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Simulation of the turbulent flow in a 3D channel and over a surface
mounted cube
Youngwook Kang, Cornell UniversityAndrei Simion, The Cooper Union
Svetlana V. Poroseva, CSIT, Florida State University
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Objectives
• To become proficient in using Fluent and Gambit
• To get experience in:
1. acquiring numerical solutions of PDE 2. solving a CFD problem
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Problem Description
Study on the influence of different side wall boundary conditions on flow characteristics in a 3D geometry.
- Flow types 1. Flow in a rectangular channel 2. Flow over a surface mounted cube
- Boundary Conditions 1. Periodic 2. Solid
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• Channel Geometry: 2h in height, 2h in flow direction, and 3h in spanwise direction. (h=0.025m)• Channel with surface mounted cube:
• Fluid: air
Data from Hussain and Marinuzzi’s experiment (1996) was used.
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Turbulence Models
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Numerical Procedure - 2nd order spatial discretization scheme - Segregated, implicit solver
- Steady flow - Boundary Conditions 1. Walls in z direction 2. Walls/Periodic in x direction 3. Channel: Periodic inlet/outlet 4. Cube: Fully developed channel flow (inlet) and convective outlet
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Grid - Structured non-uniform with clustering near walls
- With such grid resolution, wall description with wall functions; focus on mean velocity profiles.
Channel (x:z) 47:41
Cube (x:z:y) 47:41:86
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Channel Plots
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Channel Plots (cont.)
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Surface Mounted Cube Plots
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Surface Mounted Cube Plots (cont.)
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Surface Mounted Cube Plots (cont.)
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Contours
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Contours (cont.)
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Results and Conclusion
• We have learned how to use Fluent and Gambit to design simple meshes and solve CFD problems in application to turbulence modeling.
• Different boundary conditions on side walls have a great influence on the flow characteristics, such as velocity, vorticity, and turbulent kinetic energy.