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Numerical study on ow separation in 90 pipe bend under high

Reynolds number by k- modelling
Prasun Dutta *, Sumit Kumar Saha, Nityananda Nandi, Nairit Pal
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India

A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T

Article history: The present paper makes an effort to nd the ow separation characteristics under high Reynolds number
Received 7 October 2015 in pipe bends. Single phase turbulent ow through pipe bends is investigated using k- turbulence model.
Received in revised form After the validation of present model against existing experimental results, a detailed study has been
15 December 2015
performed to study the inuence of Reynolds number on ow separation and reattachment. The sepa-
Accepted 15 December 2015
Available online
ration region and the velocity eld of the primary and the secondary ows in different sections have been
illustrated. Numerical results show that ow separation can be clearly visualized for bend with low cur-
vature ratio. Distributions of the velocity vector show the secondary motion clearly induced by the
Keywords:
90 pipe bend movement of uid from inner to outer wall of the bend leading to ow separation. This paper provides
k- turbulence model numerical results to understand the ow characteristics of uid ow in 90 bend pipe.
Turbulent ow Copyright 2015, The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Karabuk
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1. Introduction testimony to this fact. A number of researchers have investigated

Pipe bends are the most important part of any pipeline network
system as these provide exibility in routing. Investigations of the
ow through bends are of great signicance in understanding and
improving their performance and minimizing the losses. It is already
well known that the ow of incompressible viscous uids through
pipe bends is characterized by ow separation, secondary ow and
unsteadiness, which are dependent on Reynolds number as well as
the radius of curvature of the bend. Whenever a uid ows through
a bend, there is a radial pressure gradient developed by the cen-
trifugal force acting on the uid. Because of this, a double spiral ow
eld and a pair of counter-rotating vortices can also be observed
inside the bend i.e. because of the presence of pressure gradient,
uid at the centre of pipe moves towards the outer side and comes
back along the wall towards the inner side. Now if the bend cur-
vature ratio is very small (Rc/D 1.5), the adverse pressure gradient
near the inner wall and immediately downstream of the bend may
lead to ow separation, giving rise to a large increase in pressure
losses [13]. However, the ow characteristics of incompressible ows
in pipe bends are not fully claried yet. Accurate estimation of mass
ow rate and losses is critical for most incompressible ow systems.
The applications of water-ows through pipe bends are found in
many engineering applications. Some of the excellent reviews bear
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 33 26684561 to 63 (Extn.: 277).
E-mail address: pd.iiest@gmail.com (P. Dutta).
Peer review under responsibility of Karabuk University.
turbulent ows in pipe bends by means of theoretical, experimen-
tal and numerical methods [49]. To perform numerical simulation
of uid ow in curved pipes, on the other hand, the NavierStokes
equation has to be expressed in curvilinear or body tted coordi-
nate system. A very useful database for direct numerical simulation
(DNS) and large eddy simulation (LES) on pipe bend is provided by
two studies [10,11]. Recently, in the nuclear sector due to the fatigue
by the unsteady motion of the vortices, this has also attracted the
interest of the researchers [2,12,13]. Hence, it is interesting to see
the ow separation and reattachment under high Reynolds number.
Micro and nano size particle erosion in 90 pipe bend and over the
backward-facing steps were studied numerically [1418]. Very re-
cently, studies on turbulent mixed convection heat transfer [1925]
attracted the interest of investigators; many researchers used Lattice
Boltzmann methods to solve natural convection heat transfer problem
[26,27]. Magneto hydrodynamic ow (MHD) has attracted much in-
terest of researchers in recent years due to the effect of magnetic
eld on the boundary layer ow control [2833]. Different exact and
approximate techniques have also been used to solve the different
problems in uid mechanics [3438]. In this paper, the ow sep-
aration in the most common 90 pipe bend is studied by numerical
methods based on computational uid dynamics. The paper is struc-
tured in the following fashion. Section 1 gives a brief idea on the
previous research works and motivation for the present work. Section
2 contains the necessary theoretical background. Problem deni-
tion with validation is provided in section 3. Section 4 contains the
study on various parameters affecting the ow pattern and is fol-
lowed by summary bulletin of the study under section 5.

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2. Governing equations and numerical methodology (a)

Three dimensional Reynolds Averaged NavierStokes (RANS)
equations are solved using the segregated implicit solver. The right
choice of a turbulence model is critical when an industrial turbu-
lent ow problem is faced, especially when this problem involves
three dimensional ow phenomena, which needs an accurate mod-
elling. The second order scheme is used for the U-RANS equations
calculations, with a pressure velocity coupling achieved using SIMPLE
algorithm. The time step size used in the present study is 0.001 s
with 1000 time steps. The default under relaxation factors were used
to aid convergence for all models.
The governing equations for incompressible uid ow with con-
stant properties are

u i
=0 (1)
x i

u i u i 1 p 2ui
+uj = fi + (2)
t x j x i x j x j

Equations (1) and (2) are conservations of mass and momen- (b)
tum, respectively; fi is a vector representing external forces, is the
kinematic viscosity.

2.1. Turbulence model

It is well known that turbulent ows are basically designated by

the uctuations of the velocity elds. Different transported quan-
tities such as momentum, energy, etc. also uctuate for this
uctuation of velocity eld and these uctuations can be of very
high frequency and small scale; they are very dicult and
computationally crucial to analyse directly in industrial engineer-
ing calculations. The turbulence model needs to be selected based
on some considerations, e.g., the physics of the ow, the insight into Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the bend geometry and present model with compu-
tational grid.
the capabilities and limitations of turbulence models, the attempt
for the specic problem by other researchers, the accuracy needed,
the available computational resources, and time.
set up 50D for all cases to save computational time. The uid medium
The k- turbulence model is adopted for the present study as k-
was air having density () of 1.2647 kg/m3 and dynamic viscosity
turbulence model performs better for both single-phase and two-
() of 1.983 105 kg/m-s for validation purpose and water having
phase ows in pipe bend [3,3943]. In this model, the turbulence
density () of 990.2 kg/m3 and dynamic viscosity () of 0.0006 kg/m-s
kinetic energy (k) and the turbulence dissipation rate () are solved
for the present study with working temperature of 300 K in both
to determine the coecient of turbulent viscosity (t).
cases. Three dimensional structured mesh was used containing hexa-
Transport equation for k-epsilon
hedron elements, which was optimized via a grid-independence
( pk ) ( pkui ) t k study. The bend geometry and mesh are shown in Fig. 1a and b re-
+ = + 2t E ij E ij (3)
t x i x j k x j spectively. It is dened that the axial direction downstream the bend
is x-coordinate, the direction from inner core to outer core of the
bend is y-coordinate and the perpendicular direction to x and y is
( p ) ( p ui ) t k 2
+ = + C 1 2t E ij E ij C 2 (4) z-coordinate.
t x i x j x j k k
3.1. Validation
where ui represents velocity component in corresponding direc-
tion, E ij represents component of rate of deformation, and t
At the very beginning of our study, our model and simulation
represents eddy viscosity.
setup are rst validated against the existing experimental and nu-
Equations (3) and (4) also consist of some adjustable constants
merical data in References [3,7,45]. For that intension, same
[44]; these are as follows
geometrical conguration is adopted. In their experiment, the authors
C = 0.09 = 1.00 = 1.00 = 1.30 C 1 = 1.44 C 2 = 1.92 of the previously mentioned studies used a circular cross sec-
tioned 90 bend with a curvature ratio (R c /D) of 2 and the
measurements of velocities were performed at a Reynolds number
3. Problem denition of 6 104. For the validation of our present model, the simulation
is performed on a computational mesh containing total 2.85 million
The problem that is considered here is the uid ow through hexahedron elements, which was optimized via a grid-independence
90 pipe bends having inner diameter of 0.01 m with curvature ratio study, see Fig. 1a. The value of non-dimensional distance from wall
(Rc/D) = 1 for different Reynolds numbers ranging from 1 105 to (Y+) is strictly controlled using standard wall treatment function
10 105. The inlet length of straight pipe in the calculations was (30 < Y+ < 90 for a near wall cell used for present study). The mean

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(a)
Fig. 2. Comparison of normalized axial velocity prole of present analysis with published experimental and numerical results.
axial velocity prole normalized with inlet velocity along symme-
try line at bend outlet ( = 90) shows very good agreement with
both experimental and numerical results [3,7,45], see Fig. 2b. In the
inner core region of the bend (negative X-axis in Fig.), some dis-
crepancies between experimental and numerical data are observed.
This discrepancies may arise due to the adverse pressure gradient
near the inner wall of the bend and this is also consistent with a
recent study [3]. From the validation part, it has been seen that the
model is in close approximation with the published results; hence,
this procedure of mesh generation and simulation set up has been
used for further analysis.
4. Results and discussions
The main objective of the present study is to characterize the
effect of Reynolds number on ow separation of single phase tur-
bulent ow in a 90 pipe bend through numerical simulation. The
results of the mean velocity prole, velocity uctuation and sepa-
ration reattachment points for different Reynolds numbers along
the different positions of the bend in central symmetry plane are
presented in this section.
Fig. 3 shows the mean velocity prole normalized with inlet ve-
locity (Uin) for different Reynolds numbers (Re = 1 105 to 10 105).
The negative r values represent the inner core of the bend and SP,
Fig. 3. Normalized velocity proles at different positions in the bend for different Re.
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(b)
RP, MP represent positions of separation point, reattachment point,
middle point between separation and reattachment points respec-
tively. Velocity acceleration is depicted at the outer core of the bend
as expected. It is found that with the increase of Reynolds number,
the velocity prole at the inner core of the pipe bend tries to recover
its fully developed shape by decelerating and accelerating effects
at the outer and the inner parts of the pipe bend respectively. Hence,
it may be speculated for higher values of the Reynolds number that
pipe curvature effects are reducing.
Fig. 4 shows the normalized ow velocity vector elds at the
central plane and at the bend outlet ( = 90) for Re = 1 105,
Rc/D = 1. The mean velocity is shifted upward due to the faster
moving uid near the outer core as expressed in Reference [7]. Sec-
ondary ow pattern can clearly be observed in this section. At the
inner core of the bend, a region having very low velocity was found
and the ow was highly unsteady and complex.
Fig. 5 shows the normalized velocity elds for two different Reyn-
olds numbers (Re = 1 105 & 10 105) at the bend outlet. The top
of the each gure is the outer core of the bend and the bottom is
the inner core of the bend. The low velocity region near the inner
core of the bend was seen clearly. This region is concluded to be
the separated region [46]. Because of the relation between the cen-
trifugal force with high velocity and pressure gradient on the ow,
two identical counter rotating Dean vortices were also found for both
Reynolds numbers.
As mentioned above, a ow separation region was found at the
inner core of bend outlet; another study has been made to under-
stand the dependency of separation and reattachment points on
Reynolds number. Fig. 6 shows various starting points of ow sep-
aration from the bend inlet and corresponding reattachment points
from the bend outlet. It was found that the starting point of ow sep-
aration moves upstream in the bend as Reynolds number increases,
while the reattachment point moves downstream. This trend corre-
sponds to the dependency of Reynolds number on the total pressure
loss [45] and consistent with experimental results in References [2,13].
The rms velocity uctuations at bend outlet in the x and y di-
rections are depicted in Fig. 7 for bend with Rc/D = 1 at different
Reynolds numbers. Non-dimensional uctuating velocities Urms and
Vrms, normalized by the mean ow velocity in x and y directions re-
spectively. Negative values of r represent the inner core of the bend.
It is found that velocity uctuation is maximum in both x and y di-
rections at the separation region; however, the intensity of
uctuation is higher in the x direction. The Urms proles do not show
much Reynolds number dependency, the peak position is almost
same for all measurements but the peak value is high for higher
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Fig. 4. Normalized velocity vector eld for Re = 1 105 and Rc/D = 1. (a) Symmetry plane (centre cross section). (b) Cross section at bend outlet ( = 90).

(a) (b)

Fig. 5. Normalized velocity vector eld. (a) Re = 1 105. (b) Re = 10 105.

(a) (b)

Fig. 6. Dependency of separation and reattachment points on Reynolds number. (a) Separation points. (b) Reattachment points.

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Fig. 7. rms proles of velocity uctuations at the bend outlet. (a) rms in x direction. (b) rms in y direction.

Reynolds number. For the Vrms proles, a clear Reynolds number de- As mentioned earlier, a very complicated uid structure is formed
pendency can be observed. The peak value becomes larger and at the downstream of bend outlet due to the ow uctuation induced
shifted from the inner core towards the centre of the bend with in- by the movement separation region and the acceleration of ow ve-
creasing Reynolds number. locity. Fig. 8ad shows the complex ow motions in the bend. Fig. 8a

(a) (b)

(c)

(d)

Fig. 8. Complex ow structure in the pipe bend. (a) Cross sectional planes for ow visualization. (b) Flow at symmetry plane. (c) Flow in separated region. (d) Circumfer-
ential ow from outer core to inner core.

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describes the three cross sectional planes for the ow visualiza-
tions. Three types of ow motions are observed. Takamura et al. [2]
studied these three motions by statistical analysis (frequency anal-
ysis) in terms of Strouhal number (St) and explained as vortices
motion with St 1.0 (Fig. 8b), separated vortices shedding with
St 0.5 (Fig. 8c) and circumferential motion with St 0.5 (Fig. 8c).
5. Conclusions
Turbulent ow of single phase incompressible uid through 90
pipe bend has been simulated numerically using k- turbulent model
in the present study. The validation of 3D models used for the present
study with experiments reported in Reference [7] and numerical
works in References [3,45] indicates a good agreement. The fol-
lowing conclusions can be made from the present study:
It is found that with the increase of Reynolds number, the ve-
locity prole at the inner core of the pipe bend tries to recover
its fully developed shape by decelerating and accelerating effects
at the outer and the inner parts of the pipe bend respectively.
Hence, it may be speculated for higher values of the Reynolds
number that pipe curvature effects are reducing. The separa-
tion region for all bends was generated and a clear Reynolds
number dependency on ow separation was found. As Reyn-
olds number increased, the separation point moved towards the
upstream, while the reattachment point moved towards down-
stream of the bend. A low velocity region was found near the
inner core of the bend leading to the ow separation. Two counter
rotating Dean vortices were formed at the bend outlet.
The rms of the velocity uctuation in x direction of ow has no
signicant Reynolds number dependence, the peak value and the
position of the peak value are nearly the same for different Reyn-
olds numbers; however, the peak value was observed for the
highest Reynolds number. For the rms prole in y direction, a
little Reynolds number dependence can be observed. With in-
creasing Reynolds number, the peak value becomes larger and
situated further from the wall. Overall velocity uctuation became
larger in the separation region near the inner core of the bend;
however, the intensity of uctuation in x direction is lower than
that of y direction. The ow became very complex, unsteady and
coherent at the downstream of the bend due to the ow sepa-
ration showing three ow motions.
The above conclusions refer especially for present study range.
To provide a correlation between the separation region, curvature
ratio and the Reynolds number, additional studies is required with
different Reynolds numbers and curvature ratio and will remain for
future work.
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