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Numerical and physical modelling of bubbly flow phenomena

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5731707

The work carried out in the period 4/1/90 -- 3/31/91 has primarily been concerned with two problems related to the direct numerical simulation of the motion of spheres or bubbles in a liquid. The first problem is the calculation of the coefficients of added mass and drag for randomly placed bubble subject to an imposed oscillatory flow. The principal finding of this work has been the remarkable insensitivity of these coefficients to details of the flow and the surprisingly good performance of simple estimates already available in the literature. The second aspect of the work has been the development of a mathematical and numerical approach to the simulation of the transport of spheres by a liquid flow. Thirdly, we have implemented numerically a two-phase flow model based on averaged equations that will be used for comparisons with the direct numerical simulation results.

Research Organization:
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-89ER14043
OSTI ID:
5731707
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/14043-2; ON: DE91013646
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English