Reduction of drag torque is one of important potentials to improve transmission efficiency.Existing mathematical model of drag torque was not accurate to predict the decrease after oil film shrinking because of the di...Reduction of drag torque is one of important potentials to improve transmission efficiency.Existing mathematical model of drag torque was not accurate to predict the decrease after oil film shrinking because of the difficulty in modeling the flow pattern between two plates.Flow pattern was considered as laminar flow and full oil film in the gap between two plates in traditional model.Subsequent equivalent circumferential degree model presented an improvement in oil film shrinking due to centrifugal force,but was also based on full oil film in the gap,which resulted difference between model prediction and experimental data.The objective of this paper is to develop an accurate mathematical model for the above problem by using experimental verification.An experimental apparatus was set up to test drag torque of disengaged wet clutch consisting of single friction and separate plate.A high speed camera was used to record the flow pattern through transparent quartz disk plate.The visualization of flow pattern in the clearance was investigated to evaluate the characteristics of oil film shrinking.Visual test results reveal that the oil film begins to shrink from outer radius to inner radius at the stationary plate and only flows along the rotating plate after shrinking.Meanwhile,drag torque decreases sharply due to little contact area between the stationary plate and the oil.A three-dimensional Navier-Stokes (N-S) equation based on laminar flow is presented to model the drag torque.Pressure distributions in radial and circumferential directions as well as speed distributions are deduced.The model analysis reveals that the acceleration of flow in radial direction caused by centrifugal force is the key reason for the shrinking at the constant feeding flow rate.An approach to descript flow pattern was presented on the basis of visual observation.The drag torque predicted by the model agrees well with test data for non-grooved wet clutch.The proposed model enhances the precision for predicting drag torque,and lays down 展开更多
The structure of laminar cooling control system for hot rolling was introduced and the control mode, cooling strategy, segment tracking and model recalculation were analyzed. The parameters of air/water cooling models...The structure of laminar cooling control system for hot rolling was introduced and the control mode, cooling strategy, segment tracking and model recalculation were analyzed. The parameters of air/water cooling models were optimized by regressing the data gathering in situ, and satisfactory effect was obtained. The coiling temperature can be controlled within ±15℃.展开更多
Physics-informed deep learning has drawn tremendous interest in recent years to solve computational physics problems,whose basic concept is to embed physical laws to constrain/inform neural networks,with the need of l...Physics-informed deep learning has drawn tremendous interest in recent years to solve computational physics problems,whose basic concept is to embed physical laws to constrain/inform neural networks,with the need of less data for training a reliable model.This can be achieved by incorporating the residual of physics equations into the loss function.Through minimizing the loss function,the network could approximate the solution.In this paper,we propose a mixed-variable scheme of physics-informed neural network(PINN)for fluid dynamics and apply it to simulate steady and transient laminar flows at low Reynolds numbers.A parametric study indicates that the mixed-variable scheme can improve the PINN trainability and the solution accuracy.The predicted velocity and pressure fields by the proposed PINN approach are also compared with the reference numerical solutions.Simulation results demonstrate great potential of the proposed PINN for fluid flow simulation with a high accuracy.展开更多
The mathematical model for online controlling hot rolled steel cooling on run-out table (ROT for abbreviation) was analyzed, and water cooling is found to be the main cooling mode for hot rolled steel. The calculati...The mathematical model for online controlling hot rolled steel cooling on run-out table (ROT for abbreviation) was analyzed, and water cooling is found to be the main cooling mode for hot rolled steel. The calculation of the drop in strip temperature by both water cooling and air cooling is summed up to obtain the change of heat transfer coefficient. It is found that the learning coefficient of heat transfer coefficient is the kernel coefficient of coiler temperature control (CTC) model tuning. To decrease the deviation between the calculated steel temperature and the measured one at coiler entrance, a laminar cooling control self-learning strategy is used. Using the data acquired in the field, the results of the self-learning model used in the field were analyzed. The analyzed results show that the self-learning function is effective.展开更多
This study focuses on the characteristics of low Reynolds number flow around airfoil of high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles(HAUAVs) cruising at low speed.Numerical simulation on the flows around several represent...This study focuses on the characteristics of low Reynolds number flow around airfoil of high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles(HAUAVs) cruising at low speed.Numerical simulation on the flows around several representative airfoils is carried out to investigate the low Reynolds number flow.The water tunnel model tests further validate the accuracy and effectiveness of the numerical method.Then the effects of the relative thickness of airfoil on aerodynamic performance are explored, using the above numerical method, by simulating flows around airfoils of different relative thicknesses(12%, 14%, 16%, 18%), as well as different locations of the maximum relative thickness(x/c = 22%, 26%, 30%, 34%), at a low Reynolds number of 5 × 10^5.Results show that performance of airfoils at low Reynolds number is mainly affected by the laminar separation bubble.On the premise of good stall characteristics, the value of maximum relative thickness should be as small as possible, and the location of the maximum relative thickness ought to be closer to the trailing edge to obtain fine airfoil performance.The numerical method is feasible for the simulation of low Reynolds number flow.The study can help to provide a basis for the design of low Reynolds number airfoil.展开更多
Intermittency means the occurrence of a signal that alternates randomly between long regular phases and relatively short irregular bursts.In this paper,we simplify the mathematical analysis of pressure signal by ideal...Intermittency means the occurrence of a signal that alternates randomly between long regular phases and relatively short irregular bursts.In this paper,we simplify the mathematical analysis of pressure signal by idealizing it as a train of signals of zero duration and of size unity in a bubbling fluidized bed,0.30?m in diameter and 3.8?m in height.Therefore,the simplified signals are zero corresponding to the laminar signals and unity corresponding to irregular bursts.Statistics show that mean laminar length decays with excess gas flow above u mf ,obeying a power law < l > ∝(u-u mf ) -0.55 .Similar results were obtained by Daw et al (1995) .These results suggest that laminar motion is disturbal more frequently and chaotic burst occurs more frequently as gas velocity increases,and chaotic nature of Type-Ⅰ intermittency of fluidizing systems is confirmed further.The chaotic irregular bursts can be considered as the result of intermittent gas bubbles in fluidized beds.展开更多
The present study introduces the principles of enhanced heat transfer in the core flow to form an equivalent thermal boundary layer in the fully developed laminar tube flow, which consequently enlarges the temperature...The present study introduces the principles of enhanced heat transfer in the core flow to form an equivalent thermal boundary layer in the fully developed laminar tube flow, which consequently enlarges the temperature gradient of the fluid near the tube wall, and thereby enhances the heat transfer between the fluid and the tube wall. At the same time, the increase of flow resistance in the tube is not so obvious. Mechanism analysis and numerical calculation based on air and water have been carried out to verify the principle and method presented in this paper, which may bring positive effects to the design of heat exchanger with high heat transfer efficiency and low flow resistance.展开更多
Considering the strip speed during controlled laminar cooling on Baosteel 1580 hot strip mill in China, the influence of strip speed fluctuation on coiling temperature control for the tail and “neck” of the strip wa...Considering the strip speed during controlled laminar cooling on Baosteel 1580 hot strip mill in China, the influence of strip speed fluctuation on coiling temperature control for the tail and “neck” of the strip was analyzed. The optimization strategies were put forward and proved effective in operation.展开更多
Numerical approach of hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) is investigated for the suc- tion hole with a width between 0.5 mm and 7 mm. The accuracy of Menter and Langtry's transition model applied for simulating the...Numerical approach of hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) is investigated for the suc- tion hole with a width between 0.5 mm and 7 mm. The accuracy of Menter and Langtry's transition model applied for simulating the flow with boundary layer suction is validated. The experiment data are compared with the computational results. The solutions show that this transition model can pre- dict the transition position with suction control accurately. A well designed laminar airfoil is selected in the present research. For suction control with a single hole, the physical mechanism of suction control, including the impact of suction coefficient and the width and position of the suc- tion hole on control results, is analyzed. The single hole simulation results indicate that it is favor- able for transition delay and drag reduction to increase the suction coefficient and set the hole position closer to the trailing edge properly. The modified radial basis function (RBF) neural net- work and the modified differential evolution algorithm are used to optimize the design for suction control with three holes. The design variables are suction coefficient, hole width, hole position and hole spacing. The optimization target is to obtain the minimum drag coefficient. After optimization, the transition delay can be up to 17% and the aerodynamic drag coefficient can decrease by 12.1%.展开更多
A series of experiments have been performed to demonstrate the significant drag reduction of the laminar flow in the ultrahydrophobic channels with dual-scale micro-nano structured surfaces.However,in previous experim...A series of experiments have been performed to demonstrate the significant drag reduction of the laminar flow in the ultrahydrophobic channels with dual-scale micro-nano structured surfaces.However,in previous experiments,the ultrahydrophobic surfaces were fabricated with micro-structures or nano-structures and the channels were on the microscale.For the drag reduction in macro-scale channels few reports are available.Here a new method was developed to fabricate ultrahydrophobic surfaces with micro-nano hierarchical structures made from carbon nanotubes.The drag reductions up to 36.3% were observed in the macro-channels with ultrahydrophobic surfaces.The micro-PIV was used to measure the flow velocity in channels.Compared with the traditional no-slip theory at walls,a significant slip velocity was observed on the ultrahydrophobic surfaces.展开更多
Abstract Based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) equations and structured grid technology, the calibration and validation of Y-Reo transition model is preformed with fifth-order weighted compact nonline...Abstract Based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) equations and structured grid technology, the calibration and validation of Y-Reo transition model is preformed with fifth-order weighted compact nonlinear scheme (WCNS), and the purpose of the present work is to improve the numerical accuracy for aerodynamic characteristics simulation of low-speed flow with transition model on the basis of high-order numerical method study. Firstly, the empirical correlation functions involved in the Y-Reo transition model are modified and calibrated with experimental data of turbulent flat plates. Then, the grid convergence is studied on NLR-7301 two-element airfoil with the modified empirical correlation. At last, the modified empirical correlation is validated with NLR-7301 two-element airfoil and high-lift trapezoidal wing from transition location, velocity pro- file in boundary layer, surface pressure coefficient and aerodynamic characteristics. The numerical results illustrate that the numerical accuracy of transition length and skin friction behind transition location are improved with modified empirical correlation function, and obviously increases the numerical accuracy of aerodynamic characteristics prediction for typical transport configurations in low-speed range.展开更多
In order to illustrate the combustion characteristics of RP-3 kerosene which is widely used in Chinese aero-engines, the combustion characteristics of RP-3 kerosene were experimentally inves- tigated in a constant vol...In order to illustrate the combustion characteristics of RP-3 kerosene which is widely used in Chinese aero-engines, the combustion characteristics of RP-3 kerosene were experimentally inves- tigated in a constant volume combustion chamber. The experiments were performed at four different pressures of 0.1 MPa, 0.3 MPa, 0.5 MPa and 0.7 MPa, and three different temperatures of 390 K, 420 K and 450 K, and over the equivalence ratio range of 0.6-1.6. Furthermore, the laminar combus- tion speeds of a surrogate fuel for RP-3 kerosene were simulated under certain conditions. The results show that increasing the initial temperature or decreasing the initial pressure causes an increase in the laminar combustion speed of RP-3 kerosene. With the equivalence ratio increasing from 0.6 to 1.6, the laminar combustion speed increases initially and then decreases gradually. The highest laminar combustion speed is measured under fuel rich condition (the equivalence ratio is 1.2). At the same time, the Markstein length shows the same changing trend as the laminar com- bustion speed with modification of the initial pressure. Increasing the initial pressure will increase the instability of the flame front, which is established by decreased Markstein length. However, different from the effects of the initial temperature and equivalence ratio on the laminar combustion speed, increasing the equivalence ratio will lead to a decrease in the Markstein length and the stability of the flame front, and the effect of the initial temperature on the Markstein length is unclear. Further- more, the simulated laminar combustion speeds of the surrogate fuel agree with the corresponding experimental datas of RP-3 kerosene within ~10% deviation under certain conditions.展开更多
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文摘Reduction of drag torque is one of important potentials to improve transmission efficiency.Existing mathematical model of drag torque was not accurate to predict the decrease after oil film shrinking because of the difficulty in modeling the flow pattern between two plates.Flow pattern was considered as laminar flow and full oil film in the gap between two plates in traditional model.Subsequent equivalent circumferential degree model presented an improvement in oil film shrinking due to centrifugal force,but was also based on full oil film in the gap,which resulted difference between model prediction and experimental data.The objective of this paper is to develop an accurate mathematical model for the above problem by using experimental verification.An experimental apparatus was set up to test drag torque of disengaged wet clutch consisting of single friction and separate plate.A high speed camera was used to record the flow pattern through transparent quartz disk plate.The visualization of flow pattern in the clearance was investigated to evaluate the characteristics of oil film shrinking.Visual test results reveal that the oil film begins to shrink from outer radius to inner radius at the stationary plate and only flows along the rotating plate after shrinking.Meanwhile,drag torque decreases sharply due to little contact area between the stationary plate and the oil.A three-dimensional Navier-Stokes (N-S) equation based on laminar flow is presented to model the drag torque.Pressure distributions in radial and circumferential directions as well as speed distributions are deduced.The model analysis reveals that the acceleration of flow in radial direction caused by centrifugal force is the key reason for the shrinking at the constant feeding flow rate.An approach to descript flow pattern was presented on the basis of visual observation.The drag torque predicted by the model agrees well with test data for non-grooved wet clutch.The proposed model enhances the precision for predicting drag torque,and lays down
基金ItemSponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (50104004)
文摘The structure of laminar cooling control system for hot rolling was introduced and the control mode, cooling strategy, segment tracking and model recalculation were analyzed. The parameters of air/water cooling models were optimized by regressing the data gathering in situ, and satisfactory effect was obtained. The coiling temperature can be controlled within ±15℃.
文摘Physics-informed deep learning has drawn tremendous interest in recent years to solve computational physics problems,whose basic concept is to embed physical laws to constrain/inform neural networks,with the need of less data for training a reliable model.This can be achieved by incorporating the residual of physics equations into the loss function.Through minimizing the loss function,the network could approximate the solution.In this paper,we propose a mixed-variable scheme of physics-informed neural network(PINN)for fluid dynamics and apply it to simulate steady and transient laminar flows at low Reynolds numbers.A parametric study indicates that the mixed-variable scheme can improve the PINN trainability and the solution accuracy.The predicted velocity and pressure fields by the proposed PINN approach are also compared with the reference numerical solutions.Simulation results demonstrate great potential of the proposed PINN for fluid flow simulation with a high accuracy.
基金Item Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China(50474016)
文摘The mathematical model for online controlling hot rolled steel cooling on run-out table (ROT for abbreviation) was analyzed, and water cooling is found to be the main cooling mode for hot rolled steel. The calculation of the drop in strip temperature by both water cooling and air cooling is summed up to obtain the change of heat transfer coefficient. It is found that the learning coefficient of heat transfer coefficient is the kernel coefficient of coiler temperature control (CTC) model tuning. To decrease the deviation between the calculated steel temperature and the measured one at coiler entrance, a laminar cooling control self-learning strategy is used. Using the data acquired in the field, the results of the self-learning model used in the field were analyzed. The analyzed results show that the self-learning function is effective.
文摘This study focuses on the characteristics of low Reynolds number flow around airfoil of high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles(HAUAVs) cruising at low speed.Numerical simulation on the flows around several representative airfoils is carried out to investigate the low Reynolds number flow.The water tunnel model tests further validate the accuracy and effectiveness of the numerical method.Then the effects of the relative thickness of airfoil on aerodynamic performance are explored, using the above numerical method, by simulating flows around airfoils of different relative thicknesses(12%, 14%, 16%, 18%), as well as different locations of the maximum relative thickness(x/c = 22%, 26%, 30%, 34%), at a low Reynolds number of 5 × 10^5.Results show that performance of airfoils at low Reynolds number is mainly affected by the laminar separation bubble.On the premise of good stall characteristics, the value of maximum relative thickness should be as small as possible, and the location of the maximum relative thickness ought to be closer to the trailing edge to obtain fine airfoil performance.The numerical method is feasible for the simulation of low Reynolds number flow.The study can help to provide a basis for the design of low Reynolds number airfoil.
文摘Intermittency means the occurrence of a signal that alternates randomly between long regular phases and relatively short irregular bursts.In this paper,we simplify the mathematical analysis of pressure signal by idealizing it as a train of signals of zero duration and of size unity in a bubbling fluidized bed,0.30?m in diameter and 3.8?m in height.Therefore,the simplified signals are zero corresponding to the laminar signals and unity corresponding to irregular bursts.Statistics show that mean laminar length decays with excess gas flow above u mf ,obeying a power law < l > ∝(u-u mf ) -0.55 .Similar results were obtained by Daw et al (1995) .These results suggest that laminar motion is disturbal more frequently and chaotic burst occurs more frequently as gas velocity increases,and chaotic nature of Type-Ⅰ intermittency of fluidizing systems is confirmed further.The chaotic irregular bursts can be considered as the result of intermittent gas bubbles in fluidized beds.
基金Supported by the National Key Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB206903)
文摘The present study introduces the principles of enhanced heat transfer in the core flow to form an equivalent thermal boundary layer in the fully developed laminar tube flow, which consequently enlarges the temperature gradient of the fluid near the tube wall, and thereby enhances the heat transfer between the fluid and the tube wall. At the same time, the increase of flow resistance in the tube is not so obvious. Mechanism analysis and numerical calculation based on air and water have been carried out to verify the principle and method presented in this paper, which may bring positive effects to the design of heat exchanger with high heat transfer efficiency and low flow resistance.
文摘Considering the strip speed during controlled laminar cooling on Baosteel 1580 hot strip mill in China, the influence of strip speed fluctuation on coiling temperature control for the tail and “neck” of the strip was analyzed. The optimization strategies were put forward and proved effective in operation.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2014CB744804)
文摘Numerical approach of hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) is investigated for the suc- tion hole with a width between 0.5 mm and 7 mm. The accuracy of Menter and Langtry's transition model applied for simulating the flow with boundary layer suction is validated. The experiment data are compared with the computational results. The solutions show that this transition model can pre- dict the transition position with suction control accurately. A well designed laminar airfoil is selected in the present research. For suction control with a single hole, the physical mechanism of suction control, including the impact of suction coefficient and the width and position of the suc- tion hole on control results, is analyzed. The single hole simulation results indicate that it is favor- able for transition delay and drag reduction to increase the suction coefficient and set the hole position closer to the trailing edge properly. The modified radial basis function (RBF) neural net- work and the modified differential evolution algorithm are used to optimize the design for suction control with three holes. The design variables are suction coefficient, hole width, hole position and hole spacing. The optimization target is to obtain the minimum drag coefficient. After optimization, the transition delay can be up to 17% and the aerodynamic drag coefficient can decrease by 12.1%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10872106)
文摘A series of experiments have been performed to demonstrate the significant drag reduction of the laminar flow in the ultrahydrophobic channels with dual-scale micro-nano structured surfaces.However,in previous experiments,the ultrahydrophobic surfaces were fabricated with micro-structures or nano-structures and the channels were on the microscale.For the drag reduction in macro-scale channels few reports are available.Here a new method was developed to fabricate ultrahydrophobic surfaces with micro-nano hierarchical structures made from carbon nanotubes.The drag reductions up to 36.3% were observed in the macro-channels with ultrahydrophobic surfaces.The micro-PIV was used to measure the flow velocity in channels.Compared with the traditional no-slip theory at walls,a significant slip velocity was observed on the ultrahydrophobic surfaces.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2014CB744803)
文摘Abstract Based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) equations and structured grid technology, the calibration and validation of Y-Reo transition model is preformed with fifth-order weighted compact nonlinear scheme (WCNS), and the purpose of the present work is to improve the numerical accuracy for aerodynamic characteristics simulation of low-speed flow with transition model on the basis of high-order numerical method study. Firstly, the empirical correlation functions involved in the Y-Reo transition model are modified and calibrated with experimental data of turbulent flat plates. Then, the grid convergence is studied on NLR-7301 two-element airfoil with the modified empirical correlation. At last, the modified empirical correlation is validated with NLR-7301 two-element airfoil and high-lift trapezoidal wing from transition location, velocity pro- file in boundary layer, surface pressure coefficient and aerodynamic characteristics. The numerical results illustrate that the numerical accuracy of transition length and skin friction behind transition location are improved with modified empirical correlation function, and obviously increases the numerical accuracy of aerodynamic characteristics prediction for typical transport configurations in low-speed range.
基金financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51376133 and No.51506132)
文摘In order to illustrate the combustion characteristics of RP-3 kerosene which is widely used in Chinese aero-engines, the combustion characteristics of RP-3 kerosene were experimentally inves- tigated in a constant volume combustion chamber. The experiments were performed at four different pressures of 0.1 MPa, 0.3 MPa, 0.5 MPa and 0.7 MPa, and three different temperatures of 390 K, 420 K and 450 K, and over the equivalence ratio range of 0.6-1.6. Furthermore, the laminar combus- tion speeds of a surrogate fuel for RP-3 kerosene were simulated under certain conditions. The results show that increasing the initial temperature or decreasing the initial pressure causes an increase in the laminar combustion speed of RP-3 kerosene. With the equivalence ratio increasing from 0.6 to 1.6, the laminar combustion speed increases initially and then decreases gradually. The highest laminar combustion speed is measured under fuel rich condition (the equivalence ratio is 1.2). At the same time, the Markstein length shows the same changing trend as the laminar com- bustion speed with modification of the initial pressure. Increasing the initial pressure will increase the instability of the flame front, which is established by decreased Markstein length. However, different from the effects of the initial temperature and equivalence ratio on the laminar combustion speed, increasing the equivalence ratio will lead to a decrease in the Markstein length and the stability of the flame front, and the effect of the initial temperature on the Markstein length is unclear. Further- more, the simulated laminar combustion speeds of the surrogate fuel agree with the corresponding experimental datas of RP-3 kerosene within ~10% deviation under certain conditions.