scholarly journals Mapping flow distortion on oceanographic platforms using computational fluid dynamics

Ocean Science ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 855-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. O'Sullivan ◽  
S. Landwehr ◽  
B. Ward

Abstract. Wind speed measurements over the ocean on ships or buoys are affected by flow distortion from the platform and by the anemometer itself. This can lead to errors in direct measurements and the derived parametrisations. Here we computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate the errors in wind speed measurements caused by flow distortion on the RV Celtic Explorer. Numerical measurements were obtained from the finite-volume CFD code OpenFOAM, which was used to simulate the velocity fields. This was done over a range of orientations in the test domain from −60 to +60° in increments of 10°. The simulation was also set up for a range of velocities, ranging from 5 to 25 m s−1 in increments of 0.5 m s−1. The numerical analysis showed close agreement to experimental measurements.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaz Dianat

The research paper investigates the impact of a window’s exterior air film on the assembly temperature. The exterior air film constitutes a vital portion of a window’s insulating values. The air film increases the temperature of the window exterior pane to a temperature above ambient temperature. The air film also rises the interior glass temperature and reduces the heat transfer from the interior surface. According to computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the air film is removed in windy conditions, decreasing the window temperature on the outside as well as on the inside. The idea behind the project is to carry out an experimental procedure on three different windows to validate the CFD results, which indicates the effect of various wind speeds. Keyword: Exterior air film, computational fluid dynamics, window assembly, wind speed


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaz Dianat

The research paper investigates the impact of a window’s exterior air film on the assembly temperature. The exterior air film constitutes a vital portion of a window’s insulating values. The air film increases the temperature of the window exterior pane to a temperature above ambient temperature. The air film also rises the interior glass temperature and reduces the heat transfer from the interior surface. According to computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the air film is removed in windy conditions, decreasing the window temperature on the outside as well as on the inside. The idea behind the project is to carry out an experimental procedure on three different windows to validate the CFD results, which indicates the effect of various wind speeds. Keyword: Exterior air film, computational fluid dynamics, window assembly, wind speed


Author(s):  
A. Idris ◽  
B. P. Huynh

A commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software package is used to investigate numerically a 3-dimensional rectangular-box room with rounded edges. The room has all its window openings located on one wall only. The standard K-ε turbulence model is used. Air’s flow rate and flow pattern are considered in terms of wind speed and the openings’ characteristics, such as their number, location, size and shape. Especially, comparison with ventilation rate corresponding to when the room edges are sharp is made; and thereby the effects of the edges being rounded are examined.


Author(s):  
W. K. Chow ◽  
N. Cai ◽  
Y. Gao

The characteristics of flame rotation induced by a fire at the top of kitchen stove were studied numerically with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Four cases with different locations of fire sources and vents were set up; simulations of swirling air flow and temperature distributions in the kitchen room were carried out. Ventilation by ceiling vents was identified as the necessary condition for internal fire whirl. Recommendations on the design of kitchen ventilation system were made.


2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudiu Lăzăroaie ◽  
Teodora Zecheru ◽  
Ciprian Său ◽  
Tudor Cherecheş

Abstract Many CBRN agents are very difficult to detect and identify, due to the fact that most technologies, equipment and materials used for their obtainment have also commercial applications. One possibility to counteract such threats, both for military and civilians, is to use systems of collective protection (COLPRO), which must be manufactured from materials that can withstand not only the action of CBRN agents, but, as much as possible, toxic industrial materials (TIMs). The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of the atmosphere in the neighbourhood of the COLPRO tent and the air flow dynamics inside the tent give all the necessary data regarding the effect of air circulation on the entire COLPRO system. Based on this study, a favourable orientation of the COLPRO tent may be established relatively to the strategic position of the troops or the civilian groups, versus statistical wind speed, direction and charge.


Computation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim

To assess wind resources, a number of simulations should be performed by wind direction, wind speed, and atmospheric stability bins to conduct micro-siting using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This study proposes a method of accelerating CFD convergence by generating initial conditions that are closer to the converged solution. In addition, the study proposes the ‘mirrored initial condition’ (IC) using the symmetry of wind direction and geography, the ‘composed IC’ using the vector composition principle, and the ‘shifted IC’ which assumes that the wind speed vectors are similar in conditions characterized by minute differences in wind direction as the well-posed initial conditions. They provided a significantly closer approximation to the converged flow field than did the conventional initial condition, which simply assumed a homogenous atmospheric boundary layer over the entire simulation domain. The results of this study show that the computation time taken for micro-siting can be shortened by around 35% when conducting CFD with 16 wind direction sectors by mixing the conventional and the proposed ICs properly.


2006 ◽  
Vol 961 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Dyreby ◽  
Greg F. Nellis ◽  
Kevin T. Turner

ABSTRACTA modeling methodology based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been developed that is appropriate for the global regime of lithographically directed, evaporation driven self-assembly. The modeling technique has been experimentally verified through comparison with the well-known benchmark case of evaporation driven self-assembly associated with the evaporation of a colloidal, self-pinned droplet. The predicted evolution of the particle distribution during evaporation is compared to optical experimental measurements of the particle distribution within an evaporating droplet containing fluorescing nanoparticles.


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