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A Hybrid Vortex Method for Two-Dimensional Flow Over Tube Bundles

Journal Article · · European Series in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (ESAIM)
OSTI ID:1936
A hybrid vortex method is presented for computing flows about objects that accurately resolves the boundary layer details while keeping the number of free vortices at a reasonable level. The method uses a wall layer model close to the body surface and discrete vortex blobs in the free wake. Details of the wall layer implementation are presented, and results of sample calculations are compared with known analytical solutions and with calculations from other vortex codes. These results show that the computed boundary layer details are accurate to approximately 0.3 percent of analytical solutions while using three orders of magnitude fewer vortices than other vortex simulations.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1936
Report Number(s):
SAND98-0454J; ON: DE00001936
Journal Information:
European Series in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (ESAIM), Journal Name: European Series in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (ESAIM)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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