Analytical solution for transient one-dimensional couette flow considering constant and time-dependent pressure gradients
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2011
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Zevallos, Andrés Mendiburu [UNESP]
Carrocci, Luiz Roberto [UNESP]
Carvalho Júnior, Joao Andrade de [UNESP]
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This paperaims to determine the velocity profile, in transient state, for a parallel incompressible flow known as Couette flow. The Navier-Stokes equations were applied upon this flow. Analytical solutions, based in Fourier series and integral transforms, were obtained for the one-dimensional transient Couette flow, taking into account constant and time-dependent pressure gradients acting on the fluid since the same instant when the plate starts it´s movement. Taking advantage of the orthogonality and superposition properties solutions were foundfor both considered cases. Considering a time-dependent pressure gradient, it was found a general solution for the Couette flow for a particular time function. It was found that the solution for a time-dependent pressure gradient includes the solutions for a zero pressure gradient and for a constant pressure gradient.
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Couette flow, Transient, Parallel plates, Incompressible fluid
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Reterm: Engenharia Térmica, v. 8, n. 2, p. 92-98, 2011.