scholarly journals EFFECTS OF INCLINATION ANGLE ON 3D UNSTEADY FLOW STRUCTURES AROUND SUBMERGED SPUR DIKES

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 841-846
Author(s):  
Ichiro KIMURA ◽  
Takashi HOSODA ◽  
Shinichiro ONDA ◽  
Akihiro TOMINAGA
1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN KLINGE ◽  
SCOTT SCHRECK ◽  
MARVIN LUTTGES

Author(s):  
Michael Aguilar ◽  
Michael Malanoski ◽  
Gautham Adhitya ◽  
Benjamin Emerson ◽  
Vishal Acharya ◽  
...  

This paper describes an experimental investigation of a transversely forced, swirl stabilized combustor. Its objective is to compare the unsteady flow structures in single and triple nozzle combustors and determine how well a single nozzle configuration emulates the characteristics of a multi-nozzle one. The experiment consists of a series of velocity field measurements captured on planes normal to the jet axis. As expected, there are differences between the single and triple-nozzle flow fields, but the differences are not large in the regions upstream of the jet merging zone. Direct comparisons of the time averaged flow fields reveal a higher degree of non-axisymmetry for the flowfields of nozzles in a multi-nozzle configuration. Azimuthal decompositions of the velocity fields show that the transverse acoustic forcing has an important influence on the dynamics, but that the single and multi-nozzle configurations have similar forced response dynamics near the dump plane. Specifically, the axial dependence of the amplitude in the highest energy axisymmetric and helical flow structures is quite similar in the two configurations. This result suggests that the hydrodynamic influence of one swirling jet on the other is minimal and, as such, that jet-jet interactions in this configuration do not have a significant influence on the unsteady flow structures.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. V. Rathish Kumar ◽  
T. Yamaguchi ◽  
H. Liu ◽  
R. Himeno

Abstract Unsteady flow dynamics in a doubly constricted vessel is analyzed by using a time accurate Finite Volume solution of three dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Computational experiments are carried out for various values of Reynolds number in order to assess the criticality of multiple mild constrictions in series and also to bring out the subtle 3D features like vortex formation. Studies reveal that pressure drop across a series of mild constrictions can get physiologically critical. Further this pressure drop is found to be sensitive to the spacing between the constrictions and also to the oscillatory nature of the inflow profile.


Author(s):  
Matthias Witte ◽  
Benjamin Torner ◽  
Frank-Hendrik Wurm

Tonalities in hydro and airborne noise emission are a known problem of turbomachines, wherein the tonalities in the noise spectrum are associated with the different orders of the blade passing frequency (BPF). The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method was utilized to find the relationship between the fluctuations in the pressure field at the BPF orders which are the origin of the noise emission and the correlated fluctuations in the turbulent velocity field in terms of coherent, periodic flow structures. In order the provide the input data for the POD analysis, a URANS k-ω-SST scale adaptive simulation (SAS) of the turbulent flow field in a single stage radial pump under part load conditions was performed. Compared to traditional two equation turbulence models this approach is less dissipative and allows the development of small scale turbulence structures and is therefore an appropriate method for this study. In order to compute the POD correlation matrix Sirovich’s “Methods of Snapshots” was applied to the unsteady pressure and velocity fields from the CFD simulation. The discrimination of coherent, periodic flow structures and the incoherent, chaotic turbulence was carried out by analyzing the POD eigenvalue distributions, the POD mode shapes and the spectral properties of the POD time coefficients. Five coupled POD mode pairs were identified in total, which were strictly correlated with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th order of the BPF and therefore responsible for the noise emission at these discrete frequencies. The coherent structures were explored on the basis of the spatial POD velocity und pressure mode shapes and in terms of vortical structures after an additional phase averaging. The scope of this study is to introduce an enhanced collection of post processing techniques which are capable of analyzing highly unsteady flow fields from numerical simulations in a better way than is possible by just using traditional techniques like the evaluation of integral or time averaged quantities. The identified coherent flow structures and their associated pressure fluctuations are key elements for a proper comprehension of the internal dynamics of the turbulent flow field in a turbomachine and therefore essential for the understanding of the noise generation processes and the optimization of such machines.


2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Tsubokura ◽  
Kaito Takahashi ◽  
Tomofuyu Matsuuki ◽  
Takuji Nakashima ◽  
Takeshi Ikenaga ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
M. Younsi ◽  
F. Bakir ◽  
S. Kouidri ◽  
R. Rey

The objective of this paper is the study and the analysis of the complex phenomena related to the internal flow in a centrifugal fan, using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools, completed with experimental investigation in order to validate the used numerical models. The CFD analysis concerns 2D and 3D unsteady flow. The studied phenomena are the interactions and unsteadiness induced by the motion of the rotating blades relatively to the volute and their impact on the aeroacoustic behavior of the fan. Thus, 3D and 2D unsteady calculations using Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (URANS) approach has been applied on a hybrid mesh grid whose refinement has been studied and adapted to the flow morphology. Turbulence has been modeled with the k-ω-Shear Stress Model (SST) model. The computational domain has been divided into two zones, a rotating zone including the impeller and stationary zone including the volute. A sliding mesh technique has been applied to the interfaces in order to allow the unsteady interactions between the two zones. The overall performances predicted by the computations have been validated at different flow rate. For each geometry modeling (2D and 3D), the unsteady part of the study is illustrated by analyzing the pressure fluctuations on different points from the lateral surface of the volute. The analysis of the wake generated by the rotation of the blower shows that the volute tongue is the main zone of unsteadiness and flow perturbations. In order to predict the acoustic pressures, the unsteady flow field variables provided by the CFD calculations have been used as inputs in the Ffowks Williams-Hawkings equations.


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