scholarly journals RESEARCH ON TRANSITIONAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF LABYRINTHCHANNEL EMITTER

2009 ◽  
pp. 881-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanhua Zhao ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Yiping Tang ◽  
Zhengying Wei ◽  
Bingheng Lu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Transitional Flow

Transitional Flow and Related Transport Phenomena in Complex Microchannels

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Kockmann ◽  
Craig Holvey ◽  
Dominique M. Roberge
Keyword(s):  
Single Channel ◽  
Transverse Velocity ◽  
Transport Phenomena ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Period Doubling ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Chaotic Advection ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Dean Flow ◽  
Vortex Pairs

In microchannels with typical dimensions from 10 μm to few hundreds μm, the flow is dominated by viscous forces, leading often to laminar flow conditions. At the entrance or in bends and curves, where the flow is accelerated or changes its direction, inertial forces generate transverse flow velocities. Due to continuity, compensating transverse velocity components generate vortex pairs, such as Dean flow in circular bends. The flow is still laminar, steady, and shows no statistically distributed fluctuations typical for turbulent flow. This deviation from straight laminar conditions, often in larger channels (100 μm to few mm) or for higher flow rates, is called transitional flow. That embraces the first occurrence of pulsating vortices, period doubling of vortex pairs, flow bifurcation, and regularly fluctuating wake flow or vortex shedding. With increased flow velocity, this process leads to chaotic flow phenomena being first evidence of turbulence. This paper describes the transitional flow characteristics in single channel elements such as bends and T-junction as well as around fins and posts in channels. These elements are used to augment the transport characteristics in microchannels for enhanced heat and mass transfer and for performing chemical reactions in microreactors. The profound understanding of the flow characteristics is fundamental for the understanding of transport phenomena. Additionally, this knowledge can be used to design successful microstructured devices for various applications by knowing how to generate and control vortices in microchannels. Concepts from chaotic advection are presented here to describe vortex flow and related transport characteristics. Though recent advances has shed new light on transport phenomena in complex channel structures, many issues are still unknown and huge potential is hidden in optimized channel devices.

Experimental Investigations of Laminar, Transitional to Turbulent Gas Flow in a Micro-Channel

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chungpyo Hong ◽  
Toru Yamada ◽  
Yutaka Asako ◽  
Mohammad Faghri ◽  
Koichi Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mach Number ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Channel Length ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Compressibility Effect ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Wide Range

This paper presents experimental results on flow characteristics of laminar, transitional to turbulent gas flows through micro-channels. The experiments were performed for three micro-channels. The micro-channels were etched into silicon wafers, capped with glass, and their hydraulic diameter are 69.48, 99.36 and 147.76 μm. The pressure was measured at seven locations along the channel length to determine local values of Mach number and friction factor for a wide range of flow regime from laminar to turbulent flow. Flow characteristics in transitional flow regime to turbulence were obtained. The result shows that f·Re is a function of Mach number and higher than incompressible value due to the compressibility effect. The values of f·Re were compared with f·Re correlations in available literature.

A Functional Scaling Relationship for Laminar to Turbulent Flow Regimes

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Flow Profile ◽  
Scaling Relationship

A dimensional analysis that is based on the scaling of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations is presented for correlating bulk flow characteristics arising from a variety of initial conditions. The analysis yields a functional relationship between the characteristic variable of the flow region and the Reynolds number for each of the two independent flow regimes. A linear relationship is realized for the laminar regime, while a nonlinear relationship is realized for the turbulent regime. Both relationships incorporate mass-flow profile characteristics to fully capture the effects of initial conditions on the variation of the characteristic variables. The union of these two independent relationships is formed utilizing the concept of flow intermittency to further expand into a generic scaling relationship that incorporates transitional flow effects to fully encompass solutions spanning the laminar to turbulent flow regimes. The results of the analysis are discussed within the context of several flow phenomena (e.g. pipe flow, jet flow & separated flow) resulting from various initial and boundary conditions.

High Resolution Overset Structured Grid RANS Simulations of Flow Past a Surface Mounted Cube Using Eddy Viscosity Closure Models

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc C. Goldbach ◽  
Mesbah Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Separated Flows ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Mean Flow

While Reynolds-averaged simulatons (RAS) have found success in the evaluation of many canonical shear flows, and moderately separated flows, their application to highly separated flows have shown notable deficiencies. This study aims to investigate these deficiencies in the eddy-viscosity formulation of four commonly used turbulence models under separated flow in an attempt to aid in the improved formulation of such models. Analyses are performed on the flow field around a wall mounted cube at a Reynolds number of 40,000 based on the cube height, h, and free stream velocity, U0. While a common occurrence in industrial applications, this type of flow constitutes a complex structure exhibiting a large separated wake region, high anisotropy, and multiple vortex structures. As well, interactions between vortices developed off of different faces of the cube significantly alter the overall flow characteristics, posing a significant challenge for the commonly used industrial turbulence models. Comparison of mean flow characteristics show remarkable agreement between experimental values and turbulence models which are capable of predicting transitional flow. Evaluation of turbulence parameters show the general underestimation of Reynolds stress for transitional models, while fully turbulent models show this value to be overestimated, resulting in completely disparate representations of mean flow structures between the two classes of models (transitional and fully turbulent).

Rate/Pressure Transient Analysis of a Variable Bottom Hole Pressure Multi-Well Horizontal Pad with Well Interference

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyang Chu ◽  
Xinwei Liao ◽  
Cao Wei ◽  
John Lee
Keyword(s):  
Radial Flow ◽  
Transient Flow ◽  
Material Balance ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Rate Performance ◽  
Transition Flow ◽  
Pressure Derivative ◽  
Laplace Domain ◽  
Well Spacing

Abstract Multi-well horizontal pads are common in unconventional reservoirs. With addition of infill wells and hydraulic fracturing, interference between multiple multi-fractured-horizontal wells (MFHWs) has become a serious issue. Current RTA workflows assume a single MFHW in the unconventional formation. This paper presents a new multi-MFHW solution and related analysis methodology to analyze targeted well rate performance in a multi-MFHW system. In this work, a semi-analytical equation describing multi-well pad in the Laplace domain with well interference is proposed. The proposed semi-analytical model can simulate the rate performance of a multi-well horizontal pad with variable BHP for a targeted well in the pad and different initial production durations for the offset well. From the constant BHP condition and Laplace transforms, we obtained multi-MFHW solutions for transient flow. We used superposition of various constant BHP solutions to study interference among various fractures and MFHWs. The variable BHP of the targeted well is achieved by a variable dimensionless BHP function in the Laplace domain without any convolution or deconvolution calculations. A systematic validation for the proposed method is conducted using a commercial numerical simulator for cases of different initial production times for offset MFHWs, multi-MFHWs with variable BHP. Through the total material balance of the multi-MFHW system, we can analyze a target well in the pad with this multi-MFHW analysis. Interference by offset wells often appears after pseudo-radial flow in the target well's hydraulic fracture. It causes the pressure derivative curve during elliptical and infinite-acting radial flow (IARF) to rise, as does the RNP derivative. The inverse semi-log derivative has the opposite trend. Well interference also makes the rate/pressure drop functions to deviate from initial straight lines in later stages. Sensitivity analysis of well spacing shows that "transition flow" will change from elliptical to formation linear flow between wells as well spacing increases and it can show the transitional flow characteristics in more common cases.

Vortical Structure Characteristics of Transitional Flow Through Porous Media

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza M. Ziazi ◽  
James A. Liburdy
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Vortical Flow ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Driving Mechanism ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Local Scaling ◽  
Inertial Regime

Abstract The flow characteristics in the inertial Reynolds number regime are investigated in a mono-dispersed random pack porous media. Time-resolved particle image velocimetry (PIV) is used to visualize the velocity field in a low aspect ratio bed with 15 mm glass beads. An aqueous solution of Ammunium Thiocynante is used as the working fluid to facilitate matching the solid-fluid refractiveindices. In order to illuminate the inertial regime characteristics, two pore Reynolds number of 100 and 270 are examined. Also, due to the random nature of the packing several pore geometries are compared to identify local scaling used to define the inertial regime effects. Discrete vortical flow structures are evaluated using LES (lowpass filtering) decomposition, in conjunction with criticalpoint analysis of the local velocity gradient tensor. The identified scales associated with the vortical elements are compared based on Reynolds number and pore geometry. Implementing circulation as an integral measure of all vortical structures locally at the pore-scale level demonstrated a linear attitude over the range of Reynolds numbers. Evolution of inertial effects within pore-regions are indicated to be the primary driving mechanism for the emergence of swirling structures passing through the PIV field of view at the onset of turbulence.

Modeling of Airflow in the Pharynx With Application to Sleep Apnea

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Shome ◽  
L.-P. Wang ◽  
M. H. Santare ◽  
A. K. Prasad ◽  
A. Z. Szeri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Subtle Change ◽  
Onset Of Turbulence ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sleep Apnea Treatment

A three-dimensional numerical modeling of airflow in the human pharynx using an anatomically accurate model was conducted. The pharynx walls were assumed to be passive and rigid. The results showed that the pressure drop in the pharynx lies in the range 200-500 Pa. The onset of turbulence was found to increase the pressure drop by 40 percent. A wide range of pharynx geometries covering three sleep apnea treatment therapies (CPAP, mandibular repositioning devices, and surgery) were modeled and the resulting flow characteristics were investigated and compared. The results confirmed that the airflow in the pharynx lies in the laminar-to-turbulence transitional flow regime and thus, a subtle change in the morphology caused by these treatment therapies can significantly affect the airflow characteristics.

High-Resolution RANS Simulations of Flow Past a Surface-Mounted Cube Using Eddy-Viscosity Closure Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc C. Goldbach ◽  
Mesbah Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Separated Flows ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Freestream Velocity

Abstract While Reynolds-averaged simulations have found success in the evaluation of many canonical shear flows and moderately separated flows, their application to highly separated flows have shown notable deficiencies. This study aimed to investigate these deficiencies in the eddy-viscosity formulation of four commonly used turbulence models under separated flow in an attempt to aid in the improved formulation of such models. Analyses are performed on the flow field around a wall-mounted cube (WMC) at a Reynolds number of 40,000 based on the cube height, h, and freestream velocity, U0. While a common occurrence in industrial applications, this type of flow constitutes a complex structure exhibiting a large separated wake region, high anisotropy, and multiple vortex structures. As well, interactions between vortices developed off of different faces of the cube significantly alter the overall flow characteristics, posing a significant challenge for the commonly used industrial turbulence models. Comparison of mean flow characteristics show remarkable agreement between experimental values and turbulence models which are capable of predicting transitional flow. Evaluation of turbulence parameters show the general underestimation of Reynolds stress for transitional models, while fully turbulent models show this value to be overestimated, resulting in completely disparate representations of mean flow structures between the two classes of models (transitional and fully turbulent).

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