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Study of the Dissipation in Spiraling Vortical Structures
Štefan, David ; Drábková, Sylva (referee) ; Koutník,, Jiří (referee) ; Skoták, Aleš (referee) ; Rudolf, Pavel (advisor)
This work deals with study of swirling flows where the spiral vortical structure appears. The main relation is to flow seen in the draft tube cone of hydraulic turbines operated out of the design point (i.e. best efficiency point). In this cases large coherent vortex structure (vortex rope) appears and consequently high pressure pulsations are propagated to the whole machine system leading to possible restriction of turbine operation. This flow features are consequence of flow instability called vortex breakdown in case of Francis turbine operated at part load (flow rate lower than optimal one). The present study is carried out using simplified device of swirl generator in order to access similar flow conditions as can be found in real hydraulic turbines. Both the dynamic and dissipation effect of spiral vortex breakdown are investigated. The first part of thesis deals with spiral form of vortex breakdown. The experimentally measured velocity profiles (LDA) and wall static pressures are correlated with numerical simulations carried out using open-source CFD package OpenFOAM 2.2.2. The high speed camera recording of cavitating vortex core is used to obtain image ensemble for further post-processing. The dissipation effect of spiral vortex structure is in detail discussed based on computed flow fields. The second part of thesis is dedicated to the application of POD decomposition to the study of spatio-temporal features of spiral vortex dynamics. Firstly the POD is applied to the both the experimentally obtained image ensemble of cavitating vortex and numerically computed static pressure fields. Secondly the comprehensive analysis of spiral vortex mitigation effect by the axial water jet is analyzed. The collaborative study employing the swirl generator apparatus designed by the researchers from Politehnica University of Timisoara in Romania is performed and changes in spatio-temporal vortex dynamic are studied. In this study the numerical data (in a form of three-dimensional pressure and velocity fields) are obtained using commercial CFD software ANSYS Fluent R14.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF k-k(L)-omega TURBULENCE MODEL FOR COMPRESSIBLE TRANSITIONAL FLOW INTO OPENFOAM
Kožíšek, Martin ; Martinez, J. ; Fürst, J. ; Příhoda, Jaromír ; Doerffer, P.
This paper deals with the results of implementation of k-kL-ω RANS turbulence model for compressible transitional flow into OpenFOAM. This model was firstly proposed by Walters and Leylek (2005) and utilizes the approach of laminar kinetic energy in order to predict transition between laminar and turbulent flows. The capability of laminar/turbulent transition modelling is tested for the basic flat plate test cases and for the VKI turbine cascade. The comparison between new implementation, k-kL-ω for incompressible flow supplied in OpenFOAM and g−Req model from commercial CFD package FINE/Turbo distributed by NUMECA Int. are shown. The properties of the implementation of k-kL-ω model for compressible flow simulations into OpenFOAM are discussed.
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Aerosol Dynamics – Mathematical Formulation, Numerical Solution
Pušman, Jan ; Ždímal, Vladimír
Mathematical and computer modeling of aerosols is used in a wide range of applications including atmospheric physics and chemistry, environmental protection, nuclear safety and industrial applications such as the production of nanomaterials. The aim of this work is twofold. We present a closer look at some aspects of mathematical modeling of aerosols as sub-discipline of continuum mechanics. We provide an overview of common methods and we discuss limitations on their applicability. The long-term goal of authors is to create a new solver of aerosol dynamics based on OpenFOAM platform. A mathematical formulation of the problem is given in terms of Navier-Stokes- Fourier system coupled with evolutionary equation governing aerosol size distribution. Trial numerical simulations in a 2D channel were performed under physically simplified conditions.
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