An efficient and high-order sliding mesh method for computational aeroacoustics

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ying ◽  
Ryu Fattah ◽  
Siyang Zhong ◽  
Jingwen Guo ◽  
Xin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High Order ◽  
Computational Aeroacoustics ◽  
Sliding Mesh ◽  
Mesh Method

Investigations of Unsteady Aerodynamics of an Offshore Floating Wind Turbine With Platform Motions Using Dual-Sliding Method

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Wang ◽  
Zhaoliang Ye ◽  
Ziwen Chen ◽  
Yize Guo ◽  
Yujun Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Sliding Mesh ◽  
Unsteady Aerodynamic ◽  
Floating Wind Turbine ◽  
Mesh Method ◽  
Offshore Floating Wind Turbine ◽  
Platform Motions

Abstract Offshore wind energy developed rapidly in recent years. Due to the platform motions causing by ocean waves, the aerodynamics of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) show strong unsteady characters than onshore wind turbines. The widely used methods to investigate the unsteady aerodynamic performance of wind turbine are Blade Element Momentum (BEM) and Free-Vortex Wake (FVW) methods. The accuracy of these two methods strongly depend on empirical formula or correction models. However, for dynamics motions of wind turbine, there is still a lack of accurate models. CFD simulations using overset or dynamic mesh methods also have been used for FOWT aerodynamic investigations. However, the mesh deforming or reconstruction methods are usually suitable for small movement of wind turbine blade. In this paper, a dual-sliding mesh method is employed to simulate the unsteady aerodynamic characters of an offshore floating wind turbine with supporting platform motions using Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) simulations. Both rotor rotation and platform motions are treated as rigid angular motions. The relative motion and data exchange were simulated using sliding mesh method. The NREL 5MW reference wind turbine with platform pitching and rolling motions are considered. The pitching and rolling motions of floating platform are simplified in the form of a prescribed sinusoidal function. Different conditions with two amplitudes and two frequencies of pitching and rolling motions were investigated. URANS were performed with full structured mesh for wind turbine rotor using commercial software FLUENT. The platform motions were set using User Defined Function (UDF). Transitional Shear Stress Turbulence (T-SST) model was employed. The simulation results were compared with BEM method and FVW method results. Both steady status and dynamic pitching processes are investigated. The variations of wind turbine aerodynamic load, as well as the aerodynamic character of airfoils at different spanwise positions, were obtained and analyzed in detail. The simulations results show that the platform pitching introduce remarkable influence on the wind turbine aerodynamic performance. The platform pitching has much larger influence on the wind turbine power and thrust than the platform rolling. The dual-sliding mesh method shows potentials to investigation the dynamic process with multiple rigid motions.

scholarly journals Computational study on the aerodynamics of a long-shrouded contra-rotating rotor in hover

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 175682931983368
Author(s):  
Chao Huo ◽  
Peng Lv ◽  
Anbang Sun
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Complex Flow ◽  
Sliding Mesh ◽  
Global Performance ◽  
Mesh Method ◽  
Downstream Flow

This paper aims to investigate the aerodynamics including the global performance and flow characteristics of a long-shrouded contra-rotating rotor by developing a full 3D RANS computation. Through validations by current experiments on the same shrouded contra-rotating rotor, the computation using sliding mesh method and the computational zone with an extended nozzle downstream flow field effectively works; the time-averaged solution of the unsteady computation reveals that more uniform flow presents after the downstream rotor, which implies that the rear rotor rotating at opposite direction greatly compensates and reduces the wake; the unsteady computations further explore the flow field throughout the whole system, along the span and around blade tips. Complex flow patterns including the vortices and their interactions are indicated around the blade roots and tips. For further identifying rotor configurations, the rotor–rotor distance and switching two rotor speeds were studied. The computation reveals that setting the second rotor backwards decreases the wake scale but increases its intensity in the downstream nozzle zone. However, for the effect of switching speeds, computations cannot precisely solve the flow when the rear rotor under the windmill because of the upstream rotor rotating much faster than the other one. All the phenomena from computations well implement the experimental observations.

Analysis of the Full Flow Field of Torque Converter

2012 ◽  
Vol 468-471 ◽  
pp. 674-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Long Lei ◽  
Chang Wang ◽  
Zheng Jie Liu ◽  
Xing Zhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Calculated Data ◽  
Torque Converter ◽  
Three Dimensional Flow ◽  
Sliding Mesh ◽  
Mesh Method

Establish the full three-dimensional flow model of the torque converter, proper mesh the model, select the appropriate boundary conditions, and use the sliding mesh method to deal with the interactions of the impeller, turbine, and reactor in different rotation speeds. Analysis the flow rate, pressure, and the loss of full flow field passage of the torque converter, elaborate the formation mechanism of the flow field, agreement with the experimental date compare to the calculated data, more accurate than the traditional single passage model compare to the full passage model, provide the direction of design optimization of the torque converter.

Optimal Design of a New Type of Savonius Rotor Using Simulation Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 499 ◽  
pp. 120-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Peng Tang ◽  
Ying Xue Yao ◽  
Liang Zhou ◽  
Q. Yao
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Optimal Design ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Sliding Mesh ◽  
Savonius Rotor ◽  
Mesh Method ◽  
New Type

In order to enhance the efficiency of the Savonius rotor, this paper designs a new type of Savonius rotor with a rectifier. By using Computational Fluid Dynamics software to simulate and optimize the various parameters which affect the efficiency of the rotor. The sliding mesh method is applied here. The Cp-λ curves of wind turbine with different structural parameters are obtained after numerical simulation of flow field. On this basis, this paper gets the optimal structural parameters. And the results indicated that this new type of Savonius rotor has great improvement of efficiency compared with the traditional Savonius-type rotor.

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