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Professor Camille Petit

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Materials Engineering
 
 
 
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camille.petit Website

 
 
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Location

 

506ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Farooq:2020:10.1103/physreve.102.043106,
author = {Farooq, U and Stafford, J and Petit, C and Matar, OK},
doi = {10.1103/physreve.102.043106},
journal = {Physical Review E},
pages = {043106  1--043106  13},
title = {Numerical simulations of a falling film on the inner surface of a rotating cylinder},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.102.043106},
volume = {102},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A flow in which a thin film falls due to gravity on the inner surface of a vertical, rotating cylinder is investigated. This is performed using two-dimensional (2D) and 3D direct numerical simulations, with a volume-of-fluid approach to treat the interface. The problem is parameterized by the Reynolds, Froude, Weber, and Ekman numbers. The variation of the Ekman number (Ek), defined to be proportional to the rotational speed of the cylinder, has a strong effect on the flow characteristics. Simulations are conducted over a wide range of Ek values (0≤Ek≤484) in order to provide detailed insight into how this parameter influences the flow. Our results indicate that increasing Ek, which leads to a rise in the magnitude of centrifugal forces, produces a stabilizing effect, suppressing wave formation. Key flow features, such as the transition from a 2D to a more complex 3D wave regime, are influenced significantly by this stabilization and are investigated in detail. Furthermore, the imposed rotation results in distinct flow characteristics such as the development of angled waves, which arise due to the combination of gravitationally and centrifugally driven motion in the axial and azimuthal directions, respectively. We also use a weighted residuals integral boundary layer method to determine a boundary in the space of Reynolds and Ekman numbers that represents a threshold beyond which waves have recirculation regions.
AU  - Farooq,U
AU  - Stafford,J
AU  - Petit,C
AU  - Matar,OK
DO  - 10.1103/physreve.102.043106
EP  - 1
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 2470-0045
SP  - 043106
TI  - Numerical simulations of a falling film on the inner surface of a rotating cylinder
T2  - Physical Review E
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.102.043106
UR  - https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.043106
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/84144
VL  - 102
ER  -
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