Published In
Physics of Fluids
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2008
Subjects
Laminar flow, Laplacian operator, Fluid mechanics
Abstract
A scaling of the two-dimensional Laplacian operator is demonstrated for certain solutions (at least) to Poisson’s equation. It succeeds by treating the operator as a single geometric scale entity. The belated and rather subtle method provides an efficient assessment of the geometrical dependence of the problem and is preferred when practicable to the hydraulic diameter or term-by-term scaling for slender fully developed laminar flows. The improved accuracy further reduces the reliance of problems on widely varying numerical data or cumbersome theoretical forms and improves the prospects of exact or approximate theoretical analysis. Simple example problems are briefly described that demonstrate the application and potential of the method.
DOI
10.1063/1.2973900
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11348
Citation Details
Weislogel, M. M., Chen, Y. Y., & Bolleddula, D. D. (2008). A better nondimensionalization scheme for slender laminar flows: The Laplacian operator scaling method. Physics Of Fluids, 20(9), 093602.
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The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids, 20(9), 093602 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2973900