The complex liquid film behaviors at flooding in an inclined pipe were investigated with computational fluid dynamic(CFD) approaches. The liquid film behaviors included the dynamic wave characteristics before flooding...The complex liquid film behaviors at flooding in an inclined pipe were investigated with computational fluid dynamic(CFD) approaches. The liquid film behaviors included the dynamic wave characteristics before flooding and the transition of flow pattern when flooding happened. The influences of the surface tension and liquid viscosity were specially analyzed. Comparisons of the calculated velocity at the onset of flooding with the available experimental results showed a good agreement. The calculations verify that the fluctuation frequency and the liquid film thickness are almost unaffected by the superficial gas velocity until the flooding is triggered due to the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability. When flooding triggered at the superficial liquid velocity larger than0.15 m·s-1, the interfacial wave developed to slug flow, while it developed to entrainment flow when it was smaller than 0.08 m·s-1. The interfacial waves were more easily torn into tiny droplets with smaller surface tension, eventually evolving into the mist flow. When the liquid viscosity increases, the liquid film has a thicker holdup with more intensive fluctuations, and more likely developed to the slug flow.展开更多
Ductile fracture generally relates to microscopic voiding and to strain localization in metallic materials.When the void size is reduced to the nanoscale,size effects often lead to a different macroscopic plastic beha...Ductile fracture generally relates to microscopic voiding and to strain localization in metallic materials.When the void size is reduced to the nanoscale,size effects often lead to a different macroscopic plastic behavior from that established for the same material with larger voids.For example,irradiation of metallic materials can generate a large number of voids at the nanoscale,leading to complex deformation behaviors.The present work advances the understanding of strain localization in nanoporous metallic materials,connecting both the microscopic(nano-)and macroscopic scales.To explore the physical mechanisms at the nanoscale,molecular dynamics(MD)simulations were here carried out,capturing multiple nanovoids explicitly.Then,a homogenized continuum theory based in Gurson's constitutive framework is proposed,which enables us to explore how localized behavior at the macroscopic scale evolves.The homogenized model incorporates the surface tension associated with nanosized void.The importance of this surface tension is illustrated by several parametric studies on the conditions of localization,when a specimen is subjected to uniaxial tension.Our parametric studies show that for smaller nanovoid sizes,and for a hardening matrix material,shear localization onset is delayed.Our proposed homogenization model was then used to predict localization behavior captured by our MD simulation.The yield stress and the localization strain predicted by our continuum model are in general agreement with the trends obtained by MD simulation.Moreover,based on our present study,experimental results of shear failure strain vs.dose of irradiation for several metals could be qualitatively explained rather successfully.Our model can therefore help shed light on prolonging the operation limits and the lifetime of irradiated metallic materials under complex loading conditions.展开更多
基金Supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(2011CB706501)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51276157)
文摘The complex liquid film behaviors at flooding in an inclined pipe were investigated with computational fluid dynamic(CFD) approaches. The liquid film behaviors included the dynamic wave characteristics before flooding and the transition of flow pattern when flooding happened. The influences of the surface tension and liquid viscosity were specially analyzed. Comparisons of the calculated velocity at the onset of flooding with the available experimental results showed a good agreement. The calculations verify that the fluctuation frequency and the liquid film thickness are almost unaffected by the superficial gas velocity until the flooding is triggered due to the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability. When flooding triggered at the superficial liquid velocity larger than0.15 m·s-1, the interfacial wave developed to slug flow, while it developed to entrainment flow when it was smaller than 0.08 m·s-1. The interfacial waves were more easily torn into tiny droplets with smaller surface tension, eventually evolving into the mist flow. When the liquid viscosity increases, the liquid film has a thicker holdup with more intensive fluctuations, and more likely developed to the slug flow.
基金the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11872139)Nian Zhou appreciates the supportfrom Guizhou Provincial Departmentof Education(Grant No.KY[2021]255).
文摘Ductile fracture generally relates to microscopic voiding and to strain localization in metallic materials.When the void size is reduced to the nanoscale,size effects often lead to a different macroscopic plastic behavior from that established for the same material with larger voids.For example,irradiation of metallic materials can generate a large number of voids at the nanoscale,leading to complex deformation behaviors.The present work advances the understanding of strain localization in nanoporous metallic materials,connecting both the microscopic(nano-)and macroscopic scales.To explore the physical mechanisms at the nanoscale,molecular dynamics(MD)simulations were here carried out,capturing multiple nanovoids explicitly.Then,a homogenized continuum theory based in Gurson's constitutive framework is proposed,which enables us to explore how localized behavior at the macroscopic scale evolves.The homogenized model incorporates the surface tension associated with nanosized void.The importance of this surface tension is illustrated by several parametric studies on the conditions of localization,when a specimen is subjected to uniaxial tension.Our parametric studies show that for smaller nanovoid sizes,and for a hardening matrix material,shear localization onset is delayed.Our proposed homogenization model was then used to predict localization behavior captured by our MD simulation.The yield stress and the localization strain predicted by our continuum model are in general agreement with the trends obtained by MD simulation.Moreover,based on our present study,experimental results of shear failure strain vs.dose of irradiation for several metals could be qualitatively explained rather successfully.Our model can therefore help shed light on prolonging the operation limits and the lifetime of irradiated metallic materials under complex loading conditions.
