Laminar flow in three-dimensional square–square expansions |
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Authors: | PC Sousa PM Coelho MSN Oliveira MA Alves |
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Institution: | 1. Center of Smart Interfaces, Flughafenstrasse 19, D-64347 Griesheim, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany;2. Institute for System Reliability and Machine Acoustics SzM, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany;3. Smart Structures Division, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF, Darmstadt, Germany;4. Department of Fluid Mechanics, University of Rostock, Germany |
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Abstract: | In this work we investigate the three-dimensional laminar flow of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids through square–square expansions. The experimental results obtained in this simple geometry provide useful data for benchmarking purposes in complex three-dimensional flows. Visualizations of the flow patterns were performed using streak photography, the velocity field of the flow was measured in detail using particle image velocimetry and additionally, pressure drop measurements were carried out. The Newtonian fluid flow was investigated for the expansion ratios of 1:2.4, 1:4 and 1:8 and the experimental results were compared with numerical predictions. For all expansion ratios studied, a corner vortex is observed downstream of the expansion and an increase of the flow inertia leads to an enhancement of the vortex size. Good agreement is found between experimental and numerical results. The flow of the two non-Newtonian fluids was investigated experimentally for expansion ratios of 1:2.4, 1:4, 1:8 and 1:12, and compared with numerical simulations using the Oldroyd-B, FENE-MCR and sPTT constitutive equations. For both the Boger and shear-thinning viscoelastic fluids, a corner vortex appears downstream of the expansion, which decreases in size and strength when the elasticity of the flow is increased. For all fluids and expansion ratios studied, the recirculations that are formed downstream of the square–square expansion exhibit a three-dimensional structure evidenced by a helical flow, which is also predicted in the numerical simulations. |
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