Homework 5

Consider the Rayleigh problem, where the plate is moved with the velocity Vx(y = 0; t) = t n , where the exponent n is a parameter. By looking for similarity solutions show that the velocity may be written as Vx(y; t) = t ε g(y t β ). What are the values of β and ε? Write the ordinary differential equation that g must satisfy with the corresponding boundary conditions. Solve this equation for n=1/2. Comment on how the diffusion length scales with time? 2. Use the 4

th order Runge-Kutta numerical integration scheme to solve the boundary layer eq 3 2 3 2 d f d f 2 f 0 d d    

with the boundary conditions

df df f (0) (0) 0, ( ) 1 d d        

. Using

iterations until all conditions are satisfied, determine 2 2 d f (0) d and plot the functions 2 2 df d f f, , d d   .

For numerical computations apply the far-field condition at   10 . You can use the Matlab

procedure ODE45.

  1. Use the 4th order Runge-Kutta numerical integration scheme to numerically solve the Falkner-

    Skan equation

[( ) 1] 0 1 2 2 2 2 5 3

 

     d df m m d d f f d d f

with boundary conditions

(0)  (0)  0, ()  1  d df

d df f

(for a boundary layer with a far-field axial velocity U(x) = U1 x m ) when (i) m = 1, (ii) m = 0, and (iii) m = - 0.0904. For each m, using iterations until all conditions are satisfied, determine (0) 2 2 d d f and plot the functions

2 2 , ,  d d f d df f . For numerical

computations apply the far-field condition at   10 . You can use the Matlab procedure ODE45. 4. Consider the steady, incompressible, viscous and axisymmetric Burgers vortex that is given in a cylindrical coordinate system. For this flow the radial velocity is: Vr = -ar where a is a constant. (a) From the continuity eq in axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates, determine the axial velocity Vz. (b) Then use the azimuthal momentum eq in axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates to determine the azimuthal velocity V (r). Assume the centerline condition V (0)=0 and the far-field relation V (r>>1) = Γ/(2πr) where Γ is a constant. Hint: assume 2πr V / Γ = f( where r / 2a    and derive a differential eq for f. Use the example of a decaying vortex in time to

analytically solve f( and determine V (r). (c) Apply the 4th order Runge-Kutta numerical integration scheme to numerically solve the differential eq for f with f(0)=0 and f( >>1)=1. Using iterations until all conditions are satisfied, determine df (0) d and plot the functions df f, d . For numerical computations apply

the far-field condition at   10 . You can use the Matlab procedure ODE45.

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