Detached eddy simulation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in a two-pass internal cooling duct

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroon K. Viswanathan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

A Comparative Study of DES and URANS in a Two-Pass Internal Cooling Duct With Normal Ribs

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroon K. Viswanathan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Streamline Curvature ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Developing Flow

The capabilities of the Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) and the Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) versions of the 1988 κ-ω model in predicting the turbulent flow field and the heat transfer in a two-pass internal cooling duct with normal ribs is presented. The flow is dominated by the separation and reattachment of shear layers; unsteady vorticity induced secondary flows and strong streamline curvature. The techniques are evaluated in predicting the developing flow at the entrance to the duct and downstream of the 180° bend, fully-developed regime in the first pass, and in the 180° bend. Results of mean flow quantities, secondary flows, friction and heat transfer are compared to experiments and Large-Eddy Simulations (LES). DES predicts a slower flow development than LES, while URANS predicts it much earlier than LES computations and experiments. However it is observed that as fully developed conditions are established, the capability of the base model in predicting the flow and heat transfer is enhanced by switching to the DES formulation. DES accurately predicts the flow and heat transfer both in the fully-developed region as well as the 180° bend of the duct. URANS fails to predict the secondary flows in the fully-developed region of the duct and is clearly inferior to DES in the 180° bend.

Detached Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in a Ribbed Duct

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. 888-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroon K. Viswanathan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Main Flow ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Main Flow Direction ◽  
Key Features

Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) of a hydrodynamic and thermally developed turbulent flow is presented for a stationary duct with square ribs aligned normal to the main flow direction. The rib height to channel hydraulic diameter (e∕Dh) is 0.1, the rib pitch to rib height (P∕e) is 10 and the calculations have been carried out for a bulk Reynolds number of 20,000. DES calculations are carried out on a 963 grid, a 643 grid, and a 483 grid to study the effect of grid resolution. Based on the agreement with earlier LES computations, the 643 grid is observed to be suitable for the DES computation. DES and RANS calculations carried out on the 643 grid are compared to LES calculations on 963∕1283 grids and experimental measurements. The flow and heat transfer characteristics for the DES cases compare well with the LES results and the experiments. The average friction and the augmentation ratios are consistent with experimental results, predicting values within 10% of the measured quantities, at a cost lower than the LES calculations. RANS fails to capture some key features of the flow.

Constrained large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in a stationary ribbed duct

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 1069-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Jiang ◽  
Zuoli Xiao ◽  
Yipeng Shi ◽  
Shiyi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Thermodynamic Quantities ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Large Eddy

Purpose – The knowledge about the heat transfer and flow field in the ribbed internal passage is particularly important in industrial and engineering applications. The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the performance of the constrained large-eddy simulation (CLES) method in predicting the fully developed turbulent flow and heat transfer in a stationary periodic square duct with two-side ribbed walls. Design/methodology/approach – The rib height-to-duct hydraulic diameter ratio is 0.1 and the rib pitch-to-height ratio is 9. The bulk Reynolds number is set to 30,000, and the bulk Mach number of the flow is chosen as 0.1 in order to keep the flow almost incompressible. The CLES calculated results are thoroughly assessed in comparison with the detached-eddy simulation (DES) and traditional large-eddy simulation (LES) methods in the light of the experimentally measured data. Findings – It is manifested that the CLES approach can predict both aerodynamic and thermodynamic quantities more accurately than the DES and traditional LES methods. Originality/value – This is the first time for the CLES method to be applied to simulation of heat and fluid flow in this widely used geometry.

Detached Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in a Ribbed Duct

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroon K. Viswanathan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Main Flow ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Main Flow Direction

Numerical predictions of a hydrodynamic and thermally developed turbulent flow are presented for a stationary duct with square ribs aligned normal to the main flow direction. The rib height to channel hydraulic diameter (e/Dh) is 0.1, the rib pitch to rib height (P/e) is 10 and the calculations have been carried out for a bulk Reynolds number of 20,000. Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) has been used to compute the flowfield and the heat transfer. DES calculations are carried out on a 963 grid, a 643 grid and a 483 grid to study the effect of grid resolution. Based on the agreement with earlier LES computations and experimental data the 643 grid is observed to be suitable for the DES computation. DES and RANS calculations carried out on the 643 grid are compared to LES calculations on 963/1283 grids and experimental measurements. The flow and heat transfer characteristics for the DES cases compare well with the LES results and the experiments. The average friction and the augmentation ratios are consistent with experimental results, predicting values within 15% of the measured quantities, at a cost lower than the LES calculations. RANS fails to capture some key features of the flow.

Detached Eddy Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer in a Stationary Internal Cooling Duct With Skewed Ribs

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroon K. Viswanathan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Flow Features

Numerical predictions of a hydrodynamic and thermally developed turbulent flow for a unit period of a stationary duct using Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) and Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) are presented. The domain under consideration is a square duct with 45° ribs on the top and bottom walls arranged in a staggered fashion. Computations are carried out for a bulk Re of 47,000. The rib height to channel hydraulic diameter (e/Dh) is 0.1 and the rib pitch to rib height (P/e) is 10. DES is applied on two grids 80 × 80 × 80 and 128 × 80 × 80 and the initial results are compared with the experimental results and LES computations. Based on this the 128 × 80 × 80 grid is chosen for the comprehensive study. DES and URANS computations are carried out on the grid. The rib geometry introduces a strong secondary flow along the rib. The presence of the secondary flow introduces a spanwise variation in the heat transfer. DES predicts flow features and heat transfer distribution which is consistent with the experimental observations and LES computations. The average friction and the augmentation ratios predicted by DES also concur with the earlier observations.

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