Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Plane Duct Flows With Sudden Contraction

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Durst ◽  
W. F. Schierholz ◽  
A. M. Wunderlich
Keyword(s):  
Separated Flow ◽  
Elongational Flow ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Small Region ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Recirculating Flow ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Concave Corner ◽  
Two Dimensional Flow ◽  
Flow Through

The present paper reports on experimental and numerical studies of laminar, two-dimensional flow through plane ducts with sudden contractions in cross-sectional area. A laser-Doppler anemometer and a flow computational program were complementarity employed to study details of the flow close to the step. The results reveal details of the velocity profile variations in the vicinity of the contraction. Information is also provided on the separated flow region in the front concave corner of the duct and on the separated flow region just downstream of the lip of the step. The dimensions of the front separation region are shown to agree well with existing data. The recirculating flow region just downstream of the lip is much smaller than occasionally assumed. At higher contraction ratios off-axis velocity maxima occur just downstream of the contraction. It is shown that strong elongational flow fields occur. These are concentrated to a very small region close to the step.

Thermally developing forced convection flow through porous concentric pipes annular duct

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110022
Author(s):  
Farhan Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Flow Region ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Darcy Number ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Axial Distance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Developing Flow ◽  
Annular Sector ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
The Cross

This article shows the thermally developing flow through concentric pipes annular sector duct by describing the Darcy Brinkman flow field. The cross sectional convection-diffusion terms are transformed in power law discretized form by integrating over the differential volume, whereas backward difference scheme is used in the axial direction of heat flow. With the help of semi implicit method for pressure linked equations-revised ( SIMPLE-R), we get the solution of the governing problem. The graphs of velocity profiles against R and average Nusselt number against axial distance are plotted for different values of Darcy number and geometrical configuration parameters. It has been pointed out that velocity and thermal entrance length decrease, when we decrease the value of Darcy number. By decreasing the cross section of the concentric pipes annular sector duct in the transverse direction, thermally fully developed flow region develops earlier.

Time-Dependent Laminar Backward-Facing Step Flow in a Two-Dimensional Duct

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Durst ◽  
J. C. F. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Backward Facing Step ◽  
Step Flow ◽  
Recirculating Flow ◽  
State Flow

This paper presents results of numerical studies of the impulsively starting backward-facing step flow with the step being mounted in a plane, two-dimensional duct. Results are presented for Reynolds numbers of Re = 10; 368 and 648 and for the last two Reynolds numbers comparisons are given between experimental and numerical results obtained for the final steady state flow conditions. In the computational scheme, the convective terms in the momentum equations are approximated by a 13-point quadratic upstream weighted finite-difference scheme and a fully implicit first order forward differencing scheme is used to discretize the temporal derivatives. The computations show that for the higher Reynolds numbers, the flow starts to separate on the lower and upper corners of the step yielding two disconnected recirculating flow regions for some time after the flow has been impulsively started. As time progresses, these two separated flow regions connect up and a single recirculating flow region emerges. This separated flow region stays attached to the step, grows in size and approaches, for the time t → ∞, the dimensions measured and predicted for the separation region for steady laminar backward-facing flow. For the Reynolds number Re = 10 the separation starts at the bottom of the backward-facing step and the separation region enlarges with time until the steady state flow pattern is reached. At the channel wall opposite to the step and for Reynolds number Re = 368, a separated flow region is observed and it is shown to occur for some finite time period of the developing, impulsively started backward-facing step flow. Its dimensions change with time and reduce to zero before the steady state flow pattern is reached. For the higher Reynolds number Re = 648, the secondary separated flow region opposite to the wall is also present and it is shown to remain present for t → ∞. Two kinds of the inlet conditions were considered; the inlet mean flow was assumed to be constant in a first study and was assumed to increase with time in a second one. The predicted flow field for t → ∞ turned out to be identical for both cases. They were also identical to the flow field predicted for steady, backward-facing step flow using the same numerical grid as for the time-dependent predictions.

Comparison of Interferometric Measurements and Computed Flow Around a Wedge Profile in the Transonic Region

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Bryanston-Cross ◽  
J. D. Denton
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
Wedge Surface ◽  
Two Dimensional Flow ◽  
Time Marching ◽  
Transonic Region

Numerical solutions to turbomachinery flows have increased in both complexity and accuracy. Conventional measurement techniques cannot always adequately test the detailed solutions available. Holographic interferometry can provide such data and is of particular value in the mainstream region of a two-dimensional flow. The transonic flow around a wedge profile has been used to produce examples of several features of current interest. On the wedge surface a strong leading edge shock is seen followed by a Prandtl-Meyer expansion. On the tunnel sidewall the flow first experiences an expansion and then a boundary layer separation. The flow around the wedge has been calculated using an inviscid time marching program. It is shown that by making simple changes to the geometric data used by the program a good agreement can be obtained despite the presence of a separated flow region.

scholarly journals Determination of cross-sectional void fraction in a two-phase water flow through a PVC pipe

2021 ◽  
Vol 655 (1) ◽  
pp. 012024
Author(s):  
O.H. Ajesi ◽  
M.B. Latif ◽  
S.T. Gbenu ◽  
C. A. Onumejor ◽  
M. K. Fasasi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Pvc Pipe ◽  
Phase Water

scholarly journals Modification of Airflow Structure Due to Wave Breaking on a Submerged Topography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petter Vollestad ◽  
Atle Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Wind Wave ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Leeward Side ◽  
Geometrical Properties ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Wind Profiles ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Sheltered Area

AbstractExperimental results from a combined wind–wave tank are presented. Wind profiles and resulting wind–wave spectra are described, and an investigation of the airflow above breaking waves is presented. Monochromatic waves created by the wave maker are directed towards a submerged topography. This causes the waves to break at a predictable location, facilitating particle-image-velocimetry measurements of the airflow above steep breaking and non-breaking waves. We analyze how the breaking state modifies the airflow structure, and in particular the extent of the sheltered area on the leeward side of the waves. Results illustrate that while the geometrical properties of the waves greatly influence the airflow structure on the leeward side of the waves, the state of breaking (i.e., whether the waves are currently in a state of active breaking) is not observed to have a clear effect on the extent of the separated flow region, or on the velocity distribution within the sheltered region.

Turbulence structure of a reattaching mixing layer

1981 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 171-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chandrsuda ◽  
P. Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Turbulent Energy ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Recirculating Flow

Hot-wire measurements of second- and third-order mean products of velocity fluctuations have been made in the flow behind a backward-facing step with a thin, laminar boundary layer at the top of the step. Measurements extend to a distance of about 12 step heights downstream of the step, and include parts of the recirculating-flow region: approximate limits of validity of hot-wire results are given. The Reynolds number based on step height is about 105, the mixing layer being fully turbulent (fully three-dimensional eddies) well before reattachment, and fairly close to self-preservation in contrast to the results of some previous workers. Rapid changes in turbulence quantities occur in the reattachment region: Reynolds shear stress and triple products decrease spectacularly, mainly because of the confinement of the large eddies by the solid surface. The terms in the turbulent energy and shear stress balances also change rapidly but are still far from the self-preserving boundary-layer state even at the end of the measurement region.

A Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Heat Transport Downstream From an Abrupt Pipe Expansion

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 862-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Amano ◽  
M. K. Jensen ◽  
P. Goel
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Turbulent Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Pipe Expansion

An experimental and numerical study is reported on heat transfer in the separated flow region created by an abrupt circular pipe expansion. Heat transfer coefficients were measured along the pipe wall downstream from an expansion for three different expansion ratios of d/D = 0.195, 0.391, and 0.586 for Reynolds numbers ranging from 104 to 1.5 × 105. The results are compared with the numerical solutions obtained with the k ∼ ε turbulence model. In this computation a new finite difference scheme is developed which shows several advantages over the ordinary hybrid scheme. The study also covers the derivation of a new wall function model. Generally good agreement between the measured and the computed results is shown.

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