the computation of flow and heat transfer through an orthogonally rotating square-ended u-bend using low-reynolds-number models流动和传热的计算通过正交旋转方头u型弯管使用低雷诺数模型.pdfVIP

International Journal of Rotating Machinery 2005:3, 232–243 c 2005 K.-S. P. Nikas and H. Iacovides The Computation of Flow and Heat Transfer through an Orthogonally Rotating Square-Ended U-Bend Using Low-Reynolds-Number Models Konstantinos-Stephen P. Nikas Laboratory of Aerodynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 9 Heroon Polytexneiou Street, P.O. Box 64070, Zografou Campus, 15773 Athens, Greece Email: mcjtpn4@fluid.mech.ntua.gr Hector Iacovides School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, Sackville Street, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK Email: h.iacovides@manchester.ac.uk Received 22 February 2004 We present computations of heat and fluid flow through a square-ended U-bend that rotates about an axis normal to both the main flow direction and also the axis of curvature. Two-layer and low-Reynolds-number mathematical models of turbulence are used at effective-viscosity (EVM) level and also at second-moment-closure (DSM) level. Moreover, two length-scale correction terms to the dissipation rate of turbulence are used with the low-Re models, the original Yap term, and a differential form that does not require the wall distance (NYap). The resulting predictions are compared with available flow and heat transfer measurements of water. While the main flow features are well reproduced by all models, the development of the mean flow within and just after the bend is better reproduced by the low-Re models. Turbulence levels within the rotating U-bend are underpredicted, but DSM models produce a more realistic distribution. Along the leading side, all models overpredict heat transfer levels just after the bend. Along the trailing side, the heat transfer predictions