Fractal Orifices for Flowmetering

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck C. G. A. Nicolleau ◽  
Stephen B. M. Beck ◽  
Andrzej F. Nowakowski
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Symmetric Design ◽  
Flow Properties ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Fractal Pattern ◽  
The Mean

In this article we study the return to axi-symmetry for a flow generated after fractal plates in a circular wind tunnel. We consider two sets of plates: one orifice-like and one perforated-like. The mean velocity profiles are presented at different distances from the plate and we study the convergence of a flow rate based on these profiles. The return to axi-symmetry depends on how far was the original plate from an axi-symmetric design. It also depends on the level of iteration of the fractal pattern. In line with results for other flow properties [1, 2] It seems that there is not much to be gained by manufacturing fractal plates with more than three iteration levels.

scholarly journals Effect of the Flame Dome Depth and Improvement of the Pressure Loss in the Dump Diffuser

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinji Honami ◽  
Wataru Tsuboi ◽  
Takaaki Shizawa
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Stress Profiles

This paper presents the effect of flame dome depth on the total pressure performance and flow behavior in a sudden expansion region of the combustor diffuser without flow entering the dome head. The mean velocity and turbulent Reynolds stress profiles in the sudden expansion region were measured by a Laser Doppler Velocitmetry (LDV) system. The experiments show that total pressure loss is increased, when flame dome depth is increased. Installation of an inclined combuster wall in the sudden expansion region is suggested from the viewpoint of a control of the reattaching flow. The inclined combustor wall is found to be effective in improvement of the diffuser performance. Better characteristics of the flow rate distribution into the branched channels are obtained in the inclined wall configuration, even if the distorted velocity profile is provided at the diffuser inlet.

A wind tunnel simulation of the mean velocity fields behind upright porous fences

2007 ◽  
Vol 146 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 82-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhibao Dong ◽  
Wanyin Luo ◽  
Guangqiang Qian ◽  
Hongtao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Velocity Fields ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Wind Tunnel Simulation ◽  
The Mean

scholarly journals Blind test comparison of the performance and wake flow between two in-line wind turbines exposed to different atmospheric inflow conditions

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bartl ◽  
Lars Sætran
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Turbulence Intensity ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Blind Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Inlet Conditions ◽  
Inflow Conditions

Abstract. This is a summary of the results of the fourth Blind test workshop which was held in Trondheim in October 2015. Herein, computational predictions on the performance of two in-line model wind turbines as well as the mean and turbulent wake flow are compared to experimental data measured at NTNU's wind tunnel. A detailed description of the model geometry, the wind tunnel boundary conditions and the test case specifications was published before the workshop. Expert groups within Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) were invited to submit predictions on wind turbine performance and wake flow without knowing the experimental results at the outset. The focus of this blind test comparison is to examine the model turbines' performance and wake development up until 9 rotor diameters downstream at three different atmospheric inflow conditions. Besides a spatially uniform inflow field of very low turbulence intensity (TI = 0.23 %) as well as high turbulence intensity (TI = 10.0 %), the turbines are exposed to a grid-generated atmospheric shear flow (TI = 10.1 %). Five different research groups contributed with their predictions using a variety of simulation models, ranging from fully resolved Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) models to Large Eddy Simulations (LES). For the three inlet conditions the power and the thrust force of the upstream turbine is predicted fairly well by most models, while the predictions of the downstream turbine's performance show a significantly higher scatter. Comparing the mean velocity profiles in the wake, most models approximate the mean velocity deficit level sufficiently well. However, larger variations between the models for higher downstream positions are observed. The prediction of the turbulence kinetic energy in the wake is observed to be very challenging. Both the LES model and the IDDES (Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation) model, however, are consistently managing to provide fairly accurate predictions of the wake turbulence.

Investigation of Boundary Layer Flows Over a Flat Plate With Different-Size Transverse Square Grooves at s/w = 10

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Redha Wahidi ◽  
Walid Chakroun ◽  
Sami Al-Fahad
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Turbulence Intensity ◽  
Viscous Sublayer ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Boundary Layer Flows ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Uncertainty Range ◽  
The Mean

Turbulent boundary layer flows over a flat plate with multiple transverse square grooves spaced 10 element widths apart were investigated. Mean velocity profiles, turbulence intensity profiles, and the distributions of the skin-friction coefficients (Cf) and the integral parameters are presented for two grooved walls. The two transverse square groove sizes investigated are 5mm and 2.5mm. Laser-Doppler Anemometer (LDA) was used for the mean velocity and turbulence intensity measurements. The skin-friction coefficient was determined from the gradient of the mean velocity profiles in the viscous sublayer. Distribution of Cf in the first grooved-wall case (5mm) shows that Cf overshoots downstream of the groove and then oscillates within the uncertainty range and never shows the expected undershoot in Cf. The same overshoot is seen in the second grooved-wall case (2.5mm), however, Cf continues to oscillate above the uncertainty range and never returns to the smooth-wall value. The mean velocity profiles clearly represent the behavior of Cf where a downward shift is seen in the Cf overshoot region and no upward shift is seen in these profiles. The results show that the smaller grooves exhibit larger effects on Cf, however, the boundary layer responses to these effects in a slower rate than to those of the larger grooves.

Combined effects of flow curvature and rotation on uniformly sheared turbulence

2009 ◽  
Vol 628 ◽  
pp. 371-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. ROACH ◽  
A. G. L. HOLLOWAY
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simple Shear Flow ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Tunnel Section ◽  
Flow Curvature ◽  
The Mean

This paper describes an experiment in which a uniformly sheared turbulence was subjected to simultaneous streamwise flow curvature and rotation about the streamwise axis. The distortion of the turbulence is complex but well defined and may serve as a test case for turbulence model development. The uniformly sheared turbulence was developed in a straight wind tunnel and then passed into a curved tunnel section. At the start of the curved section the plane of the mean shear was normal to the plane of curvature so as to create a three-dimensional or ‘out of plane’ curvature configuration. On entering the curved tunnel, the flow developed a streamwise mean vorticity that rotated the mean shear about the tunnel centreline through approximately 70°, so that the shear was nearly in the plane of curvature and oriented so as to have a stabilizing effect on the turbulence. Hot wire measurements of the mean velocity, mean vorticity, mean rate of strain and Reynolds stress anisotropy development along the wind tunnel centreline are reported. The observed effect of the mean shear rotation on the turbulence was to diminish the shear stress in the plane normal to the plane of curvature while generating non-zero values of the shear stress in the plane of curvature. A rotating frame was identified for which the measured mean velocity field took the form of a simple shear flow. The turbulence anisotropy was transformed to this frame to estimate the effects of frame rotation on the structure of sheared turbulence.

Changes of the mean velocity profiles in the combined wave–current motion described in a GLM formulation

1998 ◽  
Vol 370 ◽  
pp. 271-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. GROENEWEG ◽  
G. KLOPMAN
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Perturbation Series ◽  
Wave Crest ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Initial Current ◽  
Eulerian Formulation ◽  
Waves And Currents ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Waves ◽  
A Current

The generalized Lagrangian mean (GLM) formulation is used to describe the interaction of waves and currents. In contrast to the more conventional Eulerian formulation the GLM description enables splitting of the mean and oscillating motion over the whole depth in an unambiguous and unique way, also in the region between wave crest and trough. The present paper deals with non-breaking long-crested regular waves on a current using the GLM formulation coupled with a WKBJ-type perturbation-series approach. The waves propagate under an arbitrary angle with the current direction. The primary interest concerns nonlinear changes in the vertical distribution of the mean velocity due to the presence of the waves, but modifications of the orbital velocity profiles, due to the presence of a current, are considered as well. The special case of no initial current, where waves induce a so-called drift velocity or mass-transport velocity, is also studied.

Experimental Study on Mean Velocity Profiles Under Wave-Current Interactions

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhai Zheng ◽  
Tongfei Li ◽  
Yixin Yan ◽  
Jinchun Hu
Keyword(s):  
River Estuary ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Yangtze River Estuary ◽  
Current Profile ◽  
Linear Superposition ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Logarithmic Law ◽  
A Current

A series of experiments are carried out in a laboratory flume for combined wave-current flows, to investigate the characteristics of vertical structure of current profile in a wave-current co-existing water areas. Changes induced in the mean velocity profiles are considered for a range of wave heights, wave periods, water depths and flow velocities which are based on those typical data in the Yangtze River Estuary, China. Preliminary tests are conducted on the unidirectional current and on the wave alone. These show that the current mean velocity profiles agree well with the logarithmic law, and that the waves are approximated closely by the Stokes’ second-order theory. For the combined wave and current tests, the mean velocity profiles generally differ from those suggested by a linear superposition of wave and current velocities. In the case of waves following a current, the velocity distributions exhibit a relatively greater velocity near the bed and a smaller velocity above a certain depth relative to the logarithmic law, and the maximum velocity is observed at a lower location. In the case of wave opposing a current, the velocity distributions depart from the logarithmic law with a relatively smaller velocity near the bed and a greater velocity above a certain depth. Experimental data can be used to validate the theoretical or mathematical models associated with the combined wave-current motions.

Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Boundary Layers Under Favorable Pressure Gradient

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranav Joshi ◽  
Joseph Katz
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Skin Friction Coefficient ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Favorable Pressure Gradient ◽  
The Mean

The goal of this research is to study the effect of favorable pressure gradient (FPG) on the near wall structures of a turbulent boundary layer on a smooth wall. 2D-PIV measurements have been performed in a sink flow, initially at a coarse resolution, to characterize the development of the mean flow and (under resolved) Reynolds stresses. Lack of self-similarity of mean velocity profiles shows that the boundary layer does not attain the sink flow equilibrium. In the initial phase of acceleration, the acceleration parameter, K = v/U2dU/dx, increases from zero to 0.575×10−6, skin friction coefficient decreases and mean velocity profiles show a log region, but lack universality. Further downstream, K remains constant, skin friction coefficient increases and the mean velocity profiles show a second log region away from the wall. In the initial part of the FPG region, all the Reynolds stress components decrease over the entire boundary layer. In the latter phase, they continue to decrease in the middle of the boundary layer, and increase significantly close to the wall (below y∼0.15δ), where they collapse when normalized with the local freestream velocity. Turbulence production and wallnormal transport, scaled with outer units, show self-similar profiles close to the wall in the constant K region. Spanwise-streamwise plane data shows evidence of low speed streaks in the log layer, with widths scaling with the boundary layer thickness.

Sinusoidal Excitation of a Free Turbulent Jet With Constant Amplitude Transverse Pressure Gradients Near the Nozzle Exit: Part I: Measurement of Mean Shear Velocities

1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-173
Author(s):  
A. K. Stiffler ◽  
J. L. Shearer
Keyword(s):  
Nozzle Exit ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Excitation Frequency ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Turbulent Jet ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Effective Velocity ◽  
Gaussian Distribution Function ◽  
The Mean

A free turbulent jet is perturbed transverse to the flow direction by a sinusoidal pressure gradient near the nozzle exit. Velocities in the jet are determined by hot wire anemometer measurements. Moving effective mean velocity profiles are defined and reconstructed from the point-by-point stationary measurements of the mean velocity and of the harmonic content of the time varying signal. The effective velocity profiles are described by the Gaussian distribution function where the spread parameter decays as the cube of the product of the excitation frequency and the downstream location from the nozzle. These profile measurements and analysis of their characteristics lead to a better understanding of the factors determining the gain of a fluidic amplifier under conditions of high frequency operation.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of Mean Flow Characteristics in the Near Field of Wedge-Shaped Swirling Jets

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1199-1203
Author(s):  
Md. Mosharrof Hossain ◽  
Muhammed Hasnain Kabir Nayeem ◽  
Dr. Md Abu Taher Ali
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Potential Core ◽  
Swirling Jets ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Sinusoidal Flow

In this investigation experiment was carried out in 80 mm diameter swirling pipe jet, where swirl was generated by attaching wedge-shaped helixes in the pipe. All measurements were taken at Re 5.3e4. In the plain pipe jet the potential core was found to exist up to x/D=5 but in the swirling jet there was no existence of potential core. The mean velocity profiles were found to be influenced by the presence of wedge-shaped helixes in the pipe. The velocity profiles indicated the presence of sinusoidal flow field in the radial direction existed only in the near field of the jet. This flow field died out after x/D=3 and the existence of jet flow diminished after x/D=5.

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