Study of flow over Backward

Facing Step using HOCS.

Karumanchi
Viswanatha Sarma

Guide:
Dr.S.Vengadesan

HOCS-Higher Order Compact Scheme

Introduction

Central
Difference
Scheme

Hermitian Polynomial for first order differential

Applying Taylor series of

expansion to individual terms
and simplifying

Introduction

CFDS-Compact Finite Difference Scheme

PROJECT WORK

BACKWARD FACING STEP

GRID GENERATION

GRID GENERATION

Y-direction
(uniform)

X-direction

GRID SIZE
dx (max)

dx (min)

AR

dy

240 X 21

0.1988

0.05

3.976

0.05

277 X 26

0.1993

0.04

4.9825

0.04

443 X 51

0.1992

0.02

9.96

0.02

737 X 101

0.1998

0.01

19.98

0.01

877 X 126

0.1997

0.008

24.9625

0.008

STREAMTRACES RE 200- WITHOUT SQUARE CYLINDER

STREAMTRACES RE 200- WITHOUT SQUARE CYLINDER

STREAMTRACES RE 800- WITHOUT SQUARE CYLINDER

STREAMTRACES RE 800- WITHOUT SQUARE CYLINDER

SECOND MOFFATT EDDY

RE-200

X 443 Y 51

X 737 Y 101

X 877 Y 126

RE-800

X 443 Y 51

X 737 Y 101

X 877 Y 126

Validations
RE-800

RE-200
SEPARATION & REATTACHMENT POINTS

GRIDS
x1

x2

SEPARATION & REATTACHMENT POINTS

GRIDS

x3

x1

x2

x3

240 X 21

2.55

240 X 21

5.78

5.077

9.91

277 X 26

2.59

277 X 26

5.69

4.77

10.08

443 X 51

2.64

443 X 51

6.02

4.87

10.43

737 X 101 6.05

4.80

10.44

877 X 126 6.02

4.85

10.40

Sheu.et al 6.1405

4.8054

10.2202

737 X 101

2.66

877 X 126

2.66

Sheu.et al

2.5906

NOT
APPLICABLE

Validations

CURRENT STATUS & FUTURE WORK

CURRENT STATUS
Incorporating the temperature conditions for validating with
standard results
FUTURE WORK
Modifying the existing BFS code to insert the square cylinder in
the flow domain.
To run the modified code for different cases i.e., Re=1, 100 &
200, three positions along streamwise direction and three
positions along vertical direction

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