Open AccessNumerical simulation of the flow of viscous incompressible fluid through cylindrical cavities
Author(s) -
Ya. P. Trotsenko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vìsnik. serìâ fìziko-matematičnì nauki/vìsnik kiì̈vsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. serìâ fìziko-matematičnì nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2218-2055
pISSN - 1812-5409
DOI - 10.17721/1812-5409.2019/1.51
Subject(s) - mechanics , discretization , compressibility , vortex , body orifice , physics , oscillation (cell signaling) , incompressible flow , classical mechanics , viscous liquid , mathematics , mathematical analysis , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , genetics
The flow of viscous incompressible fluid in a cylindrical duct with two serial diaphragms is studied by the numerical solution of the unsteady Navier–Stokes equations. The discretization procedure is based on the finite volume method using the TVD scheme for the discretization of the convective terms and second order accurate in both space and time difference schemes. The resulting system of non-linear algebraic equations is solved by the PISO algorithm. It is shown that the fluid flow in the region between the diaphragms is nonstationary and is characterized by the presence of an unstable shear layer under certain parameters. A series of ring vortices is formed in the shear layer that causes quasi-periodic self-sustained oscillations of the velocity and pressure fields in the orifice of the second diaphragm. There can be four self-sustained oscillation modes depending on the length of the cavity formed by the diaphragms. With the increase in the distance between the diaphragms, the frequency of oscillations decreases within the same self-oscillation mode and rises sharply with the switch to the next mode.