Numerical Simulation of Flow Fluid in Elbow Pipe Based on FLUENT and the Establishment of the Pressure Model

Abstract

According to the FLUENT simulation results of the 90°elbow pipe fluid flow condition, the influence of the pressure distribution about the variation of the flow parameters (v、P0 、ρ) and the geometric parameters (R、d、k=R/d、α、β) is analyzed. By using the dimensionless analysis method, on the basis of the influence of the 32 set of parameter variations on the elbow pipe wall pressure distribution regularity, the pressure qualitative function is established including the geometric parameters and the flow parameters. Through the 155 kinds of the FLUENT simulation results, the fitting software 1stOpt is used to verify the internal pressure model above and fit the undetermined coefficients. The verification shows that the model is of a higher calculation precision and the relative error isn’t exceeding 0.003%. It provides a theoretical basis to check the strength of the bend and design the pipeline with high pressure and speed.