This study presents a numerical analysis of three-dimensional steady laminar flow in a rectangular channel with a 180-degree sharp turn. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved by using finite difference method for Re ...This study presents a numerical analysis of three-dimensional steady laminar flow in a rectangular channel with a 180-degree sharp turn. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved by using finite difference method for Re = 900. Three-dimensional streamlines and limiting streamlines on wall surface are used to analyze the three-dimensional flow characteristics. Topological theory is applied to limiting streamlines on inner walls of the channel and two-dimensional streamlines at several cross sections. It is also shown that the flow impinges on the end wall of turn and the secondary flow is induced by the curvature in the sharp turn.展开更多
The finite element method is employed to simulate incompressible viscous unsteady flow in two dimensional channel with a sudden expansion. The streamline patterns and the velocity vector plots are presented at differ...The finite element method is employed to simulate incompressible viscous unsteady flow in two dimensional channel with a sudden expansion. The streamline patterns and the velocity vector plots are presented at different expansion ratios and at different moment. The results obtained have certain significance to analyze the formation of eddies and energy loss in a sudden expansion channel flow and other complex channel flow.展开更多
文摘This study presents a numerical analysis of three-dimensional steady laminar flow in a rectangular channel with a 180-degree sharp turn. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved by using finite difference method for Re = 900. Three-dimensional streamlines and limiting streamlines on wall surface are used to analyze the three-dimensional flow characteristics. Topological theory is applied to limiting streamlines on inner walls of the channel and two-dimensional streamlines at several cross sections. It is also shown that the flow impinges on the end wall of turn and the secondary flow is induced by the curvature in the sharp turn.
文摘The finite element method is employed to simulate incompressible viscous unsteady flow in two dimensional channel with a sudden expansion. The streamline patterns and the velocity vector plots are presented at different expansion ratios and at different moment. The results obtained have certain significance to analyze the formation of eddies and energy loss in a sudden expansion channel flow and other complex channel flow.
