SIMULATION OF FLUID FLOW IN CHANNEL OF A NOVEL HYDRAULIC SHOCK GENERATOR

In order to improve the engineering performance of a novel hydraulic shock generator, the fluid flow inside its complex passages is numerically investigated. The effects of the inlet flow velocity upon the turbulence intensity of the jet flow are analyzed. The calculated pressure loss is experimentally verified with the consideration of temperature determined viscosity shifting. The results are used as the reference in the further development of the hydraulic shock generator

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT ON THE VISCOUS HEATING OF FLUID DAMPER UNDER SHOCK ENVIRONMENT

A specially designed fluid damper used as negative shock pulse generator in the shock resistance test system to dissipate the shock input energy in transient time duration is presented. The theoretical modeling based on the three-dimensional equation of heat transfer through a fluid element is created to predict the viscous heating in the fluid damper under shock conditions. A comprehensive experimental program that investigates the problem of viscous heating in the fluid damper under different shock conditions is conducted on the shock test machine to validate the analytical expression. Temperature histories for the fluid within the damper at two locations, the annular-oriflce and the-end-of stroke of the damper, are recorded. The experimental results show that the theoretical model can offer a very dependable prediction for the temperature histories in the damper for increasing input velocity. The theoretical model and experimental data both clearly indicate that the viscous heating in the damper is directly related to the maximum shock velocity input and the pressure between the two sides of the piston head.

Fractional thermoelasticity applications for porous asphaltic materials

A new mathematical model of poro-thermoelasticity has been constructed in the context of a new consideration of heat conduction with fractional order.One-dimensional application for a poroelastic half-space saturated with fluid is considered.The surface of the halfspace is assumed to be traction-free,permeable,and subjected to heating.The Laplace transform technique is used to solve the problem.The inversion of the Laplace transform will be obtained numerically and the numerical values of the temperature,stresses,strains,and displacements will be illustrated graphically for the solid and the liquid.

Effects of Vortex Generator on Cylindrical Protrusion Aerodynamics

Experimental and numerical studies were carried out to evaluate the effect of vortex generator on a small cylindrical protrusion at Mach number 2.0. The experiments were performed using the supersonic blow down wind tunnel on different heights of cylindrical protrusion with vortex generator placed ahead of them. The upstream and downstream flow around the cylindrical protrusion is influenced by vortex generator as is observed using both visualization and pressure measurement techniques. Numerical studies using three dimensional steady implicit formulations with standard k-ω turbulence model was performed. Results obtained through the present computation are compared with the experimental results at Mach 2.0. Good agreements between computation and experimental results have been achieved. The results indicate that the aerodynamic drag acting on cylindrical protrusion can be reduced by adopting vortex generator.