photovoltaic） cells represent a compelling candidate for renewable energy by solar energy conversion. In recent years, versatile light-trapping measures via structures have been intensively explored to optimize photovoltaic performance. In this work, a unique rubbing technique is demonstrated to create nanoscale grooves on the PEDOT：PSS [poly（3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene）： poly（styrenesulfonate）] surface and the grating-like features are 500 nm wide and 10 nm deep. The PEDOT：PSS film with grooved surface is used as buffer layers for OPV cell devices based on a P3HT：PCBM bulk heterojunction. The patterned surface has a profound effect on carrier mobility, light trapping, and hole collection efficiency, leading to an increase in the short circuit density, filling factor, and power conversion efficiency. These results indicate the feasibility of the rubbing method can be applicable to high-efficiency OPV cells.

The effect of surface anisotropy on contact angles and the characterization of elliptical cap droplets

In this paper, the variation of contact angles of a droplet on grooved surfaces was studied from microscale to macroscale experimentally and theoretically. The experimental results indicated that the contact angle changes nonlinearly with anisotropic factor. To get clear of the changing process of contact angle on grooved surfaces from microscale to macroscale, we carried out theoretical analysis with moment equilibrium method being adopted. In addition, the variation of contact angles in different directions was investigated and a mathematic model to calculate arbitrary contact angles around the elliptic contact line was suggested. For the convenience of potential applications, a symbolic contact angle was proposed to characterize the ellipsoidal cap droplet on grooved surfaces. Our results will offer help to the future design of patterned surfaces in practical applications,and deepen the understanding of wetting behavior on grooved surfaces.