Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows
The oscillation and collective behavior of convective flows is studied by a computational fluid dynamics approach. More specifically, the rising dynamics of heated fluid columns is simulated in gravitational field using a simplified 2D geometry. The numerical method uses the FEniCS package for solvi...
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| description | The oscillation and collective behavior of convective flows is studied by a computational fluid dynamics approach. More specifically, the rising dynamics of heated fluid columns is simulated in gravitational field using a simplified 2D geometry. The numerical method uses the FEniCS package for solving the coupled Navier–Stokes and heat-diffusion equations. For the flow of a single heated fluid column, the effect of the inflow yield and the nozzle diameter is studied. In agreement with the experiments, for a constant nozzle diameter the oscillation frequency increases approximately linearly as a function of the the flow rate, while for a constant flow rate the frequency decreases as a power law with the increased nozzle diameter. For the collective behavior of two nearby flows, we find a counter-phase synchronization and a decreasing trend of the common oscillation frequency with the distance between the jets. These results are in agreement with the experiments, and our computational study also suggests that the phenomenon is present on largely different length-scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5121c8dda7b046fda0a63b390364567a2023-11-24T04:38:34ZengMDPI AGFluids2311-55212022-10-0171133910.3390/fluids7110339Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective FlowsAttila Gergely0Zoltán Néda1Department of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaThe oscillation and collective behavior of convective flows is studied by a computational fluid dynamics approach. More specifically, the rising dynamics of heated fluid columns is simulated in gravitational field using a simplified 2D geometry. The numerical method uses the FEniCS package for solving the coupled Navier–Stokes and heat-diffusion equations. For the flow of a single heated fluid column, the effect of the inflow yield and the nozzle diameter is studied. In agreement with the experiments, for a constant nozzle diameter the oscillation frequency increases approximately linearly as a function of the the flow rate, while for a constant flow rate the frequency decreases as a power law with the increased nozzle diameter. For the collective behavior of two nearby flows, we find a counter-phase synchronization and a decreasing trend of the common oscillation frequency with the distance between the jets. These results are in agreement with the experiments, and our computational study also suggests that the phenomenon is present on largely different length-scales.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/7/11/339computational fluid dynamicsconvective flowsoscillationsinstabilitiessynchronization |
| spellingShingle | Attila Gergely Zoltán Néda Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows Fluids computational fluid dynamics convective flows oscillations instabilities synchronization |
| title | Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows |
| title_full | Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows |
| title_fullStr | Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows |
| title_full_unstemmed | Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows |
| title_short | Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows |
| title_sort | computational fluid dynamics approach for oscillating and interacting convective flows |
| topic | computational fluid dynamics convective flows oscillations instabilities synchronization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/7/11/339 |
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