ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Curved Pipe Flow
;
Artificial Compressibility Method
;
Dean Number
;
Secondary Flow
;
Effect of Curvature Ratio
;
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
It is generally assumed in curved pipe flow analyses that the curvature ratio, δ, of the pipe is very small, in which case the flow depends on a single parameter, the Dean number. This is not the case if δ is not very small. To determine the importance of this effect we have numerically solved the full Navier-Stokes equations, in primitive variable form, for arbitrary values of δ. A factored ADI finite-difference scheme has been used, employing Chorin's artificial compressibility technique. The results show that the central-difference calculation on a staggered grid is stable, without adding artificial damping terms, due to coupling between pressure and velocity. A spatially variable time step is used with a fixed Courant number.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650070705
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