Channel Flow Along a Wavy Heated Wall

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Barboy ◽  
A. Rashkovan ◽  
G. Ziskind
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Momentum Equation ◽  
Constant Heat Flux ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Coupling Scheme ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Wavy Wall ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

The present study deals with the effects of wall geometry on the fluid flow and heat transfer in a vertical channel with a wavy wall. The waviness is characterized by wave amplitude and period. The wavy wall is heated with a constant heat flux. A detailed parametric investigation of the effect of waviness is performed for different flow conditions. An enhanced version of the turbulence models is required in order to resolve the near-wall region. In particular, a single wall law for the entire wall region can be achieved by blending linear (viscous) and logarithmic (turbulent) laws-of-the-wall. This approach allows the fully turbulent law to be easily modified and extended to take into account other effects such as pressure gradients or variable properties. Second order discretization scheme for momentum equation and turbulence scalar equations was used. SIMPLE pressure-velocity coupling scheme was employed. The results show how the flow and geometry parameters, namely, the Reynolds number and the amplitude and period of waviness, affect such features as the existence of flow separation, its location and size of the recirculation zones. These features determine the temperature distribution on the wavy wall. An attempt is done to assess the effect of flow and geometry parameters quantitatively.

Numerical Investigation of the Compressible Flat-Plate Turbulent Boundary Layer with Extended GAO-YONG Turbulence Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 444-445 ◽  
pp. 416-422
Author(s):  
Yang Yang Tang ◽  
Zhi Qiang Li ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Ya Chao Di ◽  
Huan Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Empirical Coefficients ◽  
Near Wall

The extended GAO-YONG turbulence model is used to simulate the flow and heat transfer of flat-plate turbulent boundary layer, and the results indicate that GAO-YONG turbulence model may well describe boundary layer flow and heat transfer from near-wall region to far outer area, without using any empirical coefficients and near-wall treatments, such as wall-function or modified low Reynolds number model, which are used widely in all RANS turbulence models.

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in a spatially developing turbulent boundary layer laden with particles

2018 ◽  
Vol 845 ◽  
pp. 417-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Li ◽  
Kun Luo ◽  
Jianren Fan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Particle Laden Flows ◽  
Near Wall

Direct numerical simulations of particle-laden flows in a spatially developing turbulent thermal boundary layer over an isothermally heated wall have been performed with realistic fully developed turbulent inflow boundary conditions. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first time the effects of inertial solid particles on turbulent flow and heat transfer in a flat-plate turbulent boundary layer have been investigated, using a two-way coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian method. Results indicate that the presence of particles increases the mean streamwise velocity and temperature gradients of the fluid in the near-wall region. As a result, the skin-friction drag and heat transfer are significantly enhanced in the particle-laden flows with respect to the single-phase flow. The near-wall sweep and ejection motions are suppressed by the particles and hence the Reynolds shear stress and wall-normal turbulent heat flux are attenuated, which leads to reductions in the production of the turbulent kinetic energy and temperature fluctuations. In addition, the coherence and spacing of the near-wall velocity and temperature streaky structures are distinctly increased, while the turbulent vortical structures appear to be disorganized under the effect of the particles. Moreover, the intensity of the streamwise vortices decreases monotonically with increasing particle inertia.

Heat Transfer and Secondary Flow Characteristics in a Horizontally Round Pipe for Cooling a Scramjet Combustor by Supercritical n-Decane

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Li ◽  
Youqian Chen ◽  
Gongnan Xie ◽  
Bengt Sunden
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Buoyancy Force ◽  
Dead Zone ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Heat Transfer Deterioration ◽  
Scramjet Combustor

Abstract To figure out the abnormal flow characteristics and thermal performance of supercritical fluids, some detailed information of supercritical pressure n-decane flowing in a horizontally round pipe is studied in terms of secondary flow induced by the huge density change or buoyancy force. According to an evaluation of turbulence models, the shear stress transport k–ω is suitable to execute the case of horizontal flow. It is observed that the temperature distributions between the upper wall region and the lower wall region are asymmetric and the location of the maximum buoyancy force coincided with the position of Tpc (pseudo-critical temperature). The generation of a rotating flow arising from the heated wall determines the occurrence of heat transfer deterioration (HTD). In the boom stage of the HTD phenomenon, a dead zone that is close to the upper wall was formed due to the influence of vortices. In contrast, the maximum buoyancy force is located in the core flow zone and it forces the fluid in the mainstream to participate in the cooling process of the heated wall. In addition, the dead zone in the vicinity of the upper wall is broken. This is the main reason why heat transfer deterioration could be inhibited effectively.

Comparison Between EVM and RSM Turbulence Models in Predicting Flow and Heat Transfer in Rib-Roughened Channels

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Sleiti ◽  
J. S. Kapat
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Reynolds Stress Model ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Wall Functions ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Near Wall ◽  
Rib Roughened

A 3-D analysis of two-equation eddy-viscosity (EVMs) and Reynolds stress (RSM) turbulence models and their application to solving flow and heat transfer in rotating rib-roughened internal cooling channels is the main focus of this study. The flow in theses channels is affected by ribs, rotation, buoyancy, bends and boundary conditions. The EVMs considered are: The standard k–ε Model: of Launder and Spalding Launder and Spalding [1], the Renormalization Group k-ε model: Yakhot and Orszag [2], the Realizable k-ε model Shur et al. [3], the standard k-ω Model, Wilcox Wilcox [4], and the Shear-Stress Transport (SST) k-ω Model, Menter [5]. The viscosity affected near wall region is resolved by enhanced near wall treatment using combined two-layer model with enhanced wall functions. The results for both stationary and rotating channels showed the advantages of Reynolds Stress Model (RSM), Gibson and Launder [6], Launder [7], Launder [8] in predicting the flow field and heat transfer compared to the isotropic EVMs that need corrections to account for streamline curvature, buoyancy and rotation.

Low-Reynolds Number Turbulence Models: An Approach for Reducing Mesh Sensitivity

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Bredberg ◽  
Lars Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Interior Node ◽  
Modified Model ◽  
Step Flow ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Near Wall

This study presents a new near-wall treatment for low-Reynolds number (LRN) turbulence models that maintains accuracy in ‘coarse’ mesh predictions. The method is based on a thorough examination of approximations made when integrating the discretized equations in the near-wall region. A number of modifications are proposed that counteract errors introduced when an LRN-model is used on meshes for which the first interior node is located at y+≈5. Here the methodology is applied to the k−ω turbulence model by Bredberg et al., although similar corrections are relevant for all LRN models. The modified model gives asymptotically, in the sense of mesh refinement, identical results to the baseline model. For coarser meshes y+⩽10, the present method improves numerical stability with less mesh-dependency than the non-modified model. Results are included for fully developed channel flow, a backward-facing step flow and heat transfer in a periodic rib-roughened channel.

Stability of buoyancy-driven flow in a vertical channel with one heated wall

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 084103
Author(s):  
S. Zeraati Dizjeh ◽  
J. Brinkerhoff
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Heated Wall

The Effects of Adverse Pressure Gradients on Momentum and Thermal Structures in Transitional Boundary Layers: Part 2—Fluctuation Quantities

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 728-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Mislevy ◽  
T. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Turbulent Shear ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Baseline Case ◽  
Near Wall

The effects of adverse pressure gradients on the thermal and momentum characteristics of a heated transitional boundary layer were investigated with free-stream turbulence ranging from 0.3 to 0.6 percent. Boundary layer measurements were conducted for two constant-K cases, K1 = −0.51 × 10−6 and K2 = −1.05 × 10−6. The fluctuation quantities, u′, ν′, t′, the Reynolds shear stress (uν), and the Reynolds heat fluxes (νt and ut) were measured. In general, u′/U∞, ν′/U∞, and νt have higher values across the boundary layer for the adverse pressure-gradient cases than they do for the baseline case (K = 0). The development of ν′ for the adverse pressure gradients was more actively involved than that of the baseline. In the early transition region, the Reynolds shear stress distribution for the K2 case showed a near-wall region of high-turbulent shear generated at Y+ = 7. At stations farther downstream, this near-wall shear reduced in magnitude, while a second region of high-turbulent shear developed at Y+ = 70. For the baseline case, however, the maximum turbulent shear in the transition region was generated at Y+ = 70, and no near-wall high-shear region was seen. Stronger adverse pressure gradients appear to produce more uniform and higher t′ in the near-wall region (Y+ < 20) in both transitional and turbulent boundary layers. The instantaneous velocity signals did not show any clear turbulent/nonturbulent demarcations in the transition region. Increasingly stronger adverse pressure gradients seemed to produce large non turbulent unsteadiness (or instability waves) at a similar magnitude as the turbulent fluctuations such that the production of turbulent spots was obscured. The turbulent spots could not be identified visually or through conventional conditional-sampling schemes. In addition, the streamwise evolution of eddy viscosity, turbulent thermal diffusivity, and Prt, are also presented.

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