Three New Topics in Solid-Liquid Flow(TSE03P,TSE03Q)

University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis MN

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Abstract

THIS PROJECT IS TO COMPUTE THE FLOW OF FLUID AND THE MOTION OF A SOLID SPHERE IN A PRESSURE DRIVEN FLOW IN A ROUND PIPE BY THE METHOD DIRECT SIMULATION. OUR INTEREST IS IN THE LIFT FORCE ON THE SPHERE. TWO DIFFERENT CODES WILL BE USED TO COMPUTE THE SAME MOTION FOR VALIDATION. THE RESULTS WILL BE POST PROCESSED FOR CORRELATIONS GIVING THE DIMENSIONLESS LIFT FORCE IN TERMS OF POWERS OF THE GOVERNING PARAMETERS. THE GOAL IS TO GET DATA BASED FORMULAS FOR LIFT FROM NUMERICAL DATA. THE FORMULAS WILL BE COMPARED WITH DATA FROM REAL EXPERIMENTS.