Applicability of Frozen-Viscosity Models of Unsteady Wall Shear Stress
Applicability of Frozen-Viscosity Models of Unsteady Wall Shear Stress
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DOI:
10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0000930
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
A. Vardy;Jim Brown;S. He;C. Ariyaratne;S. Gorji
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作者:
A. Vardy;Jim Brown;S. He;C. Ariyaratne;S. Gorji
AbstractThe validity of assumed frozen-viscosity conditions underpinning an important class of theoretical models of unsteady wall shear stress in transient flows in pipes and channels is assessed using detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The need for approximate one-dimensional (1D){x,t} models of the wall stress is unavoidable in analyses of transient flows in extensive pipe networks because it would be economically impracticable to use higher order methods of analysis. However, the bases of the various models have never been established rigorously. It is shown herein that a commonly used approach developed by the first authors is flawed in the case of smooth-wall flows although it is more plausible for rough-wall flows. The assessment process is undertaken for a particular, but important, unsteady flow case, namely, a uniform acceleration from an initially steady turbulent flow. First, detailed predictions from a validated CFD method are used to derive baseline solutions with which...