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Rotational Effect on Viscous Fluid Flow through Rectangular Rotating Straight Duct

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In this paper, a numerical study has been done for fully developed laminar flow of an incompressible viscous fluid through a rotating straight duct with rectangular cross-section. The duct is rotated at a constant angular velocity around the vertical axis. The flow depends on the pressure driven parameter and the rotational parameter along with aspect ratio. The dimensionless non-linear equations are solved by using Spectral method where Chebyshev polynomial is adopted as a key tool. The calculations are carried out for different rotational parameter with a fixed aspect ratio at a constant pressure gradient parameter. The effect of rotational parameter has been observed for axial and secondary flows from the obtained results, which are shown in two dimensional contours and surface plots for axial flow whereas, two dimensional streamline plot, surface plot and vector plot for secondary flow. The asymmetry structure is seen in the axial flow pattern while the double vortex configuration is seen in the secondary flow structure, for all rotational parameter. However, the double vortex pattern in the secondary flow configuration is slightly compressed against the upper and lower walls of the duct for small rotational parameter, but it is highly compressed against the upper and lower walls for high rotational speed.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajam.20180605.12
Published in American Journal of Applied Mathematics (Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2018)
Page(s) 159-166
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Keywords

Viscous Fluid, Steady Flow, Rotating Straight Duct, Rectangular Cross-Section and Pressure Gradient

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  • Mathematics Discipline, Science, Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  • Mathematics Discipline, Science, Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

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