Buoyancy-Affected Separated Laminar Flow over a Vertically Located, Two-Dimensional Backward-Facing Step

수직으로 놓인 후향계단위를 흐르는 유체유동에 미치는 부력의 영향에 관한 연구

Numerical analysis and measurements of the velocity and temperature distributions in buoyancy assisting laminar mixed convection flow over a vertically located, two-dimensional backward-facing step are reported. Laser-Doppler Velocimeter and Constant Temperature Anemometer operated in constant current were used to measure simultaneously the velocity and temperature distributions in the recirculation region downstream of the step. The reattachment length was measured by using flow visualization technique for different inlet velocities, wall temperatures and step heights. While the reattachment length $X_r$ increases as the inlet velocity or step height increase, it decreases as the buoyancy force increases, causing the size of the recirculation region to decrease. For the experimental range of $Gr_s$/$Re_{s}^{2}$$\times$$10^3$<17, a correlation equation for the reattachment length can be given by $X_{r}=1.05(2.13+0.021 Re_{s})exp$ $(-33.7_s^{-0.186}/Gr_{s}/Re_{s}^2).$ The Nusselt number is found to increase and the location of its maximum value moves closer to the step as the buoyancy force increases. The location of the maximum Nusselt number occurs downstream of the reattachment point, and distance between the reattachment point and the location of the maximum Nusselt mumber increases as the buoyancy force increases. Computational prediction agrees favorably well with measured results.

본 연구에서는 수직 평판에 위치한 후향계단면 위를 흐르는 유체유동의 특성, 즉 재부착점, 박리 및 재순환 영역에 미치는 부력의 영향을 수치해석 및 실험으로 조사한다. 유동의 가시화를 통해 재부착점의 위치를 측정하며 레이저도플러 유속계 (5W,Ar-Ion,DANTEC)에 의한 속도분포 및 CTA(constant temperature anemoneter,55M01 과 55M20, DANTEC)를 사용한 온도분포를 동시에 측정 함으로써 유동 특성 및 열전달에 미치는 부력의 영향을 검토한다.