Effects of distributed pressure gradients on the pressure–strain correlations in a supersonic nozzle and diffuser

2014 ◽  
Vol 742 ◽  
pp. 466-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somnath Ghosh ◽  
Rainer Friedrich
Keyword(s):  
Supersonic Nozzle ◽  
Turbulent Pipe Flow ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Streamline Curvature ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
Diffuser Flow ◽  
Remarkable Agreement ◽  
Distributed Pressure

AbstractDirect numerical simulation (DNS), based on high-order numerical schemes, is used to study the effects of distributed pressure gradients on the redistribution of fluctuating kinetic energy in supersonic nozzle and diffuser flow with incoming fully developed turbulent pipe flow. Axisymmetric geometries and flow parameters have been selected such that shock waves are avoided and streamline curvature remains unimportant. Although mean extra rates of strain are quite small, strong changes in Reynolds stresses and their production/redistribution mechanisms are observed, in agreement with findings of Bradshaw (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 63, 1974, pp. 449–464). The central role of pressure–strain correlations in changing the Reynolds stress anisotropy is highlighted. A Green’s function-based analysis of pressure–strain correlations is presented, showing remarkable agreement with DNS data.

An Improved k-ε Model for Boundary Layer Flows

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Nagano ◽  
M. Tagawa
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Plate Boundary ◽  
Adverse Pressure Gradient ◽  
Turbulent Pipe Flow ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Boundary Layer Flows ◽  
Limiting Behavior ◽  
Diffuser Flow ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Made In

An improvement of the k-ε model has been made in conjunction with an accurate prediction of the near-wall limiting behavior of turbulence and the final period of the decay law of free turbulence. The present improved k-ε model has been extended to predict the effects of adverse pressure gradients on shear layers, which most previously proposed models failed to do correctly. The proposed model was tested by application to a turbulent pipe flow, a flat plate boundary layer, a relaminarizing flow, and a diffuser flow with a strong adverse pressure gradient. Agreement with the experiments was generally very satisfactory.

Coronary venous retroinjection: the role of pressure gradients during selective distribution to ischemic myocardium

1986 ◽  
pp. 295-296
Author(s):  
M. Meesmann ◽  
Hrayr S. Karagueuzian ◽  
T. Ino ◽  
A. McCullen ◽  
W. J. Mandel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ischemic Myocardium ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Selective Distribution

Investigations of Turbulent Flow in a Centrifugal Compressor Vaned Diffuser by 3-Component Laser Velocimetry

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Stahlecker ◽  
G. Gyarmathy
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Plane Flow ◽  
Diffuser Flow ◽  
Sheer Stress ◽  
High Turbulence ◽  
Approach Velocity ◽  
System Time

The unsteady 3D impeller exit and vaned diffuser flow of a high-subsonic centrifugal compressor has been investigated with an LDV system. Time-resolved 3D velocity measurements were taken along a streampath at 8 positions from impeller exit downwards through the vaned diffuser and at 18 positions from hub to casing at each station. The compressor was operated at its best point at a rim Mach number of Mu = 0.75. Time-resolved (phase averaged) angle and velocity profiles are presented for 2 positions along the streampath. The time-averaged velocity, deterministic fluctuation intensity, turbulence intensity, and in-plane Reynolds sheer stress profiles, presented for all stations, show the evolution of flow and permit comparisons to in-house CFD calculations to be made. The flow leaving the impeller enters the diffuser with an asymmetric and distorted velocity profile. It is shown that the deterministic fluctuations caused by the jet/wake are quickly damped along the streampath. The results illustrate the deceleration of the flow arriving near the hub in the diffuser channel. The deceleration is accompanied by a sharp increase of turbulence. Near the casing, where the approach velocity is low, no deceleration occurs and the Reynolds stresses are high. Turbulence in the in-plane flow can be regarded as isotropic whereas the axial fluctuations clearly show a high amount of anisotropicity. The narrow diffuser passage required special optical measures for permitting close-to-wall LDV measurements. The experiences are described.

scholarly journals Flow interactions between uncoordinated flapping swimmers give rise to group cohesion

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (7) ◽  
pp. 2419-2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel W. Newbolt ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Leif Ristroph
Keyword(s):  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Dynamical Models ◽  
Collective Behaviors ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Fluid Forces ◽  
Flow Interactions ◽  
Remarkable Agreement ◽  
Control Locomotion

Many species of fish and birds travel in groups, yet the role of fluid-mediated interactions in schools and flocks is not fully understood. Previous fluid-dynamical models of these collective behaviors assume that all individuals flap identically, whereas animal groups involve variations across members as well as active modifications of wing or fin motions. To study the roles of flapping kinematics and flow interactions, we design a minimal robotic “school” of two hydrofoils swimming in tandem. The flapping kinematics of each foil are independently prescribed and systematically varied, while the forward swimming motions are free and result from the fluid forces. Surprisingly, a pair of uncoordinated foils with dissimilar kinematics can swim together cohesively—without separating or colliding—due to the interaction of the follower with the wake left by the leader. For equal flapping frequencies, the follower experiences stable positions in the leader’s wake, with locations that can be controlled by flapping amplitude and phase. Further, a follower with lower flapping speed can defy expectation and keep up with the leader, whereas a faster-flapping follower can be buffered from collision and oscillate in the leader’s wake. We formulate a reduced-order model which produces remarkable agreement with all experimentally observed modes by relating the follower’s thrust to its flapping speed relative to the wake flow. These results show how flapping kinematics can be used to control locomotion within wakes, and that flow interactions provide a mechanism which promotes group cohesion.

Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Flow Through a 90° Elbow

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravon Venters ◽  
Brian Helenbrook ◽  
Goodarz Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Streamline Curvature ◽  
Secondary Motion ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Flow Transitions

Abstract Turbulent flow in an elbow has been numerically investigated. The flow was modeled using two approaches; Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) methods. The DNS allows for all the scales of turbulence to be evaluated, providing a detailed depiction of the flow. The RANS simulation, which is typically used in industry, evaluates time-averaged components of the flow. The numerical results are accompanied by experimental data, which was used to validate the two methods. Profiles of the mean and root-mean-square (RMS) fluctuating components were compared at various points along the midplane of the elbow. Upstream of the elbow, the predicted mean and RMS velocities from the RANS and DNS simulations compared well with the experiment, differing slightly near the walls. However, downstream of the elbow, the RANS deviated from the experiment and DNS, showing a longer region of flow re-circulation. This caused the mean and RMS velocities to significantly differ. Examining the cross-section flow field, secondary motion was clearly present. Upstream secondary motion of the first kind was observed which is caused by anisotropy of the reynolds stresses in the turbulent flow. Downstream of the bend, the flow transitions to secondary motion of the second kind which is caused by streamline curvature. Qualitatively, the RANS and DNS showed similar results upstream of the bend, however downstream, the magnitude of the secondary motion differed significantly.

Rotor Boundary Layer Response to an Impinging Wake

Volume 1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Soranna ◽  
Yi-Chih Chow ◽  
Oguz Uzol ◽  
Joseph Katz
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Inlet Guide Vane ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Entire Flow

This paper presents results of an experimental investigation on the response of a rotor boundary layer to an impinging Inlet Guide Vane (IGV) wake. High resolution two-dimensional Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements are conducted in a refractive index matched facility that provides an unobstructed view of the entire flow field. Data obtained at four different rotor phases, as the wake is chopped and passes by the rotor blade, allows us to examine the response of the rotor boundary layer to the mean flow and turbulence associated with the impinging wake. We focus on the suction side boundary layer in regions with adverse pressure gradients, from mid chord to the trailing edge. The phase-averaged velocity profiles are used for calculating the momentum and displacement thicknesses of the boundary layer, and for estimating the pressure gradients along the wall. Distributions of Reynolds stresses are also provided. The phase-averaged velocity profiles in the rotor boundary layer vary significantly with phase. During wake impingement the boundary layer becomes significantly thinner and more stable compared to other phases at the same location. Analysis of the possible causes for this trend suggests that the dominant contributors are unsteady, phase-dependent variation in pressure gradients along the wall.

scholarly journals The Author’s Contributions to Echocardiography Literature (Part II—1991–2020)

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
P. Syamasundar Rao
Keyword(s):  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Outflow Tract ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis ◽  
Nuss Procedure ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Premature Babies ◽  
Echocardiographic Assessment ◽  
The One ◽  
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

The author’s contribution up to 1990 was reviewed in part I and the echo contributions from 1991 to 2020 will be reviewed in part II. These include defining the relationship between the quantity of shunt across the atrial septal defect (ASD) and the diameter of ASD by echo and angio on the one side and the stretched diameter of the ASD on the other; echocardiographic assessment of balloon-stretched diameter of secundum ASDs; development of echocardiographic predictors of accomplishment of percutaneous closure of ASDs with the buttoned device, highlighting limitations of echocardiography in comprehensive assessment of mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection; description of follow-up echocardiographic results of transcatheter closure of ASD with buttoned device; review of ultrasound studies; depiction of collaborative echocardiographic and Doppler studies; echocardiographic appraisal of the outcome of balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty; editorials; ventricular septal aneurysm causing pulmonary outflow tract obstruction in the morphologic left ventricle in corrected transposition of the great arteries; dependability of echocardiographic assessment of angiographic minimal diameter of the ductus; occurrence of supravalvular pulmonary artery stenosis after a Nuss procedure; echocardiographic assessment of neonates who were suspected of having heart disease; role of echocardiographic studies in the appraisal of patent ductus arteriosus in the premature babies; and the role of pressure recovery in explaining differences between simultaneously measured Doppler and cardiac catheterization pressure gradients across outflow tract stenotic lesions.

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