Theoretical analysis of heat transfer in laminar pulsating flow

Pulsation effect on heat transfer in laminar incompressible flow, which led to contradictory results in previous studies, is theoretically investigated in this work starting from basic principles in an attempt to eliminate existing confusion at various levels. First, the analytical solution of the fully developed thermal and hydraulic profiles under constant wall heat flux is obtained. It eliminates the confusion resulting from a previously published erroneous solution. The physical implications of the solution are discussed. Also, a new time average heat transfer coefficient for pulsating flow is carefully defined such as to produce results that are both useful from the engineering point of view, and compliant with the energy balance. This rationally derived average is compared with intuitive averages used in the literature. New results are numerically obtained for the thermally developing region with a fully developed velocity profile. Different types of thermal boundary conditions are considered, including the effect of wall thermal inertia. The effects of Reynold and Prandtl numbers, as well as pulsation amplitude and frequency on heat transfer are investigated. The mechanism by which pulsation affects the developing region, by creating damped oscillations along the tube length of the time average Nusselt number, is explained.     

Plastic instability in dual-pressure tube-hydroforming process

The tube-hydroforming process has become an indispensable manufacturing technique in recent years. Successful tube hydroforming requires bulging to take place without causing any type of instability such as bursting, wrinkling or buckling. The dual-pressure tube-hydroforming process was introduced to achieve a favorable tri-axial stress state in the deformation process. In this paper, the effect of applying counter pressure on plastic instability of thin-walled tubes is analyzed. It is concluded that in dual-pressure tube hydroforming, the onset of plastic instability is delayed and the ductility of the metal is increased.     

Pulsating Jet Impingement Heat Transfer Enhancement

This article presents results from a numerical study of pulsating jet impingement heat transfer. The motivation is to seek conditions offering a significant enhancement compared to steady flow impingement drying. The CFD software package FLUENT was used for simulating slot-type pulsating jet impingement flows with confinement. The parameter study included velocity amplitude ratio, mean jet velocity, and pulsation frequency. The distance from nozzle exit to surface was three times the hydraulic diameter of the nozzle. The Reynolds number based on the nozzle hydraulic diameter and jet temperature was 2,460 with a mean jet velocity of 30 m/s, which is the base case of the numerical experiments. Results showed that time-averaged surface heat transfer increased with increasing velocity amplitude for the same mean jet velocity. Large velocity amplitudes helped enhance heat transfer by two mechanisms: high jet velocity during the positive cycle and strong recirculating flows during the negative cycle. For the cases with different mean jet velocities but the same maximum velocity, time-averaged surface heat flux decreased with decreasing mean jet velocity. As for the effects of pulsation frequency, with high-velocity amplitude ratio, time-averaged surface heat fluxes were at the same level regardless of frequency. However, at low-velocity amplitude ratio, high frequency caused stronger recirculating flows resulting in greater heat transfer compared to the cases with a lower frequency.     

内高压成形三台阶轴过程中内压值影响的有限元分析

以内高压成形台阶轴过程中压力参数的影响为研究目标,利用大变形非线性塑性有限元方法对成形零件的壁厚和应变分布规律进行了探索。给出了不同内压条件下零件的壁厚及应变分布,并就内压对成形的影响进行了讨论。分析了不同压力对起皱和减薄等缺陷的影响,并在此基础上给出了相应的实验结果。分析结果表明,内压值的选取对内高压成形台阶轴具有重要影响,对文中台阶轴来说,30MPa的压力值是成形的最佳压力。     

Corner forming of AZ61A magnesium alloy tube within warm hydroforming

The corners with small radii on cross sections are crucial for forming hydroformed components with polygonal sections.In this paper,warm hydroforming experiments of AZ61A magnesium alloy tubes were carried out to study the forming regularity of round corners by using a demonstration part with square sections.Effects of temperature on radius forming,thinning ratio distribution and microstructure were revealed and a component with relative outer corner radius of 3.0 was obtained by warm hydroforming at 240℃.The minimum thickness of the formed square section was located in the transition position between the corner and the straight wall.The thinning ratio of the round corner increased with the increase of forming temperature.Formability of the magnesium tube was improved by raising temperature under the effect of dynamic recrystallization at 240℃.     

管材外高压成型工艺研究现状及应用

管材液压成型是一种生产中空轴类零件的成型技术,其在汽车和航空领域有广泛的应用前景.本文介绍了一种新的液压成型工艺--管材外高压成型;并综述了外高压成型(EHF)的基本原理、外高压成型优点、研究现状、应用范围、适用材料.     

板料双向加压液压胀形数值模拟

应用商用有限元软件ANSYS/LS-DYNA,对板料的双向加压液压胀形过程进行了数值模拟.并利用韧性断裂准则作为胀形高度极限的判断依据,将模拟得到的必要数据代入到准则中.对两种材料、不同初始液体压力条件下的模拟结果表明,随着初始液体压力的升高,胀形的极限高度也相应的增加,当初始压力与板料的强度相当时,极限高度提高的更明显.     

日本内高压成形技术进展(英文)

文章回顾了自2003年于日本举行的第一届内高压成形国际会议(TUBEH YDRO2003)后该技术在日本的发展概况。近年来,铝合金热态内高压成形技术得到了较快的发展,利用该技术生产的汽车副车架试制成功,并已应用在轿车上;移动模具的出现提高了内高压胀形极限,使T形三通管制管的成形高度显著提高。文中还讨论了在内高压成形工艺优化、拼焊管内高压成形、锥形管内高压成形、高强钢管内高压成形、液压冲孔、成形极限图及内高压成形设备方面的进展。     

飞机压力加油系统节流孔径优化控制策略研究

基于飞机地面压力加油系统管路模型，本文采用高级遗传算法（RGA）的排序选择及随机交换算法，在满足管路最大冲击压力及满油时间差的约束条件下，经全局搜索优化策略，得到优化后适应度最佳的节流孔径，试验研究的结果验证了该方法的可行性和有效性。     

铝合金车身框架制造中的热加工新技术

在分析铝合金空间框架结构的发展背景和应用前景的基础上，论述了铝合金空间框架结构制造中的几种新技术：内高压成形技术、触变铸造技术及激光焊接技术。着重介绍了这些新技术的原理、工艺特点及其在汽车工业中的应用现状。