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Oscillatory and streaming flow between two spheres due to combined oscillations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Dejuan Kong
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, USA
Anita Penkova
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, USA
Satwindar Singh Sadhal*
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: sadhal@usc.edu

Abstract

The flow induced by the combined torsional and transverse oscillations of a sphere with amplitude ratio $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ and phase difference $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ in a concentric spherical container is examined. Analytical solutions of the leading-order flow field and shear stress profiles have been obtained. Steady streaming flows are also analysed not only for the case of unrestricted Womersley number $|M|$ , but also in the low-frequency $(|M|\ll 1)$ and high-frequency ( $|M|\gg 1$ ) limits. At high frequency, the flow field has been divided into three regions: two boundary layers and the outer region. The streaming flow field is determined for the limiting case of the streaming Reynolds number $R_{s}\ll 1$ . The results are compared with those of single torsional or transverse oscillation, and found to match very well. The amplitude ratio $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ and phase difference $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ , in determining the streaming, are also discussed. The number and direction of steady streaming recirculation on the $r$ – $\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}$ plane depend on value of the amplitude ratio $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ . The phase difference $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ plays a dominant role in the azimuthal velocity $u_{1\unicode[STIX]{x1D719}}^{(s)}$ of steady streaming. When $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ is approximately $(2n+1)\unicode[STIX]{x03C0}/2$ , $u_{1\unicode[STIX]{x1D719}}^{(s)}$ vanishes under low-frequency oscillation, while steady streaming has a recirculation on the $r$ – $\unicode[STIX]{x1D719}$ plane under higher-frequency oscillation.

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Figure 1. A schematic of the streaming flow regions at high frequency.

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Figure 2. Leading-order shear stress profiles on the equatorial plane over one time period with $b=0.5$, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}=\unicode[STIX]{x03C0}/4$. The dashed curve shows the time average of absolute shear stress values over one period. (a) $|M|\ll 1$, (b) $|M|=1$, (c) $|M|=5$, (d) $|M|=20$.

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Figure 3. The streaming flow pattern on $r$–$\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}$ plane for low frequency under different amplitude ratio with $b=0.5$. (a) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=0$, (b) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$, (c) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=3$.

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Figure 4. The streaming flow pattern on $r$–$\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}$ plane for $|M|=10$ under different amplitude ratio with $b=0.5$. (a) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=0$, (b) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$, (c) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=5$.

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Figure 5. The streaming flow pattern on $r$–$\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}$ plane for high frequency $(|M|=25)$ under different amplitude ratio with $b=0.5$. (a) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=0$, (b) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$, (c) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=8$.

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Figure 6. Signs of the circulation in the first quadrant on the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D719}=0$ plane at different $|M|$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ values.

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Figure 7. Example of the streaming flow pattern change on $r$–$\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}$ plane under different amplitude ratio ($|M|=10$, $b=0.5$). (a) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=3.9$, (b) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=4.0$, (c) $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=4.1$.

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Figure 8. Steady part of first order azimuthal velocity profiles with $b=0.5$, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}=0$. (a) low frequency, (b) $|M|=10$, (c) high frequency $(|M|=25)$.

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Figure 9. Steady part of first-order azimuthal velocity profiles on the plane $\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}=\unicode[STIX]{x03C0}/4$ under different phase difference $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$ with $b=0.5$, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$. (a) Low frequency, (b) $|M|=10$, (c) high frequency $(|M|=25)$.

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Figure 10. Maximum relative error of the steady streaming velocity between asymptotic analysis (2.49) and (2.20) at different $|M|$ values with $b=0.5$, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=1$, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}=0$.