Experimental unsteady flow study in a patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm model

The velocity field in a patient-specific abdominal aneurysm model including the aorto–iliac bifurcation was measured by 2D PIV. Phase-averaged velocities obtained in 14 planes reveal details of the flow evolution during a cycle. The aneurysm expanding asymmetrically toward the anterior side of the aorta causes the generation of a vortex at its entrance, covering the entire aneurysm bulge progressively before flow peak. The fluid entering the aneurysm impinges on the left side of its distal end, following the axis of the upstream aorta segment, causing an increased flow rate in the left (compared to the right) common iliac artery. High shear stresses appear at the aneurysm inlet and outlet as well as along the posterior wall, varying proportionally to the flow rate. At the same regions, elevated flow disturbances are observed, being intensified at flow peak and during the deceleration phase. Low shear stresses are present in the recirculation region, being two orders of magnitude smaller than the previous ones. At flow peak and during the deceleration phase, a clockwise swirling motion (viewed from the inlet) is present in the aneurysm due to the out of plane curvature of the aorta.     

90°弯管内气固两相湍流流动的数值研究

利用两相湍流KET模型对90°弯管内气固两相湍流流动进行了数值模拟,得到了弯管内两相流动的一些规律,并提出用颗粒动理学压力来定性表征弯管内磨损严重部位,为管道抗磨损设计提供了一定的理论依据。     

弯曲动脉的血流动力学数值分析

利用计算流体力学的理论和方法对弯曲动脉中的血流动力学进行数值分析，是研究心血管疾病流体动力学机理的一种行之有效的方法。本文将升主动脉、主动脉弓和降主动脉联系起来作为弯曲动脉几何模型，给出了血液流动的边界条件以及计算条件。根据生理脉动流条件，对狗的弯曲动脉几何模型内发展中的血液流动进行了有限元数值模拟，并利用可视化方法对血液流动的轴向速度、二次流、壁面切应力等计算结果进行了分析。研究结果表明，在弯管内侧壁处，同时存在主流方向和二次流方向的回流，此处容易形成涡流。弯管内侧壁比外侧壁的壁面切应力具有更强的脉动性。     

Particulate Dispersion in a Turbulent Serpentine Channel

Particulate dispersion in an S-shaped duct, with periodicity between inlet and exit, is studied by direct numerical simulation. Stokes numbers range from 0.125 to 6.0. In a straight, turbulent channel flow, eddies are responsible for particulate impact. Turbophoresis causes a mean drift toward the wall. In a curved channel, particle inertia can be the dominant cause of impact. Above the lowest Stokes number, particles form into a plume that leaves the inner bend and flows toward the outer wall. Turbulence then disperses the plume. Heavier particles cross the bend and reflect from the outer wall, forming a high concentration layer near the surface. The heaviest particles reflect again from the wall and are dispersed across the duct by turbulence. An empirical formula is used to analyze the propensity for particle impacts to erode the wall. The region of maximum erosion is not the region of maximum number of impacts, nor is it where the impact velocity is highest: the impact angle determines where erosion is largest.     

PIV EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE HEMODYNAMICS OF AORTIC VALVE UNDER VARIED TILTED ANGLES 1)

瓣叶血栓是主动脉瓣置换术后典型的继发性瓣膜疾病,血流动力学特征异常在其发展过程中至关重要.本文利用粒子图像测速 (particle image velocimetry,PIV) 系统,实验研究了主动脉瓣开口纵向轴线与升主动脉纵向轴线之间倾斜角度 ($\alpha =0^\circ$, $\alpha=5^\circ$,$\alpha =10^\circ$ 和 $\alpha =15^\circ$) 对速度、涡度和黏性剪应力分布等血流动力学特性的影响.研究结果表明：当 $\alpha =0^\circ$ 时,主动脉根部跨瓣血液流动为中心对称流动,而 $\alpha =5^\circ$,$\alpha=10^\circ$ 和 $\alpha =15^\circ$ 时跨瓣血液流动向升主动脉的左冠状动脉一侧倾斜.随着倾斜角度增大,跨瓣血液流动方向倾斜程度增加,血液流动冲击升主动脉壁,损伤内皮细胞导致血栓形成.主动脉瓣倾斜时主动脉窦血液流动速度增大,涡旋也更向主动脉窦底部运动,不利于血液从冠状动脉口流出向心肌供血.同时,主动脉根部的高涡度和高黏性剪应力区域也向升主动脉的左冠状动脉一侧倾斜,主动脉窦的高涡度区域位于主动脉窦底部、高黏性剪应力区域分布于主动脉窦壁面处.主动脉瓣存在倾斜角度时,涡度和黏性剪应力较大,特别是 $\alpha =10^\circ$ 和 $\alpha=15^\circ$,为血栓形成提供了有利环境.研究结果可为临床主动脉瓣置换术参数选择以及继发性瓣膜疾病的避免提供理论依据和技术参考.     

主动脉瓣倾斜角度血流动力学的 PIV 实验研究

瓣叶血栓是主动脉瓣置换术后典型的继发性瓣膜疾病,血流动力学特征异常在其发展过程中至关重要.本文利用粒子图像测速 (particle image velocimetry,PIV) 系统,实验研究了主动脉瓣开口纵向轴线与升主动脉纵向轴线之间倾斜角度 ($\alpha =0^\circ$, $\alpha=5^\circ$,$\alpha =10^\circ$ 和 $\alpha =15^\circ$) 对速度、涡度和黏性剪应力分布等血流动力学特性的影响.研究结果表明:当 $\alpha =0^\circ$ 时,主动脉根部跨瓣血液流动为中心对称流动,而 $\alpha =5^\circ$,$\alpha=10^\circ$ 和 $\alpha =15^\circ$ 时跨瓣血液流动向升主动脉的左冠状动脉一侧倾斜.随着倾斜角度增大,跨瓣血液流动方向倾斜程度增加,血液流动冲击升主动脉壁,损伤内皮细胞导致血栓形成.主动脉瓣倾斜时主动脉窦血液流动速度增大,涡旋也更向主动脉窦底部运动,不利于血液从冠状动脉口流出向心肌供血.同时,主动脉根部的高涡度和高黏性剪应力区域也向升主动脉的左冠状动脉一侧倾斜,主动脉窦的高涡度区域位于主动脉窦底部、高黏性剪应力区域分布于主动脉窦壁面处.主动脉瓣存在倾斜角度时,涡度和黏性剪应力较大,特别是 $\alpha =10^\circ$ 和 $\alpha=15^\circ$,为血栓形成提供了有利环境.研究结果可为临床主动脉瓣置换术参数选择以及继发性瓣膜疾病的避免提供理论依据和技术参考.      

NUMERICAL STUDIES OF TRANSITIONAL TURBULENT PULSATILE FLOW IN PIPES WITH RING–TYPE CONSTRICTIONS

Pulsatile flows in the vicinity of mechanical ring-type constrictions in pipes were studied for transitional turbulent flow with a Reynolds number (Re) of the order of 10⁴. The Womersley number (Nw) is in the range 30–50, with a corresponding Strouhal number (St) range of 0·0143–0·0398. The pulsatile flows considered are a pure sinusoidal flow, a physiological flow and an experimental pulsatile flow profile for mechanical aortic valve flow simulations. Transitional laminar and turbulent flow characteristics in an alternating manner within the pulsatile flow fields were studied numerically. It was observed that fluid accelerations tend to suppress the development of flow disturbances. All the instantaneous maximum values of turbulent kinetic energy, turbulent viscosity and turbulent shear stress are smaller during the acceleration phase than during the deceleration period. Various parametric equations have been formulated through numerical experimentation to better describe the relationships between the instantaneous flow rate (Q), the pressure loss (ΔP), the maximum velocity (V_max), the maximum vorticity (ζ_max), the maximum wall vorticity (ζ_w,max), the maximum shear stress (τ_max) and the maximum wall shear stress (τ_w,max) for turbulent pulsatile flow in the vicinity of constrictions in the vascular tube. An elliptic relationship has been found to exist between the instantaneous flow rate and the instantaneous pressure gradient. Other linear and quadratic relations between various flow parameters were also obtained.     

Application of the method of near-wall boundary conditions to an investigation of turbulent flows with longitudinal pressure gradients

The dynamic and thermal characteristics of steady near-wall boundary layers in flow deceleration regions are studied on the basis of differential turbulencemodels. The method of transferring the boundary conditions from the wall into the flow is tested for flows with variable longitudinal pressure gradients. Using differential turbulence models in the transition and low-Reynolds-number regions near surfaces the effect of the parameters of highly turbulent free stream on the development of dynamic processes in the developed turbulent boundary layer in the flow deceleration region is studied. The calculated profiles of the velocity, the kinetic energy of turbulence, the friction and thermal conductivity coefficients, and the temperature factor are compared with the experimental data in the cases in which the boundary conditions are preassigned both on the wall and in the flow. The effect of an intermediate boundary condition on the results of the calculations is analyzed.     

Solids behavior in dilute zone of a CFB riser under turbulent conditions

The behavior of the solid phase in the upper zone of a circulating fluidized bed riser was studied using a phase Doppler anemometer. Glass particles of mean diameter 107 μm and superficial gas velocities U_g covering the turbulent and the beginning of the fast fluidization regime were investigated. Three static bed heights were tested. Ascending and descending particles were found co-existing under all operating conditions tested, and at all measurement locations. Superficial gas velocity proved/happened to have a larger effect on descending particles at the wall and on ascending particles in the central region. Transversal particle velocities in both directions (toward the center and toward the wall) behaved relatively equivalently, with only slight difference observed at the wall. However, observation of the number of particles moving in either transversal direction showed a change in bed structure when increasing U_g. Furthermore, a balance was constantly observed between the core zone and the annulus zone where the mutual mass transfer between these two zones occurred continuously. Transition from a slow to a fast particle motion was accompanied by a transition to high levels of velocity fluctuations, and was found corresponding to the appearance of significant solid particle flow rate.     

Pulsatile flows and wall-shear stresses in models simulating normal and stenosed aortic arches

Pulsatile aqueous glycerol solution flows in the models simulating normal and stenosed human aortic arches are measured by means of particle image velocimetry. Three transparent models were used: normal, 25% stenosed, and 50% stenosed aortic arches. The Womersley parameter, Dean number, and time-averaged Reynolds number are 17.31, 725, and 1,081, respectively. The Reynolds numbers based on the peak velocities of the normal, 25% stenosed, and 50% stenosed aortic arches are 2,484, 3,456, and 3,931, respectively. The study presents the temporal/spatial evolution processes of the flow pattern, velocity distribution, and wall-shear stress during the systolic and diastolic phases. It is found that the flow pattern evolving in the central plane of normal and stenosed aortic arches exhibits (1) a separation bubble around the inner arch, (2) a recirculation vortex around the outer arch wall upstream of the junction of the brachiocephalic artery, (3) an accelerated main stream around the outer arch wall near the junctions of the left carotid and the left subclavian arteries, and (4) the vortices around the entrances of the three main branches. The study identifies and discusses the reasons for the flow physics’ contribution to the formation of these features. The oscillating wall-shear stress distributions are closely related to the featured flow structures. On the outer wall of normal and slightly stenosed aortas, large wall-shear stresses appear in the regions upstream of the junction of the brachiocephalic artery as well as the corner near the junctions of the left carotid artery and the left subclavian artery. On the inner wall, the largest wall-shear stress appears in the region where the boundary layer separates.     

Turbulent flow in a conical diffuser: A review

This is a review of experimental studies of turbulent flow in a conical diffuser by eight Ph.D. students, eleven M.Sc. students, one M.Eng. student, and myself in the past 29 years. During this time, two conical diffusers were constructed: the first was of cast aluminum construction, and the second was of plastic fabrication. These two diffusers were basically the same in geometry except that the pipe section was constructed as an integral part of the plastic diffuser to avoid the lip at the junction of the inlet pipe and the diffuser. The conical diffuser had a total divergence angle of 8°, an area ratio of 4:1, and an inlet diameter of 0.1016 m (4 in.).

The flow at the inlet of the diffuser was usually fully developed pipe flow, but sometimes it was boundary layer grown on the pipe wall. Hot-wire and pulse-wire anemometry together with computer facilities were used to obtain the results of complex flow present in the conical diffuser. Mean velocity profiles were obtained throughout the diffuser, which in turn were used to obtain strain rates and their principal direction. Turbulence moments up to fourth order were measured. The results were used to assess momentum, turbulent kinetic energy, and shear stress equations. Other features such as instantaneous flow reversals in the wall region, relative strength of large eddies, extra strain rate, and the production of kinetic energy also were investigated to find the dynamical picture in the diffuser flow.     

Heat Transfer Influenced by Turbulent Airflow Inside an Axially Rotating Diffuser

The paper presents a study of heat transfer between the turbulent airflow and the inner wall surface of an axial diffuser rotating around its longitudinal axis. Heat transfer was assessed through the measurement of a time-dependent temperature field of the diffuser inner wall surface. Measurements of the instantaneous flow velocity components were performed by a laser–Doppler anemometry system, which delivered information on mean velocity components as well as on the turbulence intensity. A significant increase of all three mean velocity components was observed near the rotating diffuser wall in comparison with a non-rotating diffuser. Temperature field measurements were carried out by means of infrared thermography. The experiment showed a significant dependence of the temperature field on the turbulent flowfield induced by diffuser rotation. A strong influence of the flow separation and reattachment on the temperature distribution was observed, while rotation was found to suppress the occurrence of flow separation from the diffuser wall. Properties of the velocity field such as turbulent kinetic energy were directly coupled with the temperature distribution in order to gain the information on how to enhance or reduce heat transfer by changing the integral parameters of the diffuser (e.g. rotation frequency or amount of flow).     

Oscillatory flows in straight tubes with an axisymmetric bulge

A laser-Doppler anemometer has been used to study oscillatory flow of a Newtonian viscous fluid in straight circular tube with an axisymmetric bulge of two different sizes. The axial velocities were measured at successive cross-sectional planes for sinusoidal waveforms having Reynolds numbers (based on Stokes layer thickness at the inlet) from 445 to 806 and Womersley numbers ranged from 7.2 to 12.2. The cyclic flow development inside the bulge at different phases within a cycle was determined. Stability analysis obtained by solving the Orr–Sommerfield equation on instantaneous velocity profiles showed instability grows progressively during the acceleration phase and transition to turbulence in the bulge happened shortly after the commencement of the deceleration phase. Depending on the bulge geometry, the turbulent region was initially confined either to the proximal or the distal end of the bulge. This region would spread larger as the deceleration phase furthered and the smaller bulge had a larger spread than the bigger bulge. The differences could be attributed to the vortical structures development inside the bulge. Relaminarisation for the flow appeared in the subsequent acceleration phase. Finally, some comparisons had been made with results obtained from using the physiological waveform.     

Statistical laws of the pressure fluctuations in a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer

The results of measuring the pressure fluctuations on the wall of the nozzle of a hypersonic wind tunnel beneath a developed turbulent boundary layer are presented for the Mach number M_∞ = 7.5. On the basis of a statistical analysis, it is shown that the action of the turbulent flow is dynamically similar to the propagation of a random sequence of wave packets with continuously distributed temporal and spatial scales. Low-frequency disturbances are associated with large-scale structures of long duration that propagate at a mean-statistical velocity similar in value to the outer flow velocity. The continuous generation of weakly-correlated small-scale disturbances ensuring the maintenance and development of turbulence occurs chiefly in the inner region of the boundary layer. Spectral estimates of the power generated by the turbulent flow in the wall region of the boundary layer are presented.     

Evaluation of the Filtered Noise Turbulent Inflow Generation Method

Flows around buildings and in urban areas have the ability to exchange mass and momentum through mixing layers. The complex dynamical phenomena arising in mixing layers can be studied using Large Eddy Simulation (LES). As mixing layers depend on the turbulence conditions upstream of the buildings or urban areas, appropriate turbulent inlet conditions have to be provided to a simulation. Due to the high efficiency and level of control, the filtered noise inflow method was selected. The control over the Reynolds stresses as well as nine length scales make this method suitable to replicate conditions measured in experiments. In this paper, a formal method to obtain the filter coefficients is presented. This is achieved by relating the spatial filtering to a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter and the temporal filtering to an Autoregressive (AR) model. Three closed-form solutions for the spatial filter coefficients are presented having a Gaussian, double-exponential and exponential correlation function. By means of an LES simulation of a turbulent wall-bounded flow, the input-output behaviour is investigated. It was found that a combination of a Gaussian filter with length scales that increase with increasing wall distance result in the fastest downstream development of the artificial turbulence and the smallest loss of turbulent kinetic energy.     

A fluid–structure interaction analysis of anisotropic Dacron fabric used for aortic replacement

We present the results of a computational study aimed at capturing the behavior over time of Dacron fabric used for surgical correction of aortic aneurysms. The study concerns the problem of compliance mismatch between the graft and the native aorta and is very important to clinicians. The aorta is represented by a sophisticated anisotropic hyperelastic model (GOH), which takes into account the orientation of the collagen fibers. The corrugations present on the Dacron fabric are modeled geometrically using experimental data retrieved from the literature. The viscoelastic behavior of the Dacron graft reported by clinicians is also taken into account. Mechanical quantities experienced by the graft sewn to an aortic segment are obtained using fluid–structure interaction (FSI) simulations assuming realistic blood flow conditions. Both ascending and descending aorta with two curvatures are considered. Results of this study indicate that (i) the strains on the Dacron-aorta structure increase with increasing curvature and over time (ii) the simulations are capable of capturing stress concentrations at the junction of the graft and the aorta and (iii) the wall shear stresses (WSS) are substantially higher on the aortic segment than on the Dacron graft.     

Sensitivity of an asymmetric 3D diffuser to vortex-generator induced inlet condition perturbations

Modifications of the turbulent separated flow in an asymmetric three-dimensional diffuser due to inlet condition perturbations were investigated using conventional static pressure measurements and velocity data acquired using magnetic resonance velocimetry (MRV). Previous experiments and simulations revealed a strong sensitivity of the diffuser performance to weak secondary flows in the inlet. The present, more detailed experiments were conducted to obtain a better understanding of this sensitivity. Pressure data were acquired in an airflow apparatus at an inlet Reynolds number of 10,000. The diffuser pressure recovery was strongly affected by a pair of longitudinal vortices injected along one wall of the inlet channel using either dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators or conventional half-delta wing vortex generators. MRV measurements were obtained in a water flow apparatus at matched Reynolds number for two different cases with passive vortex generators. The first case had a pair of counter-rotating longitudinal vortices embedded in the boundary layer near the center of the expanding wall of the diffuser such that the flow on the outsides of the vortices was directed toward the wall. The MRV data showed that the three-dimensional separation bubble initially grew much slower causing a rapid early reduction in the core flow velocity and a consequent reduction of total pressure losses due to turbulent mixing. This produced a 13% increase in the overall pressure recovery. For the second case, the vortices rotated in the opposite sense, and the image vortices pushed them into the corners. This led to a very rapid initial growth of the separation bubble and formation of strong swirl at the diffuser exit. These changes resulted in a 17% reduction in the overall pressure recovery for this case. The results emphasize the extreme sensitivity of 3D separated flows to weak perturbations.     

不同参数下环形通道内湍流旋流流动的模拟

应用一种合理考虑湍流一旋流相互作用及湍流脉动各向异性的新的代数ＲｅｙｎｏｌｄＳ应力模型,对环形通道内的湍流旋流流动进行了数值模拟．研究了旋流数、进口轴向速度和内外半径比等参数对环形通道内湍流旋流流动的影响,以及由此产生的流场变化对强化环形通道内传热的作用．