scholarly journals Two-Phase Flow Simulation of Tunnel and Lee-Wake Erosion of Scour below a Submarine Pipeline

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Mathieu ◽  
Julien Chauchat ◽  
Cyrille Bonamy ◽  
Tim Nagel

This paper presents a numerical investigation of the scour phenomenon around a submarine pipeline. The numerical simulations are performed using SedFoam, a two-phase flow model for sediment transport implemented in the open source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) toolbox OpenFOAM. The paper focuses on the sensitivity of the granular stress model and the turbulence model with respect to the predictive capability of the two-phase flow model. The quality of the simulation results is estimated using a statistical estimator: the Brier Skill Score. The numerical results show no sensitivity to the granular stress model. However, the results strongly depend on the choice of the turbulence model, especially through the different implementations of the cross-diffusion term in the dissipation equation between the k − ε and the k − ω 2006 models. The influence of the cross-diffusion term tends to indicate that the sediment transport layer behaves more as a shear layer than as a boundary layer, for which the k − ε model is more suitable.

2014 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
pp. 561-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Chiodi ◽  
Philippe Claudin ◽  
Bruno Andreotti

AbstractThe transport of dense particles by a turbulent flow depends on two dimensionless numbers. Depending on the ratio of the shear velocity of the flow to the settling velocity of the particles (or the Rouse number), sediment transport takes place in a thin layer localized at the surface of the sediment bed (bedload) or over the whole water depth (suspended load). Moreover, depending on the sedimentation Reynolds number, the bedload layer is embedded in the viscous sublayer or is larger. We propose here a two-phase flow model able to describe both viscous and turbulent shear flows. Particle migration is described as resulting from normal stresses, but is limited by turbulent mixing and shear-induced diffusion of particles. Using this framework, we theoretically investigate the transition between bedload and suspended load.


2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Chen ◽  
Xiping Yu

AbstractA two-dimensional, two-phase flow model is applied to the study of sediment motion over vortex ripples under oscillatory flow conditions. The Reynolds-averaged continuity equations and momentum equations for both the fluid and sediment phases, which include the drag force, the added mass force, the lift force for interphase coupling, and the standard k–ε turbulence model as well as the Henze–Tchen particle turbulence model for closure, are numerically solved with a finite-volume method. The model is effective over the whole depth from the undisturbed sandy bed to the low concentration region above the ripples. Neither a reference concentration nor a pickup function is required over the ripple bed as in a conventional advection–diffusion model. There is also no need to identify the bed load and the suspended load. The study focuses on the effects of erodible ripples on the intrawave flow and sediment motion over the ripples. The computational results show reasonable agreement with the available laboratory data. It is demonstrated that the formation–ejection process of vortices and the trapping–lifting process of sediment over vortex ripples can be well described by the two-phase flow model. The numerical model can also accurately predict the vertical distribution of the mean sediment concentration.


2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 05015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Mathieu ◽  
Tim Nagel ◽  
Cyrille Bonamy ◽  
Julien Chauchat ◽  
Zhen Cheng ◽  
...  

In this paper, the application of a two-phase flow model to scour processes is presented. The model is first calibrated against experimental data of unidirectional sheet-flow (one-dimensional configuration). The model is then applied to multi-dimensional configurations for the scour under a submarine pipeline and around a vertical pile. The results show that quantitative results can be obtained at the upstream sides of structures, the lee-wake erosion driven by the vortex shedding deserves further research.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 957-979
Author(s):  
Esther S. Daus ◽  
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Josipa-Pina Milišić ◽  
Nicola Zamponi ◽  

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 795-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika P. Jarvinen ◽  
A. E. P. Kankkunen ◽  
R. Virtanen ◽  
P. H. Miikkulainen ◽  
V. P. Heikkila

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Luke ◽  
Mark Eagar ◽  
Michael Sears ◽  
Scott Felt ◽  
Bob Prozan

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 510
Author(s):  
Yan Huang ◽  
Bifen Shu ◽  
Shengnan Zhou ◽  
Qi Shi

In this paper, two-phase pressure drop data were obtained for boiling in horizontal rectangular microchannels with a hydraulic diameter of 0.55 mm for R-134a over mass velocities from 790 to 1122, heat fluxes from 0 to 31.08 kW/m2 and vapor qualities from 0 to 0.25. The experimental results show that the Chisholm parameter in the separated flow model relies heavily on the vapor quality, especially in the low vapor quality region (from 0 to 0.1), where the two-phase flow pattern is mainly bubbly and slug flow. Then, the measured pressure drop data are compared with those from six separated flow models. Based on the comparison result, the superficial gas flux is introduced in this paper to consider the comprehensive influence of mass velocity and vapor quality on two-phase flow pressure drop, and a new equation for the Chisholm parameter in the separated flow model is proposed as a function of the superficial gas flux . The mean absolute error (MAE ) of the new flow correlation is 16.82%, which is significantly lower than the other correlations. Moreover, the applicability of the new expression has been verified by the experimental data in other literatures.


Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 119543
Author(s):  
Jingxian Chen ◽  
Peihang Xu ◽  
Jie Lu ◽  
Tiancheng Ouyang ◽  
Chunlan Mo

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