NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NON-NEWTONIAN BLOOD FLOW IN THE NON-PLANAR ARTERY WITH BIFURCATION

A numerical analysis of non-Newtonian fluid flow in non-planar artery with bifurcation was performed by using a finite element method to solve the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the non-Newtonian constitutive models, including Carreau, Cross and Bingham models. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of the non-Newtonian properties of blood as well as curvature and out-of-plane geometry in the non-planar daughter vessels on the velocity distribution and wall shear stress. The results of this study support the view that the non-planarity of blood vessels and the non-Newtonian properties of blood are of important in hemodynamics and play a significant role in vascular biology and pathophysiology.     

APPLICATIONS OF CFD TECHNIQUE IN THE DESIGN AND FLOW ANALYSIS OF IMPLANTABLE AXIAL FLOW BLOOD PUMP

Based on established numerical methods and hydrodynamic performance testing facilities, CFD technique are applied to improve the design of the implantable axial flow blood pump and the flow analysis. (1) Applying brushless machine magnet steel, reducing its thickness while increasing the length, the flow channel's cross-section is increased, with no space connection between the large and the small rotators, and with a cone transition segment from the bearing to the principal axis, the flow is made smoother. The rotating speed is lowered by 1000 rpm – 1200 rpm under the same flow rate and pressure head, and thus the hemolysis can be avoided. (2) Different outlet stator guiding vanes are selected for the same blood pump for analyses of hydrodynamic performances and flow fields. An excellent design not only can regulate the rotating flow field into an axial one, reduce the circulation loss and improve the pump efficiency, but also can avoid backflow, vortex and secondary flow at the pump outlet, and thus the thrombus can be prevented. (3) The calf live tests show that some residual clots exist at the inner wall of the outlet connection bends, which are analyzed and explained by CFD techniques and the corresponding improvements are proposed. All results are verified by hydrodynamic performance tests and PIV flow field tests, and consistent conclusions are obtained.     

THE NUMERICAL CALCULATION FOR THE STERN FLOW OF THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE SHIP WITH MULTI-PRO-PELLERS IN OPERATION

In this paper the complex structure and pattern of ship stern flow driven by multi-propellers is simulated numerically by using RANS equations with K-ε turbulence model and propeller lifting surface theory as essential research tool and coupling the computer code of ship stern flow to the computer code of propeller performance prediction through the medium of body force.A ship model with four propellers is selected as the numerical example.Detailed computational results are presented graphically and the qualitative and quantitative analysis is made. Finally,the comparison between the calculated result and the available experimental data is made.The agreement between them is satisfactory.     

NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE FLOW FIELD AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL ARTIFICIAL ISLAND UNDER THE ACTION OF WAVES AND VISCOUS CURRENT

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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FLUID FLOW IN A ROTATING CURVED ELLIPTICAL PIPE

A numerical study was conducted for the fully developed laminar flow in rotating curved elliptical pipe. Due to the rotation, the Coriolis force can also contribute to the secondary flow. The interaction of rotation and curvature complicates the flow characteristics. The boundary fitted coordinate was adopted to study the flow characteristic in the rotating systems. The effects of rotation on the flow transition were studied in detail. The generation and mergence of vortices in rotating curved elliptical pipes were also captured for the first time. The simulation results show that the flow for the case of large aspect ratio of the cross-section is more likely to be unstable than that for smaller one.     

NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE VORTEX STRUCTURES IN THE WAKE OF AN OSCILLATING CIRCULAR CYLINDER IN A UNIFORM FLOW

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A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE VENTILATION PERFORMANCE FOR DIFFERENT VENTILATION STRATEGIES IN A SUBWAY TUNNEL

An unsteady three-dimensional analysis of the ventilation performance is carried out for different ventilation strategies to find out a ventilation method with a high performance in a subway tunnel.The natural ventilation performance associated with a train-induced air flow in a subway tunnel is examined.The dynamic layering method is used to consider the moving boundary of a train in the current CFD method.The geometries of the modeled tunnel and the subway train are partially based on those of the Seoul subway.The effects of the structure of the ventilation duct and the geometry of the partitions on the ventilation performance are evaluated.The results show that the combined ventilation ducts (to be designed),and the partitioning blocks installed along the middle of tunnel (already in existences) are helpful for air exchange.This study can provide some guidance for the design of ventilation ducts in a subway system.     

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF 3-D TURBULENT FLOWS IN A CUT-OFF VALVE AND ANALYSIS OF FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN PIPE

1 .　INTRODUCTIONThevalvehasbeenplayinganimportantroleinthe pipeengineeringandisalsooneofmaincomponentsgeneratingtheheadloss .Becauseofthecomplexgeometry ,thedesignwasusuallyeval uatedempiricallyinthepast,whichcausesmuchenergyloss .Toreducetheenergyloss ,itisessen tialforadesignertoknowthedetailsofflowfieldinthevalvepipe .Recently ,withtheremarkableprogressintheComputationalFluidDynamics(CFD)andcomputerhardware ,itisexpectedthatCFDwillbecomeapowerfultoolinthedesignofvalve .Intheactual…     

NUMERICAL COMPUTATION OF PRESSURE GRADIENT FOR THE FLOW OF POWER-LAW FLUID IN ANNULUS WITH INNER CYLINDER EXECUTING A PLANETARY MOTION

With the governing equations for the flow of the power-law fluid in annulus with the inner cylinder executing a planetary motion being transformed by using the undetermined coefficient method, the formula of pressure gradient for this flow under the given flow rate and the relevant numerical calculation method are given in this article. Through the experiments on the flow of Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide (HPAM) aqueous solution which can be regarded as a power-law fluid, the calculated results of the pressure gradient values are compared with measured data, the mean relative error between them is smaller than 5%, which verifies the results presented in this article.