Laminar and Turbulent Flow Past a Hydrofoil Predicted by a Distributed Vorticity Method

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunlin Wu ◽  
Spyros A. Kinnas
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Current Method ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Synchronous Communication ◽  
Coupling Scheme ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow

Abstract A distributed viscous vorticity equation (VISVE) method is presented in this work to simulate the laminar and turbulent flow past a hydrofoil. The current method is proved to be more computationally efficient and spatially compact than RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) methods since this method does not require unperturbed far-field boundary conditions, which leads to a small computational domain, a small number of mesh cells, and consequently much less simulation time. To model the turbulent flow, a synchronous coupling scheme is implemented so that the VISVE method can resolve the turbulent flow by considering the eddy viscosity in the vorticity transport equation, and the eddy viscosity is obtained by coupling VISVE with the existing turbulence model of OpenFOAM, via synchronous communication. The proposed VISVE method is applied to simulate both the laminar flow at moderate Reynolds numbers and turbulent flow at high Reynolds numbers past a hydrofoil. The velocity and vorticity calculated by the coupling method agree well with the results obtained by a RANS method.

Prognosis the Erosion-Corrosion Rates for Slurry Seawater Flow in Steel Pipeline Using Neural System

2014 ◽  
Vol 1025-1026 ◽  
pp. 355-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed El-Shenawy ◽  
Mohamed Shehadeh
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Rate ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Neural System ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Steel Pipes ◽  
Erosion Corrosion ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow ◽  
The Neural Networks ◽  
A New Technique

The work of this paper proposes a new technique for estimating and predicting erosion corrosion rate for laminar and turbulent flow in pipes. The technique depends on the neural networks Artificial Intelligent algorithms. Based on experimental results, which was applied to A 106 carbon-steel pipes, the networks are trained. Four velocities (Reynolds numbers) are used for laminar and four for turbulent regimes. The experiments also used seawater containment three different concentrations of sand. For each experiment the iron losses were measured six times in three hours’ time interval. The proposed estimating/predicting system managed to find values between the readings as well as predict the behavior of the erosion corrosion rate for extra three hours. The estimated/predicted results have been developed to find the transient zone between the Laminar and Turbulent flow regimes and investigating its effects on the erosion-corrosion behavior.

Mach Number on Outlet Plane of a Straight Micro-Tube

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Asako ◽  
D. Kawashima ◽  
T. Yamada ◽  
C. Hong
Keyword(s):  
Mach Number ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian ◽  
Downstream Region ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow ◽  
Energy Equations

The Mach number and pressure on the outlet plane of a straight micro-tube were investigated numerically for both laminar and turbulent flow cases. The numerical methodology is based on the Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method. The LB1 turbulence model was used for the turbulent flow case. The compressible momentum and energy equations with the assumption of the ideal gas were solved. The computational domain is extended to the downstream region from the micro-tube outlet. The back pressure was given to the outside of the downstream region. The computations were performed for a tube whose diameter ranges from 50 to 500 μm. The average Mach number on the outlet plane of the fully under-expanded flow depends on the tube diameter and ranges from 1.16 to 1.25. The flow characteristics of the under-expanded gas flow in a straight micro-tube were revealed.

Enhanced Mixing at Low Reynolds Numbers Through Elastic Turbulence

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 450-456
Author(s):  
Chris Goddard ◽  
Ortwin Hess
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Maxwell Model ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Cavity Flow ◽  
Driven Cavity ◽  
Low Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Tracer Particles ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow ◽  
Spatio Temporal

A generic nonlinear Maxwell model for the stress tensor in viscoelastic materials is studied under mixing scenarios in a three-dimensional steady lid-driven cavity flow. Resulting laminar and turbulent flow profiles are investigated to study their mixing efficiencies. Massless tracer particles and passive concentrations are included to show that the irregular spatio-temporal chaos, present in turbulent flow, is useful for potential mixing applications. A Lyapunov measure for filament divergence confirms that the turbulent flow is more efficient at mixing

The Steady-State and Dynamic Characteristics of a Full Circular Bearing and a Partial Arc Bearing in the Laminar and Turbulent Flow Regimes

1967 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. K. Orcutt ◽  
E. B. Arwas
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Operating Parameters ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Design Charts ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow

The steady-state and dynamic characteristics of a full circular bearing and a centrally loaded, 100 deg, arc bearing are calculated for a range of eccentricity ratios to 0.95 and of mean Reynolds numbers to 13,300, and presented in design charts. These are compared with the measured performance of these bearings over the same ranges of the operating parameters. There is good correlation between the theoretical and test data, leading to the conclusion that the present turbulent lubrication analysis may be used to obtain general design data for self-acting bearings, operating in the superlaminar flow regime, to supplement that presently existing for laminar flow bearings.

scholarly journals Sensitivity of aerodynamic forces in laminar and turbulent flow past a square cylinder

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 104101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Meliga ◽  
Edouard Boujo ◽  
Gregory Pujals ◽  
François Gallaire
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Square Cylinder ◽  
Aerodynamic Forces ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow

Initial movement of grains on a stream bed: the effect of relative protrusion

1977 ◽  
Vol 352 (1671) ◽  
pp. 523-537 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Threshold Stress ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Low Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow ◽  
Small Grains ◽  
Individual Grains ◽  
Initial Movement ◽  
Stream Bed

Shields (1936) found that the dimensionless shear stress necessary to move a cohesionless grain on a stream bed depended only on the grain Reynolds number. He ignored the degree of exposure of individual grains as a separate parameter. This report describes experiments to measure the dimensionless threshold stress and its dependence on grain protrusion, which was found to be very marked. The threshold stress for grains resting on the top of an otherwise flat bed in a turbulent stream was measured and found to be 0.01 –considerably less than previously-reported values of 0.03–0.06 for beds where all grains were at the same level. It is suggested that the new lower value be used in all turbulent flow situations where the bed is of natural sediments or unlevelled material. An hypothesis is proposed that the conventional Shields diagram implicitly contains variation with protrusion between the two extremes of (i) large grains and large Reynolds numbers, with small relative protrusion, and (ii) small grains, low Reynolds numbers, and protrusion of almost a complete grain diameter. In view of this, the extent of the dip in the Shields plot is explicable in that it represents a transition between two different standards of levelling as well as the transition between laminar and turbulent flow past the grains, the range of which it overlaps considerably.

A Comparison of Predicted and Measured Friction Factors for Turbulent Flow Through Rectangular Ducts

1962 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Hartnett ◽  
J. C. Y. Koh ◽  
S. T. McComas
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Friction Factors ◽  
Rectangular Channels ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Predicted Values

The friction coefficient for both laminar and turbulent flow through rectangular channels was analytically and experimentally studied. The analytic expression for the pressure loss in fully established laminar flow was verified by experiment. In turbulent flow, the method of Deissler and Taylor was used to calculate the friction coefficient. The calculated and measured results were in agreement for ducts having large aspect ratios. At aspect ratios less than 5:1, the predicted values of the friction factors were lower than the experimental data, with a maximum difference of 12 per cent evident for the square duct. It was found that the circular-tube correlation accurately predicts the friction coefficient for flow through rectangular ducts of any aspect ratio for Reynolds numbers between 6 × 103 and 5 × 105. Hydrodynamic entrance-length results are also presented in the laminar and turbulent flow ranges for both a smooth and an abrupt entrance configuration.

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