Preferred Language
Articles
/
joe-3325
PARAMETRIC STUDY OF SUCTION OR BLOWINGEFFECTS ON TURBULENT FLOW OVER A FLATPLATE
...Show More Authors

 The two-dimensional, incompressible, and turbulent boundary layer flow over a flat plate

 

with suction or blowing from a spanwise slot is examined numerically. The mathematical

 

modeling involves the derivation of the governing partial differential equations of the

 

problems. These are the continuity, the momentum, the energy and the (K-ε) turbulence

 

model. Besides, the perfect gas law is also used. A numerical solution of the governing

 

equations is approximated by using a finite volume method, with staggered grid and modified

 

SIMPLE algorithm. A computer program in FORTRAN 90 is built to perform the numerical

 

solution.The developed computational algorithm is tested for the flow over a flat plate (4m)

 

long with uniform suction or blowing velocity ratios of (V/U=± 0.0185, ± 0.0463 and

 

±0.0925 m/s) are imposed on the slot for Reynolds number of (1.36 x 107 ), based on the plate

 

length. The position of the slot change in the range of (X/L=1/4, 1/2 and 3/4) from leading

 

edge and also, change width of slot in the value equal (0.12, 0.2 and 0.28m).The plate

 

temperature is (70 °C), with the free stream velocity and temperature are (8.6m/s) and (25 °C)

 

respectively. In addition, the effects of pitch angles on the flow field are investigated in the

 

range of (30о 150о).The numerical results show that, for a uniform blowing, location of

 

slot equal (X/L=1/4) from leading edge, a significant reduction of skin friction coefficient,

 

wall shear stress and boundary layer thickness [displacement and momentum] to occur.

 

While, an increase in boundary layer shape factor. Reynolds stress (uv) is more decreased

 

than [(uu) and (vv)], mean velocity profiles in wall coordinates and dimensionless distance

 

(U+, y+) decreases. When slot location is moved downstream to locations (X/L=1/2 or 3/4) a

 

similar behavior can be said and most effective slot is obtained as (slot at X/L= 3m) from

 

leading edge. While width of slot equal (0.28m) is better than values equal (0.12m and 0.2m).

 

An opposite observations for the case of suction. The numerical results are compared with

 

available numerical results and experimental data and a satisfactory results are obtained. 

View Publication Preview PDF
Quick Preview PDF