A derivation of an analytical expression for the inviscid velocity fieldinduced by a single right-handed helical vortex filament is presented. The vortex filament movesuniformly and rigidly without change of form in a...A derivation of an analytical expression for the inviscid velocity fieldinduced by a single right-handed helical vortex filament is presented. The vortex filament movesuniformly and rigidly without change of form in a cylindrical tube, where the vortex filamentrotates around its axis with a constant angular velocity and translates along its axis with aconstant translational velocity. The key to solve the problem is to set up a moving cylindricalcoordinate system fixed on the vortex filament. The result shows that the velocity field is atime-periodic function, and may degenerate into Okulovs' s formula when the helical vortex filamentslips along the filament itself or stays immobile.展开更多
This work was aimed at gaining understanding of the physical behaviours of the flow and temperature separation process in a vortex tube. To investigate the cold mass fraction’s effect on the temperature separation, t...This work was aimed at gaining understanding of the physical behaviours of the flow and temperature separation process in a vortex tube. To investigate the cold mass fraction’s effect on the temperature separation, the numerical calculation was carried out using an algebraic Reynolds stress model (ASM) and the standard k-ε model. The modelling of turbulence of com-pressible, complex flows used in the simulation is discussed. Emphasis is given to the derivation of the ASM for 2D axisymmet-rical flows, particularly to the model constants in the algebraic Reynolds stress equations. The TEFESS code, based on a staggered Finite Volume approach with the standard k-ε model and first-order numerical schemes, was used to carry out all the computations. The predicted results for strongly swirling turbulent compressible flow in a vortex tube suggested that the use of the ASM leads to better agreement between the numerical results and experimental data, while the k-ε model cannot capture the stabilizing effect of the swirl.展开更多
文摘A derivation of an analytical expression for the inviscid velocity fieldinduced by a single right-handed helical vortex filament is presented. The vortex filament movesuniformly and rigidly without change of form in a cylindrical tube, where the vortex filamentrotates around its axis with a constant angular velocity and translates along its axis with aconstant translational velocity. The key to solve the problem is to set up a moving cylindricalcoordinate system fixed on the vortex filament. The result shows that the velocity field is atime-periodic function, and may degenerate into Okulovs' s formula when the helical vortex filamentslips along the filament itself or stays immobile.
文摘This work was aimed at gaining understanding of the physical behaviours of the flow and temperature separation process in a vortex tube. To investigate the cold mass fraction’s effect on the temperature separation, the numerical calculation was carried out using an algebraic Reynolds stress model (ASM) and the standard k-ε model. The modelling of turbulence of com-pressible, complex flows used in the simulation is discussed. Emphasis is given to the derivation of the ASM for 2D axisymmet-rical flows, particularly to the model constants in the algebraic Reynolds stress equations. The TEFESS code, based on a staggered Finite Volume approach with the standard k-ε model and first-order numerical schemes, was used to carry out all the computations. The predicted results for strongly swirling turbulent compressible flow in a vortex tube suggested that the use of the ASM leads to better agreement between the numerical results and experimental data, while the k-ε model cannot capture the stabilizing effect of the swirl.