scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Jumps. Part 1: Experimental Data for Modelling Performance Assessment

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Valero ◽  
Nicolò Viti ◽  
Carlo Gualtieri

Hydraulic jumps have been the object of extensive experimental investigation, providing the numerical community with a complete case study for models’ performance assessment. This study constitutes an exhaustive literature review on hydraulic jumps’ experimental datasets. Both mean and turbulent parameters characterising hydraulic jumps are comprehensively discussed, presenting at least a reference to one dataset. Three studies stand out over other datasets due to their completeness. Using them as reference for model validation may ensure homogeneous and comparable performance assessment for the upcoming numerical models. Experimental inaccuracies are also addressed, allowing the numerical modeller to understand the uncertainties of reduced physical models and its limitations. Part 2 presents the three-dimensional numerical investigations to date and their main achievements.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liwei Cao ◽  
Danilo Russo ◽  
Vassilios S. Vassiliadis ◽  
Alexei Lapkin

<p>A mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) formulation for symbolic regression was proposed to identify physical models from noisy experimental data. The formulation was tested using numerical models and was found to be more efficient than the previous literature example with respect to the number of predictor variables and training data points. The globally optimal search was extended to identify physical models and to cope with noise in the experimental data predictor variable. The methodology was coupled with the collection of experimental data in an automated fashion, and was proven to be successful in identifying the correct physical models describing the relationship between the shear stress and shear rate for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, and simple kinetic laws of reactions. Future work will focus on addressing the limitations of the formulation presented in this work, by extending it to be able to address larger complex physical models.</p><p><br></p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (08) ◽  
pp. 1950055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyang Zeng ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
Mengyan Zang ◽  
Peng Yang

In this work, an indoor soil-bin is designed to investigate the tire–terrain interaction mechanisms for the off-road tires rolling on the gravel terrain. The soil-bin test is carried out by the indoor soil-bin experimental device and the three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) and discrete element (DE) coupling method under the same particles conditions, respectively. First, with the indoor soil-bin measurement system, the repeatability of the soil-bin experiments is employed to validate the experimental device and the numerical models. Moreover, the tractive performance experiments of the off-road tires with two tread patterns, smooth and grooved interacting with gravel terrain, are performed at the slip of 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively, to obtain the tractive force and the rim sinkage. Second, the corresponding numerical models are also established, and simulated by the FE–DE coupling method, where the FEM and the DEM are used to describe the off-road tires and the gravel terrain, respectively. The tractive mechanisms of the off-road tires in interaction with the gravel terrain such as the tractive force and the rim sinkage are investigated numerically. Meanwhile, The dynamics and discontinuity of the gravel assembly are described by the presented approach. Besides, both the results of the simulations and experiments indicate that tread patterns and slip conditions have great influence on the tire tractive performance. Finally, the numerical simulations and the experimental results qualitatively show good agreements, which certifies the effectiveness of the FE–DE coupling method in the tractive performance analysis of tire–gravel terrain interactions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1950083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossien Montaseri ◽  
Hossein Asiaei ◽  
Abdolhossein Baghlani ◽  
Pourya Omidvar

This paper deals with numerical study of flow field in a channel bend in presence of a lateral intake using three-dimensional numerical model SSIIM2. The effects of bend on the structure of the flow around the intake are investigated and compared with the experimental data. The tests are carried out in a U-shaped channel bend with a lateral intake. The intake is located at the outer bank of an 180∘ bend at position 115∘ with 45∘ diversion angle and the experimental data can be used to calibrate and validate numerical models. The results show that both the center-region and outer-bank cross-stream circulations are observed in the experiments while only the former is captured by the numerical model due to the limitations of the turbulence model. In the curved channel after the intake, both experimental and numerical results show another type of bi-cellular circulations in which clockwise center-region circulations and counterclockwise circulations near the inner bank and the free surface (inner-bank circulations) are captured. The study shows that the numerical model very satisfactorily predicts streamlines, velocity field and flow pattern in the channel and in vicinity of the intake. Investigation of flow pattern around lateral intake in channel bends shows that contrary to the case of flow diversion in straight channels, the width of the dividing stream surface near water surface level is greater than that of near bed level. Finally, the effects of position and diversion angle of the lateral intake, discharge ratio and upstream Froude number on the flow pattern are investigated.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Sen Chen ◽  
Jiwen Liu ◽  
Hong Wei

Abstract The objective of this study is to develop analytical codes to support the design effort of the Shooting Star Flight Experiment’s rocket engine. Numerical models can augment the design effort by providing insight into fluid dynamics issues. Then, the design team can utilize the developed code to assess the design parameters and the engine performance as well as other issues related to thermal propulsion. The physical models developed in this study are: (a) a radiation model based on a GRASP code for general multi-block curvilinear coordinates and with a time accurate Crank-Nicholson marching scheme for heat conduction to model the absorber component of the engine; and (b) a fluid dynamics computational model using the Navier-Stokes equations, porosity factors and drag forces terms for simple one-dimensional simulations to complete three-dimensional modeling of the Shooting Star Engine internal flows.


Author(s):  
Nicola Aldi ◽  
Mirko Morini ◽  
Michele Pinelli ◽  
Pier Ruggero Spina ◽  
Alessio Suman

Gas turbine operating state determination consists of the assessment of the modification, due to deterioration and fault, of performance and geometric data characterizing machine components. One of the main effects of deterioration and fault is the modification of compressor and turbine performance maps. In this paper, three-dimensional numerical simulations of a multistage axial compressor are carried out. As a case study, the axial sections (i.e. the first six stages) of the Allison 250-C18 axial-centrifugal compressor are considered for the numerical investigation. Simulations are performed by means of a commercial computational fluid dynamic code. A multistage numerical model is set up and validated against the experimental data, gathered from an in-house test rig. Computed performance maps and main flow field features show fairly good agreement with the experimental data. The model is then used to cross-validate the results of zero-dimensional stage-stacking procedures and the stage maps obtained by means of a multistage CFD calculation (i.e. to evaluate the mutual consistency of the two methods for the generation of multistage compressor maps). The stage-stacking procedure results adequately fit the behavior of the multistage compressor.


Author(s):  
Alexander Pauli ◽  
Michael A. Kraus ◽  
Geralt Siebert

AbstractThe numerical treatment of the residual load-bearing behavior of laminated glasses (LG) in the post-fractured state is highly topical. Nevertheless, currently only few numerical approaches for an accurate representation of the experimentally observed behavior are existent. In order to model the characteristics of the load-bearing behavior of glass laminates in the post-fractured state, the behavior of the interlayer, the behavior of the glass fragments as well as the bonding between glass and interlayer need to be characterized correctly. This paper focuses on the modeling of the frictional contacts between the glass fragments itself. In order to allow for the calibration of failure criteria for the fractured glass particles, framed shear tests which are a common experimental technique in geomechanical testing to determine the shear strength of soils, are performed on glass fragments of different thicknesses and levels of thermal pre-stress. The test results are subsequently used to calibrate non-associated Mohr–Coulomb criteria, which are widely applied to the description of failure and frictional sliding of soils, to the experimental data of four distinct kinds of glass fragments. The obtained parameters of the Mohr–Coulomb models are in magnitude similar to the parameters of standard soils such as sand or gravel. The experimental data further show, that the Mohr–Coulomb model in general can be used to approximate the stress failure plane of the glass fragments but lacks for capturing correctly the plastic volumetric strains (dilation) in Finite Element modelling. Numerical investigations by the Finite Element method showed, that it is possible to reproduce experimental data by using Mohr–Coulomb plasticity models and hence the numerical models are validated for further investigations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Herrera-Granados ◽  
Stanisław W. Kostecki

Abstract In this paper, two- and three-dimensional numerical modeling is applied in order to simulate water flow behavior over the new Niedów barrage in South Poland. The draining capacity of one of the flood alleviation structures (ogee weir) for exploitation and catastrophic conditions was estimated. In addition, the output of the numerical models is compared with experimental data. The experiments demonstrated that the draining capacity of the barrage alleviation scheme is sufficiently designed for catastrophic scenarios if water is flowing under steady flow conditions. Nevertheless, the new cofferdam, which is part of the temporal reconstruction works, is affecting the draining capacity of the whole low-head barrage project.


Author(s):  
Thomas Bergs ◽  
Jannik Röttger ◽  
Sebastian Barth ◽  
Sebastian Prinz

AbstractTo achieve a fundamental understanding of the physical mechanisms and the heat generation in the contact zone during grinding, a large number of experimental and numerical investigations have been carried out to analyse the interaction of single grain and workpiece. Existing numerical models of the interaction between grain and workpiece do not represent the reality and especially the influence of the three-dimensional grain geometry on the temperatures during single grain scratching with sufficient accuracy. An experimental validation of the simulated temperatures has not been carried out yet as there is no appropriate method to measure them in experimental investigations. In this study, a three-dimensional FE-model of the interaction between CBN-grain and workpiece (100Cr6) in the grinding process is presented. The model predicts the chip temperatures for real grain geometries to investigate the interactions between grain and workpiece. The experiments to validate the model were carried out using a ratio pyrometer.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liwei Cao ◽  
Danilo Russo ◽  
Vassilios S. Vassiliadis ◽  
Alexei Lapkin

<p>A mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) formulation for symbolic regression was proposed to identify physical models from noisy experimental data. The formulation was tested using numerical models and was found to be more efficient than the previous literature example with respect to the number of predictor variables and training data points. The globally optimal search was extended to identify physical models and to cope with noise in the experimental data predictor variable. The methodology was coupled with the collection of experimental data in an automated fashion, and was proven to be successful in identifying the correct physical models describing the relationship between the shear stress and shear rate for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, and simple kinetic laws of reactions. Future work will focus on addressing the limitations of the formulation presented in this work, by extending it to be able to address larger complex physical models.</p><p><br></p>


Author(s):  
Jingru Zhang ◽  
Yogesh Jaluria ◽  
Tiantian Zhang ◽  
Li Jia

Multiple microchannel heat sinks for potential use for electronic chip cooling are studied experimentally and numerically to characterize their thermal performance. The numerical simulation is driven by experimental data, which are obtained concurrently, to obtain realistic, accurate and validated numerical models. The ultimate goal is to design and optimize thermal systems. The experimental setup was established and liquid flow in the multiple microchannels was studied under different flow rates and heat influx. The temperature variation versus time was recorded by thermocouples, from which the time needed to reach steady state was determined. Temperature variations under steady state conditions were compared with three-dimensional steady state numerical simulation for the same boundary and initial conditions. The experimental data served as input parameters for the validation of the numerical model. In case of discrepancy, the numerical model was improved. A fairly good agreement between the experimental and simulation results was obtained. The numerical model also served to provide input that could be employed to improve and modify the experimental arrangement.


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