% vim: tw=50 % 24/01/2023 10AM \subsection{Conservation of Mass} Example \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth] {images/942f21ac9bcf11ed.png} \end{center} Experience says OK if fluid is air, because air is compressible, velocities make density go up (and pressure goes up). Problem if fluid is water because density of water is approximately constant, so velocities would imply mass destroyed. \myskip Suggests there must be a relationship between $\rho(\bf{x}, t)$ and $\bf{u}(\bf{x}, t)$ as mass is not destroyed or created. Consider an arbitrary volume $V$, \emph{fixed in space}, bounded by a surface $\partial V$ with outward normal $\bf{n}$. Mass in $V$, $\int_V \rho \dd V$, can only change due to flow of mass across the bounding surface $\partial V$. \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth] {images/d431033c9bd011ed.png} \end{center} Volume out over $\delta A$ in time $\delta t$ is $\bf{u} \delta t \cdot \bf{n} \delta A$. Mass out is $\rho \bf{u} \cdot \bf{n} \delta A \delta t$ \[ \dfrac{}{t} \int_V \rho \dd V = -\int \rho \bf{u} \cdot \bf{n} \dd A \] \[ \int_V \pfrac{\rho}{t} \dd V = -\int_V \nabla \cdot (\rho \bf{u}) \dd V \] The two left expressions are equal for fixed $V$, and the two right expressions are equal by Divergence Theorem. Since this is true for arbitrary $V$, \[ \boxed{\pfrac{\rho}{t} + \nabla \cdot (\rho \bf{u}) = 0} \] $\rho \bf{u}$ is the \emph{mass flux}. Using $\nabla \cdot (\rho \bf{u}) = \bf{u} \cdot \nabla \rho + \rho \nabla \cdot \bf{u}$ can rewrite as \[ \boxed{\Dfrac{\rho}{t} =-\rho \nabla \cdot \bf{u}} \] The density of blob decreases if the velocity is divergent (spreading out). If a fluid is \emph{incompressible}, i.e. the density of a fluid particle can't change, $\Dfrac{\rho}{t} = 0$ \[ \implies \boxed{\nabla \cdot \bf{u} = 0} \] \emph{incompressible flow}. This course considers flows where the density of a fluid is constant and uniform: $\rho = \text{const}$. \begin{note*}[Non-examinable] Incompressibility is a very good approximation if \[ |\bf{u}| \ll \text{sound speed } c \] and \[ \text{timescale} \ll \frac{\text{lengthscale}}{c} \] $c = 330\mathsf{ms^{-1}}$ (air), $c = 1500\mathsf{ms^{-1}}$ (water). \end{note*} \subsection{Kinematic Boundary Condition} Mass conservation at a boundary. Suppose the material boundary of a body of fluid has velocity $\bf{}(\bf{x}, t)$. \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth] {images/1d97ff1a9bd311ed.png} \end{center} At a point $\bf{x}$ on boundary, fluid velocity relative to the moving boundary is $\bf{u}(\bf{x}, t) - \bf{U}(\bf{x}, t)$. Condition that there is no mass flux across boundary $\rho(\bf{u} - \bf{U}) \cdot \bf{n} \delta D \delta t = 0$, i.e. \[ \bf{u} \cdot \bf{n} = \bf{U} \cdot \bf{n} \] For example: \begin{enumerate}[(1)] \item At a stationary rigid boundary $\bf{U} = \bf{0} \implies \bf{u} \cdot \bf{n} - 0$. So a fixed boundary is a streamline. \item Water waves (Section 5) have an air-water interface $z = \zeta(x, y, t)$. Think of the water surface as a contour of the function \[ F(x, y, z, t) = z - \zeta(x, y, t) \] \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth] {images/e49e45c49bd311ed.png} \end{center} Then $\bf{n} \parallel \nabla F = (-\zeta_x, -\zeta_y, 1)$. Can take $\bf{U} = (0, 0, \zeta_t)$, $\bf{u} = (u, v, w)$ hence \[ -u \zeta_x - v \zeta_y + w = \zeta_t \] (at $z = \zeta$). Equivalent to $\Dfrac{}{t} (z - \zeta) = 0$, i.e. fluid particles on a surface remain on surface. \end{enumerate} \subsection{Stream Function for 2D Incompressible Flow} Incompressible $\equiv$ $\nabla \cdot \bf{u} = 0 \iff \bf{u} = \nabla \times \bf{A}$ for some vector potential $\bf{A}$. For a 2D flow, $\bf{u} = (u(x, y), v(x, y), 0)$ can take \[ \bf{A} = (0, 0, \psi(x, y)) \implies \bf{u} = \left( \pfrac{\psi}{y}, -\pfrac{\psi}{x}, 0 \right) \] \[ \pfrac{u}{x} + \pfrac{v}{y} = 0 \] The scalar $\psi(x, y)$ is the \emph{stream function}. \subsubsection*{Properties of the stream function} Exercises on Question 4 of Example Sheet 1: \begin{enumerate}[(i)] \item The streamlines are given by $\psi = \text{const}$ ($\bf{u}$ is parallel to the contours of $\psi$). \item $|\bf{u}| = |\nabla \psi|$ so flow faster when streamlines are closer. \item $\psi(\bf{x}_1) - \psi(\bf{x}_0) = \int_{x_0}^{x_1} \bf{u} \cdot \bf{n} \dd l = \text{volume flux crossing line from $\bf{x}_0$ to $\bf{x}_1$}$. \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth] {images/958505349bd511ed.png} \end{center} $\bf{n} \dd l = (+\dd y, -\dd x)$. \item $\psi = \text{const}$ on a stationary rigid boundary. (k.b.c and iii) \end{enumerate} \begin{example*} $\bf{u} = (y, x)$, $\nabla \cdot \bf{u} = 0$ so a stream function exists. $\pfrac{\psi}{y} = y$ so $\psi = \half y^2 + f(x)$. $-\pfrac{\psi}{x} = x$ so $f(x) = -\half x^2$. Streamlines are $\half(y^2 - x^2) = \text{const}$. \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth] {images/455d99629bd611ed.png} \end{center} \end{example*} \subsubsection*{2D Incompressible Flow in Polar Coordinates} \[ \bf{u} = (u_r(r, \theta), u_\theta(r, \theta), 0) \] \[ \bf{A} = (0, 0, \psi(r, \theta)) \] \[ \implies \bf{u} = \nabla \times \bf{A} = \left( \frac{1}{r} \pfrac{\psi}{\theta}, -\pfrac{\psi}{r}, 0\right) \] \[ \nabla \cdot \bf{u} = \frac{1}{r} \pfrac{}{r} (ru) + \frac{1}{r} \pfrac{u_\theta}{\theta} = 0 \] \begin{note*}[Non-examinable] Axisymmetric Flow, in spherical polar coordinates $(r, \theta, \phi)$, has \[ u_\phi = \pfrac{}{\phi} = 0 \] If $\nabla \cdot \bf{u} = 0$ and we take $\bf{A} = \left( 0, 0, \pfrac{\Psi(r, \theta}{r\sin\theta} \right)$ then \[ \bf{u} = \left( \frac{1}{r^2\sin\theta} \pfrac{\Psi}{\theta}, -\frac{1}{r\sin\theta} \pfrac{\Psi}{r} , 0 \right) \] is parallel to contours of $\Psi$. The Stokes stream function $\Psi(r, \theta)$ -- stream tubes. (see textbooks for other properties). \end{note*}