Skip to main content
Log in

Effect of buoyancy on the free surface flow past a permeable bed

Auftrieb und Wärmeübertragung an laminar parallel angeströmten Oberflächen poröser Körper

  • Published:
Wärme - und Stoffübertragung Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Laminar steady free surface flow having one permeable bounding wall is investigated in the presence of buoyancy force. The experimental results of Rajasekhara [1] were found to be in good agreement with our theoretical results based on a model which admits slip-velocity at the porous material. The effect of buoyancy force is to increase the velocity distribution in the case of greater heat addition (No>0) and to decrease it by a greater cooling (No<0). As a result, the mass flow rate increases and the friction factor decreases for No>0 and the opposite is true for No<0. We further find that the effect of buoyancy force on the temperature distribution is to increase its magnitude. In particular, we find that the rate of heat transfer at its nominal surface is increased in the case of heating (No>0) of flow.

Zusammenfassung

Die laminare Strömung entlang poröser Grenzflächen wird in Anwesenheit von Auftriebskräften theoretisch untersucht. Die Übereinstimmung zwischen Theorie und Experimenten von Rajasekhara [1] ist dann gut, wenn Strömungsgleitung an der porösen Oberfläche vorausgesetzt wird. Die Auftriebskräfte erhöhen die Geschwindigkeitsverteilung bei Wärmezufuhr (No>0) und verringern sie bei Kühlung (No<0). Im ersten Fall erhöht sich der Massenfluß bei abnehmenden Widerstandsbeiwert (No>0). Umgekehrte Verhältnisse liegen für No<0 vor. Insbesondere stellt sich heraus, daß der Wärmeübergang mit steigender Erwärmung der Strömung zunimmt.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Abbreviations

u:

the velocity

T:

the entrance temperature

T′:

the temperature of fluid

Q:

the Darcy velocity

ρ:

the density of fluid

μ:

the viscosity of fluid

No :

Buoyancy parameter

k:

the permeability of porous media

σ:

\(h/\sqrt k \)

α:

the slip parameter

η:

y/h

x, y:

cartesian coordinates

h:

the depth of flow above the bed

Re:

2/-uh/v the Reynolds number

Literature

  1. Rejasekhara, B. M.: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Flow Past a Porous Medium, Thesis. Ph. D., Bangalore University, 1974

  2. Beavers, G. S.; Joseph, D. D.: Boundary conditions at a Naturally Permeable Wall. J. Fluid Mech. 30 (1967) 197

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Schertz, W. W.; Kenneth, B. B.: Thermal and Material Transport in Nonisothermal Packed Beds. A.I.Ch.E., Journal 15, No. 4 (1969) 597

    Google Scholar 

  4. Sparrow, E. M.; Eichhorn, R.; Gregg, J. L.: Combined Forced and Free Convection in a Boundary Layer Flow. Physics of Fluids 2 (1959) 319

    Article  MATH  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  5. Gill, W. N.; Casol, E. D.: A Theoretical Investigation of Natural Convection Effects in Forced Horizontal Flows. A. I. Ch. E. 8 (1962) 513

    Google Scholar 

  6. Christopher; Tam, K. W. The Drag on a Cloud of Spherical Particles in Loew Reynolds Number Flow. J. Fluid Mech. 38 (1969) 537

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Lundgren, T. S.: Slow Flow through Stationary Random Beds and Suspensions of Spheres. J. Fluid Mech. 51 (1972) 273

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  8. Beavers, G. S.; Sparrow, E. M.; Magnuson, R. A.: Experiments on Coupled Parallel Flows in a Channel and a Bounding Porous Medium. J. Basic Engg. Trans, A. S. M. E. 92 (1970) 843

    Google Scholar 

  9. Taylor, G. I.: A Model for the Boundary Condition of a Porous Material Part I. J. Fluid Mech. 49 (1971) 319

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Rajasekhara, B. M.; Ramaiah, B. K.; Rudraiah, N.: Couette Flow over a Naturally Permeable Bed. J. Maths. and Phys. Sciences., I. I. T. Madras, 9, No. 1 (1975) 49

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rudraiah, N., Veerabhadraiah, R. Effect of buoyancy on the free surface flow past a permeable bed. Warme- und Stoffubertragung 11, 265–275 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587790

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587790

Keywords

Navigation