Fluid dynamics in a two-dimensional rectangular cavity with vertical oscillatory walls out of phase was studied numerically. The Navier-Stokes equations were solved using the finite element method. We analyzed the behaviour of the velocity fields, the vorticity fields and we also obtained the streaklines of the fluid at the bottom left corner of the domain for one and two cycles, which is associated with the mixing of the fluid. The analysis was carried out for three different Reynolds numbers of 50, 500 and 1000 with constant displacement amplitude of the moving boundaries of 0.2. For this range of parameters the flow is characterized by two kind of symmetries. We found that for lower Reynolds number there is a good local mixing given by cell structures and the smooth behavior of the fluid inside the cavity; however for higher Reynolds number these structures disappear due to the fluid near the vertical walls impinges against the corner of the cavity, then this fluid is dispersed through the whole cavity during the cycle, increasing the global mixing of the fluid.
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ASME 2008 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting collocated with the Heat Transfer, Energy Sustainability, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences
August 10–14, 2008
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Fluids Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4840-1
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Guillermo E. Ovando,
Guillermo E. Ovando
Instituto Tecnolo´gico de Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
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Alberto Beltran,
Alberto Beltran
Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Mexico, Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
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Sandy L. Ovando
Sandy L. Ovando
Universidad Juarez Auto´noma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
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Guillermo E. Ovando
Instituto Tecnolo´gico de Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Alberto Beltran
Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Mexico, Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
Sandy L. Ovando
Universidad Juarez Auto´noma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
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FEDSM2008-55205, pp. 389-396; 8 pages
Published Online:
June 30, 2009
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Ovando, GE, Beltran, A, & Ovando, SL. "Flow in Rectangular Cavities With Two Vertical Oscillating Walls." Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting collocated with the Heat Transfer, Energy Sustainability, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences. Volume 1: Symposia, Parts A and B. Jacksonville, Florida, USA. August 10–14, 2008. pp. 389-396. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2008-55205
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