Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2018, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 378-391.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1871

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Turbulent flow and heat transfer in a channel with porous media

ZHANG Yifan, LIU Caixi, DONG Yuhong()   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
  • Received:2016-08-12 Online:2018-06-15 Published:2018-06-27
  • Contact: DONG Yuhong E-mail:dongyh@staff.shu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Turbulent flow and heat transfer in a channel with two parallel porous walls are reported. The Darcy-Brinkman-Forcheimer (DBF) acting model based on volume averaged hypothesis is added to the Navier-Stokes equation to simulate the flow bounded by porous media. The effects of porosity and Darcy numbers on skin-friction drag as well as Nusselt numbers are studied. The results on statistical quantities for flow field and temperature field show that the skin-friction drag decreases as the porosity becomes larger, and the Nusselt numbers may increase leading to enhancement of heat transfer efficiency when the Darcy number increases.

Key words: porous media, wall-bounded turbulence, drag reduction, heat transfer

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