Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Flow around
a Rotating Stepped Cylinder for Corrosion Study |
by |
Kyung-Soo Yang1*, Jong-Yeon Hwang1, Klaus Bremhorst2 and Srdjan Nesic2# |
Abstract |
Direct numerical simulation has been carried out for turbulent flow
set up by a rotating cylinder with two backward-facing steps axisymmetrically
mounted in the circumferential direction. This flow geometry creates
a qualitatively similar flow pattern as observed near a sudden pipe
expansion or a plane backwardfacing step, characterized by flow separation
and reattachment. A region of intense turbulence intensity and high
wall-shear-stress fluctuations is formed in the recirculating region
downstream of the step, where high mass-transfer capacity was also experimentally |