Large Eddy Simulation of the flow and heat transfer in a half-corrugated channel with various wave amplitudes

• Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent flow and convective heattransfer over a half-corrugated channel is presented in this paper. Simulationsare performed for various ranges of the normalized wave amplitudes,AM = 0 − 0.15 (the ratio of wave height to wave length). The Reynoldsnumber based on the bulk velocity is chosen as Reb = 10 000 and thePrandtl number is Pr=0.71. A comparison between the DNS and LESresults of a plane channel (AM = 0) at Re = 395 is also performed.The obtained results indicate that the region of recirculating flow dependsstrongly on the wave amplitude. This study shows that the Nusseltnumber (Nu) increases by increasing the wave amplitude until a specificvalue then it remains approximately constant. The thermal performanceparameter (JF) is used as a measure for the heat transfer enhancementrelative to the pressure drop and it is found that the maximum values ofNu and JF appear at AM = 0.1, which hence correspond to the optimumvalue of the wave amplitude.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Strömningsmekanik och akustik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Large Eddy Simulation (LES)

Turbulent flow

Wave amplitude

Half-corrugated channel

Optimum value

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