Ruben Avila¹, Zhidong Han², Satya N. Atluri³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.71, No.4, pp. 363-396, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.071.363

Abstract The two dimensional steady state Stokes equations are solved by using a novel MLPG-Mixed Finite Volume method, that is based on the independent meshless interpolations of the deviatoric velocity strain tensor, the volumetric velocity strain tensor, the velocity vector and the pressure. The pressure field directly obtained from this method does not suffer from the malady of checker-board patterns. Numerical simulations of the flow field, and trajectories of passive fluid elements in a new complex Stokes flow are also presented. The new flow geometry consists of three coaxial cylinders two of smaller diameter, that steadily More >

T. Uchiyama¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.7, No.4, pp. 371-388, 2011, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2011.007.371

Abstract This study proposes a three-dimensional grid-free method to simulate particle-laden gas flows. It is based on a vortex method. The flow region is not resolved into computational grids, but the gas vorticity field is discretized by vortex elements. The behavior of the vortex element and the particle motion are simultaneously calculated by using the Lagrangian approach. Eight cubic cells are locally allocated around each particle to compute the effect of the particle motion on the gas flow. In each cell, the change in the vorticity due to the particle is calculated, and it is considered… More >

Sung-Eun Kim¹, Shin Hyung Rhee²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.62, No.3, pp. 291-310, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.062.291

Abstract Turbulent flow past a finite wing has been computed to assess the fidelity of modern computational fluid dynamics in predicting tip vortex flows. The efficacy of a feature-adaptive local mesh refinement to resolve the steep gradients in the flow field near the tip vortex is demonstrated. The impact of turbulence modeling is evaluated using several popular eddy viscosity models and a Reynolds stress transport model. The results indicate that the combination of a computational mesh with an adequate resolution, high-order spatial discretization scheme along with the use of advanced turbulence models can predict tip vortex More >

Hyun Ki¹, Jongwook Choi², Sungcho Kim²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.13, No.4, pp. 69-70, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.013.069

Abstract The wake behind rotor blade is investigated by numerical and experimental approaches. Flow structure measured through PIV is compared with numerical analysis using commercial program of ANSYS CFX adopting the RNG k-ε turbulence model. Blade model fabricated by Rapid-Prototype method has the cross section of NACA0012 airfoil and the pitch angle of 10°. The rectangular blade of which rotating diameter (D) and chord length are 0.12 m and 0.024 m respectively rotates at 240 rpm. Horizontal and vertical directions of the blade are selected as x and z coordinates, respectively, the origin locates at the rotating… More >

Tae Soo Kim¹, Pa Ul Mun¹, Myung Kuk Lee¹, Jae Soo Kim^1,2

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.10, No.2, pp. 65-70, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.010.065

Abstract This article has no abstract. More >

Gerardo Anguiano-Orozco^1,2, Rubén Avila³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.49, No.3, pp. 217-254, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.049.217

Abstract A numerical investigation of the transient, three dimensional, laminar natural convection of a fluid confined in a spherical container is carried out. Initially the fluid is quiescent with a uniform temperature T_i equal to the temperature of the wall of the container. At time t=0, the temperature of the wall is suddenly lowered to a uniform temperature T_w=0. The natural convection, that conducts to a vortex ring formation within the sphere, is driven by a terrestrial gravity force (laboratory gravity) and by the step change in the temperature of the wall. A scaling analysis of a simplified… More >

Zhenquan Li¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 251-256, 2007, DOI:10.3970/icces.2007.003.251

Abstract An adaptive three-dimensional mesh refinement method based on the law of mass conservation has been introduced and tested using some analytical velocity fields as accurate in identifying singular point, asymptotic plane and drawing closed streamlines. This paper further investigates the adaptive mesh refinement method using a velocity field that is due to a uniform strain and a point vortex. Similar results have been obtained. More >

T.Tsukiji¹, Y.Yamamoto²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 235-242, 2005, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2005.009.235

Abstract The grid free computational model of gas-particle two-phase jet flow using a 3-D vortex method is presented. The calculated results using the present method are compared with the previous experimental and the calculated results using DNS. The interaction between the particle and gas-phase is considered using Lagrangian method. It is found that the present computational model of gas-particle two-phase jet flow using the 3-D vortex method is very useful for the prediction of the physical properties of the two-phase jet flow and for saving the computational time. More >