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Efficient simulation of rarefied gas flow past a particle : a boundary element method for the linearized G13 equations
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Padrino-Inciarte, Juan C., Sprittles, James E. and Lockerby, Duncan A. (2022) Efficient simulation of rarefied gas flow past a particle : a boundary element method for the linearized G13 equations. Physics of Fluids, 34 (6). 062011 . doi:10.1063/5.0091041 ISSN 1070-6631.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0091041
Abstract
We develop a novel boundary integral formulation for the steady linearized form of Grad's 13-moment (G13) equations applied to a uniform flow of rarefied gas past solid objects at low Mach numbers. Changing variables leads to a system of boundary integral equations that combines integral equations from Stokes flow and potential theory. The strong coupling between the stress deviator and heat flux featured by the G13 equations demands adding a boundary integral equation for the pressure. We specialize the integral equations for an axisymmetric flow with no swirl and derive the axisymmetric fundamental solutions for the pressure equation, seemingly absent in the Stokes-flow literature. Using the boundary element method to achieve a numerical solution, we apply this formulation to streaming flow of rarefied gas past prolate or oblate spheroids with their axis of symmetry parallel to the free stream, considering various aspect ratios and Knudsen numbers—the ratio of the molecules' mean free path to the macroscopic length scale. After validating the method, we obtain the surface profiles of the deviations from the unperturbed state of the traction, heat flux, pressure, temperature, and slip velocity, as well as the drag on the spheroid, observing convergence with the number of elements. Rarefaction phenomena, such as temperature jump and polarization, Knudsen effects in the drag, and velocity slippage, are predicted. This method opens a new path for investigating other gas non-equilibrium phenomena that can be modeled by the same set of equations, such as thermophoresis, and has application in nano- and microfluidics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reynolds number, Viscous flow -- Mathematical models, Fluid dynamics -- Mathematical models, Gas flow -- Mathematical models, Navier-Stokes equations | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Physics of Fluids | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1070-6631 | ||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 17 June 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Article Number: | 062011 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1063/5.0091041 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | The following article has been accepted by Physics of Fluids. After it is published, it will be found at https://aip.scitation.org/journal/phf | ||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 May 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 May 2022 | ||||||||||||
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