[article]
Titre : |
Flow of newtonian and power - law fluids past an elliptical cylinder : A numerical study |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
P. Koteswara Rao, Auteur ; Akhilesh K. Sahu, Auteur ; R. P. Chhabra, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2010 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 6649–6661 |
Note générale : |
Industrial chemistry |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Numerical simulations Elliptical cylinders |
Résumé : |
Extensive numerical simulations of the 2-D laminar flow of power-law fluids over elliptical cylinders with different aspect ratios have been carried out to establish the conditions for the onset of wake formation and the onset of vortex shedding. The continuity and momentum equations were solved numerically using FLUENT (version 6.3.26). The influence of the power-law index (0.3 ≤ n ≤ 1.8) and the aspect ratio (E = b/a; 0.2 ≤ E ≤ 5) of the cylinder on the critical values of the Reynolds number denoting the onsets of flow separation and vortex shedding are presented. For shear-thinning (n 1). Also, the values of the Strouhal number (Stc) and the time-average drag coefficient (C̅D) corresponding to the cessation of the steady-flow regime are presented. Velocity vector plots denoting the flow separation and vorticity profiles showing the vortex shedding are also included. The delineation of different flow regimes also helps identify the range of validity of some of the results on flow and heat transfer available in the literature. |
ISSN : |
0888-5885 |
En ligne : |
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie100251w |
in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 49 N° 14 (Juillet 2010) . - pp. 6649–6661
[article] Flow of newtonian and power - law fluids past an elliptical cylinder : A numerical study [texte imprimé] / P. Koteswara Rao, Auteur ; Akhilesh K. Sahu, Auteur ; R. P. Chhabra, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 6649–6661. Industrial chemistry Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 49 N° 14 (Juillet 2010) . - pp. 6649–6661
Mots-clés : |
Numerical simulations Elliptical cylinders |
Résumé : |
Extensive numerical simulations of the 2-D laminar flow of power-law fluids over elliptical cylinders with different aspect ratios have been carried out to establish the conditions for the onset of wake formation and the onset of vortex shedding. The continuity and momentum equations were solved numerically using FLUENT (version 6.3.26). The influence of the power-law index (0.3 ≤ n ≤ 1.8) and the aspect ratio (E = b/a; 0.2 ≤ E ≤ 5) of the cylinder on the critical values of the Reynolds number denoting the onsets of flow separation and vortex shedding are presented. For shear-thinning (n 1). Also, the values of the Strouhal number (Stc) and the time-average drag coefficient (C̅D) corresponding to the cessation of the steady-flow regime are presented. Velocity vector plots denoting the flow separation and vorticity profiles showing the vortex shedding are also included. The delineation of different flow regimes also helps identify the range of validity of some of the results on flow and heat transfer available in the literature. |
ISSN : |
0888-5885 |
En ligne : |
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie100251w |
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