Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

The problem of measurement of the in-flight velocity and temperature of particles in the light field of a pulsedperiodic laser was solved using contactless detection methods. The solution of the problem is based on using a spectrometer and a complex of laser and optical means. The diagnostic technique combines two independent methods for measuring the in-flight particle velocity: a passive one, based on the registration of the natural radiation emitted by the heated particles in the gas flow, and an active one, using the effect due to laser-beam scattering. Histograms of the statistical distributions of particle velocities for two operating modes of a coaxial nozzle were presented. There is no laser radiation in the first mode. There is pulsed laser radiation in the second mode. In the experiments, various powders (Al2O3, Mo, Ni, Al) with particle size distributions typical of laser deposition technology and various working gases (air, nitrogen, argon) were used. СО2-laser works in pulse-periodic mode with a mean power up to 2 kW. Pulsed power reaches several ten/hundred kilowatts. It is shown that in the field of laser radiation, powder particles acquire additional acceleration due to the evaporation and the appearance of a reactive force due to the recoil pressure of the vapors emitted from the irradiated part of the particle surface. It is shown that laser radiation can significantly affect the velocity and temperature of powder particles being transported by a gas jet. At the maximum carrier-gas velocity of up to 30 m/s, the velocities of single particles due to the laser-induced acceleration can reach the values of the order of 120 m/s.

The instrumental accuracy of determining the model temperatures by the data of radiance temperature measurements at two and three experimental points is analyzed using model examples, when neither thermodynamic temperature nor emissivity of the sighting site is known. The instrumental accuracy of determining the desired temperature is estimated depending on the choice of a spectral window in the thermal radiation spectrum. It is shown that moving the spectral window to the long-wavelength region of the radiation spectrum can deteriorate the instrumental accuracy of measuring the desired temperature by several times.

Numerical simulation of transient melting regimes inside an enclosure in the presence of a local heat source has been carried out. Mathematical model formulated in terms of dimensionless variables such as stream function, vorticity, and temperature has been numerically solved by finite difference method. Effects of the Rayleigh number 4·105 ≤ Ra ≤ 5·107, Stefan number 2.21 ≤ Ste ≤ 5.53, and dimensionless time on velocity and temperature fields as well as on the local Nusselt number along the heat source surface have been analyzed in detail. The transient effects of the considered process at high values of the Rayleigh number have been identified.

A model of a rivulet formed on the coils of a tubular heat exchanger has been developed. The cross-sectional shape of the rivulet is determined taking into account the forces of gravity of liquid, the forces of surface tension, and centrifugal forces. The equations for the coordinates of the free boundary points of the rivulet are presented in the integral form based on the analytical solution of the problem. The cross-sectional areas of rivulet and liquid bridge are compared, as well as the areas of their contacts with the working tubes.

Turbulent flow of thermoviscous liquid is studied in a three-dimensional region with periodicity in two directions. Flow characteristics are described in the terms of equation for turbulent kinetic energy: this allows to differentiate contributions from different components related to generation, transport, and dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy. Those terms can be calculated from averaging the moments of different order. The previous studies demonstrated that thermoviscous liquid flow occurs through several stages of evolution, including the unsteady turbulence. This allows discussing the problem of mathematical rigorous statement and applicability of different methods for averaging. Existence of spatial periodicity allow using a combined spatial-time averaging for different values on the interval of steady turbulence. Results are presented as a set of Z—t-diagrams. Besides, the paper presents analysis of flow development on the basis of direct visualization of velocity and temperature.

The process of wave formation in the falling films of liquid nitrogen was simulated numerically in the framework of the hydrodynamic model of Kapitsa — Shkadov. The typical wave characteristics were calculated for different inlet Reynolds numbers. The effect of parameters of small initial perturbations on wave formation was studied. Satisfactory agreement of numerical simulation results and experimental data is shown.

The results of the numerical modeling of the supersonic flow in an axisymmetric duct in which a pseudo-shock arises are presented. The duct includes the frontal inlet with a funnel-shaped part of initial compression of the supersonic flow and with a cylindrical throat part as well as the subsequent (cylindrical or diverging) diffuser where the flow slows down to a subsonic velocity. The flow conditions at the freestream Mach number M = 6 have been considered. Numerical computations of the flow have been done using a Navier–Stokes equations code and the k-ω SST turbulence model. As a result of computations, such flow parameters have been determined as the location of the pseudo-shock beginning, the length of the pseudo-shock supersonic part, the pressure distribution on the duct wall, the total pressure losses as well as the characteristics of flow turbulence. In particular, the variation of the turbulence intensity and turbulent viscosity along the pseudo-shock length have been examined and, based on these characteristics, the possibility of determining the location of a cross section, in which the pseudo-shock can be treated as completed, have been considered.