The prediction of the three-dimensional turbulent flow field in a flow-splitting tee-junction
Abstract
Coarse-grid predictions of the steady turbulent flow in a right-angled tee-junction are presented, attention being confined to the cylindrical 'horizontal' portion of the tee. The finite-difference forms of the conservation equations of mass and momentum governing the flow in a tee-junction are solved by using a three-dimensional version of the SIMPLE algorithm of Patankar and Spalding. The kinetic-energy and dissipation-rate equations of a model of turbulence are also solved. The predictions show that the calculation procedure is capable of producing physically realistic predictions.
- Publication:
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Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0045-7825(78)90064-6
- Bibcode:
- 1978CMAME..13..293P
- Keywords:
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- Finite Difference Theory;
- Flow Distribution;
- Joints (Junctions);
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Three Dimensional Flow;
- Turbulent Flow;
- Algorithms;
- Computer Programs;
- Conservation Equations;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Kinetic Energy;
- Separated Flow;
- Steady Flow;
- T Shape;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer