scholarly journals Contribution to investigation of turbulent mean-flow velocity profile in pipe of circular cross-section

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Štigler Jaroslav
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Mohammed Karbon ◽  
Ahmad K. Sleiti

Turbulent flow in Z-shape duct configuration is investigated using Reynolds stress model (RSM) and ζ-f model and compared to experimental results. Both RSM and ζ-f models are based on steady-state RANS solutions. The focus was on regions where the RSM has over- or underpredicted the flow when compared to the experimental results and on regions where there are flow separations and high turbulence. The performance of predicting the flow reattachment length in each model is studied as well. RSM has shown the mean flow velocity profile results match reasonably well with the experiment. Advanced ζ-f turbulence model is introduced as user-defined function (UDF) code and applied to the Z-shape duct. It is found that the turbulent kinetic energy production in ζ equation is much easier to reproduce accurately. Both mean velocity gradient and local turbulent stress terms are also much easier to be resolved properly. The current research has found that not only ζ-f model takes less time to complete the simulation but also the mean flow velocity profile results are in better agreement with the experimental data than the RSM although both are coupled steady-state RANS. ζ-f model numerically resolved both the flow separation and reattachment regions better than the RSM. The current numerical results from ζ-f model are attractive and encouraging for wall-bounded flow applications where flow separation and flow reattachment are important for the flow mechanism.


2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (1) ◽  
pp. 5858-5868
Author(s):  
Victor Kopiev ◽  
NIkolay Ostrikov ◽  
Stanislav Denisov ◽  
MIkhail Yakovets ◽  
Maxim Ipatov

The results of experimental and computational studies of the three-dimensional mean flow velocity profile influence on the impedance eduction are presented. In order to measure the three-dimensional velocity profile, the TsAGIâ€(tm)s “Interferometer with flow†facility was upgraded so that additional holes were made in one cross section of the rectangular duct. As a result, it became possible to measure the longitudinal flow velocity in this cross section along 6 lines using a Pitot tube or a hot wire anemometer. The full three-dimensional velocity profile is determined by interpolating the values measured.Experimental results of the velocity profile for various experiment conditions are presented. Based on the numerical solution of the three-dimensional Pridmore-Brown equation by means of Finite Element Method and the gradient descent method, the problem of impedance eduction are investigated. The influence of the flow velocity profile and the form of functional on the obtained impedance values are discussed. The impedance values educted by means of this approach are compared with the impedance values obtained using two-dimensional impedance eduction methods, which didnâ€(tm)t taking into account the three-dimensional non homogeneity of the flow velocity field.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-151
Author(s):  
Fedir Matiko ◽  
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Vitalii Roman ◽  
Halyna Matiko ◽  
Dmytro Yalinskyi

Results of investigating the additional error of ultrasonic flowmeters caused by the distortion of the flow are presented in the article. The location coordinates of acoustic paths were calculated for their number from 1 to 6 according to the different numerical integrating methods: Gauss (Gauss-Legendre, Gauss-Jacobi), Chebyshev (equidistant location of acoustic paths), Westinghouse method, method of OWICS (Optimal Weighted Integration for Circular Sections). This made it possible to realize the flowrate equation for multi-path ultrasonic flowmeters and to determine their additional error for different location of the acoustic paths. The average flow velocity along each path is calculated based on the flow velocity profile in the pipe cross section. Four two-peak Salami functions of velocity are used to calculate the velocity profile of the distorted flow caused by typical local resistances. According to the research results the recommendations were developed for choosing the number of the acoustic paths of the ultrasonic flowmeters and for using the methods for determining the location coordinates of the acoustic paths.


Author(s):  
Anatoly Kusher

The reliability of water flow measurement in irrigational canals depends on the measurement method and design features of the flow-measuring structure and the upstream flow velocity profile. The flow velocity profile is a function of the channel geometry and wall roughness. The article presents the study results of the influence of the upstream flow velocity profile on the discharge measurement accuracy. For this, the physical and numerical modeling of two structures was carried out: a critical depth flume and a hydrometric overfall in a rectangular channel. According to the data of numerical simulation of the critical depth flume with a uniform and parabolic (1/7) velocity profile in the upstream channel, the values of water discharge differ very little from the experimental values in the laboratory model with a similar geometry (δ < 2 %). In contrast to the critical depth flume, a change in the velocity profile only due to an increase in the height of the bottom roughness by 3 mm causes a decrease of the overfall discharge coefficient by 4…5 %. According to the results of the numerical and physical modeling, it was found that an increase of backwater by hydrometric structure reduces the influence of the upstream flow velocity profile and increases the reliability of water flow measurements.


Author(s):  
Christoph Jörg ◽  
Michael Wagner ◽  
Thomas Sattelmayer

The thermoacoustic stability of gas turbines depends on a balance of acoustic energy inside the engine. While the flames produce acoustic energy, other areas like the impingement cooling system contribute to damping. In this paper, we investigate the damping potential of an annular impingement sleeve geometry embedded into a realistic environment. A cold flow test rig was designed to represent real engine conditions in terms of geometry, and flow situation. High quality data was delivered by six piezoelectric dynamic pressure sensors. Experiments were carried out for different mean flow velocities through the cooling holes. The acoustic reflection coefficient of the impingement sleeve was evaluated at a downstream reference location. Further parameters investigated were the number of cooling holes, and the geometry of the chamber surrounding the impingement sleeve. Experimental results show that the determining parameter for the reflection coefficient is the mean flow velocity through the impingement holes. An increase of the mean flow velocity leads to significantly increased damping, and to low values of the reflection coefficient.


1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Metzger ◽  
C. S. Fan ◽  
S. W. Haley

Modern high-performance gas turbine engines operate at high turbine inlet temperatures and require internal convection cooling of many of the components exposed to the hot gas flow. Cooling air is supplied from the engine compressor at a cost to cycle performance and a design goal is to provide necessary cooling with the minimum required cooling air flow. In conjunction with this objective, two families of pin fin array geometries which have potential for improving airfoil internal cooling performance were studied experimentally. One family utilizes pins of a circular cross section with various orientations of the array with respect to the mean flow direction. The second family utilizes pins with an oblong cross section with various pin orientations with respect to the mean flow direction. Both heat transfer and pressure loss characteristics are presented. The results indicate that the use of circular pins with array orientation between staggered and inline can in some cases increase heat transfer while decreasing pressure loss. The use of elongated pins increases heat transfer, but at a high cost of increased pressure loss. In conjunction with the present measurements, previously published results were reexamined in order to estimate the magnitude of heat transfer coefficients on the pin surfaces relative to those of the endwall surfaces. The estimate indicates that the pin surface coefficients are approximately double the endwall values.


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