Abstract
The paper presents the visualization results of the sudden contraction flow field with an annular gap downstream of the contraction cross section. The contraction ratio directly influences the flow phenomena. No stationary vortices were observed upstream of the contraction cross section, and flow separation divided the flow field within the annular gap into a recirculation zone, a shear layer, and a mainstream zone. Vena-contracta point and reattachment point occurred within the flow field of the annular gap. The production of Reynolds stress varied with the contraction ratio, and the momentum exchange mainly occurred in the recirculation zone and the shear layer, while the flow state in the mainstream zone tended to become isotropic. Rapid changes in turbulent kinetic energy primarily occurred in the shear layer, and the production term of turbulent kinetic energy contributed the most. Applying computational fluid dynamics and experimental results, this study has formulated an expression for the contraction coefficient of the proposed model. The axial positions of the vena-contracta point and reattachment point have a strong correlation with the contraction ratio, which can be represented by an exponential function.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Mechanics of Materials,Computational Mechanics,Mechanical Engineering
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