Relation between the quasi-cylindrical approximation and the critical classification for swirling flow

It is shown that under the assumption of the quasi-cylindrical approximation with viscous effect the critical flow corresponds to a singularity, as flows approach the critical state from both sides, the radial components of velocity go separately to positive and negative infinity, and that for inviscid flow solution of the quasi-cylindrical approximation can only be trivial solution, i.e. strictly cylindrical flow. It is also shown that in subcritical range the iterative procedure accounting for non-linear effect of equations diverges necessarily. Projects Supported by the Science Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.     

Swirling-strength based large eddy simulation of turbulent flow around single square cylinder at low Reynolds numbers

In view of the fact that large scale vortices play the substantial role of momentum transport in turbulent flows, large eddy simulation(LES) is considered as a better simulation model. However, the sub-grid scale(SGS) models reported so far have not ascertained under what flow conditions the LES can lapse into the direct numerical simulation. To overcome this discrepancy, this paper develops a swirling strength based the SGS model to properly model the turbulence intermittency, with the primary characteristics that when the local swirling strength is zero, the local sub-grid viscosity will be vanished. In this paper, the model is used to investigate the flow characteristics of zero-incident incompressible turbulent flows around a single square cylinder(SC)at a low Reynolds number range Re ∈ [103, 104]. The flow characteristics investigated include the Reynolds number dependence of lift and drag coefficients, the distributions of time-spanwise averaged variables such as the sub-grid viscosity and the logarithm of Kolmogorov micro-scale to the base of 10 at Re = 2 500 and 104, the contours of spanwise and streamwise vorticity components at t = 170. It is revealed that the peak value of sub-grid viscosity ratio and its root mean square(RMS) values grow with the Reynolds number. The dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy is larger near the SC solid walls.The instantaneous factor of swirling strength intermittency(FSI) exhibits some laminated structure involved with vortex shedding.     

双流体颗粒-壁面碰撞模型用于旋流流动

对旋流两相流动,用考虑壁面粗糙度的双流体颗粒-壁面碰撞模型,结合二阶矩两相湍流模型和不同颗粒相边界条件,进行了数值模拟。结果表明,由于考虑了各方向雷诺应力之间的相互转化,雷诺应力从平均运动中得到能量,以及壁面对颗粒运动的衰减作用等因素,该颗粒壁面碰撞模型给出的模拟结果与实验符合较好,而广泛应用的零梯度颗粒壁面边界条件给出的模拟结果最差。     

旋流非预混燃烧火焰流动特性的实验研究

利用粒子图像速度场测量技术(PIV)对不同工况下的旋流非预混燃烧流场进行了测量,考察不同燃空速度比下旋流火焰的流动特性.结果表明,轴向截面上径向平均速度流场以燃烧器轴线呈中心对称,轴向平均速度、轴向脉动速度和径向脉动速度沿燃烧器轴线成对称分布,且轴向平均速度和轴向脉动速度的最大值出现在轴线处.随燃空速度比的增大,轴向平均速度和脉动速度增大,随着与燃烧器表面的距离增加,流场截面上轴向平均速度和脉动速度差异不断减小.     

Spontaneous swirling in MHD flows with circular streamlines

This paper considers the problem of the evolution of azimuthal perturbations in axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic. flows of an ideally conducting inviscid fluid with circular streamlines. The fluid is. in a toroidal gap between two surfaces with constant values of the stream function. The equations of. fluid motion are derived in the approximation of infinitely a narrow gap. The parameters at which. spontaneous swirling is possible are determined numerically, and the properties of secondary swirling. flows resulting from instability of the initial steady-state poloidal flow are established. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 89–97, March–April, 2009.     

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SWIRLING FLOWS IN OXIDATION REACTORS FOR TiO2 MANUFACTURE

The oxidation reactor plays a key role in producing rutile titanium dioxide （TiO2） from vapor-phase titanium tetrachloride （TiCl4） by employing a swirling flow operation for enhanced gas mixing. This work aims to understand the effect of reactor configuration on the 3-D swirling flow field using computational fluid dynamics （CFD） simulation. Considering the anisotropic turbulence involved, the Reynolds stress model is applied to describe the complex swirling flow together with the cross-flow mixing of gases. The results show significant effect of the flow angle between the wall jet of air stream （representing TiCl4 in practice） and the axial direction on the initial flow field of cross-flow mixing, where 60° gives smooth profiles of axial velocity development while 90° may provide the fastest mixing between the jet and the axial bulk flow. The pipe shape for the reaction and developing zone, i.e., straight, expanding and shrinking, shows slight influence on the hydrodynamics.     

A new second‐moment closure approach for turbulent swirling confined flows

An improved anisotropic model for the dissipation rate—ε—of the turbulent kinetic energy (k), to be used together with a non‐linear pressure‐strain correlations model, is proposed. Experimental data from the open literature for two confined turbulent swirling flows are used to assess the performance of the proposed model in comparison to the standard ε transport equation and to a linear approach to model the pressure‐strain term that appears in the exact equations for the Reynolds‐stress tensor. For the less strongly swirling flow the predictions show much more sensitivity to the εtransport equation than to the pressure‐strain model. In opposition, for the more strongly swirling flow, the results show that the predictions are much sensitive to the pressure‐strain model. Nevertheless, the improved εtransport equation together with the non‐linear pressure strain model yield predictions in good agreement with experiments in both studied cases. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

强旋气─粒两相湍流的统一二阶矩封闭模型

强旋气－粒两相流中两相的湍流均为强烈各向异性。本文由双流体模型出发，运用单相湍流的统计矩模拟方法建立了两相湍流的统一二阶矩封闭（ＵＳＭ）模型。这一模型是本文作者之一几年前提出的ｋ－ε－ｋｐ模型的发展，在此前已初具雏型，本文中进一步加以完善。ＵＳＭ模型正确反映了两相湍流的各向异性，并且更深刻地揭示了颗粒与流体的湍流相互作用的机理，是今后研究强旋气－粒湍流两相流动值得探讨的重要方向之一。