Detached direct numerical simulations of turbulent two-phase bubbly channel flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 647-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor A. Bolotnov ◽  
Kenneth E. Jansen ◽  
Donald A. Drew ◽  
Assad A. Oberai ◽  
Richard T. Lahey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulations ◽  
Two Phase

Interaction of surface waves with turbulence: direct numerical simulations of turbulent open-channel flow

1995 ◽  
Vol 286 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim Borue ◽  
Steven A. Orszag ◽  
Ilya Staroselsky
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Gravity Waves ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Surface Region ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulations ◽  
Turbulence Production ◽  
Wind Sea

We report direct numerical simulations of incompressible unsteady open-channel flow. Two mechanisms of turbulence production are considered: shear at the bottom and externally imposed stress at the free surface. We concentrate upon the effects of mutual interaction of small-amplitude gravity waves with in-depth turbulence and statistical properties of the near-free-surface region. Extensions of our approach can be used to study turbulent mixing in the upper ocean and wind–sea interaction, and to provide diagnostics of bulk turbulence.

Direct numerical simulations of rotating turbulent channel flow

2008 ◽  
Vol 598 ◽  
pp. 177-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLOF GRUNDESTAM ◽  
STEFAN WALLIN ◽  
ARNE V. JOHANSSON
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Rotation Number ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulations ◽  
A Value ◽  
Rotation Numbers ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Two Sides

Fully developed rotating turbulent channel flow has been studied, through direct numerical simulations, for the complete range of rotation numbers for which the flow is turbulent. The present investigation suggests that complete flow laminarization occurs at a rotation number Ro = 2Ωδ/Ub ≤ 3.0, where Ω denotes the system rotation, Ub is the mean bulk velocity and δ is the half-width of the channel. Simulations were performed for ten different rotation numbers in the range 0.98 to 2.49 and complemented with earlier simulations (done in our group) for lower values of Ro. The friction Reynolds number Reτ = uτδ/ν (where uτ is the wall-shear velocity and ν is the kinematic viscosity) was chosen as 180 for these simulations. A striking feature of rotating channel flow is the division into a turbulent (unstable) and an almost laminarized (stable) side. The relatively distinct interface between these two regions was found to be maintained by a balance where negative turbulence production plays an important role. The maximum difference in wall-shear stress between the two sides was found to occur for a rotation number of about 0.5. The bulk flow was found to monotonically increase with increasing rotation number and reach a value (for Reτ = 180) at the laminar limit (Ro = 3.0) four times that of the non-rotating case.

Modeling Wall Film Formation and Breakup Using an Integrated Interface-Tracking/Discrete-Phase Approach

2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Arienti ◽  
L. Wang ◽  
M. Corn ◽  
X. Li ◽  
M. C. Soteriou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Level Set ◽  
Film Formation ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Grid Method ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulations ◽  
Liquid Jet ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Local Flow ◽  
Air Jet

We propose a computationally tractable model for film formation and breakup based on data from experiments and direct numerical simulations. This work is a natural continuation of previous studies where primary atomization was modeled based on local flow information from a relatively low-resolution tracking of the liquid interface [Arienti and Soteriou, 2007, “Dynamics of Pulsed Jet in Crossflow,” ASME Paper No. GT2007-27816]. The submodels for film formation proposed here are supported by direct numerical simulations obtained with the refined level set grid method [Herrmann, 2008, “A Balanced Force Refined Level Set Grid Method for Two-Phase Flows on Unstructured Flow Solver Grids,” J. Comput. Phys., 227, pp. 2674–2706]. The overall approach is validated by a carefully designed experiment [Shedd et. al., 2009, “Liquid Jet Breakup by an Impinging Air Jet,” Forty-Seventh AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. Paper No. AIAA-2009-0998], where the liquid jet is crossflow-atomized in a rectangular channel so that a film forms on the wall opposite to the injection orifice. The film eventually breaks up at the downstream exit of the channel. Comparisons with phase Doppler particle analyzer data and with nonintrusive film thickness point measurements complete this study.

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