• Title/Summary/Keyword: Capillary phenomena

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Unstable Interface Phenomena in a Micro Channel

  • Inamuro T.;Kobayashi K.;Yamaoka Y.;Ogino F.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.118-120
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    • 2003
  • The behavior of viscous fingerings caused by an external force is investigated by using a two­phase lattice Boltzmann method. The effects of the modified capillary number, the viscosity contrast, and the modified Darcy-Rayleigh number on the instability of interfaces are found. The calculated wave numbers are in good agreement with the theoretical ones in the range of wave numbers smaller than 10, but the calculated ones tend to become smaller than the theoretical ones in higher wave numbers.

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NUMERICAL SOLUTION FOR WOOD DRYING ON ONE-DIMENSIONAL GRID

  • Lee, Yong-Hun;Kang, Wook;Chung, Woo-Yang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.95-105
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    • 2007
  • A mathematical modeling for the drying process of hygroscopic porous media, such as wood, has been developed in the past decades. The governing equations for wood drying consist of three conservation equations with respect to the three state variables, moisture content, temperature and air density. They are involving simultaneous, highly coupled heat and mass transfer phenomena. In recent, the equations were extended to account for material heterogeneity through the density of the wood and via the density variation of the material process, capillary pressure, absolute permeability, bound water diffusivity and effective thermal conductivity. In this paper, we investigate the drying behavior for the three primary variables of the drying process in terms of control volume finite element method to the heterogeneous transport model on one-dimensional grid.

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Porometric Study on the Gas Diffusion Layer in PEMFCs Using Method of Standard Porosimetry (MSP 기법을 적용한 고분자 전해질 연료전지 가스확산층의 포로시메트리 연구)

  • Lee, Yongtaek
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.64-69
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    • 2013
  • The structure of pore network of gas diffusion layers (GDLs) in PEMFCs plays a critical role in determining the transport phenomena of reaction gas as well as generated water. In addition, the interactive characteristics between water and surface of pore are no less important than the structural characteristics of pore network. In this study, porometric investigation is conducted for two kinds of GDL using method of standard porosimetry which enable to distinguish hydrophobic pores from hydrophilic pores of GDLs. The porosity of TGPH-120 decreases by 6% by adding 30 wt.% of PTFE, but the porosity of hydrophilic pores decreases by 12%. The relation of $p_c-S_{nw}$ varies with the addition of PTFE, especially at low $p_c$.

Dry Pressing Behavior of Nanosized $Al_2$$O_3$Powders (나노 $Al_2$$O_3$분말의 건식 가압성형 거동)

  • Lee, Hae-Weon;Lee, Jong-Ho;Jun, Hyung-Woo;Ahn, Jae-Pyoung;Park, Jong-Ku;Moon, Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.37 no.11
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    • pp.1071-1077
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    • 2000
  • 표면 윤활층을 가진 나노 알루미나를 진공중에서 가압성형함으로써 결함발생없이 높은 충전압력을 가할 수 있었으며, 높은 밀도, 미세기공, 좁은 기공경 분포를 가지는 성형체를 제조할 수 있었다. 윤활제의 화학 및 기계적 특성에 의하여 변하는 모세관 현상을 조정함으로써 충전효율을 증대하고 결함발생을 억제할 수 있다. 나노분말의 소결에서도 성형 미세구조의 균일도가 치밀화 거동에 여전히 지배적인 역할을 하였다.

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Spray modelization of air-assisted coaxial atomizer (이류체 분사노즐의 분무예측 모델)

  • Yun, Seok-Ju;Ledoux, M.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.1948-1958
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    • 1996
  • Experimental and theoretical studies on the air-assist coaxial atomizer have been continuously carried out for a long time. But now the importance of the theoretical study is tending to increase as with the development of computer. This study is concerned to the spray modelization, especially, the instability of the liquid jet surrounded by the air stream which flows with high velocity. To study the phenomena of the break up, we used the linear theory based on the classical Kelvin-Helmholtz theory for capillary wave at a simple interface and we investigated the variation of liquid core radius. As a result, we obtained that the drop diameter and the variation of the liquid core radius predicted by using our model are reasonable.

Damped Oscill ations of the (Hard)Contact Lenses Posterior to the Blink (순목 후 콘택트(하드)렌즈의 감쇄 진동)

  • Kim, Dae-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.173-184
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    • 2005
  • A capillary action-induced tension develops in the tear layer between the contact lens and cornea, which leads to the restoring force due to difference in the layer thickness between either upper and lower or left and right side of the lens when it is displaced off the equilibrium position as a result of blinking. Suppose the lens was displaced a certain distance from the equilibrium position, lens starts to oscillate toward the equilibrium position with the decreasing amplitude due to the restoring force as well as the velocity dependent viscous damping force in the tear layer. A mathematical model which consists of the differential equations and their numerical solution was proposed to analyze the damped oscillations of lenses. The model predicts the time dependence of lenses after the blink varying the various parameters such as Be, diameters, masses and positions displaced from equilibrium. As the Be and mass of lens increases the rate of amplitude reduction decreases, which requires a more time for the lens to return to the equilibrium position. It seems that varying the lens' displacement and diameters affect the lens' motion very little.

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Histological Response of Kidney, Gill and Hepatopancreas of the Juvenile Olive Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus after PCBs Exposure (PCBs 노출에 따른 넙치(Paralichthys olivaceus) 치어의 신장, 아가미 및 간췌장의 조직학적 반응)

  • KIM Jae-Won;JEE Jung-Hoon;KANG Ju-Chan;LEE Jung-Sik;CHIN Pyung
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.283-289
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    • 2003
  • The effect on kidney, gill, and hepatopancreas of juvenile olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus were investigated by histological method under limit concentration of effulent of PCBs for 60 days. The free surface of epithelial cell layer in the renal tubules of kidney showed a strong positive reaction in alcian blue during all exposure period. There were also observed swelling of hemocyte in glomerulus and macrophage. At 60 days after exposure, epithelium of the renal tubules was fused and some of organism $(20\%)$ showed damage of glomerulus and eosinophlic cell in epithelium of the renal tubules. The phenomena such as the activation and increase of the chloride cell, and swelling of hemocyte in the capillary of gill were observed during all exposure period. At 60 days after exposure, swelling of the gill filament and mucous cell appeared in gill and some of organism $(30\%)$ showed swelling of the gill lamellar. Swelling of hemocyte in the capillary of hepatopancreas was observed and the free surface of epithelial layer of the bile duct showed positive reaction in alcian blue during all exposure period. Degenerated zymogen in the pancreas and swelling of the hepatocyte were occurred at 60 days after exposure.

A Visualization Study of Liquid Spreading on Micro/nano Textured Surfaces with Synchrotron X-ray Imaging (방사광 X-선 영상법을 활용한 마이크로/나노 구조 표면에서의 액체 퍼짐 가시화 연구)

  • Kwak, Ho Jae;Yu, Dong In;Doh, Seungwoo;Park, Hyun Sun;Kim, Moo Hwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.41 no.8
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    • pp.531-536
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    • 2017
  • Nano/micro technology is currently applied to improve solid surface wettability, with recent research studies indicating that nanostructures can improve surface wettability in the hydrophilic direction, and liquid spreading (propagation) is generated by capillary wicking. The majority of the existing research involves qualitative analysis of the spreading phenomena, owing to the difficulty in conducting small-scale analysis (nanostructures). In this study, the droplet interfacial behavior on silicon surfaces with micro/nano/micro-nano structures is experimentally investigated. The interfacial behavior is directly visualized using synchrotron X-ray imaging (side view). The spreading phenomena occur on structured surfaces, and the liquid interface behaviors on the surfaces differ. The liquid film thickness is uniform during spreading on the microstructured surface, but not on the nano case which shows a gentle slope. These combined spreading shapes were observed on a micro-nano structured surface, and liquid propagation was enhanced when the micro- and nano-structures are combined.

Remote Sensing of Surface Films as a Tool for the Study of Oceanic Dynamic Processes

  • Mitnik, Leonid;Dubina, Vyacheslav;Konstantinov, Oleg;Fischenko, Vitaly;Darkin, Denis
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.111-119
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    • 2009
  • Biogenic surface films, which are often present in coastal areas, may enhance the signatures of hydrodynamic processes in microwave, optical, and infrared imagery. We analyzed ERS-1/2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) images taken over the Japan/East Sea (JES). We focused on the appearance of the contrast SAR signatures, particularly the dark features of different scales caused by various oceanic and atmospheric phenomena. Spiral eddies of different scales were detected through surface film patterns both near the coast and in the open regions of the JES in warm and cold seasons. During field experiments carried out at the Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI) Marine Station 'Cape Shults' in Peter the Great Bay, the sea surface roughness characteristics were measured during the day and night using a developed polarization spectrophotometer and various digital cameras and systems of floats. The velocity of natural and artificial slicks was estimated using video and ADCP time series of tracers deployed on the sea surface. The slopes of gravity-capillary wave power spectra varied between .4 and .5. Surface currents in the natural and artificial slicks increased with the distance from the coast, varying between 4 and 40 cm/s. The contrast of biogenic and anthropogenic slicks detected on vertical and horizontal polarization images against the background varied over a wide range. SAR images and ancillary satellite and field data were processed and analyzed using specialized GIS for marine coastal areas.

A Study on the Drag and Heat Transfer Reduction Phenomena and Degradation Effects of the Viscoelastic Fluids (점탄성유체의 저항 및 열전달 감소현상과 퇴화의 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Eum, C.S.;Jeon, C.Y.;Yoo, S.S.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.37-48
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    • 1990
  • The drag and heat transfer reduction phenomena and degradation effects of drag reducing polymer solutions which are known as the viscoelastic fluids are investigated experimentally for the turbulent circular tube flows. Two stainless steel tubes are used for the experimental flow loops. Aqueous solutions of Polyacrylamide Separan AP-273 with concentrations from 300 to 1000 wppm are used as working fluids. Flow loops are set up to measure the friction factors and heat transfer coefficients of test tubes in the once-through system and the recirculating flow system. Test tubes are heated by power supply directly to apply constant heat flux boundary conditions on the wall. Capillary tube viscometer and falling ball viscometer are used to measure the viscous characteristics of fluids and the characteristic relaxation time of a fluid is determined by the Powell-Eyring model. The order of magnidude of the thermal entrance length of a drag reducing polymer solution is close to the order of magnitude of the laminar entrance length of Newtonian fluids. Dimensionless heat transfer coefficients of the viscoelastic non-Newtonian fluids may be represented as a function of flow behavior index n and newly defined viscoelastic Graetz number. As degradation continues viscosity and the characteristic relaxation time of the testing fluids decrease and heat transfer coefficients increase. The characteristic relaxation time is used to define the Weissenberg number and variations of friction factors and heat transfer coefficients due to degradation are presented in terms of the Weissenberg number.

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