Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow in a Curved Pipe

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Boersma ◽  
F. T. M. Nieuwstadt
Keyword(s):  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Curved Pipe ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Turbulent Statistics ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Secondary Motion ◽  
Fully Developed Turbulent Flow ◽  
The Mean

In this paper, we use Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) to compute a fully-developed turbulent flow in a curved pipe. The results allow us to study how the curvature influences the mean velocity profile and also various turbulent statistics. We find reasonable agreement with the few experiments that are available. Our simulation also allows a detailed study of secondary motion in the cross section of the pipe which are caused by the centrifugal acceleration due to the pipe curvature. It is known that this secondary motion may consist of one, two, or three circulation cells. In our simulation results we find one circulation cell.

Large eddy simulation study of turbulent flow around smooth and rough domes

2013 ◽  
Vol 227 (12) ◽  
pp. 2686-2700 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Kharoua ◽  
L Khezzar
Keyword(s):  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Horseshoe Vortex ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy

Large eddy simulation of turbulent flow around smooth and rough hemispherical domes was conducted. The roughness of the rough dome was generated by a special approach using quadrilateral solid blocks placed alternately on the dome surface. It was shown that this approach is capable of generating the roughness effect with a relative success. The subgrid-scale model based on the transport of the subgrid turbulent kinetic energy was used to account for the small scales effect not resolved by large eddy simulation. The turbulent flow was simulated at a subcritical Reynolds number based on the approach free stream velocity, air properties, and dome diameter of 1.4 × 105. Profiles of mean pressure coefficient, mean velocity, and its root mean square were predicted with good accuracy. The comparison between the two domes showed different flow behavior around them. A flattened horseshoe vortex was observed to develop around the rough dome at larger distance compared with the smooth dome. The separation phenomenon occurs before the apex of the rough dome while for the smooth dome it is shifted forward. The turbulence-affected region in the wake was larger for the rough dome.

Investigation of Fully Developed Turbulent Flow in a Straight Duct With Large Eddy Simulation

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Su ◽  
R. Friedrich
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Fully Developed Turbulent Flow ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Straight Duct

Large eddy simulations have been performed in straight ducts with square cross section at a global Reynolds number of 49,000 in order to predict the complicated mean and instantaneous flow involving turbulence-driven secondary motion. Isotropic grid systems were used with spatial resolutions of 256 * 642. The secondary flow not only turned out to develop extremely slowly from its initial conditions but also to require fairly high resolution. The obtained statistical results are compared with measurements. These results show that the large eddy simulation (LES) is a powerful approach to simulate the complex turbulence flow with high Reynolds number. Streaklines of fluid particles in the duct show the secondary flow clearly. The database obtained with LES is used to examine a statistical turbulence model and describe the turbulent vortex structure in the fully developed turbulent flow in a straight duct.

Large eddy simulation of a stratified boundary layer under an oscillatory current

2009 ◽  
Vol 643 ◽  
pp. 233-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
BISHAKHDATTA GAYEN ◽  
SUTANU SARKAR ◽  
JOHN R. TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Mixed Layer ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Bottom Boundary Layer ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Bottom Boundary ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
The Mean

A numerical study based on large eddy simulation is performed to investigate a bottom boundary layer under an oscillating tidal current. The focus is on the boundary layer response to an external stratification. The thermal field shows a mixed layer that is separated from the external stratified fluid by a thermocline. The mixed layer grows slowly in time with an oscillatory modulation by the tidal flow. Stratification strongly affects the mean velocity profiles, boundary layer thickness and turbulence levels in the outer region although the effect on the near-bottom unstratified fluid is relatively mild. The turbulence is asymmetric between the accelerating and decelerating stages. The asymmetry is more pronounced with increasing stratification. There is an overshoot of the mean velocity in the outer layer; this jet is linked to the phase asymmetry of the Reynolds shear stress gradient by using the simulation data to examine the mean momentum equation. Depending on the height above the bottom, there is a lag of the maximum turbulent kinetic energy, dissipation and production with respect to the peak external velocity and the value of the lag is found to be influenced by the stratification. Flow instabilities and turbulence in the bottom boundary layer excite internal gravity waves that propagate away into the ambient. Unlike the steady case, the phase lines of the internal waves change direction during the tidal cycle and also from near to far field. The frequency spectrum of the propagating wave field is analysed and found to span a narrow band of frequencies clustered around 45°.

scholarly journals Large eddy simulation of near-wall turbulent flow over streamlined riblet-structured surface for drag reduction in a rectangular channel

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5 Part A) ◽  
pp. 2793-2808
Author(s):  
Hussain Al-Kayiem ◽  
Desmond Lim ◽  
Jundika Kurnia
Keyword(s):  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Structured Surface ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Near Wall

Sharkskin-inspired riblets are widely adopted as a passive method for drag reduc?tion of flow over surfaces. In this research, large eddy simulation of turbulent flow over riblet-structured surface in a rectangular channel domain were performed at various Reynolds numbers, ranging from 4200-10000, to probe the resultant drag change, compared to smooth surface. The changes of mean streamwise velocity gradient in wall-normal direction at varied locations around riblet structures were also investigated to reduce mechanisms of streamlined riblet in reducing drag. The computational model is validated by comparing the simulation results against analytical and experimental data, for both smooth and riblet surfaces. Results in?dicating that the performance of the proposed streamlined riblet shows 7% drag reduction, as maximum, which is higher than the performance of L-shaped riblet with higher wetted surface area. The mean velocity profile analysis indicates that the streamlined riblet structures help to reduce longitudinal averaged velocity component rate in the normal to surface direction of near-wall region which leads to laminarization process as fluid-flows over riblet structures.

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