scholarly journals Fluid flow and heat transfer near the leading edge of parallel plates.

1985 ◽  
Vol 51 (472) ◽  
pp. 4021-4029
Author(s):  
Etsuro NAITO
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Parallel Plates ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

Conjugate heat transfer study of hypersonic flow past a cylindrical leading edge composed of functionally graded materials

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110481
Author(s):  
Bibin John ◽  
Sudhanva Kusuma Chandrashekhara ◽  
Vivekkumar Panneerselvam
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Functionally Graded Materials ◽  
Isotropic Material ◽  
Conjugate Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Protection ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Graded Materials ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

Aero-thermodynamic analysis of a cylindrical leading edge placed in a hypersonic stream is carried out using an in-house developed conjugate heat transfer (CHT) solver. Isotropic and functionally graded materials (FGM) are tested as heat shields to understand the effects of the material property on the flow structure and aerodynamic heating associated with the mutual coupling of fluid flow and heat transfer. A simplified partitioned approach is employed to couple the independently developed fluid flow and heat transfer solvers to perform conjugate heat transfer studies. This framework employs a cell-centred finite volume formulation with an edge-based algorithm. Both strong and loose coupling algorithms are implemented for the data transfer across the fluid–solid interface. A test case of hypersonic flow over a cylindrical leading edge composed of an isotropic material is considered to validate the accuracy and correctness of numerical formulation adopted in the in-house solver. The significance of solid domain materials on the conjugate heat transfer has been studied by considering both isotropic material and FGM. The loosely coupled CHT solver required 10 times less simulation time when compared with the strongly coupled CHT solver. The interface heat flux evolution over time showed a decreasing trend, whereas an increasing trend was for the interface temperature. The current study strongly recommends CHT analysis for the design of thermal protection system of space vehicles. The thermal performance of FGMs composed of various volume fractions of Zirconia and Titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) is assessed. The temperature distributions obtained from the CHT analysis shows that FGM with a power index of unity is a good material choice for thermal protection systems.

Numerical and Experimental Prediction of Transitional Characteristics of Flow and Heat Transfer in an Array of Heated Blocks

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Asako ◽  
Y. Yamaguchi ◽  
M. Faghri
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Parallel Plate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Parallel Plates ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Experimental Prediction

Three-dimensional numerical analysis, for transitional characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer in periodic fully developed region of an array of the heated square blocks deployed along one wall of the parallel plates duct, is carried out by using Lam-Bremhorst low-Reynolds-number two equation turbulence model. Computations were performed for Prandtl number of 0.7, in the Reynolds number range of 200 to 2000 and for two sets of geometric parameters characterizing the array. The predicted transitional Reynolds number is lower than the value for the parallel plate duct and it decreases with increasing the height above the module. Experiments were also performed for pressure drop measurements and for flow visualization and the results were compared with the numerical predictions.

3-D Conjugate Flow and Heat Transfer Investigations of a Film-Cooled Turbine Guide Vane With Different Blowing Ratios

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter E. Bohn ◽  
Tom Heuer ◽  
Karsten A. Kusterer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Cooling Fluid ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Passage Vortex ◽  
Turbine Guide Vane ◽  
Conjugate Calculation

Film-cooling has become a widely used cooling method in present day gas turbines. Cooling gas ejection at the leading edge serves to protect the entire vane surface from contact with the hot gas. With doing this, material temperatures are reduced in order to guarantee an economically acceptable life span of the vane. This paper describes the application of a numerical method for the conjugate calculation of internal and external fluid flows and the heat transfer in and through the blade walls of a film-cooled turbine guide vane. The advantage of this approach is that it is possible to predict fluid flow properties and wall temperatures without the need for additional heat transfer conditions or temperature conditions at the external surfaces of the vane. This is a great advantage because the desired data are either unknown or not available for the calculation in the design process of new cooled blades or vanes. In a complete calculation of external and internal flows, no additional boundary conditions at the internal surfaces of the cooling geometry are needed either. Another advantage is the interaction of fluid flow and heat transfer which is taken into account by the conjugate calculation. In the 3-D numerical experiment to be presented, the influence of leading edge cooling fluid ejection on the temperature distribution in the vane material is investigated. The cooling fluid is ejected through two slots at the leading edge. The calculations are performed for three blowing ratios in order to investigate the efficiency of the cooling method. Realistic temperature ratios of cooling-fluid flow and main flow are considered. Such information is very useful in the aero thermal design process of new cooling configurations, since the amount of experimental work can be minimized. The results show the influence of complex 3-D flow phenomena (e.g. passage vortex) on the cooling fluid distribution on the vane surface as a function of the chosen blowing factor. Due to the influence of the passage vortex, the cooling fluid is displaced and leaves the vane surface near the side-wall uncovered against the hot gas. Furthermore, cooling fluid displacement on the pressure side according to the ejection slot geometry leads to another unprotected region on the vane surface. These effects have severe consequences on the thermal load of the vane and can reduce its life span.

Numerical Study of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in the Enhanced Microchannel With Oblique Fins

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. J. Lee ◽  
P. S. Lee ◽  
S. K. Chou
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Microchannel Heat Sink ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

Sectional oblique fins are employed in contrast to continuous fins in order to modulate flow in microchannel heat sink. The breakage of continuous fin into oblique sections leads to the reinitialization of both hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers at the leading edge of each oblique fin, effectively reducing the thickness of boundary layer. This regeneration of entrance effect causes the flow to be always in a developing state thus resulting in better heat transfer. In addition, the presence of smaller oblique channels diverts a small fraction of flow into the adjacent main channels. The secondary flows thus created improve fluid mixing which serves to further enhance the heat transfer. Detailed numerical study on the fluid flow and heat transfer of this passive heat transfer enhancement technique provides insight to the local hydrodynamics and thermal development along the oblique fin. The uniquely skewed hydrodynamic and thermal profiles are identified as the key to the highly augmented and uniform heat transfer performance across the heat sink. The associated pressure drop penalty is much smaller than the achieved heat transfer enhancement, rendering it as an effective heat transfer enhancement scheme for single phase microchannel heat sink.

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