The Numerical Simulation for Effects of Y-Shape Flaring Gate Pier Body Type on Aerated Cavity Length and Negative Pressure of Steps

2014 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 847-853
Author(s):  
Xiao Xia Hou ◽  
Ju Rui Yang ◽  
Jian Shu Zheng

Numerical simulation technology has been widely used to study the energy dissipation problem of hydroelectric engineering construction which combined flaring gate pier with stepped spillway. The main parameter of flaring gate pier is contraction ratio. This paper numerically simulated the length of aerated cavity and negative pressure of steps for stepped spillway combined with symmetrical Y-shape flaring gate pier which with the contraction ratio respectively of 0.4, 0.7 and 0.445. The RNG turbulence model ,VOF model of water vapor two-phase and iterative solution of geometry reconstruction format for unsteady flow has been applied to generate free surface. Velocity and pressure coupling method using PISO algorithm, with unsteady flow algorithm approaches stable solution of steady flow. And range from the upstream reservoir to downstream stilling basin. Comparatively analyze the experimental and simulation results of aeration cavity length, the two are basically in good agreement, and the maximum error is 10%. Therefore, the numerical simulation has a certain rationality and reliability. Simulation results show that aeration cavity length increased with the contraction ratio decreases, while the maximum negative pressure decreased, and more extensive distribution of negative pressure in stepped spillway.

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 2185-2192
Author(s):  
Xiao Xia Hou ◽  
Ju Rui Yang ◽  
Jian Shu Zhen

In order to study the aerated cavity length and negative pressure on stepped spillway which combined with Y-shape asymmetric flaring gate pier body type, this paper applied RNG turbulence model,VOF model of water vapor two-phase, iterative solution of geometry reconstruction format of unsteady flow to generate free surface. Numerically simulated the length of aerated cavity and negative pressure of stepped spillway which combined with asymmetrical Y-shape flaring gate pier that with the contraction ratio respectively of 598, 0.497 and 0.445, the range from the upstream reservoir to downstream stilling basin. And compared the simulation results with experimental results, found that the aerated cavity length on steps basically consistent with the measured cavity length, the maximum error is 9.7%. The simulation results shows that the aeration cavity length on steps increases with asymmetric flaring gate pier contraction ratio decreases, and the aerated cavity length of lateral side with smaller contraction angle is larger 4 to 5 times than lateral side with larger contraction angle.


Author(s):  
Xing Yang ◽  
Jiang Li ◽  
Haosheng Chen

AbstractMicrocapillary devices with tapered constrictions were fabricated for the study of the features of the cavitation. The cavitation was induced by applying negative pressure at the outlet with opening the inlet to atmospheric pressure, and the experimental results show that the cavitation bubbles generated at the center of the tapered tip flow upstream and adhere on the wall near the orifice, which is explained by the recirculation flow according to the numerical simulation results. The desinent cavitation number keeps constant for a microcapillary device, and the device works in a negative-pressure system is more susceptible to the cavitation than that works in a positive-pressure system. In addition, the effect of the orifice size on the incipient cavitation number and the desinent cavitation number has been studied with five devices with different sizes of the orifices from 50 to 120 microns. Both the incipient and desinent cavitation numbers increase monotonely with the size of the orifice. These results may be helpful to the design of the geometries of the microfluidic devices for various applications.


2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (16) ◽  
pp. 1533-1546
Author(s):  
Yu. Ye. Gordienko ◽  
S. A. Zuev ◽  
V. V. Starostenko ◽  
V. Yu. Tereshchenko ◽  
A. A. Shadrin

Author(s):  
Jialei Song ◽  
Yong Zhong ◽  
Ruxu Du ◽  
Ling Yin ◽  
Yang Ding

In this paper, we investigate the hydrodynamics of swimmers with three caudal fins: a round one corresponding to snakehead fish ( Channidae), an indented one corresponding to saithe ( Pollachius virens), and a lunate one corresponding to tuna ( Thunnus thynnus). A direct numerical simulation (DNS) approach with a self-propelled fish model was adopted. The simulation results show that the caudal fin transitions from a pushing/suction combined propulsive mechanism to a suction-dominated propulsive mechanism with increasing aspect ratio ( AR). Interestingly, different from a previous finding that suction-based propulsion leads to high efficiency in animal swimming, this study shows that the utilization of suction-based propulsion by a high- AR caudal fin reduces swimming efficiency. Therefore, the suction-based propulsive mechanism does not necessarily lead to high efficiency, while other factors might play a role. Further analysis shows that the large lateral momentum transferred to the flow due to the high depth of the high- AR caudal fin leads to the lowest efficiency despite the most significant suction.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 168781402199811
Author(s):  
Wu Xianfang ◽  
Du Xinlai ◽  
Tan Minggao ◽  
Liu Houlin

The wear-ring abrasion can cause performance degradation of the marine centrifugal pump. In order to study the effect of front and back wear-ring clearance on a pump, test and numerical simulation were used to investigate the performance change of a pump. The test results show that the head and efficiency of pump decrease by 3.56% and 9.62% respectively at 1.0 Qd due to the wear-ring abrasion. Under 1.0 Qd, with the increase of the front wear-ring the vibration velocity at pump foot increases from 0.4 mm/s to 1.0 mm/s. The axis passing frequency (APF) at the measuring points increases significantly and there appears new characteristic frequency of 3APF and 4APF. The numerical simulation results show that the front wear-ring abrasion affects the flow at the inlet of the front chamber of the pump and impeller passage. And the back wear-ring abrasion has obvious effect on the flow in the back chamber of the pump and impeller passage, while the multi-malfunction of the front wear-ring abrasion and back wear-ring abrasion has the most obvious effect on the flow velocity and flow stability inside pump. The pressure pulsation at Blade Passing Frequency (BPF) of the three schemes all decrease with the increase of the clearance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Tanaka ◽  
Nguyen Xuan Tinh ◽  
Xiping Yu ◽  
Guangwei Liu

A theoretical and numerical study is carried out to investigate the transformation of the wave boundary layer from non-depth-limited (wave-like boundary layer) to depth-limited one (current-like boundary layer) over a smooth bottom. A long period of wave motion is not sufficient to induce depth-limited properties, although it has simply been assumed in various situations under long waves, such as tsunami and tidal currents. Four criteria are obtained theoretically for recognizing the inception of the depth-limited condition under waves. To validate the theoretical criteria, numerical simulation results using a turbulence model as well as laboratory experiment data are employed. In addition, typical field situations induced by tidal motion and tsunami are discussed to show the usefulness of the proposed criteria.


2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 642-645
Author(s):  
Yun Wang ◽  
Wei Zhang

In view of power system in water-air UAV requirements, combine with the centrifugal impeller for aero-engine and the pump impeller. The design of a impeller of centrifugal compressor can work on the air and in the water for the new concept of air-water engine. With 3D design and a 3D CFD solver on it and analysis the results of numerical simulation. Results show that the designed impeller successfully reached the goal on the air and in the water. The experiences accumulated in this procedure are useful for similar impeller aerodynamic designs.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 4884-4887
Author(s):  
Jian Feng Wu ◽  
Cai Hua Wang ◽  
Chang Li Song

The numerical simulation of construction is to obtain the desired accuracy. It depends on the theoretical basis of the calculator and selection of the various important factors in the actual operation. For this problem, this paper adopting the current code for the design of building structures as the comparison standard, using the FLUENT software, taking the numerical simulation results of a high building’s wind load shape coefficient of for example, discussing the influence of four kinds of the convective terms discretization scheme, respectively the first-order upwind, the second order upwind , power law and Quadratic upwind interpolation for convective kinematics, on the simulation results of architectural numerical wind tunnel, provides the reference for the rational use of numerical wind tunnel method.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4709
Author(s):  
Dacheng Huang ◽  
Jianrun Zhang

To explore the mechanical properties of the braided corrugated hose, the space curve parametric equation of the braided tube is deduced, specific to the structural features of the braided tube. On this basis, the equivalent braided tube model is proposed based on the same axial stiffness in order to improve the calculational efficiency. The geometric model and the Finite Element Model of the DN25 braided corrugated hose is established. The numerical simulation results are analyzed, and the distribution of the equivalent stress and frictional stress is discussed. The maximum equivalent stress of the braided corrugated hose occurs at the braided tube, with the value of 903MPa. The maximum equivalent stress of the bellows occurs at the area in contact with the braided tube, with the value of 314MPa. The maximum frictional stress between the bellows and the braided tube is 88.46MPa. The tensile experiment of the DN25 braided corrugated hose is performed. The simulation results are in good agreement with test data, with a maximum error of 9.4%, verifying the rationality of the model. The study is helpful to the research of the axial stiffness of the braided corrugated hose and provides the base for wear and life studies on the braided corrugated hose.


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