This paper presents a numerical investigation of the unsteady flow around an American 19 century vertical-axis windmill: the Stevens & Jolly rotor, patented on April 16, 1895. The computational approach used is based on solving the complete transient Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (t-RANS) equations: a full campaign of numerical simulation has been performed using the k-ω SST turbulence model....

in this study, fluid flow and energy separation in a micro-scale ranque-hilschvortex tube are numerically investigated. the flow is assumed as 2d, steady,compressible ideal gas, and shear-stress-transport sst k-w is found to be a bestchoice for modeling of turbulence phenomena. the results are in a good agreementwith the experimental results reported in the literature. the results show that flu...

Turbulent flow separation coupling heat transfer with the solid case in the high area ratio rocket nozzle is simulated with the CFD method and the results are investigated experimentally. The finite volume method, the 2nd order upwind scheme, SST k-ω turbulence model and enhanced wall function are employed to solve the N-S equation and thermal conduction equation. To predict the fluid field and...

In the petrochemical industry, multiphase flow, including oil–water two-phase stratified laminar is more common and can be easily obtained through mathematical analysis. However, there limited analytical model for simulation of flow under turbulent flow. This paper introduces a two-dimensional (2D) numerical method to investigate pressure gradient, field, interface height pipeline cross-section...

A natural laminar flow (NLF) airfoil is designed to reduce drag by expanding areas. In-depth knowledge of transition performance essential for its aerodynamic design. The k-ω-γ-Reθ framework, which consists the SST k-ω turbulence model and γ-Reθ model, employed simulate transitional flows around an NLF wing RAE5243 airfoil. performances under various values turbulent intensity, temperature, ang...

The k-ω Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model is adopted to study the hydrodynamic performance of the water-jet axial pump which is applied in Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). The numerical simulation of the whole passage of the water-jet pump is carried out for four different tip clearance with δ = 0.3 mm, δ = 0.8 mm, δ = 1 mm and δ = 1.4 mm. And the results, in term of external charact...

Different variants for buoyancy-affected terms in k-ε turbulence model have been utilized to predict the flow parameters more accurately, and investigate applicability of alternative k-ε turbulence buoyant closures in numerical simulation of a horizontal gravity current. The additional non-isotropic turbulent stress due to buoyancy has been considered in production term, based on Algebraic Stre...

The laminar–turbulence transition phenomenon widely exists on the surface of many energy equipment, which is deserved to be studied because complex mechanics and some induced undesirable consequences. goal present work investigate transitional flows around forward reversed hydrofoils at different incidences using SST ?-Re˜?t model, with special emphasis dynamics transition. effect inflow turbul...