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Turbulent duct flow with polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2018

Armin Shahmardi ,
Sagar Zade ,
Mehdi N. Ardekani Open the ORCID record for Mehdi N. Ardekani [Opens in a new window] ,
Rob J. Poole Open the ORCID record for Rob J. Poole [Opens in a new window] ,
Fredrik Lundell ,
Marco E. Rosti Open the ORCID record for Marco E. Rosti [Opens in a new window]  and
Luca Brandt Open the ORCID record for Luca Brandt [Opens in a new window]
Armin Shahmardi
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Sagar Zade
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Mehdi N. Ardekani
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Rob J. Poole
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GH, UK
Fredrik Lundell
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Marco E. Rosti*
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Luca Brandt
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
*
†Email address for correspondence: merosti@mech.kth.se
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Abstract

We have performed direct numerical simulation of the turbulent flow of a polymer solution in a square duct, with the FENE-P model used to simulate the presence of polymers. First, a simulation at a fixed moderate Reynolds number is performed and its results compared with those of a Newtonian fluid to understand the mechanism of drag reduction and how the secondary motion, typical of the turbulent flow in non-axisymmetric ducts, is affected by polymer additives. Our study shows that the Prandtl’s secondary flow is modified by the polymers: the circulation of the streamwise main vortices increases and the location of the maximum vorticity moves towards the centre of the duct. In-plane fluctuations are reduced while the streamwise ones are enhanced in the centre of the duct and dumped in the corners due to a substantial modification of the quasi-streamwise vortices and the associated near-wall low- and high-speed streaks; these grow in size and depart from the walls, their streamwise coherence increasing. Finally, we investigated the effect of the parameters defining the viscoelastic behaviour of the flow and found that the Weissenberg number strongly influences the flow, with the cross-stream vortical structures growing in size and the in-plane velocity fluctuations reducing for increasing flow elasticity.

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Flow Control: Drag reduction Non-Newtonian Flows: Polymers Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 859 , 25 January 2019 , pp. 1057 - 1083
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