Numerical analysis on effect of square cylinder on heat transfer enhancement by means of large eddy simulation

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003.56 (0) ◽  
pp. 373-374
Author(s):  
Yuichi OGAKI ◽  
Shuichi TORII ◽  
Toshiaki YANO
Author(s):  
Juan Wen ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Cheng Ying Qi

The flow structures and heat transfer characteristics of rectangle channel with the new type of vortex generators are obtained using large eddy simulation (LES) and by the application of the hydromechanics software FLUENT6.3. The bevel-cut half-elliptical column vortex generators, which is one model of the passive heat transfer enhancement, are laid on the three-dimensional rectangle channel. The instantaneous characteristic and the variational law of various parameters, such as the velocity, the temperature, the pressure and the vorticity magnitude, is analyzed to find out the temperature stripe structure that is similar with the velocity stripe in the temperature field. A turbulent boundary layer interacting with the disturbance of the vortex generators, is investigated using a “coherent structure” type of approach. The coherent structure and the streak structure of turbulent boundary layer flow are showed and the characteristic of vortex induced by vortex generator and its influence on turbulent coherent structure are analyzed. The control of the coherent structure induced by vortex generator plays more important role in heat transfer enhancement and drag reduction. And this fow configuration is of interest in terms of both heat transfer and skin friction control. The result of simulation indicates that the turbulence coherent structure directly affects the temperature gradient at the wall and the heat transfer enhancement mechanism of vortex generator is explained. Then we can seek suitable form of vortex generator and structure parameters, in order to achieve enhanced heat transfer and flow of drag reduction.


2001 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong-Miin Liou ◽  
Shih-Hui Chen ◽  
Po-Wen Hwang

Computations of the time-averaged and phase-averaged fluid flow and heat transfer based on large eddy simulation (LES) are presented for turbulent flows past a square cylinder with and without a nearby wall at a fixed Reynolds number of 2.2×104. The finite-volume technique was used to solve the time-dependent filtered compressible Navier-Stokes equations with a dynamic subgrid-scale turbulence model, and the numerical fluxes were computed using alternating in time the second-order, explicit MacCormack’s and the modified Godunov’s scheme. Results show some improvements in predicting the streamwise evolutions of the long-time-averaged streamwise mean velocity and total fluctuation intensity along the centerline over those predicted by using Reynolds stress models. A better overall centerline streamwise mean velocity distribution is also predicted by the present LES than by other LES. The wall proximity effect is studied through the comparison of turbulent wake flow past one free standing cylinder and one with a nearby wall, and is illustrated by the phase-averaged spanwise vorticity components and the vortex celerity of spanwise vortices. Moreover, documentation is given on the mechanisms responsible for the augmentation of heat transfer through the spanwise and longitudinal vortices as well as periodic and random fluctuations.


AIAA Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Boileau ◽  
F. Duchaine ◽  
J.-C. Jouhaud ◽  
Y. Sommerer

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