One-Dimensional Fully Developed Turbulent Flow through Coarse Porous Medium

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1491-1496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sedghi-Asl ◽  
Hassan Rahimi ◽  
Javad Farhoudi ◽  
Abdolhossein Hoorfar ◽  
Sven Hartmann
2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (08) ◽  
pp. 1261-1278
Author(s):  
ELENA COMPARINI ◽  
MAURA UGHI

We consider a one-dimensional incompressible flow through a porous medium undergoing deformations such that the porosity and the hydraulic conductivity can be considered as functions of the flux intensity. We prove that if one approximates the porosity with a constant then the solution of the hyperbolic problem converges to the classical continuous Green–Ampt solution, also in the presence of shocks. In general, however, the shocks remain present in any approximating solution.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo J. S. de Lemos ◽  
Marcos H. J. Pedras

Abstract Turbulent flow in a channel, totally and partially filled with a porous medium, is simulated with a proposed turbulence model. Two cases are analyzed, namely clear flow past a porous obstacle and flow through a porous medium having a cavity with a higher porosity. Mean and turbulence quantities were solved within both computational domains using a single numerical technique. The control volume approach was used to discretize the governing equations. In the first case analyzed, the flow penetration into the porous substrate is accompanied by generation of turbulence kinetic energy within the obstacle. In the second geometry, the flow is pushed towards the cavity as porosity increases.


1974 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Rehme

Fully developed turbulent flow through three concentric annuli was investigated experimentally for a Reynolds-number rangeRe= 2 × 104−2 × 105. Measurements were made of the pressure drop, the positions of zero shear stress and maximum velocity, and the velocity distribution in annuli of radius ratios α = 0.02, 0.04 and 0.1, respectively. The results for the key problem in the flow through annuli, the position of zero shear stress, showed that this position is not coincident with the position of maximum velocity. Furthermore, the investigation showed the strong influence of spacers on the velocity and shear-stress distributions. The numerous theoretical and experimental results in the literature which are based on the coincidence of the positions of zero shear stress and maximum velocity are not in agreement with reality.


A previous paper gave an account of a method of calculating the velocity of deposition of aerosol particles upon the wall of a pipe through which they were passing in fully developed turbulent flow. This is now extended to include small particles which diffuse at an appreciable rate owing to their Brownian motion.


Fluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
James Kofi Arthur

There are several natural and industrial applications where turbulent flows over compact porous media are relevant. However, the study of such flows is rare. In this paper, an experimental investigation of turbulent flow through and over a compact model porous medium is presented to fill this gap in the literature. The objectives of this work were to measure the development of the flow over the porous boundary, the penetration of the turbulent flow into the porous domain, the attendant three-dimensional effects, and Reynolds number effects. These objectives were achieved by conducting particle image velocimetry measurements in a test section with turbulent flow through and over a compact model porous medium of porosity 85%, and filling fraction 21%. The bulk Reynolds numbers were 14,338 and 24,510. The results showed a large-scale anisotropic turbulent flow region over and within the porous medium. The overlying turbulent flow had a boundary layer that thickened along the stream by about 90% and infiltrated into the porous medium to a depth of about 7% of the porous medium rod diameter. The results presented here provide useful physical insight suited for the design and analyses of turbulent flows over compact porous media arrangements.


Author(s):  
Sintia Bejatovic ◽  
Martin Agelinchaab ◽  
Mark F. Tachie

The paper reports on an experimental investigation of turbulent flow through model two-dimensional porous media. The porous media was bounded on one side by a solid plane wall and on the other side by a zone of clear fluid. The model porous media comprised of square arrays of circular acrylic rods that were inserted into precision holes drilled onto pairs of removable plates. The removable plates were then inserted into groves made in the side walls of the test channel. The rods fill about 59% of the channel height. Different combinations of rod diameter and center-to-center spacing were used to produce solid volume fractions that ranged from 0.11 to 0.44. The Reynolds number based on the bulk velocity of the approach flow and channel height was 16800. A high resolution particle image velocimetry (PIV) system was used to conduct detailed velocity measurements within the porous media and the adjacent clear fluid. The results demonstrate that permeability of the porous medium is more useful in correlating the flow characteristics than the porosity or solid volume fraction. Irrespective of rod diameter or spacing, a decrease in permeability of the porous medium produced a lower value of the dimensionless slip velocity. A decrease in permeability also produced higher resistance to the fluid flow through the porous medium. As a result, a larger fraction of the approach flow is channeled through the clear zone adjacent to a porous medium with lower permeability than those with relatively higher permeability. It was also observed that spatially averaged profiles of the mean velocities and turbulent quantities depend strongly on permeability.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agne`s Montillet

The variation of the pressure drop measured as a function of the fluid velocity through a packed bed of spheres is presented and discussed in the range of particle Reynolds number 30–1500. Based on previous studies, the observed limit of validity of the so-called Forchheimer law may be attributed to the concomitant effects of the finite character of the tested bed and of the transition of flow regime which is marking the beginning of the fully developed turbulent flow regime. The limit of validity of the Forchheimer-type law was formerly noticed by several authors.


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