UNLABELLED Accurate prediction of ventilation flow is of primary importance for designing a healthy, comfortable, and energy-efficient indoor environment. Since the 1970s, the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has increased tremendously, and nowadays, it is one of the primary methods to assess ventilation flow in buildings. The most commonly used numerical approach consists of solving t...

Wind flow on and around buildings attains more importance among architectures, builders, urban planners, structural engineers, wind engineers. tunnel experiments assessments of full-scale are expensive complex in varied terrain conditions. Hence, flows extensively assessed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). By following the turbulence parameters, CFD models create atmospheric environment...

A swirling pulverized coal flame is computationally investigated. Eulerian–Lagrangian formulation used to describe the two-phase flow. Turbulence modelled within a RANS (Reynolds averaged numerical simulation) framework. Four turbulence viscosity- (TV) based models, namely standard k-ε model, realizable renormalization group theory and shear stress transport k-ω model are used. In addition, Rey...

The shape of the air flow in the interior is heavily influenced by the air distribution system and the way air enters and exits. By numerically simulating flow by computational fluid dynamics, one can determine the flow pattern and temperature distribution and, with the help of the results, provide an optimal design of the air conditioning system. In this study, a chamber was first constructed ...

the design and optimization of hydrocyclones using cfd techniques are gaining popularity and the key to a successful simulation lies with the accurate description of the high turbulent swirling behavior of the flow. this paper presents a detailed comparison between the omega rsm and the rng k–e turbulence model, which are both derived specially for modeling swirling or rotational flow, in the s...

In this paper, several low and high Reynolds number versions of k-ε and Reynolds stress turbulence models have been evaluated in a channel and a square duct flow with and without a magnetic field by comparing the predictions with direct numerical simulations data. The simulations are performed using FLUENT solver. The additional source terms for magnetic field effects on turbulence have been in...

In this paper, the effect of air turbulence intensity on the flame structure in various radii and lengths of a flame holder numerically studied. Finite volume method is used to solve the governing equations. The obtained numerical results using realizable k-ε and β-PDF models show a good agreement with the experimental data. The results show that flame holder with greater lengths yield shorter ...

Numerical analysis of flow characteristics and separation efficiency in a high-efficiency cyclone has been performed. Several models based on the experimental observation for a design purpose were proposed. However, the model is only estimated the cyclone's performance under the limited environments; it is difficult to obtain a general model for all types of cyclones. The purpose of this study ...

Bridges are very important for establishing communication paths. For this reason, it is important to control scour around bridge piers. Several methods have been proposed for scour control. One of the most useful methods is the use of submerged vanes. In the other hand, laboratory circumstances force many considered effective factors to be skipped in the scour phenomenon. In this situation, the...

Numerical prediction of discharge parameters allows design a pressure-swirl atomizer in fast and cheap manner, yet it must provide reliable results for wide range geometries operating regimes. Many authors have used different numerical setups similar cases often concluded opposite suggestions on setup. This paper compares 2D (two-dimensional) axisymmetric, 3D (three-dimensional) periodic full m...