A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE VORTEX MOTION IN OSCILLATING FLOW AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDER AT LOW AND MIDDLE Kc NUMBERS

A new hybrid model, which is based on domain decomposition and proposed by the authors is used for calculating the flow around a circular cylinder at low and middle Keulegan-Carpenter numbers (Kc=2～18)respectively.The vortex motion patterns in asymmetric regime,single pair(or transverse)regime and double pair(or diagonal)regime are successfully simulated.The calculated drag and inertial force coefficients are in better agreement with experimental data than other recent computational results.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF VORTEX BREAKDOWN ON A DELTA WING AT LOW SPEED

The incompressible N-S equations are solved by using a pseudo-compressibility method. Computation is made for both 60°and 70°sharp edged delta wings. Thepredictions for position and angle attack of vortex breakdown are investigated. The effectof the leading edge sweep angle on vortex breakdown is also discussed. Numerical resultsshow that the present method is an effective tool for investigation of vortex breakdown atlow speed.

Discussion on Stability Criterion of Inviscid Compressible Swirling Flow

The stability condition for compressible and incompressible swirling flow is discussed and compared. It is found that Eckhoff and Storesletten's necessary condition for stability of inviscid compressible swirling flow seems incorrect.

Stability Analysis of Slowly Divergent Swirling Flow(Ⅰ)──Theory

The stability of inviscid incompressible swirling flow with slowly divergence is investigated A multiple scale expansion is used to develop a linear stability study of slowly divergent swirling flow with non-axisymmetric disturbances The differental equations of zero-order and first-order disturbance module and governing equation of amplitude variation due to slowly divergent flow are derved The plaschko s equation for slowly divergent swirl-free jet has been extended to slowly divergent flow with swirlin the present study.

3D FLOW INSIDE BUBBLE-TYPE VORTEX BREAKDOWN: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION VIA LDV

Bubble-type vortex breakdown of the swirling flow inside a closed cylindricalcontainer with a rotating upper endwall was experimentally investigated via LDV. 3D measurement ofthe steady bubble at H/R =1.5 was firstly carried out with very fine grid arrangement. Flow detailsinside the bubble and its Re -dependent structure were made clear. Abrupt waves of the azimuthalvelocity component were always found to be between the bottom stationary endwall and the upstreamstagnation point, which might be the reason of bubble formation. Variation of bubble structure andbubble center with the increasing Re gives the explanation for the disappearance of the breakdownregion.

Tomographic particle image velocimetry measurement on three-dimensional swirling flow in dual-stage counter-rotating swirler

Three-Dimensional(3D)swirling flow structures,generated by a counter-rotating dualstage swirler in a confined chamber with a confinement ratio of 1.53,were experimentally investigated at Re=2.3×10^(5)using Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry(Tomo-PIV)and planar Particle Image Velocimetry(PIV).Based on the analysis of the 3D time-averaged swirling flow structures and 3D Proper Orthogonal Decomposition(POD)of the Tomo-PIV data,typical coherent flow structures,including the Corner Recirculation Zone(CRZ),Central Recirculation Zone(CTRZ),and Lip Recirculation Zone(LRZ),were extracted.The counter-rotating dual-stage swirler with a Venturi flare generates the independence process of vortex breakdown from the main stage and pilot stage,leading to the formation of an LRZ and a smaller CTRZ near the nozzle outlet.The confinement squeezes the CRZ to the corner and causes a reverse rotation flow to limit the shape of the CTRZ.A large-scale flow structure caused by the main stage features an explosive breakup,flapping,and Precessing Vortex Core(PVC).The explosive breakup mode dominates the swirling flow structures owing to the expansion and construction of the main jet,whereas the flapping mode is related to the wake perturbation.Confinement limits the expansion of PVC and causes it to contract after the impacting area.

Experimental and numerical study of the adsorption performance of a vortex suction device using water-swirling flow

An electrically activated underwater suction device is designed to form an amazing amount of negative pressure by generating water swirling flow,which can make underwater wall-climbing robot stick to the wall surface allowing a ground clearance.For the purpose of a full understanding of the mechanism of the suction device,a series of experimental tests are carried out and a computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model is established.The results show that the suction force F is consistent between experimental tests and simulations.An insight into the flow phenomena of vortex suction device,including spatial velocity and pressure distribution,is given through numerical simulation analysis.Furthermore,the crucial parameters,i.e.,the rotation speedωand gap clearance h,are studied.Then the relationships of F-ωand F-h are clarified.It reveals that with the increasing of rotation speed,the suction force increases quadratically.And with the increasing of gap clearance,the suction force increases firstly and then decreases,so that a reasonable design interval of gap clearance can be got to obtain the required suction force for the engineering applications.

STRUCTURES OF CONFINED VORTEX BREAKDOWN IN CONSTANT DIAMETER PIPE FLOW

Numerical solutions of three-dimensional, incompressible and unsteady Navier-Stokes equations for constant diameter swirling pipe flows are used to study vortex breakdown, including the detailed flow structures in the bubble domain and the ＂tail＂ behind the bubble during the vortex breakdown, and a comparison is made between the numerical solutions and the experimental results.

Research on the Effects of in-Line Oscillatory Flow on the Vortex-Induced Motions of A Deep Draft Semi-Submersible in Currents

A Deep Draft Semi-submersible （DDS） under certain flow conditions could be subjected to Vortex-Induced Motions （VIM）, which significantly influences the loads on and life fatigue of the moorings and the risers. To investigate the VIM of a DDS with four rectangular section columns in waves coupled with a uniform current, a numerical study using the computational fluid dynamics （CFD） method was conducted. The issues of the VIM of multi-column floaters can be con＇,＇eniently converted to the issues of oscillating cylinders in fluid cross flows. This paper looks into the CFD numerical simulation of infinite cylinders having rectangular sections in a two-dimensional sinusoidal time- dependent flow field coupled with a uniform current. The resulted hydrodynamic forces and motion responses in different oscillatory flows plus currents both aligned in the same direction for the incidence of 135° of the DDS relative to the flow are compared with the ones in current only cases. The results show that the VIM response of this geometric arrangement of a DDS with four rectangular columns in a current combined with oscillatory flows is more evident than that in the current only case. The oscillatory flows and waves have the significant influence on the VIM response, forces and trajectory, in-plane motions of the DDS.

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON VORTEX BREAKDOWN IN SPIN-UP AND SPIN-DOWN PROCESSES VIA PIV

The whole field measurements of swirling flow in spin-up and spin-downprocesses via PIV are presented in the paper. Investigation of the flow patterns at H/R = 1. 50 wasexperimentally carried out for the first time in both processes. By means of symmetry analysis, itis found that the overall flow structure in the spin-up process still keep axi-symmetric to a greatextent, but deteriorated very fast in the spin-down process. The time to settle to the state of restin the spin-down process is found to be greatly shorter than the time to achieve the steady statein the spin-up process. Temporarily oscillatory vortex breakdown was discovered during the spin-upprocess, although no breakdown in the steady state at the same Reynolds number is found in preciousresearches.

Analytical Solutions to the Flow Field Induced by Uniformly Moving Multiple Helical Vortex Filaments

This paper presents analytic solutions for the flow field of inviscid fluid induced by uniformly and rigidly moving multiple helical vortex filaments in a cylindrical pipe. The relative coordinate system is set on the moving vortex filaments. The analytical solutions of the flow field are obtained on the assumption that the relative velocity field induced is time-independent and helically symmetrical. If the radius of the cylindrical pipe approaches infinity, these solutions are also available for unbounded space. The results show that both the absolute velocity field and pressure field are periodical in time, and may reduce to time-independent when the helical vortex filaments are immobile or slip along the filaments themselves. Furthermore, the solution of velocity field is reduced to Okulov's formula for the case of a single static vortex filament in a cylindrical pipe. The calculated locations of pressure peak and valley on the pipe wall agree with experimental results.

Numerical prediction of vortex flow and thermal separation in a subsonic vortex tube

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.

Analytical Solution of the Flow Field Induced by the Uniformly Moving Double Helical Vortex Filaments

The analytical expressions was deduced for the inviscid flow field induced by the double vortex filaments that move uniformly and rigidly without change of its form in a cylindrical tube, where the vortex filaments rotate around its axial with a constant angular velocity and translates along its axial with a constant transferal velocity. It is a key of solving problem to set up a moving cylindrical coordinate system together with the vortex filaments motion, in which the relative velocity field is presumed to be time-independent and with helical symmetry. The result shows that the absolute velocity field and pressure field are all time-periodic functions, and may degenerate into a time-independent field when the helical vortex filaments slip along the filaments themselves or is immobile. The calculation results at the location of pressure peaks and valleys on pipe wall are accordant with experimental results. When the cylindrical pipe radius tends to infinitely large quantity, it is also concluded that the double helical vortex filaments induce flow field in an unbound space.

“Eternal Motion” as a “Form of Movement of a Special Nature” and the Main Condition for the Creation of the Universe

The article hypothesizes that DE and DM (UCM) are a “Form of Motion of a Special Nature”, where “Form of Motion” means “Eternal Motion” as the power of dynamics of different levels and varying degrees of self-sufficiency, and by “Special Nature”, gravitational and two other properties of matter, “tied” to the “Eternal Movement” and completely dependent on it. Carriers of key properties of a “Special Nature” have been established: “0”-DE particles and “3”-DM particles (UDM). The unity of their inherent “motionally-gravitational” properties and the peculiarity of the relationship between “motion” and “gravity” are revealed: the higher the intensity of “Eternal Motion”, the stronger the gravitational properties of matter are manifested (and vice versa). The relationship of “time” with the “vibration frequency” and the “mass” of photons with the “degree of bonding and deformation properties of the field” is shown. The maximum level of gravity has been determined, which allows Nature to successfully create the Universe: such a landmark is the proximity to the property of the Primary Source—the “pure graviton” of the OSP space, the most powerful “motionally-gravitational” particle of the Universe. The reasons for the emergence of such an identity of the gravitational properties of particles with the indicators of a “pure graviton” are established: for “0”-DE particles, this is the acquisition of the function of “freedom of movement”;for “3”-DM particles (UDM), the creation of a special structure—a “double field” (“Main” and “Small”). The presence in the “double field” of specific “tools” for the creation of the worlds of the Universe—gravitational “waves” gives rise to impulses (shocks) of varying intensity and shape. A list of functions performed by “waves” in the “Main” and “Small” fields has been compiled. The specific conditions for the formation of “UDM Streams”, their transformation into a “Vortex” and, under the influence of a powerful Initial Impulse (push), sending them to the “place” of the creation of galaxies, are shown. It is suggested that there is a “Cycle of Matter in Nature” in the closed structure of our Universe due to the “work” of “waves” and the functioning of special “factories” in the form of exotic space objects—Black holes.

Numerical simulation of the effect of upstream swirling flow on swirl meter performance

Flow measurement is important in the fluid process and transmission system. For the need of accuracy measure- ment of fluid, stable flow is acquired. However, the elbows and devices as valves and rotary machines may pro- duce swirling flow in the natural gas pipeline networks system and many other industry fields. In order to reveal the influence of upstream swirling flow on internal flow fields and the metrological characteristics, numerical si- mulations are carried out on the swirl meter. Using RNG k-e turbulent model and SIMPLE algorithm, the flow field is numerically simulated under swirling flows generated from co-swirl and counter-swirl flow. Simulation results show fluctuation is enhanced or weakened depending on the rotating direction of swirling flow. A coun- ter-swift flow increases the entropy production rate at the inlet and outlet of the swirler, the junction region between throat and divergent section, and then the pressure loss is increased. The vortex precession dominates the static pressure distributions on the solid walls and in the channel, especially at the end region of the throat.

Large eddy simulation of unconfined turbulent swirling flow

Large eddy simulations(LES) were performed to study the non-reacting flow fields of a Cambridge swirl burner. The dynamic Smagorinsky eddy viscosity model is used as the sub-grid scale turbulence model. Comparisons of experimental data show that the LES results are capable of predicting mean and root-mean-square velocity profiles. The LES results show that the annular swirling flow has a minor impact on the formation of the bluff-body recirculation zone. The vortex structures near the shear layers, visualized by the iso-surface of Q-criterion, display ring structures in non-swirling flow and helical structures in swirling flow near the burner exit. Spectral analysis was employed to predict the occurrence of flow oscillations induced by vortex shedding and precessing vortex core(PVC). In order to extract accurately the unsteady large-scale structures in swirling flow, a three-dimensional proper orthogonal decomposition(POD) method was developed to reconstruct turbulent fluctuating velocity fields. POD analysis reveals that flow fields contain co-existing helical and toroidal shaped coherent structures. The helical structure associated with the PVC is the most energetic dynamic flow structure. The latter toroidal structure associated with vortex shedding has lower energy content which indicates that it is a secondary structure.

Detached eddy simulation on the structure of swirling jet flow field

The improved delayed detached eddy simulation method with shear stress transport model was used to analyze the evolution of vortex structure,velocity and pressure fields of swirling jet.The influence of nozzle pressure drop on vortex structure development and turbulence pulsation was investigated.The development of vortex structure could be divided into three stages:Kelvin-Helmholtz(K-H)instability,transition stage and swirling flow instability.Swirling flow could significantly enhance radial turbulence pulsation and increase diffusion angle.At the downstream of the jet flow,turbulence pulsation dissipation was the main reason for jet velocity attenuation.With the increase of pressure drop,the jet velocity,pulsation amplitude and the symmetry of velocity distribution increased correspondingly.Meanwhile the pressure pulsation along with the axis and vortex transport intensity also increased significantly.When the jet distance exceeded about 9 times the dimensionless jet distance,the impact distance of swirling jet could not be improved effectively by increasing the pressure drop.However,it could effectively increase the swirl intensity and jet diffusion angle.The swirling jet is more suitable for radial horizontal drilling with large hole size,coalbed methane horizontal well cavity completion and roadway drilling and pressure relief,etc.

组合三棱柱振子流致振动运动特性分析

以流致振动能量转换系统(flow induced motion energy conversion system,FIMECS)为基础,以截面形式和刚度为变量针对组合三棱柱振子进行试验,评估振幅、频率等指标。试验选取了组合三棱柱振子进行了模型试验,通过改变截面排布形式以及系统刚度来研究截面布局、刚度对组合三棱柱振子的影响。该研究旨在探究组合振子流致振动的最佳振动条件,为后续多振子流致振动研究扩展思路。试验结果表明:三种不同排布形式的组合振子,在不同刚度工况下都有较好的振动效果,Ⅰ型和Ⅲ型振子振动随流速变化表现为典型的涡激振动,Ⅰ型排布振子具有最好的振动表现。

综掘巷道径向涡旋运移对截割产尘污染的影响

为了掌握综掘巷道风幕运移动态过程对截割产尘污染的影响规律,以进一步提高风幕阻尘效率。采用数值模拟与现场实测相结合,研究分析不同径向涡旋强度和运移距离条件下综掘巷道流场结构演变和粉尘污染。研究结果表明:径向涡旋以贴壁旋流形式运移,随径向涡旋强度和运移距离增大,运移过程中分别形成偏向压风侧和轴向的支流,随后径向涡旋转变为均匀轴向流场,粉尘污染随之分别呈不断减小和先增大后减小的规律。掘进司机处粉尘质量浓度与径向涡旋强度和运移距离间分别满足玻尔兹曼分布Boltzmann模型和对数正态分布LogNormal模型。当径向涡旋强度为0.9,运移距离为30 m时,能够实现高效控尘,现场实测结果显示,掘进司机处总尘和呼吸性粉尘降尘率分别达到82.7%和78.3%,能够有效改善人员作业环境。研究结果可为煤矿综掘巷道粉尘污染高效控制与治理提供参考。

“Click”运动高升力机制

研究了具有“Click”运动的模型翼在三维流场中的气动特性.采用计算流体力学方法求解三维非定常不可压缩Navier-Stokes方程,对比了简谐和“Click”运动所产生的升力与阻力,研究了升力最大时的前缘涡特性和展向流动.结果表明,在下拍过程的升力最大处,“Click”和简谐运动的前缘涡能够分别维持至翼展的80%和60%处.两种运动都会在翼展方向存在维持展向流动的压力梯度,而“Click”运动具有更显著的展向压力梯度,对展向涡度的能量输运效率更高,因此其前缘涡能够保持更完整的形态.在上拍过程中,两种运动的前缘涡形态差异不明显,“Click”运动快速上拍的运动特点使其能够快速地摆脱尾涡的干扰,从而维持升力.