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Gravitational water flow in closed channel.
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Hello everyone,
I have a problem with the modeling of two-phase flow in the channel as shown in the figure. Fluid intake is at the top of the channel and the outlet at the bottom (Z axis is vertical). One phase is water with a given volume flow rate, flowing down the channel. The second phase is the air moving freely. Everything is carried out under atmospheric pressure. I have very little experience in the use of CFD software, so I tried to use the tutorial "Free Surface Flow Over a Bump". I decided that this example is similar to my problem. But my case differs from that of the tutorial in the following way: - Movement in 3D, rather than 2D; - Flow of water under the force of gravity. I loaded Bump2D.pre, deleted the tutorial model and loaded the mine. I removed the unnecessary borders leaving "inflow", "outflow" and "wall". Also introduced another change in one equation by adding value 85000Pa: DenH*g*DownVFWater*(DownH-y)+85000 [Pa]. Additional 85000 Pa to the pressure at the outlet of the channel is derived from the hydrostatic pressure of water, arising from the difference of levels (ca. 9 meters) between the inlet and the outlet. Unfortunately, results are unsatisfactory. Streamline velocity of the water does not reach the outlet of the channel only breaks along the way. I started to change various parameters, creat flow pattern from beginning. I tried to change geometry, the boundaries, transient calculation. All of my efforts were to no avail. I received results similar to that described above or completely meaningless. I was looking for some clues to topics in this forum and on the Internet, but it did not help. So I ask for some help, maybe another tutorial? What is wrong? Attachment 24899 |
Can you show an image of what you are getting, and some pictures of your mesh.
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Picture of the mesh:
http://i41.tinypic.com/5o8qxy.jpg In mesh generator I choose: “Defaults”: - “Physics Preference” – “CFD” - “Solver Preference” – “CFX” “Sizing”: - “Relevance Center” – “Medium” Other options I left untouched. Picture of the results: http://i42.tinypic.com/jgnnzc.jpg |
The problem is obvious - your mesh is far too coarse and the water is getting diffused away. You need a finer mesh across the section (but you mesh along the length is OK for starters). Once you have got the water flowing the full length of the pipe then you will need to do a sensitivity analysis on the section and length mesh resolution to get an accurate simulation.
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Thanks for answer ghorrocks,
But I have antoher problem. Following your advice I thickened mesh by setting options: "Max face size" and "Max size" to 0,025m. Next I run calculations and recive error: Quote:
I read that can be connected with mesh or setup errors, but before I refined the mesh I recived some results. Obviously that results were wrong, but simulations run from start to end without errors. Maybe the mesh is too small? |
You have run out of RAM on the PC you are running on. Either make the simulation smaller (but this requires some skill to make it smaller and still retain the essential detail), install more memory or do a multi-processor run.
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Hello everybody, especially ghorrocks,
I have questions, again J. I’ve made smaller simulation, like ghorrocks advised me. I changed min size of mesh to 0,05m. I also noticed that I had wrong variable in expressions in CFX-pre. In tutorial vertical axis is Y, in my simulation vertical is Z.So I changed it. I run calculations which was ended without error and without warning about artificial wall at the outlet. So I thought everything is OK, but unfortunately not. Streamlines of water and air velocity looks like flow mixed, but should be separate. I also expected higher water velocity. Now, I don’t know what could be wrong, I have no idea. Earlier I have these streamlines separate. Below I put some simulation setup and streamlines of water and air. http://i39.tinypic.com/11qsh8j.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/23wr6ko.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/28s7nt2.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/30jld9d.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/b5gsiu.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/2ajntx0.jpg http://i44.tinypic.com/34inz36.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/2s0i79g.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/289ekg2.png http://i43.tinypic.com/289ekg2.png |
Phase.Velocity is calculated for the entire domain, regardless of whether the local volume fraction is 0 or 1. You want to plot the values for Superficial Velocity, which is volume_fraction * velocity.
To just look at the air-water interface, create an isosurface of Water.Volume Fraction = 0.5. About your mesh, you need to refine it only near the wall. Check the meshing tutorials about 'Inflation'. |
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