Gases and Fluids

On calculating the oscillations of a viscous liquid layer over a solid spherical core in terms of the boundary layer theory

A. I. Grigor'ev, S. O. Shiryaeva, A. R. Paranin

P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University

Abstract: The theory of a boundary layer near the periodically oscillating free surface of a spherical viscous liquid layer over a solid core (bottom) is modified. Two boundary layers are considered to adequately describe a liquid viscous flow in the system: one at the free surface of the liquid and the other at the solid bottom. The thicknesses of the boundary layers are estimated, which provide any given discrepancy between an exact solution to the model problem and a solution obtained in the small viscosity approximation. Taking into account the boundary layer near the solid bottom is shown to be significant only for lower oscillation modes. For higher modes, the flow near the core can be considered potential. In the case of lower modes and shallow liquid, the surface and bottom boundary layers overlap and an eddy flow occupies the entire volume of the liquid.

Received: 16.06.2010

 English version: Technical Physics, 2011, 56:2, 186–196

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