Numerical Simulation of Swirling Flow in Complex Hydroturbine Draft Tube Using Unsteady Statistical Turbulence Models

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 441-456

  Paik, Joongcheol ^a   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^a   Sale, Michael J ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric powerplants; Numerical models; Turbines; Turbulence; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPLEX 3D GEOMETRY; DETACHED-EDDY SIMULATION; DOWN-STREAM; DRAFT TUBES; HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS; HYDROTURBINE DRAFT; REYNOLD-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES SIMULATIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES SIMULATIONS; STATISTICAL TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES;

TURBULENCE MODELS; SWIRLING FLOW;

DETACHED-EDDY SIMULATIONS (DES); HYDROTURBINE DRAFT; INCOMPRESSIBLE SWIRLING FLOW;

DRAFT TUBE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 20444480932     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2005)131:6(441)     Document Type: Article

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