Instability and Sound Emission From a Flow Over a Curved Surface

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Maestrello ◽  
P. Parikh ◽  
A. Bayliss
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Acoustic Pressure ◽  
Pressure Field ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Convex Surface ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Sound Emission ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Linearized Euler Equations

The growth and decay of a wavepacket convecting in a boundary layer over a concave-convex surface is studied numerically using direct computations of the Navier-Stokes equations. The resulting sound radiation is computed using the linearized Euler equations with the pressure from the Navier-Stokes solution as a time-dependent boundary condition. It is shown that on the concave portion the amplitude of the wavepacket increases and its bandwidth broadens while on the convex portion some of the components in the packet are stabilized. The pressure field decays exponentially away from the surface and then algebraically exhibiting a decay characteristic of acoustic waves in two dimensions. The far field acoustic pressure exhibits a peak at a frequency corresponding to the inflow instability frequency.

Perturbation Procedures for Nonlinear Viscous Flows

1983 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-269
Author(s):  
D. Nixon
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Transonic Flow ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Viscous Flows ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations

The perturbation theory for transonic flow is further developed for solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in two dimensions or for experimental results. The strained coordinate technique is used to treat changes in location of any shock waves or large gradients.

A Numerical Study of the Hydrodynamics of Reversing Flows Around a Cylinder

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nakajima ◽  
Y. Kallinderis ◽  
I. Sibetheros ◽  
R. W. Miksad ◽  
K. Lambrakos
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Random Behavior ◽  
Marching Scheme

A numerical study of the nonlinear and random behavior of flow-induced forces on offshore structures and experimental verification of the results are presented. The numerical study is based on a finite-element method for the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in two dimensions. The momentum equations combined with a pressure correction equation are solved employing fourth-order artificial dissipation with a nonstaggered grid, instead of the more commonly used staggered meshes. The solution is advanced in time with a combined explicit and implicit marching scheme. Emphasis is placed on study of reversing flows around a cylinder. Comparisons with experimental data evaluate accuracy and robustness of the method.

Boundary layer leading-edge receptivity to sound at incidence angles

2001 ◽  
Vol 444 ◽  
pp. 383-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERCAN ERTURK ◽  
THOMAS C. CORKE
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Quantitative Agreement ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Angle Of Incidence ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Nose Radius ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations

The leading-edge receptivity to acoustic waves of two-dimensional parabolic bodies was investigated using a spatial solution of the Navier–Stokes equations in vorticity/streamfunction form in parabolic coordinates. The free stream is composed of a uniform flow with a superposed periodic velocity fluctuation of small amplitude. The method follows that of Haddad & Corke (1998) in which the solution for the basic flow and linearized perturbation flow are solved separately. We primarily investigated the effect of frequency and angle of incidence (−180° [les ] α2 [les ] 180°) of the acoustic waves on the leading-edge receptivity. The results at α2 = 0° were found to be in quantitative agreement with those of Haddad & Corke (1998), and substantiated the Strouhal number scaling based on the nose radius. The results with sound waves at angles of incidence agreed qualitatively with the analysis of Hammerton & Kerschen (1996). These included a maximum receptivity at α2 = 90°, and an asymmetric variation in the receptivity with sound incidence angle, with minima at angles which were slightly less than α2 = 0° and α2 = 180°.

Numerical Analysis of Unstable Flow in Last-Stage Blades of Steam Turbines

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Garci´a ◽  
J. Kubiak ◽  
F. Sierra ◽  
G. Gonza´lez ◽  
G. Urquiza
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Pressure Field ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Steam Turbines ◽  
Unstable Flow ◽  
Geometry Model ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
Exit Edge

As well known steam turbines are strongly affected because of vibrations. Unstable vibrations can appear together with steady-state vibrations. We present the results of numerical computations about unstable flow and its interaction on blades of steam turbines, which can lead to unstable modes of vibration. Unstable phenomena appear as a result of interaction of blades with the stream of steam flow where the pressure field provides the force. The analysis centers particularly in the last stage or L-0 of a 110 MW turbine. Navier-Stokes equations are resolved in two dimensions using a commercial program called Fluent based on finite-volume method. A 2-D geometry model was built in order to represent the dimensional aspects of the diaphragm as well as the rotor located in the last stage of the turbine. Periodic boundary conditions were applied to both sides of the blade with the purpose of simplifying the computation avoiding resolve for the whole wheel. The computations were conducted in both modes, steady state and time dependent. The results show the distribution of pressure fields as a function of the distance to the exit edge of the diaphragm blades. Also, the pressure and velocity fields are shown through contours along the flow channel between the diaphragm blades. The paper includes the time-dependence behavior of pressure field. A Fourier analysis is used to determine the characteristic frequencies of the system, based on numerical results.

A PRIORI PRESSURE FIELD CONSTRUCTION ITERATIVE METHOD FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE STEADY-STATE NAVIER–STOKES EQUATIONS USING GENERAL FINITE-VOLUME CO-LOCATED GRIDS

2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 567-601
Author(s):  
JOSE A. LAMAS
Keyword(s):  
Iterative Method ◽  
Pressure Field ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Mass Conservation ◽  
Momentum Conservation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Pressure Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Correction Equations

An iterative method has been developed for the solution of the Navier–Stokes equations and implemented using finite volumes with co-located variable arrangement. A pressure equation is obtained combining algebraic momentum and mass conservation equations resulting in a self-consistent set of equations. An iterative procedure solves the pressure equation consistently with mass conservation and then updates velocities based on momentum equations without introducing velocity or pressure correction equations. The process is repeated until velocities satisfy both mass and momentum conservation. Tests demonstrate a priori pressure field solution consistent with mass conservation, and solution of hydrostatic problems in one iteration.

scholarly journals The scattering of sound waves by a vortex: numerical simulations and analytical solutions

1994 ◽  
Vol 260 ◽  
pp. 271-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Colonius ◽  
Sanjiva K. Lele ◽  
Parviz Moin
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Analytical Solutions ◽  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Refraction Effect ◽  
Approximate Analytical Solutions

The scattering of plane sound waves by a vortex is investigated by solving the compressible Navier–-Stokes equations numerically, and analytically with asymptotic expansions. Numerical errors associated with discretization and boundary conditions are made small by using high-order-accurate spatial differentiation and time marching schemes along with accurate non-reflecting boundary conditions. The accuracy of computations of flow fields with acoustic waves of amplitude five orders of magnitude smaller than the hydrodynamic fluctuations is directly verified. The properties of the scattered field are examined in detail. The results reveal inadequacies in previous vortex scattering theories when the circulation of the vortex is non-zero and refraction by the slowly decaying vortex flow field is important. Approximate analytical solutions that account for the refraction effect are developed and found to be in good agreement with the computations and experiments.

Understanding subsonic and transonic cavity flows

2001 ◽  
Vol 105 (1044) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Henderson ◽  
K. J. Badcock ◽  
B. E. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Pressure ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Cavity Flows ◽  
Computational Investigation ◽  
Oscillatory Flows ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Open Flow ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Cavity Floor

AbstractA computational investigation of the subsonic and transonic turbulent open flow over cavities was conducted. Simulations of these oscillatory flows were generated through time-accurate solutions of the Reynolds-averaged form of the Navier-Stokes equations. The effect of turbulence was included through the k–ω model. The results presented include calculations of the acoustic pressure distributions along the cavity floor, which compare well with experiment. The results are then used to describe the behaviour of the flow.

Time-dependent helical waves in rotating pipe flow

1990 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 289-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Landman
Keyword(s):  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Linear Instability ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Helical Symmetry ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Turbulent Transition

The Navier-Stokes equations for flow in a rotating circular pipe are solved numerically, subject to imposing helical symmetry on the velocity field v = v(r, θ + αz,t). The helical symmetry is exploited by writing the equations of motion in helical variables, reducing the problem to two dimensions. A limited study of the pipe flow is made in the parameter space of the wavenumber α, and the axial and azimuthal Reynolds numbers. The steadily rotating waves previously studied by Toplosky & Akylas (1988), which arise from the linear instability of the basic steady flow, are found to undergo a series of bifurcations, through periodic to aperiodic time dependence. The relevance of these results to the mechanism of laminar-turbulent transition in a stationary pipe is discussed.

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