在微重力条件下无限长方柱中的自然对流*

为了研究在宇宙空间微重力环境中.自然对流对流体运动的影响,将变量展成Grashof的摄动级数,使用摄动理论将Navier-Stokes方程组简化成:关于温度T的Poisson方程,关于流函数ψ的非齐次biharmonic方程.选取一无限长封闭方柱体,假定在柱体边界上预先给定一种线性温度分布,使用数值计算方法求解上述简化方程组,得到各阶流函数和各阶温度值,进而详细地研究了方柱中流体的运动状况,分析和讨论了某些参数,如Grashof数和Prandtl数对流体运动的影响,最后将计算结果与由未简化方程推算的结果进行比较,证实近似方法正确地简化了复杂的流体运动过程,并且可以推广、运用到三维问题上.

Natural Convection in an Infinite Square under Low-Gravity Conditions

In order to study natural convection effects on fluid flows under Low-gravity in space, we have expanded variables into a power series of Grashof number by using perturbation theory to reduce the Navier-Stokes equations to the Poisson equation for temperature T and biharmonic equation for stream function Suppose that a square infinite closed cylinder horizontally imposes a specified temperature of linear distribution on the boundaries, we investigate the two dimensional steady flows in detail. The results for stream function , velocity u and temperature T are gained. The analysis of the influences of some parameters such as Grashof number G and prandtl number P, on the fluid motion lead to several interesting conclusions. Finally, we make a comparison between two results, one from approximate equations, the other from the original version. It shows that the approximate theory correctly simplifies the physical problem, so that we can expect the theory will be applied to unsteady or three-dimensional cases in the future.