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Strömungskontrolle unter konstantem Leistungseintrag

Fachliche Zuordnung Strömungsmechanik
Förderung Förderung von 2014 bis 2018
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 252194469
 
Erstellungsjahr 2022

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

In the simulation of a flow problem, it is common to prescribe the volumetric flow rate, obtaining the pressure drop in the system considered as a result. Depending on the question at hand, one might also prescribe the pressure drop and obtain the flow rate as a result. Within this project, we have developed an alternative strategy, that consists in running simulations under a prescribed constant power input (CPI) and thus obtain flow rate and pressure drop as a result. The CPI concept becomes particularly important and appealing in the context of flow control, where a comparison between control-on and control-off conditions has to be made. The result of such a comparison can be strongly influenced by the choice we make of how to compare two flows. We can decide to compare two flows with the same flow rate (CFR), with the same pressure gradient (CPG) or with the same power input (CPI). If CPI is set up in such a way that the power expenditure of the control is included, it enables us to directly determine the possibility of net power savings. The corresponding data set for the controlled flow states, in which the respective maximum flow rate increase compared to the uncontrolled flow at the same total power input is realized for each control technique, has been made publicly available This data set allows investigating whether it is possible to extract generalized statements about drag reduced flows. In the project the generated data has been used to tackle two consecutive fundamental questions regarding the physics of drag reduction in turbulent flows from the energetic standpoint. The first question, which previously only found contradictory answers in literature, is the following: Does drag-reducing flow control modify the way energy is dissipated in a turbulent flow? The naturally following second question addressed with the generated data set is how drag reduction techniques achieve these favorable modifications.

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