A numerical study of momentum and forced convection heat transfer around two tandem circular cylinders at low Reynolds numbers. Part I: Momentum transfer
two circular cylinders;
tandem arrangement;
steady laminar flow;
bipolar cylindrical coordinates;
compact finite difference scheme;
iterative methods;
D O I:
10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.02.020
中图分类号:
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要:
This work presents a computational study of the steady, axisymmetric, viscous flow around two circular cylinders in tandem. The vorticity-stream function formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations was chosen. Numerical solutions have been obtained in bipolar cylindrical coordinates. A compact, high-order, finite difference method was used to discretize the model equations. Iterative algorithms were tested to solve the discrete equations. Different cylinders spacing and sizes were considered for the upstream cylinder Reynolds number up to 30. Vorticity and pressure distributions on the cylinders surfaces and drag coefficients are presented and compared with those calculated for an isolated cylinder. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.