简介:Asanewjettechnologydevelopedinrecentyears,thesupercriticalcarbondioxide(SC-CO2)jettechnologyenjoysmanyadvantageswhenappliedinoilandgasexplorations.InordertostudythepropertiesandparametricinfluencesoftheSC-CO2jet,theflowfieldsoftheSC-CO2jetaresimulatedusingthecomputationalfluiddynamicsmethod.TheflowfieldoftheSC-CO2iscomparedwiththatofthewaterjet.TheinfluencesofseveralparametersontheflowfieldoftheSC-CO2jetarestudied.Itisindicatedthatlikethewaterjet,thevelocityandthepressureoftheSC-CO2jetcouldbeconvertedtoeachother,andtheSC-CO2jetcangenerateasignificantimpactpressureonthewall,theSC-CO2jethasastrongerimpactpressureandahighervelocitythanthoseofthewaterjetunderthesameconditions,themaximumvelocityandtheimpactpressureoftheSC-CO2jetincreasewiththeincreaseofthenozzlepressuredrop,underthestimulationconditionofthisstudy,theinfluenceoftheSC-CO2temperatureontheimpactpressurecanbeneglectedinengineeringapplications,whilethemaximumvelocityoftheSC-CO2jetincreaseswiththeincreaseofthefluidtemperature.ThispapertheoreticallyexploresthepropertiesoftheSC-CO2jetflowfield,andtheresultsmightprovideatheoreticalbasisfortheapplicationoftheSC-CO2jetinoilandgaswelldrillingsandfracturingstimulations.
简介:Basedonestablishednumericalmethodsandhydrodynamicperformancetestingfacilities,CFDtechniqueareappliedtoimprovethedesignoftheimplantableaxialflowbloodpumpandtheflowanalysis.(1)Applyingbrushlessmachinemagnetsteel,reducingitsthicknesswhileincreasingthelength,theflowchannel'scross-sectionisincreased,withnospaceconnectionbetweenthelargeandthesmallrotators,andwithaconetransitionsegmentfromthebearingtotheprincipalaxis,theflowismadesmoother.Therotatingspeedisloweredby1000rpm-1200rpmunderthesameflowrateandpressurehead,andthusthehemolysiscanbeavoided.(2)Differentoutletstatorguidingvanesareselectedforthesamebloodpumpforanalysesofhydrodynamicperformancesandflowfields.Anexcellentdesignnotonlycanregulatetherotatingflowfieldintoanaxialone,reducethecirculationlossandimprovethepumpefficiency,butalsocanavoidbackflow,vortexandsecondaryflowatthepumpoutlet,andthusthethrombuscanbeprevented.(3)Thecalflivetestsshowthatsomeresidualclotsexistattheinnerwalloftheoutletconnectionbends,whichareanalyzedandexplainedbyCFDtechniquesandthecorrespondingimprovementsareproposed.AllresultsareverifiedbyhydrodynamicperformancetestsandPIVflowfieldtests,andconsistentconclusionsareobtained.
简介:Thispapermakesthethermodynamicanalysisinforcedconvectiveflowofathirdgradefluidthroughaverticalchannel.Duetothereactivenatureofthefluid,theeffectofinternalheatgenerationisconsideredandassumedtobealinearfunctionoftemperature.ThecouplednonlineardimensionlessordinarydifferentialequationsgoverningthefluidflowaresolvedbyusingtheAdomiandecompositionmethod(ADM).Theeffectsofvariousphysicalparameterssuchasthirdgradematerialparameter,buoyancyparameterandheatgenerationparameteronthethermalstructureofflowarepresentedanddiscussed.
简介:CoupleddynamicanalysisoftheDeepDraftMulti-Spar(DDMS)platformandthemooringsystemundertheactionofwavesandcurrentiscarriedoutinthetimedomain.Usingageometricallynonlinearfiniteelementmethod,themooring-linedynamicsissimulatedbasedonthetotalLagrangianformulation.WavegroupsareobtainedbytheJONSWAPspectrumandanempiricalwaveenvelopespectruminvolvingtwoenvelope-basedfactorsGroupHeightFactor(GFH)andGroupLengthFactor(GLF).Theresultsshowthatthewavegroupshaveasignificanteffectonthemotionresponsesoftheplatformandthemooringlinetensions.
简介:Thesimulationsofnonlinearsloshinginbothtwo-dimensionalandthree-dimensionalliquidtankswithporositygirderarecarriedoutintimedomainbyusingtheMulti-domainBoundaryElementMethod(MBEM).Thecomparisonofthepresentresultsandthereferencesisconductedandshowstheyagreewellwitheachother.Thethree-dimensionaleffectandtheinfluenceofthewidthofliquidtankandtheheightandporosityofthegirderonthenaturalperiodofthemodelarealsodiscussed.
简介:Theinitiationofpipelinespanninginvolvesthecouplingbetweentheflowoverthepipelineandtheseepage-flowinthesoilunderneaththepipeline.Thepipelinespanninginitiationisexperimentallyobservedanddiscussedinthisarticle.Itisqualitativelyindicatedthatthepressure-dropinducedsoilseepagefailureisthepredominantcauseforpipelinespanninginitiation.Aflow-pipe-seepagesequentialcouplingFiniteElementMethod(FEM)modelisproposedtosimulatethecouplingbetweenthewaterflow-fieldandthesoilseepage-field.Acriticalhydraulicgradientisobtainedforobliqueseepagefailureofthesandinthedirectiontangenttothepipe.Parametricstudyisperformedtoinvestigatetheeffectsofinflowvelocity,pipeembedmentonthepressure-drop,andtheeffectsofsoilinternalfrictionangleandpipeembedment-to-diameterratioonthecriticalflowvelocityforpipelinespanninginitiation.Itisindicatedthatthedimensionlesscriticalflowvelocitychangesapproximatelylinearlywiththesoilinternalfrictionangleforthesubmarinepipelinepartially-embeddedinasandyseabed.
简介:Anumericalanalysisofnon-Newtonianfluidflowinnon-planararterywithbifurcationwasperformedbyusingafiniteelementmethodtosolvethethree-dimensionalNavier-Stokesequationscoupledwiththenon-Newtonianconstitutivemodels,includingCarreau,CrossandBinghammodels.Theobjectiveofthisstudyistoinvestigatetheeffectsofthenon-Newtonianpropertiesofbloodaswellascurvatureandout-of-planegeometryinthenon-planardaughtervesselsonthevelocitydistributionandwallshearstress.Theresultsofthisstudysupporttheviewthatthenon-planarityofbloodvesselsandthenon-Newtonianpropertiesofbloodareofimportantinhemodynamicsandplayasignificantroleinvascularbiologyandpathophysiology.
简介:Thetransientflowmathematicalmodelofarbitraryshapedheterogeneousreservoirswithimpermeabilitybarrierisproposedinthispaper.Inordertoestablishthismodel,theperturbationmethodisemployedandthesolutionofmodelisexpandedintoaseriesinpowersofperturbationparameter.ByusingtheBoundaryElementMethod(BEM)andDuhamelprinciple,wellborepressurewitheffectsofskinsandwellborestorageisobtained.Thetypecurvesareplottedandanalyzedconsideringeffectsofheterogeneity,arbitraryshapeandimpermeablebarriers.Finally,theresultsobtainedbyperturbationboundaryelementmethodiscomparedwiththeanalyticalsolutionandisavailableforthetransientpressureanalysisofarbitraryshapedreservoirs.
简介:Toclarifytheinfluencesofthetipclearanceflowsontheunsteadycavitatingflow,thethree-dimensionalunsteadycavitatingflowsthroughboththetwo-dimensionalcascadesandthethree-dimensionalinducerwithandwithouttipclearanceareperformednumerically.ThegoverningequationsforthecompressiblefluidflowwiththeDESturbulencemodelareemployedwiththeassumptionoftheisentropicprocessofliquidphase.Theevolutionofcavitiesisrepresentedasthesource/sinkofvaporphase.Thebasicequationsinthecurvelinearcoordinatearesolvedbythefinitedifferencemethod.Astheresultsofthethree-dimensionalcavitatingflowsthroughthetwo-dimensionalcascades,thetipclearanceflowsfromthepressuresidetothesuctionsideofthebladeproducesthetipvortexcavitation,whichaffectsthesheetcavitationontheleadingedgeofthenextbladeandenhancestheblockageeffectnearthecasingthantheflowswithouttipclearance.Ontheotherhand,inthecaseofthethree-dimensionalinducer,thelargebackflowcavitationisobservedaroundtheinletoftheinducer,wherethecavitiesaredevelopedonthecasingbythetipclearanceflows.Thelargepressuregradientbetweenthenon-cavitatingpressuresideandthecavitatingsuctionsideenhancesthetipclearanceflows.Thecalculationconsideringthetipclearancereproducesthedevelopedcavitationregionsimilartothatofexperimentalvisualizations.Additionally,thebackflowcavitationrotateswiththespeedslowerthantherotationspeedoftheinducer.Then,therotationofbackflowcavitationcausestheperiodicfluctuationoftheoutletpressuregreaterthanthatoftheinletpressure.
简介:TheunsteadycavitationevolutionaroundtheClark-Yhydrofoilisinvestigatedinthispaper,byusinganimprovedfilter-basemodel(FBM)withthedensitycorrectionmethod(DCM).Toimprovethepredictionaccuracy,thefilterscaleisadjustedbasedonthegridsize.Thenumericalresultsshowthatasmallfilterscaleiscrucialfortheunsteadysimulationsofthecavitysheddingflow.ThehybridmethodthatcombinestheFBMandtheDCMcouldhelptolimittheoverpredictionoftheturbulentviscosityinthecavitationregiononthewallofthehydrofoilandinthewake.Thelargevalueofthemaximumdensityratio?l/?v,clippromotesthemasstransferratebetweentheliquidphaseandthevaporphase,whichresultsinalargesheetcavitylengthandthevaporfractionriseinsidethecavity.Thecavitypatternspredictedbytheimprovedmethodareverifiedbytheexperimentalvisualizations.Thetime-averagelift,thedragcoefficientandtheprimaryoscillatingfrequencyStforthecavitationnumber?=0.8,theangleofattack,?=8o,ataReynoldsnumberRe=7?105are0.735,0.115and0.183,respectively,andthepredictederrorsare3.29%,3.36%and8.93%.Thetypicalthreestagesinonerevolutionarewell-captured,includingtheinitiationofthesheet/attachedcavity,thegrowthtowardthetrailingedge(TE)withthedevelopmentofthere-entrantjetflow,andthelargescalecloudcavityshedding.ItisobservedthatthecloudcavitysheddingflowinducesthevortexpairsoftheTEvorticesinthewakeandthesheddingvortices.Thepositivevorticityvortexofthere-entrantjetandtheTEvorticesinteractsandmergeswiththenegativevorticityvortexoftheleadingedge(LE)cavitytoproducethesheddingflow.
简介:Axisymmetricliquidjetshavebeenstudiedextensivelyformorethanonecentury,whilenon-axisymmetricjetsarealsoverycommoninengineeringapplicationsbutattractlessconcern.BasedonEulerianfluid-fluidmodelinFluentsoftware,thisarticleanalysizesthe3-DflowfieldsofpressureatomizerswithV-shapedcutatorifice,whichwillresultinanon-axisymmetricliquidjet.Flowrateanalysisandjetstructureanalysisarecarriedout,theresultsshowthattheflowratecanbeformulatedbyaddingacorrectioncoefficienttotheformulaofinviscidaxisymmetricjetsinatomizationregime,whentheWebernumberislowenoughtomaketheflowfalloutofatomizationregime,andthejetstructuretogetherwiththeflowrateformulawillchange.Analysisshowsthattheevolutionofthesprayandthereforethestructureoftheliquidjetareaffectedmuchbyrelativevelocityandthelocalvolumefractionofliquidphase.
简介:Flowdistributionheadersplayamajorroleinheatexchangers.Theselectionofheaderdiameter,branchpipediameter,branchpipespacingetc.isbasedonthedesigner'sexperienceandgeneralguidelines.Theproperselectionoftheheaderdimensionswillyielduniformflowdistributioninheatexchangers,whichinturnwillenhancetheheatexchangerefficiency.Inthiswork,theflowdistributioninbranchpipesandthepressurevariationacrossthebranchpipesinlaminarandlowturbulenceregionisstudiedwithtwomodelsoftheinletdividingheaders.Whenthenumericalanalysishasbeenapplied,itsinabilitytopredictthenoflowconditionthroughthebranchpipesisrevealed.Theresultsarepresentedintheformofflowrateratiothroughbranchpipesandnondimensionalcoefficientsacrossbranchpipeswhichareusefultoapplytheexistingmathematicalmodelsforthepresentexperimentalsetup.
简介:Adimpleappearsonafreesurfacewhilerotatingacylindertankfilledwithliquid.Thedimplestartstoconcentricallydeepertoadrainportatthebottomcenterofthetank.Overtime,thedimplepenetratesthedrainport,afreesurfaceformsalongandslenderstringshapeinthetank,andaso-calledvortexing(aircore)phenomenonoccurs.Thegenerationofavortexcoredependsonthesizeofthetankanddrainport,andonthepropertiesoftheliquidinthetank.Inthisstudy,theliquidlevelandthetimeatwhichthevortexcoreisinitiallygeneratedarenumericallyinvestigatedusingdifferentvaluesoftankdiameter,drainportdiameter,andinitialtankrotationalspeeds.Insteadofafullthree-dimensionalanalysis,atwo-dimensionalaxisymmetricsimulationisconducted.Themomentumconservationequationinthecircumferentialdirectionisadditionallysolvedinthetwo-dimensionalmeshsystem.Severalnon-dimensionalvariablesarecreated:theratiooftheaircoregenerationdistanceandtankdiameter,thediameterratioofthetankanddrainport,therotationalReynoldsnumber,therotationalFroudenumber,andtherotationalWebernumber.Finally,thenon-dimensionalaircoregenerationdistanceiscorrelatedwiththeothernon-dimensionalparameters.
简介:Thepurposeofthispaperistofindsomebettermethodsforcalculatingin-lineforcesonaverticalcircularcylinderandforanalysingthehydrodynamiccoefficientsC_DandC_Minwave-currentco-existingfield.Inthispa-per,inordertocalculatehydrodynamicforces,theauthorstrytofindawayofapplyingagreatnumberofthere-sultsaboutC_DandC_Mforwave-onlyfieldinthecaseofwave-currentco-existingfield,andtheresultsaboutC_DandC_Mobtainedinregularwavesintheeaseofirregularwaves.Suchawaymaybeofsignificanceinengineeringandfurtherresearch.