Abstract
In this work, a computational fluid dynamics software (STAR-CD) has been used to study the fluid flow characteristics near a small, truncated sphere located on the floor of a long, narrow channel. The sphere represents a nucleating bubble formed in a subcooled flow boiling process. The predictions of the CFD analyses are helpful toward developing an understanding of the mechanisms which drive the formation of bubbles, and their subsequent departure from a heated surface during this process. The working fluid is water at 20 celsius. The analyses yielded velocity vectors near the sphere, pressure contours and a stagnation point on the surface of the sphere.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Fluid dynamics--Data processing; Ebullition--Data processing; Nucleate boiling--Data processing; Heat--Transmission--Data processing
Publication Date
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
Mechanical Engineering (KGCOE)
Advisor
Signature Illegible
Recommended Citation
Ikenze, Chukwuemeka, "A CFD study of fluid flow characteristics in the vicinity of a truncated sphere in a long, narrow channel" (1996). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/7211
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TA357 .I456 1996