The anadromous fish can pass through turbines of run-of-the-river hydropower stations to reach the downstream watershed, but their mortality is significant because of the complex turbine structure, the fast-rotating r...The anadromous fish can pass through turbines of run-of-the-river hydropower stations to reach the downstream watershed, but their mortality is significant because of the complex turbine structure, the fast-rotating runner, and the special flow patterns. Numerical simulations of the dynamics of fish passing are a challenging task, because the fish motion in the turbines involves a strong fluid-structure interaction (FSI). In this paper, the 3-D immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann (IB-LB) coupling scheme is proposed to treat the FSI between the water and the fish. The process of one fish and three fish passing through a tubular turbine is simulated on a graphics processing unit (GPU) platform. The fish motion postures (translation and rotation), the fish body pressure distributions and histories are analyzed, and the results are consistent with the previous studies. This paper presents the IB-LB models, the simulation procedures, the specific treatments, and related results, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the IB-LB coupling scheme in simulating FSI problems and its application prospects in developing fish-friendly turbines.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51839008,51579187 and 11172219)supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20130141110013).
文摘The anadromous fish can pass through turbines of run-of-the-river hydropower stations to reach the downstream watershed, but their mortality is significant because of the complex turbine structure, the fast-rotating runner, and the special flow patterns. Numerical simulations of the dynamics of fish passing are a challenging task, because the fish motion in the turbines involves a strong fluid-structure interaction (FSI). In this paper, the 3-D immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann (IB-LB) coupling scheme is proposed to treat the FSI between the water and the fish. The process of one fish and three fish passing through a tubular turbine is simulated on a graphics processing unit (GPU) platform. The fish motion postures (translation and rotation), the fish body pressure distributions and histories are analyzed, and the results are consistent with the previous studies. This paper presents the IB-LB models, the simulation procedures, the specific treatments, and related results, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the IB-LB coupling scheme in simulating FSI problems and its application prospects in developing fish-friendly turbines.
