Numerical Study on Supersonic Combustor with an Allotype Cavity

2014 ◽  
Vol 694 ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
Jin Xiang Wu ◽  
Jian Sun ◽  
Xiang Gou ◽  
Lian Sheng Liu

The three-dimensional coupled explicit Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations and the two equation shear-stress transport k-w (SST k-w) model has been employed to numerically simulate the cold flow field in a special-shaped cavity-based supersonic combustor. In a cross-section shaped rectangular, hypersonic inlet with airflow at Mach 2.0 chamber, shock structures and flow characteristics of a herringbone-shaped boss and a herringbone-shaped cavity models were discussed, respectively. The results indicate: Firstly, according to the similarities of bevel-cutting shock characteristics between the boss case and the cavity case, the boss structure can serve as an ideal alternative model for shear-layer. Secondly, the eddies within cavity are composed of herringbone-spanwise vortexes, columnar vortices in the front and main-spanwise vortexes in the rear, featuring tilting, twisting and stretching. Thirdly, the simulated bottom-flow of cavity is in good agreement with experimental result, while the reverse flow-entrainment resulting from herringbone geometry and pressure gradient. However, the herringbone-shaped cavity has a better performance in fuel-mixing.

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Singh ◽  
P. K. Panigrahi ◽  
G. Biswas

Abstract A numerical study of rib augmented cooling of turbine blades is reported in this paper. The time-dependent velocity field around a pair of symmetrically placed ribs on the walls of a three-dimensional rectangular channel was studied by use of a modified version of Marker-And-Cell algorithm to solve the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes and energy equations. The flow structures are presented with the help of instantaneous velocity vector and vorticity fields, FFT and time averaged and rms values of components of velocity. The spanwise averaged Nusselt number is found to increase at the locations of reattachment. The numerical results are compared with available numerical and experimental results. The presence of ribs leads to complex flow fields with regions of flow separation before and after the ribs. Each interruption in the flow field due to the surface mounted rib enables the velocity distribution to be more homogeneous and a new boundary layer starts developing downstream of the rib. The heat transfer is primarily enhanced due to the decrease in the thermal resistance owing to the thinner boundary layers on the interrupted surfaces. Another reason for heat transfer enhancement can be attributed to the mixing induced by large-scale structures present downstream of the separation point.


Author(s):  
Yu Nishio ◽  
Keiji Niwa ◽  
Takanobu Ogawa

Abstract Motion of liquid pouring from a beverage can is numerically studied. A liquid is poured from a can which is rotated at a prescribed angular speed. The flow is simulated by solving the unsteady three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. An experiment under the same condition is also carried out to validate the computational result. The result shows that, when the can is tipped, the liquid flows over the lid of the can and is once obstructed by the rim of the lid. The numerical result is in good agreement with the experimental result. The effect of condensation formed on a can surface is also considered. The effect of condensation is taken into account by adjusting a contact angle. The liquid pouring from a can trickles down along the can body. The computation reproduces these experimental observations.


Author(s):  
J.-H. Jeon ◽  
S.-S. Byeon ◽  
Y.-J. Kim

The Francis turbine is a kind of reaction turbines, which means that the potential energy of water converted to rotational kinetic energy. In this study, the flow characteristics have been investigated numerically in a Francis turbine on the 15 MW hydropower generation with various blade profiles (NACA 65 and NACA 16 series) and discharge angles (14°, 15°, 17°, and 18°), using the commercial code, ANSYS CFX. The k-ω SST turbulence model is employed in the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The computing domain includes the spiral casing, guide vanes, and draft tube, which are discretized with a full three-dimensional mesh system of unstructured tetrahedral shapes. The results showed that the change of blade profiles and discharge angles significantly influenced the performance of the Francis turbine.


1996 ◽  
Vol 324 ◽  
pp. 83-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Hsieh ◽  
K. C. Wang

Thin-layer Navier–Stokes solutions are obtained for an incompressible laminar flow over a hemisphere–cylinder at 10°, 30° and 50° incidence to exhibit some three-dimensional separated flow characteristics. Some of the results are compared with a previous water-tunnel investigation for the same body geometry. Good agreement is found, even for some detailed features. Although the geometry is relatively simple, the separated flow surprisingly embraces a number of intricate structural characteristics unique to three-dimensional flows. Particularly noteworthy are the separation sequence at increasing incidence, tornado-like vortices, outward-spiralling vortices, limit cycles, coaxial counter-spiralling patterns and horseshoe vortex systems. Physical insights to these new features are offered.


Author(s):  
Kai-Shing Yang ◽  
Ing-Young Chen ◽  
Chi-Chuan Wang

A numerical study is conducted to examine the flow characteristics of the inkjet print-head with special attentions on the refilling process. By solving the full set of three-dimensional transient Navier-Stokes equations and considering the process of bubble growth and collapse as a movable membrane, it is found that the double refilling channels can reduce the flow surge phenomenon considerably due to the imposed friction. However, for the additional cylinder obstacle placed at the filling channel, the flow surge phenomenon is still present. This is because of the jet-like flow along the cylinder leading to a collision and eruption of fluid angled towards the plane boundary with the presence of cylinder. The calculated results also indicated the flow surge can be moderately suppressed for fluid having larger dynamic viscosity.


2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 754-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Murai ◽  
Y. Matsumoto

The whole behavior and the micro scale flow characteristics of a three-dimensional bubble plume are investigated numerically. The bubble plume drives liquid convection in a tank due to strong local two-phase interaction so that the Eulerian-Lagrangian model is formulated with emphasis on the translational motions of the bubble. In this model, each bubble motion is tracked in a bubbly mixture which is treated as a continuum. The three-dimensional numerical results reveal several particular structures, such as swaying and swirling structures of the bubble plume. These simulated flow structures show qualitatively good agreement with the experimental observations. Furthermore, the detailed behavior in the bubble plume is clarified by various analysis to discuss the dominant factors causing such the strong three-dimensionality. [S0098-2202(00)00904-4]


2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Yan ◽  
Wen-Ming Zhang ◽  
Zhi-Ke Peng ◽  
Guang Meng

The gas flow characteristics in rectangular cross section converging–diverging micronozzles incorporating the effect of three-dimensional (3D) rough surface topography are investigated. The fractal geometry is utilized to describe the multiscale self-affine roughness. A first-order slip model suitable for rough walls is adopted to characterize the slip velocities. The flow field in micronozzles is analyzed by solving 3D Navier–Stokes (N–S) equation. The results show that the dependence of mass flow rate on the pressure difference has a good agreement with the reported results. The presence of surface topography obviously perturbs the gas flow near the wall. Moreover, as the surface roughness height increases, this perturbation induces the supersonic “multiwaves” phenomenon in the divergent region, in which the Mach number fluctuates. In addition, the effect of 3D surface topography on performance is also investigated.


Author(s):  
K-S Yang ◽  
I-Y Chen ◽  
C-C Wang

A numerical study is conducted to examine the flow characteristics of the inkjet printer head with special attention made to the refilling process. By solving the full set of three-dimensional transient Navier-Stokes equations and considering the process of bubble growth and collapse as a movable membrane, the fluid flow inside the channel and the ejected droplet from the nozzle can be modelled. The calculated results indicate that the single refilling channel design provides the fastest refilling rate but also reveals pronounced flow surge/overshot phenomena. By using a double refilling channel design, the flow surge/overshot phenomenon can be reduced considerably owing to the imposed friction. Moreover, the flooding phenomenon is much less pronounced. However, placing an additional cylinder obstacle in the single filling channel will not reduce the flow surge/overshot phenomenon.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuma Kawachi ◽  
Takuto Sasaki ◽  
Aya Kaneko ◽  
Yu Nishio ◽  
Takanobu Ogawa

Abstract The present study investigates the flow field in a rinsing process of a beverage can numerically and experimentally. The three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are solved with a finite volume method along with the volume of fluid (VOF) method for free surface. The beverage can set upside down is transported with a constant velocity and rinsed with a water jet ejected from a nozzle below the can. The case of a can at rest is also simulated. The result shows that the ejected water impinges on the can bottom and spreads along the side surface of the can. Then, as it flows down toward the can mouth, its front surface forms splashes. For the stationary can case, after the jet impinges on the can bottom, it almost evenly spreads over the side surface. The water flows downward and becomes branched flows by fingering. The time average of VOF is calculated to visualize the regions rinsed by water. For the case of a moving can, only the top region of the can is rinsed, and the ratio of the rinsed region drops to 29% from 69% for the stationary case. The computed water surfaces qualitatively agree with the experimental result, but the shape of the front surface, such as splashes and fingerings, cannot be resolved with the simulation.


Author(s):  
Sun-min Kim ◽  
Ki-Don Lee ◽  
Kwang-Yong Kim

Film-cooling has been widely used as the important alternative to protect the turbine blade. Since the film-cooling hole geometry is one of the most influential parameters for film-cooling performance, various film-cooling hole schemes have been developed to increase cooling performance for the past few decades. In the present work, numerical analysis has been performed to investigate and to compare the film-cooling performance of various film-cooling hole schemes such as fan-shaped, crescent, louver, and dumbbell holes. For analyzes of the turbulent flow and film-cooling, three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis has been performed with shear stress transport turbulence model. The validation of numerical results has been performed in comparison with experimental data. The flow characteristics and film-cooling performance for each hole shape have been investigated and evaluated in terms of local- and averaged film-cooling effectivenesses.


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