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This article presents numerical simulation of flow in the discharge object with the welded siphon and the free water level. The main numerical tool used in this study is the lattice Boltzmann method combined with the Volume-of-Fluid approach and the Smagorinski LES model. Some aspects of the numerical method are discussed, especially the formulation of the outlet boundary condition. The simulations are carried out with in-house software based on the open-source Palabos framework. Presented results are compared with the CFD simulations, based on the ANSYS CFX software applying the SST and SAS turbulence models and the free-surface flow modeling by means of the Volume-of-Fluid method. The evolution and interactions of main flow structures are analyzed using visualizations and the spectral analysis. All numerical simulations are verified by the experimental data obtained in the hydraulic laboratory with water circuit. A stationary flow regime has been visualized by means of PIV. Both the vertical planes and horizontal planes have been examined, focused mainly on the regions below and behind the siphon outlet. The results show a good agreement of calculated and measured complex flow structures, including time-averaged and instantaneous flow fields.

Standardní instalace open-source balíku pro výpočetní mechaniku tekutin OpenFOAM je založena hlavně na schématech kombinujících tlak a rychlost. Tato schémata předurčují typy úloh, které je možné pomocí nich řešit (např. podzvukové nestlačitelné, stlačitelné nebo transsonické). Tento článek se zabývá implementací schématu AUSM+-up založeného na provázání hustoty a rychlosti, které umožňuje řešit problémy mechaniky tekutin v širším intervalu rychlostí. Toto schéma je doplněno o implicitní vyhlazování residuí, které rozšiřuje oblast stability použitého schématu. Proto je pozorován nárůst rychlosti konvergence použitého schématu, které bylo zrychleno šestkrát

A development of droplet solver for 3D complex geometry is described in this work. This solver is composed of solvers for turbulent flow field and droplets. This code is based on the finite volume method. An open source CFD code OpenFOAM was chosen for its first implementation and first results are shown.

The CE-SE scheme is new numerical methodology for conservation laws. It was developed by Dr.Chang of NASA Glenn Research Center and his collaborators. The 1D and 2D variant of CE-SE scheme for scalar convection and for Euler equations for incompressible flows is described. The CESE scheme is compared with classical schemes in 1D. The solution to inviscid incompressible flow in GAMM channel in 2D is presented.

Abstract  This paper deals with a numerical solution of compressible flows. In the case of Euler equations, a numerical solver is presented on a structured quadrilateral grid. The Advection Upstream Splitting Method (AUSM) scheme is used and the spatial accuracy is improved by linear reconstruction with slope limiters. The influence of those limiters are then tested in cases of transonic flow through a channel and a blade cascade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent trends in the electric energy market such as biomass, waste incineration or combined cycle power plants require innovative solutions in steam turbine design. Variable operating conditions cause significant changes in flow field surrounding the steam turbine last stage blades. Therefore, the enlargement of operating range for last stage blades presents new challenges in design of turbine cascades. Several turbine cascades were designed and analyzed by commercial and in-house software of CTU Prague. Selected profiles were experimentally validated in the high-speed wind tunnel for 2D cascade measurements of the Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences which is equipped by an adjustable supersonic inlet nozzle, perforated inserts at side walls and adjustable perforated tailboard. Comparisons are presented of numerical results with optical and pneumatic measurements for a wide range of inlet and outlet Mach numbers for optimized hub and tip profile cascades.