Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement

A general unified solution of the plane Couette–Poiseuille–Stokes–Womersley incompressible linear fluid flow in a slit in the presence of oscillatory pressure gradients with periodic synchronous vibrating boundaries is presented. Oscillatory flow remains stable and laminar with no-slip boundary cond...

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Main Author: Nihad E. Daidzic
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
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description A general unified solution of the plane Couette–Poiseuille–Stokes–Womersley incompressible linear fluid flow in a slit in the presence of oscillatory pressure gradients with periodic synchronous vibrating boundaries is presented. Oscillatory flow remains stable and laminar with no-slip boundary conditions applied. Eigenfunction expansion method is used to obtain the exact analytical solution of the general linear inhomogeneous boundary value problem. Fourier expansion of arbitrary harmonic pressure gradient and non-harmonic wall oscillations was used to calculate arbitrary driving of the fluid. In-house developed optimized computational fluid dynamics marching-in-time finite-volume method was used to test and verify all analytical results. A number of particular transients, steady-state and combined flows were obtained from the general analytical result. Generalized Stokes and Womersley flows were solved using the analytical computations and numerical experiments. The combined effects of periodic non-harmonic wall movements with oscillatory pressure gradients offers rich and interesting flow patterns even for a linear Newtonian fluid and may be particularly interesting for pumping-assist microfluidic devices. The main motivation for developing a unified solution of the unsteady laminar planar Couette–Stokes–Poiseuille–Womersley flow originates in a need for, but is not limited to, in-depth exploration of flow patterns in hemodynamic and microfluidic pumping applications.
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spelling doaj.art-a6d3881982a6480d8cb2b36ef60a9d932023-12-01T21:28:39ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942022-04-0114475710.3390/sym14040757Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary MovementNihad E. Daidzic0Department of Aviation, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001, USAA general unified solution of the plane Couette–Poiseuille–Stokes–Womersley incompressible linear fluid flow in a slit in the presence of oscillatory pressure gradients with periodic synchronous vibrating boundaries is presented. Oscillatory flow remains stable and laminar with no-slip boundary conditions applied. Eigenfunction expansion method is used to obtain the exact analytical solution of the general linear inhomogeneous boundary value problem. Fourier expansion of arbitrary harmonic pressure gradient and non-harmonic wall oscillations was used to calculate arbitrary driving of the fluid. In-house developed optimized computational fluid dynamics marching-in-time finite-volume method was used to test and verify all analytical results. A number of particular transients, steady-state and combined flows were obtained from the general analytical result. Generalized Stokes and Womersley flows were solved using the analytical computations and numerical experiments. The combined effects of periodic non-harmonic wall movements with oscillatory pressure gradients offers rich and interesting flow patterns even for a linear Newtonian fluid and may be particularly interesting for pumping-assist microfluidic devices. The main motivation for developing a unified solution of the unsteady laminar planar Couette–Stokes–Poiseuille–Womersley flow originates in a need for, but is not limited to, in-depth exploration of flow patterns in hemodynamic and microfluidic pumping applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/757Couette flowPoiseuille flowStokes’ 1st and 2nd problemWomersley floweigenfunction expansioncomplex Fourier series
spellingShingle Nihad E. Daidzic
Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement
Symmetry
Couette flow
Poiseuille flow
Stokes’ 1st and 2nd problem
Womersley flow
eigenfunction expansion
complex Fourier series
title Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement
title_full Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement
title_fullStr Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement
title_full_unstemmed Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement
title_short Unified Theory of Unsteady Planar Laminar Flow in the Presence of Arbitrary Pressure Gradients and Boundary Movement
title_sort unified theory of unsteady planar laminar flow in the presence of arbitrary pressure gradients and boundary movement
topic Couette flow
Poiseuille flow
Stokes’ 1st and 2nd problem
Womersley flow
eigenfunction expansion
complex Fourier series
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/757
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