Particulate flow modelling in a spiral separator by using the Eulerian multi-fluid VOF approach

The Euler-Euler model is less effective in capturing the free surface of flow film in the spiral separator,and thus a Eulerian multi-fluid volume of fluid(VOF)model was first proposed to describe the particulate flow in spiral separators.In order to improve the applicability of the model in the high solid concentration system,the Bagnold effect was incorporated into the modelling framework.The capability of the proposed model in terms of predicting the flow film shape in a LD9 spiral separator was evaluated via comparison with measured flow film thicknesses reported in literature.Results showed that sharp air–water and air-pulp interfaces can be obtained using the proposed model,and the shapes of the predicted flow films before and after particle addition were reasonably consistent with the observations reported in literature.Furthermore,the experimental and numerical simulation of the separation of quartz and hematite were performed in a laboratory-scale spiral separator.When the Bagnold lift force model was considered,predictions of the grade of iron and solid concentration by mass for different trough lengths were more consistent with experimental data.In the initial development stage,the quartz particles at the bottom of the flow layer were more possible to be lifted due to the Bagnold force.Thus,a better predicted vertical stratification between quartz and hematite particles was obtained,which provided favorable conditions for subsequent radial segregation.

A stencil-like volume of fluid (VOF)method for tracking free interface

A stencil-like volume of fluid （VOF） method is proposed for tracking free interface. A stencil on a grid cell is worked out according to the normal direction of the interface, in which only three interface positions are possible in 2D cases, and the interface can be reconstructed by only requiring the known local volume fraction information. On the other hand, the fluid-occupying-length is defined on each side of the stencil, through which a unified fluid-occupying volume model and a unified algorithm can be obtained to solve the interface advection equation. The method is suitable for the arbitrary geometry of the grid cell, and is extendible to 3D cases. Typical numerical examples show that the current method can give ＂sharp＂ results for tracking free interface.

PLANE SURFACE SUDDENLY SET IN MOTION IN A VISCOELASTIC FLUID WITH FRACTIONAL MAXWELL MODEL

The fractional calculus approach in the constitutive relationship model of viscoelastic fluid is introduced.The flow near a wall suddenly set in mo- tion is studied for a non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluid with the fractional Maxwell model.Exact solutions of velocity and stress are obtained by using the discrete in- verse Laplace transform of the sequential fractional derivatives.It is found that the effect of the fractional orders in the constitutive relationship on the flow field is signif- icant.The results show that for small times there are appreciable viscoelastic effects on the shear stress at the plate,for large times the viscoelastic effects become weak.

UNSTEADY FLOWS OF A GENERALIZED SECOND GRADE FLUID WITH THE FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVE MODEL BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL PLATES

The fractional calculus approach in the constitutive relationship model of a generalized second grade fluid is introduced.Exact analytical solutions are obtained for a class of unsteady flows for the generalized second grade fluid with the fractional derivative model between two parallel plates by using the Laplace transform and Fourier transform for fractional calculus.The unsteady flows are generated by the impulsive motion or periodic oscillation of one of the plates.In addition,the solutions of the shear stresses at the plates are also determined.

Unsteady rotating flows of a viscoelastic fluid with the fractional Maxwell model between coaxial cylinders

The fractional calculus is used in the constitutive relationship model of viscoelastic fluid. A generalized Maxwell model with fractional calculus is considered. Based on the flow conditions described, two flow cases are solved and the exact solutions are obtained by using the Weber transform and the Laplace transform for fractional calculus.

On the MHD flow of fractional generalized Burgers' fluid with modified Darcy's law

This work is concerned with applying the fractional calculus approach to the magnetohydrodynamic （MHD） pipe flow of a fractional generalized Burgers＇ fluid in a porous space by using modified Darcy＇s relationship. The fluid is electrically conducting in the presence of a constant applied magnetic field in the transverse direction. Exact solution for the velocity distribution is developed with the help of Fourier transform for fractional calculus. The solutions for a Navier-Stokes, second grade, Maxwell, Oldroyd-B and Burgers＇ fluids appear as the limiting cases of the present analysis.

Unsteady flow of viscoelastic fluid between two cylinders using fractional Maxwell model

The unsteady flow of an incompressible fractional Maxwell fluid between two infinite coaxial cylinders is studied by means of integral transforms. The motion of the fluid is due to the inner cylinder that applies a time dependent tor- sional shear to the fluid. The exact solutions for velocity and shear stress are presented in series form in terms of some generalized functions. They can easily be particularized to give similar solutions for Maxwell and Newtonian fluids. Fi- nally, the influence of pertinent parameters on the fluid motion, as well as a comparison between models, is highlighted by graphical illustrations.

Dynamics of stochastic non-Newtonian fluids driven by fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H∈(1/4,1/2)

A two-dimensional （2D） stochastic incompressible non-Newtonian fluid driven by the genuine cylindrical fractional Brownian motion （FBM） is studied with the Hurst parameter ∈ （1/4,1/2） under the Dirichlet boundary condition. The existence and regularity of the stochastic convolution corresponding to the stochastic non-Newtonian fluids are obtained by the estimate on the and the identity of the infinite double series spectrum of the spatial differential operator in the analytic number theory. The existence of the mild solution and the random attractor of a random dynamical system are then obtained for the stochastic non-Newtonian systems with ∈ （1/2,1） without any additional restriction on the parameter H.

Numerical analysis for viscoelastic fluid flow with distributed/variable order time fractional Maxwell constitutive models

Fractional calculus has been widely used to study the flow of viscoelastic fluids recently,and fractional differential equations have attracted a lot of attention.However,the research has shown that the fractional equation with constant order operators has certain limitations in characterizing some physical phenomena.In this paper,the viscoelastic fluid flow of generalized Maxwell fluids in an infinite straight pipe driven by a periodic pressure gradient is investigated systematically.Consider the complexity of the material structure and multi-scale effects in the viscoelastic fluid flow.The modified time fractional Maxwell models and the corresponding governing equations with distributed/variable order time fractional derivatives are proposed.Based on the L1-approximation formula of Caputo fractional derivatives,the implicit finite difference schemes for the distributed/variable order time fractional governing equations are presented,and the numerical solutions are derived.In order to test the correctness and availability of numerical schemes,two numerical examples are established to give the exact solutions.The comparisons between the numerical solutions and the exact solutions have been made,and their high consistency indicates that the present numerical methods are effective.Then,this paper analyzes the velocity distributions of the distributed/variable order fractional Maxwell governing equations under specific conditions,and discusses the effects of the weight coefficient(α)in distributed order time fractional derivatives,the orderα(r,t)in variable fractional order derivatives,the relaxation timeλ,and the frequencyωof the periodic pressure gradient on the fluid flow velocity.Finally,the flow rates of the distributed/variable order fractional Maxwell governing equations are also studied.

Fractional Analysis of Thin Film Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluid

Modeling and analysis of thin film flow with respect to magneto hydro dynamical effect has been an important theme in the field of fluid dynamics,due to its vast industrial applications.The analysis involves studying the behavior and response of governing equations on the basis of various parameters such as thickness of the film,film surface profile,shear stress,liquid velocity,volumetric flux,vorticity,gravity,viscosity among others,along with different boundary conditions.In this article,we extend this analysis in fractional space using a homotopy based scheme,considering the case of a Non-Newtonian Pseudo-Plastic fluid for lifting and drainage on a vertical wall.After applying similarity transformations,the given problems are reduced to highly non-linear and inhomogeneous ordinary differential equations.Moreover,fractional differential equations are obtained using basic definitions of fractional calculus.The Homotopy Perturbation Method(HPM),along with fractional calculus is used for obtaining approximate solutions.Physical quantities such as the velocity profile,volume flux and average velocity respectively for lift and drainage cases have been calculated.To the best of our knowledge,the given problems have not been attempted before in fractional space.Validity and convergence of the obtained solutions are confirmed by finding residual errors.From a physical perspective,a comprehensive study of the effects of various parameters on the velocity profile is also performed.Study reveals that Stokes number St,non-Newtonian parameterand magnetic parameter M have inverse relationship with fluid velocity in lifting case.In the drainage case,Stokes number St and non-Newtonian parameterhave direct relationship with fluid velocity,but magnetic parameter M shows inverse relationship with velocity.The investigation also shows that the fractional parameterhas direct relationship with the fluid velocity in lifting case,while it has inverse relationship with velocity in the drainage case.

Heat Transfer in MHD Flow of Maxwell Fluid via Fractional Cattaneo-Friedrich Model:A Finite Difference Approach

The idea of fractional derivatives is applied to several problems of viscoelastic fluid.However,most of these problems(fluid problems),were studied analytically using different integral transform techniques,as most of these problems are linear.The idea of the above fractional derivatives is rarely applied to fluid problems governed by nonlinear partial differential equations.Most importantly,in the nonlinear problems,either the fractional models are developed by artificial replacement of the classical derivatives with fractional derivatives or simple classical problems(without developing the fractional model even using artificial replacement)are solved.These problems were mostly solved for steady-state fluid problems.In the present article,studied unsteady nonlinear non-Newtonian fluid problem(Cattaneo-Friedrich Maxwell(CFM)model)and the fractional model are developed starting from the fractional constitutive equations to the fractional governing equations;in other words,the artificial replacement of the classical derivatives with fractional derivatives is not done,but in details,the fractional problem is modeled from the fractional constitutive equations.More exactly two-dimensional magnetic resistive flow in a porous medium of fractional Maxwell fluid(FMF)over an inclined plate with variable velocity and the temperature is studied.The Caputo time-fractional derivative model(CFM)is used in the governing equations.The proposed model is numerically solved via finite difference method(FDM)along with L1-scheme for discretization.The numerical results are presented in various figures.These results indicated that the fractional parameters significantly affect the temperature and velocity fields.It is noticed that the temperature field increased with an increase in the fractional parameter.Whereas,the effect of fractional parameters is opposite on the velocity field near the plate.However,this trend became like that of the temperature profile,away from the plate.Moreover,the velocity field retarded with strengthening in the magnetic parameter due to enhancement in Lorentz force.However,this effect reverses in the case of the temperature profile.

An inverse problem to estimate an unknown order of a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes' first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid

In this paper,we propose a numerical method to estimate the unknown order of a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes＇ first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid.The implicit numerical method is employed to solve the direct problem.For the inverse problem,we first obtain the fractional sensitivity equation by means of the digamma function,and then we propose an efficient numerical method,that is,the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm based on a fractional derivative,to estimate the unknown order of a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative.In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed numerical method,two cases in which the measurement values contain random measurement error or not are considered.The computational results demonstrate that the proposed numerical method could efficiently obtain the optimal estimation of the unknown order of a RiemannLiouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes＇ first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid.

Electromagnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) flow of fractional viscoelastic fluids in a microchannel

This study investigates the electromagnetohydrodynamic(EMHD)flow of fractional viscoelastic fluids through a microchannel under the Navier slip boundary condition.The flow is driven by the pressure gradient and electromagnetic force where the electric field is applied horizontally,and the magnetic field is vertically(upward or downward).When the electric field direction is consistent with the pressure gradient direction,the changes of the steady flow rate and velocity with the Hartmann number Ha are irrelevant to the direction of the magnetic field(upward or downward).The steady flow rate decreases monotonically to zero with the increase in Ha.In contrast,when the direction of the electric field differs from the pressure gradient direction,the flow behavior depends on the direction of the magnetic field,i.e.,symmetry breaking occurs.Specifically,when the magnetic field is vertically upward,the steady flow rate increases first and then decreases with Ha.When the magnetic field is reversed,the steady flow rate first reduces to zero as Ha increases from zero.As Ha continues to increase,the steady flow rate(velocity)increases in the opposite direction and then decreases,and finally drops to zero for larger Ha.The increase in the fractional calculus parameterαor Deborah number De makes it take longer for the flow rate(velocity)to reach the steady state.In addition,the increase in the strength of the magnetic field or electric field,or in the pressure gradient tends to accelerate the slip velocity at the walls.On the other hand,the increase in the thickness of the electric double-layer tends to reduce it.

An Unsteady Oscillatory Flow of Generalized Casson Fluid with Heat and Mass Transfer:A Comparative Fractional Model

It is of high interest to study laminar flow with mass and heat transfer phenomena that occur in a viscoelastic fluid taken over a vertical plate due to its importance in many technological processes and its increased industrial applications.Because of its wide range of applications,this study aims at evaluating the solutions corresponding to Casson fluids’oscillating flow using fractional-derivatives.As it has a combined mass-heat transfer effect,we considered the fluid flow upon an oscillatory infinite vertical-plate.Furthermore,we used two new fractional approaches of fractional derivatives,named AB(Atangana–Baleanu)and CF(Caputo–Fabrizio),on dimensionless governing equations and then we compared their results.The Laplace transformation technique is used to get the most accurate solutions of oscillating motion of any generalized Casson fluid because of the Cosine oscillation passed over the infinite vertical-plate.We obtained and analyzed the distribution of concentration,expressions for the velocity-field and the temperature graphically,using various parameters of interest.We also analyzed the Nusselt number and the skin friction due to their important engineering usage.

Time–space dependent fractional boundary layer flow of Maxwell fluid over an unsteady stretching surface

Fractional boundary layer flow of Maxwell fluid on an unsteady stretching surface was investigated. Time-space dependent fractional derivatives are introduced into the constitutive equations of the fluid. We developed and solved the governing equations using explicit finite difference method and the L1- algorithm as well as shifted Grunwald-Letnikov formula. The effects of fractional parameters, relaxation parameter, Reynolds number, and unsteadiness parameter on the velocity behavior and characteristics of boundary layer thickness and skin friction were analyzed. Results obtained indicate that the behavior of boundary layer of viscoelastic fluid strongly depends on time-space fractional parameters. Increases of time fractional derivative parameter and relaxation parameter cause a decrease of velocity while boundary layer thickness increase, but the space fractional derivative parameter and fractional Reynolds number have the opposite effects.

Fractional four-step finite element method for analysis of thermally coupled fluid-solid interaction problems

An integrated fluid-thermal-structural analysis approach is presented. In this approach, the heat conduction in a solid is coupled with the heat convection in the viscous flow of the fluid resulting in the thermal stress in the solid. The fractional four-step finite element method and the streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin （SUPG） method are used to analyze the viscous thermal flow in the fluid. Analyses of the heat transfer and the thermal stress in the solid axe performed by the Galerkin method. The second-order semi- implicit Crank-Nicolson scheme is used for the time integration. The resulting nonlinear equations are lineaxized to improve the computational efficiency. The integrated analysis method uses a three-node triangular element with equal-order interpolation functions for the fluid velocity components, the pressure, the temperature, and the solid displacements to simplify the overall finite element formulation. The main advantage of the present method is to consistently couple the heat transfer along the fluid-solid interface. Results of several tested problems show effectiveness of the present finite element method, which provides insight into the integrated fluid-thermal-structural interaction phenomena.

A note on the unsteady flow of a fractional Maxwell fluid through a circular cylinder

In this note the velocity field and the adequate shear stress corresponding to the unsteady flow of a frac- tional Maxwell fluid due to a constantly accelerating circular cylinder have been determined by means of the Laplace and finite Hankel transforms. The obtained solutions satisfy all imposed initial and boundary conditions. They can easily be reduced to give similar solutions for ordinary Maxwell and Newtonian fluids. Finally, the influence of pertinent param- eters on the fluid motion, as well as a comparison between models, is underlined by graphical illustrations.

Exact Solution of Unsteady Flow of Viscoelastic Fluid in a Pipe with Fractional Maxwell Model

The unsteady flow of viscoelastic fluid in a cylindrical pipe was investigated using the fractional Maxwell model. Two special cases of unsteady pipe flow were expressed. The first is start-up flow, and the second is oscillating flow. The exact solution of start-up flow under a constant pressure gradient was obtained by using the theories of Laplace transform and Fourier-Bessel series for fractional derivatives. The exact solution of oscillating flow was obtained by utilizing the separation of variables.

Exact analytical solutions for axial flow of a fractional second grade fluid between two coaxial cylinders

The velocity field and the adequate shear stress corresponding to the longitudinal flow of a fractional second grade fluid,between two infinite coaxial circular cylinders,are determined by applying the Laplace and finite Hankel transforms.Initially the fluid is at rest,and at time t=0^+, the inner cylinder suddenly begins to translate along the common axis with constant acceleration. The solutions that have been obtained are presented in terms of generalized G functions.Moreover, these solutions satisfy both the governing differential equations and all imposed initial and boundary conditions.The corresponding solutions for ordinary second grade and Newtonian fluids are obtained as limiting cases of the general solutions.Finally,some characteristics of the motion,as well as the influences of the material and fractional parameters on the fluid motion and a comparison between models,are underlined by graphical illustrations.

ALE Fractional Step Finite Element Method for Fluid-Structure Nonlinear Interaction Problem

A computational procedure is developed to solve the problems of coupled motion of a structure and a viscous incompressible fluid. In order to incorporate the effect of the moving surface of the structure as well as the free surface motion, the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation is employed as the basis of the finite element spatial discretization. For numerical integration in time, the fraction,step method is used. This method is useful because one can use the same linear interpolation function for both velocity and pressure. The method is applied to the nonlinear interaction of a structure and a tuned liquid damper. All computations are performed with a personal computer.