EVALUATION OF VELOCITY VARIATION IN A CHUTE AS A FUNCTION OF ROUGHNESS
Journal Title: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research & Developments (JMERD) - Year 2018, Vol 41, Issue 4
Abstract
The present paper establishes numerical simulations with CFD packages for analyze the velocity variation as a function of roughness in a chute, and to determine the use of OpenFOAM® CFD package for this phenomenon. Experimental data was obtained from a physical hydraulic model with a smooth bottom and was compared with the results of numerical simulations from the CFD packages: ANSYS®, FLOW-3D® and OpenFOAM®. Subsequently, the roughness at the channel bottom was increased and new simulations were carried out for define the new velocity values. Increases in the resistance coefficient resulted in a significant reduction in velocity and the results of free open source OpenFOAM® are similar to those obtained in physical modeling as well as commercial software.
Authors and Affiliations
Plua Frank, *, Hidalgo Victor, Ortega Patricio, Ruiz Marcelo
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- EP ID EP434700
- DOI 10.26480/jmerd.04.2018.01.04
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