Numerical study was performed for the two-dimensional driven cavity flows of Ostwald-de Waele power-law fluid. For the computation of the flows, newly developed higher-order accuracy numerical code was utilized. The numerical solutions were obtained for a range of Re where viscous dominant creeping flows to the boundary layer flows appear. The value of the power m is varied in a wide range of 0<m&le;2. The outcome of the numerical simulation suggests that the features of the flow when m≪1 is qualitatively very different from that of the Newtonian fluid flows.

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Induced flows in water droplet mixed fine solid particles and particles motion by laser irradiation are discussed in this paper. Laser trapping system for micro-sized objects was constructed. The system contains YAG laser and optical microscope. The flows and motion of the particles in water droplet on glass plate were occurred under the microscope by laser irradiation. The trapped particles near the bottom of the water droplet were forced from the outer boundary of trapping area to center of the area. The absorption should be effective for the high intensity laser power at a focal spot on glass plate while the absorption of the near infrared laser beam into the glass plate and water can be generally small as they have high transmissivity. A micro heat spot could be produced by the absorption of the laser beam, and heat transfer occurred from the heated glass plate to the water droplet with the particles. The local flow was induced by the heat transfer in the water droplet, and the induced motion of the particles was arisen by the effect of the flow.

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Characteristics of weak shock waves in boundary layer flows in ducts have been analyzed by the control volume method where an appropriate mean flow is assumed over a given cross section of the flows. For given conditions just upstream of a stationary shock wave in a constant-area straight duct, the characteristic properties through the wave can be explicitly calculated by the present analysis. Also, a relation for the propagation of a shock wave against a boundary layer flow and a criterion for the choking of nozzle flow taking account of boundary layers are derived and discussed.

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