scholarly journals Cooling of aPr<1 fluid in a rectangular container

2007 ◽  
Vol 574 ◽  
pp. 85-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
WENXIAN LIN ◽  
S. W. ARMFIELD ◽  
JOHN C. PATTERSON

The flow behaviour associated with the cooling of an initially quiescent isothermal Newtonian fluid with Prandtl numberPrless than unity in a rectangular container by unsteady natural convection with an imposed lower temperature on vertical sidewalls is investigated by scaling analysis and direct numerical simulation. The flow is dominated by two distinct stages of development. i.e the boundary-layer development stage adjacent to the sidewall and the subsequent cooling-down stage. The first stage can be further divided into a start-up stage, transitional stage, and steady-state stage. The parameters characterizing the flow behaviour are the boundary-layer thickness, the maximum vertical velocity within the boundary layer, the time for the boundary layer to reach the steady state, the Nusselt number across the sidewall at the boundary-layer development stage, the time for the fluid in the container to be fully cooled down, and the average fluid temperature over the whole volume of the container.

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-392
Author(s):  
Zhigang Cheng ◽  
Yubing Pan ◽  
Ju Li ◽  
Xingcan Jia ◽  
Xinyu Zhang ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 794-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Luo ◽  
B. Lakshminarayana

The boundary layer development and convective heat transfer on transonic turbine nozzle vanes are investigated using a compressible Navier–Stokes code with three low-Reynolds-number k–ε models. The mean-flow and turbulence transport equations are integrated by a four-stage Runge–Kutta scheme. Numerical predictions are compared with the experimental data acquired at Allison Engine Company. An assessment of the performance of various turbulence models is carried out. The two modes of transition, bypass transition and separation-induced transition, are studied comparatively. Effects of blade surface pressure gradients, free-stream turbulence level, and Reynolds number on the blade boundary layer development, particularly transition onset, are examined. Predictions from a parabolic boundary layer code are included for comparison with those from the elliptic Navier–Stokes code. The present study indicates that the turbine external heat transfer, under real engine conditions, can be predicted well by the Navier–Stokes procedure with the low-Reynolds-number k–ε models employed.


1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-266
Author(s):  
D. A. Nealy ◽  
P. W. McFadden

Using the integral form of the laminar boundary layer thermal energy equation, a method is developed which permits calculation of thermal boundary layer development under more general conditions than heretofore treated in the literature. The local Stanton number is expressed in terms of the thermal convection thickness which reflects the cumulative effects of variable free stream velocity, surface temperature, and injection rate on boundary layer development. The boundary layer calculation is combined with the wall heat transfer problem through a coolant heat balance which includes the effect of axial conduction in the wall. The highly coupled boundary layer and wall heat balance equations are solved simultaneously using relatively straightforward numerical integration techniques. Calculated results exhibit good agreement with existing analytical and experimental results. The present results indicate that nonisothermal wall and axial conduction effects significantly affect local heat transfer rates.


1965 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Frank B. Campbell ◽  
Robert C. Cox ◽  
Marden B. Boyd

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hopfinger ◽  
Volker Gümmer

Abstract The development of viscous endwall flow is of major importance when considering highly-loaded compressor stages. Essentially, all losses occurring in a subsonic compressor are caused by viscous shear stresses building up boundary layers on individual aerofoils and endwall surfaces. These boundary layers cause significant aerodynamic blockage and cause a reduction in effective flow area, depending on the specifics of the stage design. The presented work describes the numerical investigation of blockage development in a 3.5-stage low-speed compressor with tandem stator vanes. The research is aimed at understanding the mechanism of blockage generation and growth in tandem vane rows and across the entire compressor. Therefore, the blockage generation is investigated as a function of the operating point, the rotational speed and the inlet boundary layer thickness.


1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. P. Sharma ◽  
R. A. Graziani

This paper presents the results of an analysis to assess the influence of cascade passage endwall flow on the airfoil suction surface mid-height boundary layer development in a turbine cascade. The effect of the endwall flow is interpreted as the generation of a cross flow and a cross flow velocity gradient in the airfoil boundary layer, which results in an extra term in the mass conservation equation. This extra term is shown to influence the boundary layer development along the mid-height of the airfoil suction surface through an increase in the boundary layer thickness and consequently an increase in the mid-height losses, and a decrease in the Reynolds shear stress, mixing length, skin friction, and Stanton number. An existing two-dimensional differential boundary layer prediction method, STAN-5, is modified to incorporate the above two effects.


1966 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Carmichael ◽  
G. N. Pustintsev

Methods of predicting the growth of turbulent boundary layers in conical diffusers using the kinetic-energy deficit equation were developed. Three different forms of auxiliary equations were used. Comparison between the measured and predicted results showed that there was fair agreement although there was a tendency to underestimate the predicted momentum thickness and over-estimate the predicted shape factor.


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