Optimization of model wind-tunnel contraction using CFD

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dc.contributor.author Ahmed, D.E.
dc.contributor.author Eljack, E.M.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-04-23T07:46:56Z
dc.date.available 2015-04-23T07:46:56Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description.abstract Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics is used as a tool for optimizing a model wind tunnel three-dimensional contraction. A sixth order polynomial profile is chosen with six conditions to determine the polynomial coefficients. The seventh condition is the location of the inflection point along the contraction axis. Five inflection points are chosen to give five different contractions. Numerical simulations for the five contractions are carried out, Reynolds number based on the free stream velocity and the test section height is 1.3X10^6. Boundary layer thickness, static pressure and secondary flow are considered as optimization parameters. Numerical results show that boundary layer thickness decreases, variation in wall normal velocity components at the test section inlet increases, and probability of flow separation increases as the inflection point moves towards the contraction outlet. Unlike recent numerical studies, numerical results of this work indicate that the optimum profile for the contraction is when the inflection point is located at the middle of the contraction, thus the sixth order polynomial reduces to a fifth order. en_ZA
dc.description.librarian dc2015 en_ZA
dc.format.extent 6 pages en_ZA
dc.format.medium PDF en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Ahmed, DE & Eljack, EM 2014, 'Optimization of model wind-tunnel contraction using CFD', Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014. en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn 97817759206873
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44511
dc.publisher International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics en_ZA
dc.rights © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. en_ZA
dc.subject Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) en_ZA
dc.subject Wind tunnel three-dimensional contraction en_ZA
dc.subject Free stream velocity en_ZA
dc.subject Boundary layer thickness en_ZA
dc.title Optimization of model wind-tunnel contraction using CFD en_ZA
dc.type Presentation en_ZA


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