{"title":"A SIMULATION STUDY ON FIRE SERVICE INTERVENTION IN ROCK CAVERN WITH TILTED ACCESS TUNNEL","authors":"H. L. Tsang, N. Fong, W. Chow","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.cbf.031768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.cbf.031768","url":null,"abstract":"The firefighting and rescue operations to be carried out by fire-fighters may be hampered by the complexity of the design layout of rock caverns especially at the initial stage of firefighting and leading the evacuees to escape. The problem may be escalated in case of only limited means of access leading to the interior of the rock cavern provided. The situation may be exacerbated in case that the access tunnel is designed as a descending tunnel instead of horizontal tunnel given that the large amount of smoke/flammable gases is accumulated at main entrance with larger tilted angle. This paper aims at exploring the potential risks to be encountered by the fire-fighters when they arrive at scene of a fire involving a rock cavern with various types of access tunnel. Two types of design fire sizes in three types of access tunnel, e.g. horizontal, ascending, descending tunnels with different tilted angles to a cubic cavern space were studied by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations as well. Various correlations of key scientific criteria affecting fire service intervention in rock cavern were identified and discussed. Subsequently, according to the predicted results, recommendations in terms of mitigations on inherent risks of barrier to fire service intervention in rock caverns are proffered.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127542948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A MULTIPHASE, RIEMANN-SOLVER APPROACH TO GAS-CAVITATION","authors":"Andris Rambaks, H. Murrenhoff, K. Schmitz","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.mph.031923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.mph.031923","url":null,"abstract":"In hydraulic systems, a certain amount of air is always present as entrained air in the form of gaseous bubbles and as dissolved air. Large amounts of entrained air negatively affect the behavior of hydraulic systems by decreasing the bulk modulus of the fluid and increasing the risk of cavitation damage, e.g., cavitation erosion and the microdiesel effect. The diffusion-driven growth of entrained gaseous bubbles surrounded by a liquid phase is referred to as gas-cavitation, in which dissolved air from the solution diffuses into the bubble. In the proposed paper, the diffusion-driven growth of a single gas bubble immersed in a liquid is examined. To that end, a comprehensive literature review, a mathematical description of the problem as well as the numerical implementation is presented.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126315730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SIMULATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION IN A SQUARE CAVITY WITH PARTIALLY HEATED AND COOLED VERTICAL WALLS","authors":"E. Selamet, A. Selamet, R. Dehner","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.cmd.032123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.cmd.032123","url":null,"abstract":"Natural convection driven by temperature differences between partially heated and cooled vertical walls in a square cavity is studied numerically. Steady or unsteady cellular flow structures and temperature patterns are illustrated along with the evolution of heat transfer rates in terms of Nusselt number. The cavity is filled with fluids of various Prandtl number, including .024 (liquid metal), .71 (air), 6 (water), and 450 (silicon oil). The effect of Prandtl and Rayleigh numbers on the flow regime and heat transfer is established along with two different thermal boundary conditions.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133032147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BIFURCATION PHENOMENA IN THE SHORT TAYLOR-COUETTE CAVITY WITH THE ASYMMETRIC END-WALLS AT LOW Re","authors":"E. Tuliszka-Sznitko","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.fli.032358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.fli.032358","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the results of the numerical investigations (DNS) of unsteady phenomena observed in the short Taylor-Couette configurations (=H/(R2-R1)=2.6-4.0) of different radii ratios η=R1/R2=0.25-0.6 with the asymmetric end-wall boundary conditions. The computations are performed at low Reynolds numbers i.e. Re=R1(R2-R1)/=100-200. In such configurations many interesting bifurcation phenomena occur: homoclinic, heteroclinic and doubling period. The paper is thought as complementary to Mullin, Blohm [1] where the analysis is limited to =0.5. The present DNS results confirm that for =0.5 the flow dynamics is organized by a pair of codimension-2 bifurcation points. The DNS study has allowed for the determination of the neutral curves in the 3D parameter space (Re, ) and the detailed analysis of the modulated rotating waves for different . The study has shown that the MRW behavior depends strongly on and Re. These results are presented in the light of Lopez et al. [2] observations.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115112799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ting Liu, A. Mishra, A. Hemeda, J. Palko, Yanbao Ma
{"title":"A MANY-BODY DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS STUDY OF COALESCENCE INDUCED JUMPING","authors":"Ting Liu, A. Mishra, A. Hemeda, J. Palko, Yanbao Ma","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.cmd.031803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.cmd.031803","url":null,"abstract":"Coalescence induced jumping from solid surface at mesoscale is simulated using Many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD). The geometrical evolution during the coalescence of two droplets and resulted jumping were obtained and the mechanism behind this phenomenon were also investigated. The jumping maps two equal-sized droplets and two droplets with different sizes were obtained. It is found the coalescence of two equal size droplets will lead to jumping when the contact angle is larger than the minimum threshold contact angle, which is about 160°. This minimum threshold contact angle is related to droplet size as it increases when droplet size decreases. Jumping can still happen when two droplets with different sizes merge together. The maximum volume ratio for jumping of two droplets with different sizes is 3.9. Velocity field shows how internal flow evolves during the coalescence process. There is obvious velocity change inside the droplet from the beginning of the droplet deformation to jumping. The energy conversion rate from released surface energy to kinetic energy is found about 1%. These results can greatly advance the fundamental understanding of hydrodynamics behavior of coalescence induced droplet jumping.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121405526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical properties of thermally stable cadmium iodoapatite ceramic by reactive spark plasma sintering technique","authors":"I. Islam, Fengyuan Lu","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.aes.032443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.aes.032443","url":null,"abstract":"Apatites based materials have been considered as potential waste forms to immobilize the long-lived radioactive iodine isotope. But the thermal instability and phase decomposition at a higher temperature hamper the waste management process. Spark plasma sintering can be a suitable technique compared to conventional sintering processes due to its rapid heating rate, lower sintering temperature and holding time. In this study, we synthesized a highly dense iodine bearing cadmium iodoapatite ceramic pellets by spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. We successfully consolidated iodoapatite pellets with ~95.5% of theoretical density (TD) without any iodine loss and phase decomposition after low temperature sintering at 350 o C for 15 mins under 100 MPa. The theoretical density, micro-hardness, and yield strength of sintered pellets were investigated for different sintering temperatures of 300 o C, 350 o C, and 400 o C and holding time (15 min) under the pressure of 100 MPa. The densified pellets displayed nanocrystalline grain structures of 30-80 nm size which contributed to enhanced thermal stability and fracture toughness. The X-ray diffraction and EDS analysis also confirms the presence of iodoapatite structures. This advanced fabrication technique using SPS can help to develop thermally durable waste forms and mitigate the challenges to dispose high- level radioactive waste.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130942451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of the laidback fan-shaped hole geometry on film cooling performance using large eddy simulation","authors":"H. Jang, M. Tyagi","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.cmd.032120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.cmd.032120","url":null,"abstract":"The higher temperature of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine yield higher efficiencies for the turbines but can affect the blade’s life. As a preventative method, Film-cooling is a useful technique to enhance the performance of it by injecting coolant jets that the metal surfaces can be protected against the hot main flow. To improve cooling efficiency and increase the life of these components, several cooling strategies have been introduced. In the present study, the effects of the laidback fan-shaped hole geometry, in particular, are examined against the conventional cylindrical hole geometry using Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations. Computations are carried out based on three-dimensional Large Eddy Simulation. The open-source software OpenFOAM was utilized to solve the filtered governing equations for mass, momentum, energy conservation, and heat transfer. The mixing mechanism between hot and coolant fluids, nondimensional adiabatic film cooling effectiveness, and dynamics of vortices are presented and discussed. Two types of","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122122201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of a Matched Index of Refraction Facility for Flow Studies with Mixing and Complex Geometries","authors":"Abdullah G. Weiss, Paul J. Kristo, M. Kimber","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.fnd.032419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.fnd.032419","url":null,"abstract":"A matched index of refraction facility has been constructed at Texas A&M University to enable optically transparent measurements in a test section capable of laminar, transition, and turbulent flow regimes. The index matching is achieved by recirculating Drakeol ® 5 oil through a closed loop system via a centrifugal pump whose heat generation does not adversely affect the refraction. Quartz is used as the solid material inside the test section to enable the index matching. Design of the system is discussed, followed by preliminary results for three rectangular slot flows that coalesce into a single channel. Particle Image Velocimetry was employed to capture the velocities in the mixing region. This configuration allows for simultaneous measurement of the flow 0.35 hydraulic diameters upstream and 3.9 diameters downstream of the outlets. The Reynolds numbers of the three channels are in the range of 1800-20000, spanning multiple flow regimes and promoting different flow physics. Results in the turbulent regime closely resembled the interaction of three confined slot jets. The non-turbulent regime shows the fluid stalling to approximately half of its inlet velocity, prompting recirculation zones near the outlet. The dominant energy contributions and momentum dissipation in the stalling region come from shear and spanwise stresses, whereas streamwise stresses dominate in other locations. It was also observed that the shear stresses decrease with increasing bulk velocities, while the spanwise stresses remained relatively constant. The ability to simultaneously measure upstream and downstream of the outlets enables further investigation into understanding the complex interaction of the momentum exchange that occurs as a result of the geometry, flow regime, and the effect of pressure in these areas. This data also enables a straightforward exercise to help validate models of turbulence and transition for such mixing scenarios.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129194886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of aperture total internal reflection (A-TIR) for droplet characterization with 3-D ray tracing and modified Fresnel equation","authors":"I. Kim, Yang Lie, J. S. Park","doi":"10.1615/tfec2020.mns.031998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/tfec2020.mns.031998","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes and demonstrates a new approach using aperture total internal reflection (A-TIR) by means of various apertures in front of a detector to characterize micro/macro droplet. Pure liquid is used to make micro and macro scale droplets. An aperture in front of a detector in TIR configuration generates unique reflectance curve by filtering the amount of aberrated beams from the top curved profiles of droplets. A scheme of threedimensional (3-D) ray tracing is developed for the reflected beam profile from the curved surface of the droplet with the modified Fresnel modeling to show a good agreement with the measurement. The modified Fresnel modeling is proposed to consider the morphological features of the droplet such as the thickness, the diameter, the surface coverage fraction, the effective flatness ratio, and the quantum phenomenon of Goos-Hänchen (G-H) shift effect. Various sizes of apertures are employed to demonstrate the A-TIR reflectance dependence on the aperture sizes for the macro and micro-sized droplets with a good agreement between the experiment and the simulation. and 3-D ray tracing with the modified Fresnel equation shows good agreement. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that one of the morphological features of the droplet, the thickness can be successfully determined with a reasonable agreement with the measurement. This outcome can be used to determine the morphological features of droplets such as the thickness, the diameter, and the coverage fraction and to characterize uneven surface features like human fingerprinting.","PeriodicalId":434777,"journal":{"name":"Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130163636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}