On study of horizontal thin film flow of Sisko fluid due to surface tension gradient

The present paper is concerned with the steady thin film flow of the Sisko fluid on a horizontal moving plate, where the surface tension gradient is a driving mechanism. The analytic solution for the resulting nonlinear ordinary differential equation is obtained by the Adomian decomposition method （ADM）. The physical quantities are derived including the pressure profile, the velocity profile, the maximum residue time, the stationary points, the volume flow rate, the average film velocity, the uniform film thickness, the shear stress, the surface tension profile~ and the vorticity vector. It is found that the velocity of the Sisko fluid film decreases when the fluid behavior index and the Sisko fluid parameter increase, whereas it increases with an increase in the inverse capillary number. An increase in the inverse capillary number results in an increase in the surface tension which in turn results in an increase in the surface tension gradient on the Sisko fluid film. The locations of the stationary points are shifted towards the moving plate with the increase in the inverse capillary number, and vice versa locations for the stationary points are found with the increasing Sisko fluid parameter. Furthermore, shear thinning and shear thickening characteristics of the Sisko fluid are discussed. A comparison is made between the Sisko fluid film and the Newtonian fluid film.

Application of He’s Variational Iterative Method for Solving Thin Film Flow Problem Arising in Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

In this paper, He’s variational iteration method is successfully employed to solve a nonlinear boundary value problem arising in the study of thin film flow of a third grade fluid down an inclined plane. For comparison, the same problem is solved by the Adomian decomposition method. The results show that the difference between the two solutions is negligible. The conclusion is that this technique may be considered an alternative and efficient method for finding approximate solutions of both linear and nonlinear boundary value problems. Furthermore, the variational iteration method has an advantage over the decomposition method in that it solves the nonlinear problems without using the Adomian polynomials.

Film Flow of Nano-Micropolar Fluid with Dissipation Effect

The physical problem of the thin film flow of a micropolar fluid over a dynamic and inclined substrate under the influence of gravitational and thermal forces in the presence of nanoparticles is formulated.Five different types of nanoparticle samples are accounted for in this current study,namely gold Au,silver Ag,molybdenum disulfide MoS2,aluminum oxide Al2O3,and silicon dioxide SiO2.Blood,a micropolar fluid,serves as the common base fluid.An exact closed-form solution for this problem is derived for the first time in the literature.The results are particularly validated against those for the Newtonian fluid and show excellent agreement.It was found that increasing values of the spin boundary condition and micropolarity lead to a reduction in both the thermal and momentum boundary layers.A quantitative decay in the Nusselt number for a micropolar fluid,as compared to a Newtonian one for all the tested nanoparticles,is anticipated.Gold and silver nanoparticles(i)intensify in the flow parameter as the concentration of nanoparticles increases(ii)yield a higher thermal transfer rate,whereas molybdenum disulfide,aluminum oxide,and silicon dioxide exhibit a converse attitude for both Newtonian and micropolar fluids.The reduction in film thickness for fluid comprising gold particles,as compared to the rest of the nanoparticles,is remarkable.

Effects of variable fluid properties on the thin film flow of Ostwald-de Waele fluid over a stretching surface

We investigate, in this paper, the effects of thermo-physical properties on the flow and heat transfer in a thin film of a power-law liquid over a horizontal stretching surface in the presence of a viscous dissipation. The fluid properties, namely the fluid viscosity and the fluid thermal conductivity, are assumed to vary with temperature. Using a similarity transformation, the governing partial differential equations with a time dependent boundary are converted into coupled non-linear Ordinary Differential Equations （ODEs） with variable coefficients. Numerical solutions of the coupled ODEs are obtained by a finite difference scheme known as the Keller-box method. Results for the velocity and temperature distributions are presented graphically for different values of the pertinent parameters. The effects of unsteady parameter on the skin friction, the wall temperature gradient and the film thickness are presented and analyzed for zero and non-zero values of the temperature-dependent thermo-physical properties. The results obtained reveal many interesting features that warrant further study on the non-Newtonian thin film fluid flow phenomena, especially the shear-thinning phenomena.

Thin-film flow technology in controlling the organization of materials and their properties Special Collection:Distinguished Australian Researchers

Centrifugal and shear forces are produced when solids or liquids rotate.Rotary systems and devices that use these forces,such as dynamic thin-film flow technology,are evolving continuously,improve material structure-property relationships at the nanoscale,representing a rapidly thriving and expanding field of research high with green chemistry metrics,consolidated at the inception of science.The vortex fluidic device(VFD)provides many advantages over conventional batch processing,with fluidic waves causing high shear and producing large surface areas for micro-mixing as well as rapid mass and heat transfer,enabling reactions beyond diffusion control.Combining these abilities allows for a green and innovative approach to altering materials for various research and industry applications by controlling small-scale flows and regulating molecular and macromolecular chemical reactivity,self-organization phenomena,and the synthesis of novel materials.This review highlights the aptitude of the VFD as clean technology,with an increase in efficiency for a diversity of top-down,bottom-up,and novel material transformations which benefit from effective vortex-based processing to control material structure-property relationships.

Effect of oxygen partial pressure and transparent substrates on the structural and optical properties of ZnO thin films and their performance in energy harvesters

Zinc oxide(ZnO) thin films were deposited onto different substrates — tin-doped indium oxide(ITO)/glass, ITO/polyethylene naphthalate(PEN), ITO/polyethylene terephthalate(PET) — by the radio-frequency(RF) magnetron sputtering method. The effect of various O2/(Ar+O2) gas flow ratios(0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) was studied in detail. ZnO layers deposited onto ITO/PEN and ITO/PET substrates exhibited a stronger c-axis preferred orientation along the(0002) direction compared to ZnO deposited onto ITO/glass. The transmittance spectra of ZnO films showed that the maximum transmittances of ZnO films deposited onto ITO/glass, ITO/PEN, and ITO/PET substrates were 89.2%, 65.0%, and 77.8%, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy(SEM) images of the film surfaces indicated that the grain was uniform. The cross-sectional SEM images showed that the ZnO films were columnar structures whose c-axis was perpendicular to the film surface. The test results for a fabricated ZnO thin film based energy harvester showed that its output voltage increased with increasing acceleration of external vibration.

Thin film dynamics in coating problems using Onsager principle

A new variational method is proposed to investigate the dynamics of the thin film in a coating flow where a liquid is delivered through a fixed slot gap onto a moving substrate. A simplified ODE system has also been derived for the evolution of the thin film whose thickness hf is asymptotically constant behind the coating front. We calculate the phase diagram as well as the film profiles and approximate the film thickness theoretically, and agreement with the well-known scaling law as Ca2/3 is found.

Effect of Magnetohydrodynamic on Thin Films of Unsteady Micropolar Fluid through a Porous Medium

In This paper, we deal with the study of the effect of magnetohydrodynamic on thin films of unsteady micropolar fluid through a porous medium. These Thin films are considered for three different geometries. The governing continuity, momentum and angular momentum equations are converted into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations by means of similarity transformation. The resulting system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations is solved numerically by using shooting method. A representative set of numerical results in the three thin film flow problems for velocity and micro-rotation profiles are discussed and presented graphically. A comprehensive parametric study is carried out to show the effects of the micropolar fluid parameters, magnetic field parameter, permeability parameter and etc. on the obtained solutions.

基于激光热成像的薄膜面向导热系数测试方法

提出一种基于激光热成像的薄膜面向导热系数测试方法。仿真论证了激光加热相较于常规电加热方案的热损失差异;分析了激光加热功率、表面换热系数、测温模型增益系数等关键参数标定问题,并设计了相应的方案。基于15个不同材料或厚度的薄膜和薄片样品进行了实验,测试结果和参考值相对偏差均<6%,其中导热系数<3 W/(m·K)的样品测试误差显著优于常规方法,这表明该方法可有效改善热流环路积分法对低导热薄膜的测试精度。

动车组锥齿轮箱飞溅润滑特性及箱体结构改进

为了分析动车组齿轮箱的润滑机理,以某型螺旋锥齿轮传动齿轮箱为研究对象,运用移动粒子半隐式(MPS)法建立高精度的流场仿真模型.引入薄膜流动模型,对无滑移壁面边界条件进行改进,使移动粒子半隐式法具有预测液膜流动特性的功能.研究输入齿轮转速、初始润滑油量对箱体内壁和齿轮表面的润滑油覆盖率、油膜分布特性及功率损失的影响.结果表明,箱体内壁面的润滑油覆盖率和液膜厚度主要受润滑油飞溅效应的影响,齿轮表面受到润滑油飞溅效应和自身运动的共同影响.功率损失分析显示,功率损失与输入齿轮转速和初始润滑油油量均呈正相关关系,对高转速更敏感.对箱体结构进行改进,消除箱体凸台,扩大与输出齿轮的距离,该措施可以显著改善齿轮箱的润滑条件.

全吸力范围非饱和持水函数和渗透性函数的预测模型

非饱和土的持水函数和渗透性函数是刻画其持水能力和水分运移的基本参数。由于物理机制不同,持水函数及渗透性函数在毛细阶段和吸附阶段的特征有显著差异。多数传统的持水和渗透性函数仅考虑了毛细阶段内,毛细水的持水和渗透特性,不能表征吸附阶段内吸附水的特征。为使传统函数模型在吸附阶段也适用,以传统VG持水函数和VG-M渗透性函数为基础,用修正参数C(ψ)修正VG持水函数,并以此确定非饱和土的残余值ψr,区分毛细水的毛细流动和吸附水的薄膜流动。基于薄膜流动的特点,提出参数Γ(ψ),改进了传统VG-M渗透性函数在吸附阶段内低估非饱和渗透系数这一问题,从而建立了全吸力范围的渗透性函数模型。最后用3组持水及渗透性试验结果验证修正模型的合理性,结果表明修正持水函数模型和渗透性函数模型的预测结果在吸附阶段较传统模型更符合实测结果。

Modulation Equations for Roll Waves on Vertically Falling Films of a Power-Law Fluid

Waves of finite amplitude on a thin layer of non-Newtonian fluid modelled as a power-law fluid are considered. In the long wave approximation, the system of equations taking into account the viscous and nonlinear effects has the hyper- bolic type. For the two-parameter family of periodic waves in the film flow on a vertical wall the modulation equations for nonlinear wave trains are derived and investigated. The stability criterium for roll waves based on the hyperbolicity of the modulation equations is suggested. It is shown that the evolution of stable roll waves can be described by self-similar solutions of the modulation equations.

Marangoni liquid film scattering over an extending cylinder

The impact of the Marangoni convection over the thin film flow on an expanding cylinder has been examined in this study. The diverse effect of the embedded constraints has been detected during the liquid film flow. It has been examined that the behavior of the physical parameters altered after the small intervals and diverse from the traditional approach. The similarity variables have been utilized to alter the basic flow equations into the nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The result of the transformed equations is computed by BVPh 2.0 package. The performance of different constraints, for flow motion and temperature distributions are plotted and conferred. It has been observed that under the Marangoni convection the impact of the physical parameters varies after the point of inflection and the diverse impact of the embedding constraints provide space for the variation of the point of inflection for the desired spray analysis.

Effect of Ar on Polycrystalline Si Films Deposited by ECR-PECVD using SiH_4

In this paper, polycrystalline silicon films were deposited by electron cyclotron resonance plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition （ECR-PECVD） using SiH4/Ar and SiH4/H2 gaseous mixture. Effects of argon flow rate on the deposition efficiency and the film property were investigated by comparing with H2. The results indicated that the deposition rate of using Ar as discharge gas was 1.5-2 times higher than that of using H2, while the preferred orientations and the grain sizes of the films were analogous. Film crystallinity increased with the increase of Ar flow rate. Optimized flow ratio of SiH4 to Ar was obtained as F（SiH4）： F（Ar）=10：70 for the highest deposition rate.

薄膜蒸发器内流场分布与传输特性数值模拟研究

为深化薄膜蒸发器内液料传输特性方面的研究,通过Fluent数值模拟软件建立薄膜蒸发器内气液两相流三维稳态数值模拟模型,探究薄膜蒸发器内液料的径向混合和轴向传输特性,并进一步探讨液料黏度对这两个方向传输特性的影响。结果表明:圈形波与液膜的交界处为层流且夹带大量气体;圈形波的轴向流速比液膜快,并在轴向传输过程中剪切稀化,促进液料的径向混合,液料逐渐进入液膜,圈形波当量直径不断减小;液料黏度增大后,交界处的气体夹带量增多,圈形波的尺寸随之增大但轴向减小趋势不变,且减小的速度变慢;液料黏度的增大使得圈形波与液膜间的径向混合受到抑制,圈形波逐渐变成轴向传输的主力。

曲面结构上薄膜热流传感器的动态校准研究

搭建了以高功率半导体激光器作为热流源的动态测试系统,响应时间为3.5μs,热流上限为50 MW/m2,可以产生阶跃、脉冲、变频正弦等动态激励信号。分别使用脉冲激励法和变频正弦激励法对传感器进行时域和频域的动态校准。时域上以脉冲信号作为激励信号,使用负阶跃测试法测量时间常数,用响应速率比表征热流传感器的动态响应特性;频域上以变频正弦信号作为激励信号,通过快速傅里叶变换绘制出频率特性曲线,得到传感器的频率响应为18.4 Hz。并对两种动态校准结果进行了分析。

自加热非晶锗热电阻MEMS流速传感器的制造与测试

为扩大流速传感器的测量范围并降低功耗,制造并测试了一种基于自加热非晶锗薄膜热电阻的MEMS流速传感器,它是由嵌入氮化硅薄膜的四个非晶锗热敏电阻和一对环境测温补偿电阻组成。四个非晶锗热电阻同时作为自加热热源和测温元件,相互连接以形成惠斯通电桥。给出了MEMS工艺流程,微加工制造了尺寸为8.9 mm×5.6 mm×0.4 mm的流速传感器芯片。搭建了低流速和高流速气流通道实验装置,对传感器的惠斯通电桥施加50μA的恒定电流(CCA),实现了0~50 m/s范围内的流速测量。结果表明,传感器在低流速(0~2 m/s)时的灵敏度约为81.6 mV/(m/s),在高流速(2~50 m/s)时的灵敏度约为51.9 mV/(m/s),最大功耗仅约为1.03 mW。

基于超精密车床闭式静压导轨节流器参数研究

根据滑块与节流器耦合关系,绘制液阻回路,建立数学模型,分析节流器主要参数对具有不等面积矩形对置油腔的闭式液体静压导轨静动态特性影响规律。研究得出,节流器组合方式及其最佳液阻比与调试优化方法;单膜片阻尼和支撑腔阻尼之比与单膜片阻尼和并联油路阻尼之比的最佳关系式;预压腔油路阻尼对滑块动态稳定性的影响。为闭式不等面积油腔的节流器设计与调试提供参考与方法。

氮氩体积流量比对AlN薄膜生长取向、晶体质量及沉积速率的影响及机理分析

采用反应磁控溅射法,在溅射气压、溅射功率和衬底温度恒定的条件下,通过调控氮氩体积流量比,在单晶Si衬底上制备AlN薄膜。利用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、原子力显微镜(AFM)和场发射扫描电子显微镜(FESEM)研究氮氩体积流量比对AlN薄膜的生长取向、晶体质量及沉积速率的影响规律并分析其机理。结果显示,提高氮氩体积流量比有利于AlN薄膜(002)择优取向的生长,但过高的氮氩体积流量比会降低薄膜的沉积速率。在溅射气压为5 mTorr(1 Torr=133.3 Pa)、溅射功率为500 W、衬底温度为200℃、氮氩体积流量(cm3/min)比为14∶6时,在单晶Si衬底上可以制备出质量较好的,具有良好(002)择优取向的AlN薄膜。研究结果可为反应磁控溅射制备高质量AlN薄膜提供工艺参数设置规律指导。

薄层油膜层流萃取分离稀土铕和钆

相邻稀土元素铕(Eu)和钆(Gd)的物理化学性质相似,分离尤其困难。常规平衡萃取方法Eu、Gd的分离效率低。采用薄层油膜层流萃取法,不仅可以加快界面更新速度,还可以控制水相层流运动。以双功能离子液体[A336][P204]为萃取剂,发现萃取剂浓度升高和油膜层厚度减小,均有利于萃取,但不利于分离。而水相流速增加,不利于萃取,但有利于分离。基于薄层油膜层流萃取法,依靠Eu、Gd传质速度的差异,可以实现动力学调控相邻稀土的分离。