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Meshing Effect on the Hydrodynamic Structure Around Water Darrieus Rotor

Received: 12 April 2016     Accepted: 18 April 2016     Published: 5 July 2016
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Abstract

Turbulent free surface flows are encountered in many hydraulic and water resources engineering problems. In this work, the CFD code "Fluent" is used to study the meshing effect on the hydrodynamic structure around water Darrieus rotor. This code is based on solving steady Navier-Stokes equations by a finite volume discretization model. The numerical approach used is the multi reference frame (MRF) model. The validation of our computer model is done by the comparison with experimental anterior results.

Published in International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20160202.11
Page(s) 10-15
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Keywords

Darrieus Rotor, Meshing Effect, Hydrodynamic Structure, CFD, RANS

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  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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