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Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

2008 year, number 4

Turbulent gas-dispersed flow in a pipe with sudden expansion: numerical simulation

V.I. Terekhov1, M.A. Pakhomov2
1 Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, erekhov@itp.nsc.ru
2 Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, pakhomov@ngs.ru
Keywords: gas-dispersed flow, turbulent flow, flow separation, simulation
Pages: 629-642

Abstract

A mathematical model was developed to simulate two-phase gas-dispersed flow moving through a pipe with axisymmetric sudden expansion. In the model, the two-fluid Euler approach was used. The model is based on solving Reynolds-averaged Navier - Stokes equations for a two-phase stream. In calculating the fluctuating characteristics of the dispersed phase, equations borrowed from the models by Simonin (1991), Zaichik et al. (1994), and Derevich (2002) were used. Results of a comparative analysis with previously reported experimental and numerical data on two-phase flows with separation past sudden expansion in a plane channel and in a pipe are given.