Simulation of Turbulent Flows Over Moving Sinusoidal Waves

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Roberts ◽  
Jie Cui

In this study, turbulent flow over moving sinusoidal waves with different wave slope and wave speed is investigated by solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package. The RANS models include the κ-ε, κ-ω, and Reynolds stress formulations. The results show that the imposed waves significantly influence the pressure and friction stress, and velocity distributions. The performance of the turbulence models was presented, and the effects of wave slope and wave speed were compared and discussed.

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sowjanya Vijiapurapu ◽  
Jie Cui

The Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations were solved along with three turbulence models, namely κ-ε, κ-ω, and Reynolds stress models (RSM), to study the fully developed turbulent flows in circular pipes roughened by repeated square ribs. The spacing between the ribs was varied to form three representative types of surface roughness; d–type, intermediate, and k–type. Solutions of these flows at two Reynolds numbers were obtained using the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software Fluent. The numerical results were validated against experimental measurements and other numerical data published in literature. Extensive investigation of effects of rib spacing and Reynolds number on the pressure and friction resistance, flow and turbulence distribution was presented. The performance of three turbulence models was also compared and discussed.


Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 1843
Author(s):  
Alvaro Abucide-Armas ◽  
Koldo Portal-Porras ◽  
Unai Fernandez-Gamiz ◽  
Ekaitz Zulueta ◽  
Adrian Teso-Fz-Betoño

The computational cost and memory demand required by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes simulations can become very high. Therefore, the application of convolutional neural networks (CNN) in this field has been studied owing to its capacity to learn patterns from sets of input data, which can considerably approximate the results of the CFD simulations with relative low errors. DeepCFD code has been taken as a basis and with some slight variations in the parameters of the CNN, while the net is able to solve the Navier–Stokes equations for steady turbulent flows with variable input velocities to the domain. In order to acquire extensive input data to the CNN, a data augmentation technique, which considers the similarity principle for fluid dynamics, is implemented. As a consequence, DeepCFD is able to learn the velocities and pressure fields quite accurately, speeding up the time-consuming CFD simulations.


Author(s):  
Ian Torotwa ◽  
Changying Ji

In this study, turbulent flow fields in a baffled vessel stirred by counter-axial flow impeller have been investigated in comparison to the Rushton turbine. The resultant turbulence was numerically predicted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Turbulence models were developed in ANSYS Fluent 18.1 solver using the Navier-Stokes equation with the standard k-ε turbulence model. The Multiple Reference Frame (MRF) approach was used to simulate the impeller action in the vertical and horizontal planes of the stirred fluid volume. Velocity profiles generated from the simulations were used to predict and compare the performance of the two designs. To validate the CFD model, the simulation results were compared with experimental results from existing work and a satisfactory agreement was established. It was concluded that the counter-axial flow impeller could provide better turbulence characteristics that would improve the quality of mixing systems.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Hwang ◽  
Genxing Zhu ◽  
M. Massoudi ◽  
J. M. Ekmann

In swirling turbulent flows, the structure of turbulence is nonhomogeneous and anisotropic and it has been observed that the assumptions leading to the formulation of the k-ε model, which is used very often in many engineering applications, are inadequate for highly swirling flows. Furthermore, even with the various modifications made to the k-ε model, it is still not capable of describing secondary flows in noncircular ducts and it cannot predict non-zero normal-Reynolds-stress differences. Recently Speziale (1987) has developed a nonlinar k-ε model, which extends the range of validity of the standard k-ε model while maintaining most of the interesting features of the k-ε model; for example, the ease of application in existing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes. In this work, we will use the nonlinear k-ε closure to model the turbulence in combustors. The particular combustor geometries selected for this study are (i) the flow in a round pipe entering an expansion into another coaxial round pipe, and (ii) the flow in two confined co-axial swirling jets. The results show that there are no significant differences in the performance of the two models. It is speculated that the inlet conditions for k and ε may play as crucial a role in achieving predicted accuracy as turbulence modeling details. Also it is possible that weaknesses in the performance of the modeled equations for k and ε may have masked differences in the two models.


Author(s):  
Michael Leschziner ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Fabrizio Tessicini

This paper provides a discussion of several aspects of the construction of approaches that combine statistical (Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes, RANS) models with large eddy simulation (LES), with the objective of making LES an economically viable method for predicting complex, high Reynolds number turbulent flows. The first part provides a review of alternative approaches, highlighting their rationale and major elements. Next, two particular methods are introduced in greater detail: one based on coupling near-wall RANS models to the outer LES domain on a single contiguous mesh, and the other involving the application of the RANS and LES procedures on separate zones, the former confined to a thin near-wall layer. Examples for their performance are included for channel flow and, in the case of the zonal strategy, for three separated flows. Finally, a discussion of prospects is given, as viewed from the writer's perspective.


Author(s):  
Yogini Patel ◽  
Giteshkumar Patel ◽  
Teemu Turunen-Saaresti

The aim of the paper is to analyse the effect of turbulence and real gas models on the process of spontaneous condensation in converging diverging (CD) nozzle by using commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code. The calculations were based on the 2-D compressible Navier-Stokes (NS) equations coupled with two-equation turbulence model, and the non-equilibrium spontaneous condensing steam flow was solved on the basis of the classical nucleation theory. The results were validated to the available experimental data.


2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff R. Harris ◽  
Blake W. Lance ◽  
Barton L. Smith

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) validation dataset for turbulent forced convection on a vertical plate is presented. The design of the apparatus is based on recent validation literature and provides a means to simultaneously measure boundary conditions (BCs) and system response quantities (SRQs). All important inflow quantities for Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS). CFD are also measured. Data are acquired at two heating conditions and cover the range 40,000 < Rex < 300,000, 357 <  Reδ2 < 813, and 0.02 < Gr/Re2 < 0.232.


2012 ◽  
Vol 184-185 ◽  
pp. 944-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Jun Gong ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Xue Yi Fan ◽  
Da Ming Xu

For a clear and comprehensive opinion on segregated SIMPLE algorithm in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) during liquid processing of materials, the most significant developments on the SIMPLE algorithm and its variants are briefly reviewed. Subsequently, some important advances during last 30 years serving as increasing numerical accuracy, enhancing robustness and improving efficiency for Navier–Stokes (N-S) equations of incompressible fluid flow are summarized. And then a so-called Direct-SIMPLE scheme proposed by the authors of present paper introduced, which is different from SIMPLE-like schemes, no iterative computations are needed to achieve the final pressure and velocity corrections. Based on the facts cited in present paper, it conclude that the SIMPLE algorithm and its variants will continue to evolve aimed at convergence and accuracy of solution by improving and combining various methods with different grid techniques, and all the algorithms mentioned above will enjoy widespread use in the future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulistiya Sulistiya ◽  
Alief Sadlie Kasman

AbstractNumerical simulation using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method is one way of predicting airflow characteristics on the model. This method is widely used because it is relatively inexpensive and faster in getting desired results compared with performing direct testing. The correctness of a computational simulation output is highly dependent on the input and how it was processed. In this paper, simulation is done on Onera M6 Wing, to investigate the effect of a turbulence model’s application on the accuracy of the computational result. The choice of Onera M6 Wing as a simulation’s model is due to its extensive database of testing results from various wind tunnels in the world. Among Turbulence models used are Spalart-Allmaras, K-Epsilon, K-Omega, and SST.Keywords: CFD, fluent, Model, Turbulence, Onera M6, Spalart-Allmaras, K-Epsilon, K-Omega, SST.AbstraksSimulasi numerik dengan menggunakan metode Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) merupakan salah satu cara untuk memprediksi karakteristik suatu aliran udara yang terjadi pada model. Metode ini banyak digunakan karena sifatnya yang relatif murah dan cepat untuk mendapatkan hasil dibandingkan dengan melakukan pengujian langsung. Benar tidak hasil sebuah simulasi komputasi sangat tergantung pada inputan yang diberikan serta cara memproses data inputan tersebut. Pada tulisan ini dilakukan simulasi dengan menggunakan sayap onera M6 dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan model turbulensi terhadap keakuratan hasil komputasi. Pilihan sayap onera M6 sebagai model simulasi dikarenakan model tersebut sudah memiliki database hasil pengujian yang cukup lengkap dan sudah divalidasi dari berbagai terowongan angin di dunia. Model turbulensi yang digunakan diantaranya Spalart-Allmaras, K-Epsilon, K-Omega dan SST.Kata Kunci : CFD, fluent, Model, Turbulensi, Onera M6, Spalart-Allmaras, K-Epsilon, K-Omega, SST.


Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoping Huang ◽  
Xin Xiang ◽  
Chen Xia ◽  
Weiyu Lu ◽  
Lei Li

The reduction in specific fuel consumption (SFC) is crucial for small/mid-size cost-controllable aircraft, which is very conducive to reducing cost and carbon dioxide emissions. To decrease the SFC, increasing the bypass ratio (BPR) is an important way. Conventional high-BPR engines have several limitations, especially the conflicting spool-speed requirements of a fan and a low-pressure turbine. This research proposes an air-driven fan with a tip turbine (ADFTT) as a potential device for a high-bypass propulsion system. Moreover, a possible application of this ADFTT is introduced. Thermodynamic analysis results show that an ADFTT can improve thrust from a prototype turbofan. As a demonstration, we selected a typical small-thrust turbofan as the prototype and applied the ADFTT concept to improve this model. Three-dimensional flow fields were numerically simulated through a Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The performance of this ADFTT has the possibility of amplifying the BPR more than four times and increasing the thrust by approximately 84% in comparison with the prototype turbofan.


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