A Study of Flow in a Corrugated Channel Xin Kai Li Institute of Simulation Sciences De Montfort University Leicester UK
Outline Introduction Mathematical model Spectral element method for a corrugated channel flow Numerical results Conclusion with further work
Mathematical Model Momentum equation Mass equation Constitutive Equation
Viscosity model Cross model
Spectral Element method Gauss-Lobatto-Legendre Polynomials
Basis functions (Gauss-Lobatto-Legendre polynomials) for the velocity and the extra-stress tensor Basis function for the pressure and the deformation tensor
Spectral element configuration (k=4, M=N=5) Gauss-Lobatto-Legendre collocation points for the velocity and stress tensor Interior Gauss-Lobatto-Legendre collocation points for the pressure p ( u, )
Numerical algebraic equations A ---- Helmholtz operator B ---- Gradient operator C ---- Stress tensor matrix
Numerical example Flow geometry
Velocity profiles
Shear rate and viscosity
Velocity vector profiles
Velocity along the x-axis