Application of Large Eddy Simulation to Aged Water Transmission Pipes

Authors

Ryan Christensen
Steven L. Barfuss, Utah State UniversityFollow
Robert E. Spall, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volume

4

Issue

3

Publication Date

9-1-2010

First Page

450

Last Page

458

Abstract

The filtered Navier-Stokes equations were solved using the techniques of large eddy simulation to model flow through an aged pipe at a Reynolds number of 6800. The large eddy simulation produced DarcyWeisbach friction factors that were 20% less than the friction factors obtained from experimental tests. Much of the error is believed to be a consequence of filtering the smallest roughness elements when meshing the pipe wall boundary and possible deficiencies in the subgrid-scale model at modeling the complex three-dimensional flow structures due to the irregular pipe boundary.

Recommended Citation

Sep 2010: Application of Large Eddy Simulation to Aged Water Transmission Pipes. Journal of Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics; (Ryan Christensen, *, Robert Spall) Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 450-458 (2010)