通过聚合物添加剂在流热对流中恢复轴对称流结构
Fang Xu1, Xiao-Shen Liu1, Xiao-Ming Li1
1Southern University of Science and Technology, Center for Complex Flows and Soft Matter Research and Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Physical review letters
|March 14, 2025
概括
将聚合物添加到流对流中,通过减少速度波动,令人惊地恢复了流体对称性. 这与自然对称性恢复形成鲜明对比,并影响能量转移和热传输效率.
科学领域:
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 流研究 流研究
- 聚合物物理 聚合物物理
背景情况:
- 动荡的雷利-贝纳德对流通常表现出由于自发的对称性破坏而导致的单卷大规模循环 (LSC).
- 了解影响LSC及其对称性的因素对于预测流运输至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究长链聚合物对流雷利-贝纳德对流的大规模流体结构的影响.
- 阐明对称性恢复背后的机制及其对能量转移和热传输的影响.
主要方法:
- 在圆柱状细胞中对流雷利-贝纳德对流的实验研究.
- 将微量长链聚合物添加到液体中.
- 对大规模流量拓和速度波动的分析.
主要成果:
- 添加聚合物诱导了轴对称的流量拓,恢复了对称性.
- 对称性恢复是由于异构抑制速度波动 (水平rms速度<垂直) 的结果.
- 轴对称的流量显示了平均流量和流之间的净能量转移消失,与LSC不同.
结论:
- 小规模的聚合物特性可以操纵大规模的流体结构和对称性.
- 降低速度波动,而不是增加热波动,可以恢复对称性.
- 较低对称的LSC拓似乎提供了更高的热传输效率.
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