Buoyancy modelling with incompressible SPH for laminar and turbulent flows
SummaryThis work aims to model buoyant, laminar or turbulent flows, using a two‐dimensional incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics model with accurate wall boundary conditions. The buoyancy effects are modelled through the Boussinesq approximation coupled to a heat equation, which makes it p...
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Published in | International journal for numerical methods in fluids Vol. 78; no. 8; pp. 455 - 474 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Bognor Regis
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
20.07.2015
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Summary: | SummaryThis work aims to model buoyant, laminar or turbulent flows, using a two‐dimensional incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics model with accurate wall boundary conditions. The buoyancy effects are modelled through the Boussinesq approximation coupled to a heat equation, which makes it possible to apply an incompressible algorithm to compute the pressure field from a Poisson equation. Based on our previous work [1], we extend the unified semi‐analytical wall boundary conditions to the present model. The latter is also combined to a Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes approach to treat turbulent flows. The k − ϵ turbulence model is used, where buoyancy is modelled through an additional term in the k − ϵ equations like in mesh‐based methods. We propose a unified framework to prescribe isothermal (Dirichlet) or to impose heat flux (Neumann) wall boundary conditions in incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics. To illustrate this, a theoretical case is presented (laminar heated Poiseuille flow), where excellent agreement with the theoretical solution is obtained. Several benchmark cases are then proposed: a lock‐exchange flow, two laminar and one turbulent flow in differentially heated cavities, and finally a turbulent heated Poiseuille flow. Comparisons are provided with a finite volume approach using an open‐source industrial code. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
This work aims to model buoyant, laminar or turbulent flows, using a two‐dimensional incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics model with accurate wall boundary conditions. Thek − ϵ turbulence model is used, where buoyancy is modelled through an additional term in the k − ϵ equations. Several benchmark cases are then proposed including heated Poiseuille flows, differentially heated cavities and a lock‐exchange flow. Good agreement is obtained with a finite volume approach using an open‐source industrial code. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-3J87P0CM-7 istex:7CADEF63DCE3C0553D68548677FD33D85F1BBB0A ArticleID:FLD4025 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0271-2091 1097-0363 |
DOI: | 10.1002/fld.4025 |