Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Newtonian Flow around a Confined Square Cylinder

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2019-01-01

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Tezel, Guler Bengusu
YAPICI, Kerim
Uludağ, Yusuf

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The confined flow of a Newtonian fluid around a square cylinder mounted in a rectangular channel was investigated both numerically and experimentally. Ratio between the pipe and channel height, the blockage ratio, is kept constant at 1/4. The flow variables including streamlines, vorticity and drag coefficients were calculated at 0 <= Re <= 50 using finite volume method. The velocity terms in the momentum equations are approximated by a higher-order and bounded scheme of Convergent and Universally Bounded Interpolation Scheme for the Treatment of Advection (CUBISTA). Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) was also used to obtain the two-dimensional velocity field. The flow measurements were conducted for 1 <= Re <= 50. Streamline and vorticity results obtained by PIV are compared with those of the numerical simulation. Based on this comparison, good agreement is found between the numerical and experimental results in a qualitative manner.

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General Chemical Engineering, Square cylinder, Confined channel, Newtonian fluid, Finite volume method

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41394

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PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA-CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

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https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.12377

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Article

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G. B. Tezel, K. YAPICI, and Y. Uludağ, “Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Newtonian Flow around a Confined Square Cylinder,” PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA-CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, pp. 190–199, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41394.