In this article,we employ a fully-resolved numerical simulation method（the fictitious domain method）to investigate the effects of large neutrally-buoyant particles on the turbulent flow in a pipe at low Reynolds num...In this article,we employ a fully-resolved numerical simulation method（the fictitious domain method）to investigate the effects of large neutrally-buoyant particles on the turbulent flow in a pipe at low Reynolds number and non-dilute regimes.The tube Reynolds number is fixed to be 4 900,the particle-pipe diameter ratio is 0.1,and the particle volume fraction ranges from 0.33%to 10%.Our results indicate that the presence of large particles decreases the maximum root-of-mean-square（rms）of the streamwise velocity fluctuation near the wall by weakening the intensity of large-scale streamwise vortices,although in the region very close to the wall the particles increase the rms of streamwise velocity fluctuation.On the other hand,the particles induce small-scale vortices in the near-wall region,resulting in the enhancement of the rms of radial and circumferential velocity fluctuations there.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11072217, 10872181)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. 2009QNA4036, 2010QNA4015)
文摘In this article,we employ a fully-resolved numerical simulation method（the fictitious domain method）to investigate the effects of large neutrally-buoyant particles on the turbulent flow in a pipe at low Reynolds number and non-dilute regimes.The tube Reynolds number is fixed to be 4 900,the particle-pipe diameter ratio is 0.1,and the particle volume fraction ranges from 0.33%to 10%.Our results indicate that the presence of large particles decreases the maximum root-of-mean-square（rms）of the streamwise velocity fluctuation near the wall by weakening the intensity of large-scale streamwise vortices,although in the region very close to the wall the particles increase the rms of streamwise velocity fluctuation.On the other hand,the particles induce small-scale vortices in the near-wall region,resulting in the enhancement of the rms of radial and circumferential velocity fluctuations there.
