Experimental and numerical study of a flapping-blade vertical-axis hydrokinetic turbine under free surface deformation and blockage effects

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 3633-3650 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Hashemi ◽  
M. Moghimi ◽  
S. Derakhshan
1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Stahl ◽  
Kevin Stultz ◽  
H. Stahl ◽  
Kevin Stultz

Author(s):  
Fumio Shimizu ◽  
Kiyoshi Hatakenaka ◽  
Kazuhiro Tanaka ◽  
Hiroshi Shigefuji ◽  
Takeshi Shimizu

A siphon phenomenon is one of gas/liquid two-phase flows including free surface deformation. Since the large-scale deformation of the free surface causes a loud noise, it is important to investigate the motion of the free surface. The purpose of the present study is to reproduce a siphon phenomenon in computer, and to analyze an internal flow field of the siphon phenomenon. An oscillating flow in two-dimensional U-tube was simulated to verify our computational codes, and good agreement compared with the theoretical period was obtained. After that, the numerical reproduction of a siphon phenomenon was succeeded and the behavior of the free surface was captured reasonably.


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