L. Cheng^a , Y. L. Zhang^a,† , J. F. Li^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.19, pp. 1-7, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.19.32

Abstract The internal characteristics during rotational speed fluctuation have an important influence on centrifugal pump to avoid or utilize its transient performance. In this paper, a circulation piping system that includes a low-specific-speed centrifugal pump is established to study the energy distribution characteristics in a centrifugal pump during speed fluctuation. The unsteady flow in the entire system is numerically calculated with a user-defined function, the sliding grid method, and the RNG k-ε turbulence model. Then, the energy distribution of the transient flow field in the centrifugal pump model during speed fluctuation is diagnosed with vortex dynamics by using flow section and… More >

D.M.S. Albuquerque¹, J.M.C. Pereira¹, J.C.F. Pereira^1,2

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.72, No.4, pp. 337-366, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.072.337

Abstract A numerical study of fluid-structure interaction is presented for the analysis of viscous flow over a resonant membrane airfoil in hovering flight. A flexible membrane moving with a prescribed stroke period was naturally excited to enter into 1st, 2nd and 3rd mode of vibration according to the selected membrane tension. The Navier-Stokes equations were discretized on a moving body unstructured grid using the finite volume method. The instantaneous membrane position was predicted by the 1D unsteady membrane equation with input from the acting fluid flow forces. Following initial validation against reported rigid airfoils predictions, the model is applied to the… More >