A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries

The current work focuses on the development and application of a new finite volume immersed boundary method (IBM) to simulate three-dimensional fluid flows and heat transfer around complex geometries. First, the discretization of the governing equations based on the second-order finite volume method...

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Main Authors: Hassan Badreddine, Yohei Sato, Matthias Berger, Bojan Ničeno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1726519
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description The current work focuses on the development and application of a new finite volume immersed boundary method (IBM) to simulate three-dimensional fluid flows and heat transfer around complex geometries. First, the discretization of the governing equations based on the second-order finite volume method on Cartesian, structured, staggered grid is outlined, followed by the description of modifications which have to be applied to the discretized system once a body is immersed into the grid. To validate the new approach, the heat conduction equation with a source term is solved inside a cavity with an immersed body. The approach is then tested for a natural convection flow in a square cavity with and without circular cylinder for different Rayleigh numbers. The results computed with the present approach compare very well with the benchmark solutions. As a next step in the validation procedure, the method is tested for Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a turbulent flow around a surface-mounted matrix of cubes. The results computed with the present method compare very well with Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) measurements of the same case, showing that the method can be used for scale-resolving simulations of turbulence as well.
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spelling doaj-art-2f6083ace53c4f14a42f16cbb14c010a2025-08-20T03:55:16ZengWileyInternational Journal of Chemical Engineering1687-806X1687-80782017-01-01201710.1155/2017/17265191726519A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex GeometriesHassan Badreddine0Yohei Sato1Matthias Berger2Bojan Ničeno3Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre, 1 Create Way, No. 06-01 CREATE Tower, 138602, SingaporeNuclear Energy and Safety Department, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, SwitzerlandFuture Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre, 1 Create Way, No. 06-01 CREATE Tower, 138602, SingaporeNuclear Energy and Safety Department, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, SwitzerlandThe current work focuses on the development and application of a new finite volume immersed boundary method (IBM) to simulate three-dimensional fluid flows and heat transfer around complex geometries. First, the discretization of the governing equations based on the second-order finite volume method on Cartesian, structured, staggered grid is outlined, followed by the description of modifications which have to be applied to the discretized system once a body is immersed into the grid. To validate the new approach, the heat conduction equation with a source term is solved inside a cavity with an immersed body. The approach is then tested for a natural convection flow in a square cavity with and without circular cylinder for different Rayleigh numbers. The results computed with the present approach compare very well with the benchmark solutions. As a next step in the validation procedure, the method is tested for Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a turbulent flow around a surface-mounted matrix of cubes. The results computed with the present method compare very well with Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) measurements of the same case, showing that the method can be used for scale-resolving simulations of turbulence as well.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1726519
spellingShingle Hassan Badreddine
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A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries
International Journal of Chemical Engineering
title A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries
title_full A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries
title_fullStr A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries
title_full_unstemmed A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries
title_short A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries
title_sort three dimensional immersed boundary finite volume method for the simulation of incompressible heat transfer flows around complex geometries
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1726519
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