scholarly journals An Immersed Boundary Method Based Improved Divergence-Free-Condition Compensated Coupled Framework for Solving the Flow–Particle Interactions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1675
Author(s):  
Pao-Hsiung Chiu ◽  
Huei Chu Weng ◽  
Raymond Byrne ◽  
Yu Zhang Che ◽  
Yan-Ting Lin

A flow–particle interaction solver was developed in this study. For the basic flow solver, an improved divergence-free-condition compensated coupled (IDFC2) framework was employed to predict the velocity and pressure field. In order to model the effect of solid particles, the differentially interpolated direct forcing immersed boundary (DIIB) method was incorporated with the IDFC2 framework, while the equation of motion was solved to predict the displacement, rotation and velocity of the particle. The hydrodynamic force and torque which appeared in the equations of motion were directly evaluated by fluid velocity and pressure, so as to eliminate the instability problem of the density ratio close to 1. In order to effectively evaluate the drag/lift forces acting on the particle, an interpolated kernel function was introduced. The present results will be compared with the benchmark solutions to validate the present flow–particle interaction solver.

Author(s):  
Ryuichi Iwata ◽  
Takeo Kajishima ◽  
Shintaro Takeuchi

In the present study, bubble-particle interactions in suspensions are investigated by a coupled immersed-boundary and volume-of-fluid method (IB-VOF method), which is proposed by the present authors. The validity of the numerical method is examined through simulations of a rising bubble in a liquid and a falling particle in a liquid. Dilute particle-laden flows and a gas-liquid-solid flow involving solid particles and bubbles of comparable sizes to one another (Db/Dp = 1) are simulated. Drag coefficients of particles in particle-laden flows are estimated and flow fields involving multiple particles and a bubble are demonstrated.


2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Fouques ◽  
Harald E. Krogstad ◽  
Dag Myrhaug

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of ocean waves involves both the geometry and the kinematics of the sea surface. However, the traditional linear wave theory fails to describe steep waves, which are likely to bring about specular reflection of the radar beam, and it may overestimate the surface fluid velocity that causes the so-called velocity bunching effect. Recently, the interest for a Lagrangian description of ocean gravity waves has increased. Such an approach considers the motion of individual labeled fluid particles and the free surface elevation is derived from the surface particles positions. The first order regular solution to the Lagrangian equations of motion for an inviscid and incompressible fluid is the so-called Gerstner wave. It shows realistic features such as sharper crests and broader troughs as the wave steepness increases. This paper proposes a second order irregular solution to these equations. The general features of the first and second order waves are described, and some statistical properties of various surface parameters such as the orbital velocity, slope, and mean curvature are studied.


Author(s):  
Shuai Meng ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Rui Yang

The phenomenon of impaction between liquid droplets and solid particles is involved in many scientific problems and engineering applications, such as impaction between sprayed droplet and solid particles in limestone injection desulfurization system and the collision between a droplet of the liquid to be granulated and a seed particle in fluidized bed spray granulation process. There are a lot of factors affected this phenomenon: droplet and particle size, momentum of both liquid droplet and solid particles, materials, surface conditions of the solid particles and so on. However the experimental or numerical researches have been done mostly pay attention to Specific application or process, so the impaction phenomenon has not been through studied, for example how different factors affected the impaction process with its effect on different applications. This paper focuses on the basic issue of interaction between droplet and solid particles. Three main factors were considered: ratio of diameter between the droplet and solid particle, relative velocity and the surface tension (including the contact angle between droplet and solid particle). All the study is based on simulation using SPH (smoothed particle hydrodynamics) method, and the surface tension is simulated by particle-particle interaction.


2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirmahdi Ghasemi ◽  
R. Nikbakhti ◽  
Amirreza Ghasemi ◽  
Faraz Hedayati ◽  
Amir Malvandi

Purpose A numerical method is developed to capture the interaction of solid object with two-phase flow with high density ratios. The current computational tool would be the first step of accurate modeling of wave energy converters in which the immense energy of the ocean can be extracted at low cost. Design/methodology/approach The full two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations are discretized on a regular structured grid, and the two-step projection method along with multi-processing (OpenMP) is used to efficiently solve the flow equations. The level set and the immersed boundary methods are used to capture the free surface of a fluid and a solid object, respectively. The full two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations are solved on a regular structured grid to resolve the flow field. Level set and immersed boundary methods are used to capture the free surface of liquid and solid object, respectively. A proper contact angle between the solid object and the fluid is used to enhance the accuracy of the advection of the mass and momentum of the fluids in three-phase cells. Findings The computational tool is verified based on numerical and experimental data with two scenarios: a cylinder falling into a rectangular domain due to gravity and a dam breaking in the presence of a fixed obstacle. In the former validation simulation, the accuracy of the immersed boundary method is verified. However, the accuracy of the level set method while the computational tool can model the high-density ratio is confirmed in the dam-breaking simulation. The results obtained from the current method are in good agreement with experimental data and other numerical studies. Practical/implications The computational tool is capable of being parallelized to reduce the computational cost; therefore, an OpenMP is used to solve the flow equations. Its application is seen in the following: wind energy conversion, interaction of solid object such as wind turbine with water waves, etc. Originality/value A high efficient CFD approach method is introduced to capture the interaction of solid object with a two-phase flow where they have high-density ratio. The current method has the ability to efficiently be parallelized.


Author(s):  
Hamid M. Lankarani ◽  
Parviz E. Nikravesh

Abstract A continuous analysis method for the direct-central impact of two solid particles is presented. Based on the assumption that local plasticity effects are the sole factor accounting for the dissipation of energy in impact, a Hertzian contact force model with permanent indentation is constructed. Utilizing energy and momentum considerations, the unknown parameters in the model are analytically evaluated in terms of a given coefficient of restitution and velocities before impact. The equations of motion of the two solids may then be integrated forward in time knowing the variation of the contact force during the contact period. For Illustration, an impact of two soft metallic particles is studied.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Sheikh Mamoo ◽  
Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi ◽  
Bahador Abolpour

Erosion caused by solid particles in curve pipes is one of the major concerns in the oil and gas industries. Small solid particles flow with a carrier liquid fluid and impact the inner wall of the piping, valves, and other equipment. These components face a high risk of solid particle erosion due to the constant collision, which may result in equipment malfunctioning and even failure. In this study, the two-way coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian method with the Oka erosion and Grant and Tabakoff particle-wall rebound models approach is employed to simulate the liquid-solid flow in U-bend and helical pipes using computational fluid dynamics. The effects of operating parameters (inlet fluid velocity and temperature, particle density and diameter, and mass flow rate) and design parameters (mean curvature radius/pipe diameter ratio) are investigated on the erosion of these tubes walls. It is obtained that increasing the fluid velocity and temperature, particle mass flow and particle density increase the penetration rate, particle diameter affects the rate of penetration, and increasing mean curvature radius/pipe diameter ratio decreases the rate of penetration.


2018 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 1073-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Chen ◽  
Hao-Ran Liu ◽  
Xi-Yun Lu ◽  
Hang Ding

We numerically investigate the mechanism leading to the entrapment of spheres at the gas–liquid interface after impact. Upon impact onto a liquid pool, a hydrophobic sphere is seen to follow one of the three regimes identified in the experiment (Lee & Kim, Langmuir, vol. 24, 2008, pp. 142–145): sinking, bouncing or being entrapped at the interface. It is important to understand the role of wettability in this process of flow–structure interaction with dynamic wetting, and in particular, to what extent the wettability can determine whether the sphere is entrapped at the interface. For this purpose, a diffuse-interface immersed boundary method is adopted in the numerical simulations. We expand the parameter space considered previously, provide the phase diagrams and identify the key phenomena in the impact dynamics. Then, we propose the scaling models to interpret the critical conditions for the occurrence of sphere entrapment, accounting for the wettability of the sphere. The models are shown to provide a good correlation among the impact inertia of the drop, the surface tension, the wettability and the density ratio of the sphere to the liquid.


Author(s):  
Qiu Jin ◽  
Dominic Hudson ◽  
W.G. Price

Abstract A combined volume of fluid and immersed boundary method is developed to simulate two-phase flows with high density ratio. The problems of discontinuity of density and momentum flux are known to be challenging in simulations. In order to overcome the numerical instabilities, an extra velocity field is designed to extend velocity of the heavier phase into the lighter phase and to enforce a new boundary condition near the interface, which is similar to non-slip boundary conditions in Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) problems. The interface is captured using a Volume of Fluid (VOF) method, and a new boundary layer is built on the lighter phase side by an immersed boundary method. The designed boundary layer helps to reduce the spurious velocity caused by the imbalance of dynamic pressure gradient and density gradient and to prevent tearing of the interface due to the tangential velocity across the interface. The influence of time step, density ratio, and spatial resolution is studied in detail for two set of cases, steady stratified flow and convection of a high-density droplet, where direct comparison is possible to potential flow analysis (i.e. infinite Reynold's number). An initial study for a droplet splashing on a thin liquid film demonstrates applicability of the new solver to real-life applications. Detailed comparisons should be performed in the future for finite Reynold's number cases to fully demonstrate the improvements in accuracy and stability of high-density ratio two-phase flow simulations offered by the new method.


Author(s):  
Vahid Mohamadhashemi ◽  
Amir Jalali ◽  
Habib Ahmadi

In this study, the nonlinear vibration of a curved carbon nanotube conveying fluid is analyzed. The nanotube is assumed to be covered by a piezoelectric layer and the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory is employed to establish the governing equations of motion. The influence of carbon nanotube curvature on structural modeling and fluid velocity vector is considered and the slip boundary conditions of CNT conveying fluid are included. The mathematical modeling of the structure is developed using Hamilton’s principle and then, the Galerkin procedure is employed to discretize the equation of motion. Furthermore, the frequency response of the system is extracted by applying the multiple scales method of perturbation. Finally, a comprehensive study is carried out on the primary resonance and piezoelectric-based parametric resonance of the system. It is shown that consideration of nanotube curvature may lead to an increase in nonlinearity. Implementing the fluid velocity vector in which nanotube curvature is included highly affects the maximum amplitude of the response and should not be ignored. Furthermore, different system parameters have evident impacts on the behavior of the system and therefore, selecting the reasonable geometrical and physical parameters of the system can be very useful to achieve a favorable response.


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