Modeling of fluid flow in a tube with a moving indentation

R. Ben-Mansour, M. A. Habib*, A. Qaiyum Shaik

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Abstract

The time-dependent flow in a tube with a moving indentation is numerically simulated using a dynamic mesh model. The model was used to simulate the flow in a tube with an indentation moving at different frequencies. The model was validated for a two-dimensional channel with a moving indentation. The results exhibited good agreement with the available experimental results. The results show that a single vortex was formed at a wall frequency of 0.1 Hz and was swept out of the tube at the end of the period. At a higher frequency of 1 Hz, vortex doubling occurred with reverse flow dominating downstream of the indentation. The results also show that the wall shear stress was larger for the higher frequency case of the moving indentation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)818-829
Number of pages12
JournalComputers and Fluids
Volume38
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009

Keywords

  • Dynamic mesh
  • Moving indentation
  • Unsteady flow
  • Vortex doubling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • General Engineering

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