A simple sliding‐mesh interface procedure and its application to the CFD simulation of a tidal‐stream turbine

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids - Tập 74 Số 4 - Trang 250-269 - 2014
J.L. McNAUGHTON1, Imran Afgan1, David Apsley1, Stefano Rolfo1, Tim Stallard1, Peter Stansby1
1School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

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SUMMARYAn effective way of using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate flow about a rotating device—for example, a wind or marine turbine—is to embed a rotating region of cells inside a larger, stationary domain, with a sliding interface between. This paper describes a simple but effective method for implementing this as an internal Dirichlet boundary condition, with interfacial values obtained by interpolation from halo nodes. The method is tested in two finite‐volume codes: one using block‐structured meshes and the other unstructured meshes. Validation is performed for flow around simple, isolated, rotating shapes (cylinder, sphere and cube), comparing, where possible, with experiment and the alternative CFD approach of fixed grid with moving walls. Flow variables are shown to vary smoothly across the sliding interface. Simulations of a tidal‐stream turbine, including both rotor and support, are then performed and compared with towing‐tank experiments. Comparison between CFD and experiment is made for thrust and power coefficients as a function of tip‐speed ratio (TSR) using Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes turbulence models and large‐eddy simulation (LES). Performance of most models is good near the optimal TSR, but simulations underestimate mean thrust and power coefficients in off‐design conditions, with the standard k– ϵ turbulence model performing noticeably worse than shear stress transport k– ω and Reynolds‐stress‐transport closures. LES gave good predictions of mean load coefficients and vital information about wake structures but at substantial computational cost. Grid‐sensitivity studies suggest that Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes models give acceptable predictions of mean power and thrust coefficients on a single device using a mesh of about 4 million cells. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Tập 74 Số 4

250-269

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