A new transient CFD method for determining the dynamic coefficients of liquid annular seals

Currently, the dynamic characteristics of annular seals are numerically investigated mainly by solving the bulk flow equations using perturbation method, or by simulating the perturbed flow field of annular seal using CFD method. The adopted disturbance way is generally the circular whirling motion...

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Published in:Journal of mechanical science and technology 2016, 30(8), , pp.3477-3486
Main Authors: Wu, Dazhuan, Jiang, Xinkuo, Li, Shiyang, Wang, Leqin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annular
Computer simulation
Computing time
Constants
Control
Dynamic characteristics
Dynamical Systems
Dynamics
Engineering
Finite element method
Flow equations
Industrial and Production Engineering
Liquids
Mathematical models
Mechanical Engineering
Perturbation methods
Rotors
Seals
Simulation
Vibration
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Summary:Currently, the dynamic characteristics of annular seals are numerically investigated mainly by solving the bulk flow equations using perturbation method, or by simulating the perturbed flow field of annular seal using CFD method. The adopted disturbance way is generally the circular whirling motion of rotor around seal centre with constant speed. Relative to the transient CFD simulation, the quasisteady CFD simulation introducing Moving reference frame (MRF) has been widely used by researchers. Both the dynamic mesh problem and the time-consuming problem suppress the use of transient CFD simulation in annular seal research. In the paper, a new transient CFD method based on rotor’s variable-speed whirl is presented to improve the time-consuming problem and all the (total 20) dynamic coefficients of concentric liquid seal can be obtained by only two transient CFD simulations, one for the variable-speed cylindrical whirl and the other for the variable-speed conical whirl. The results are compared with those from the experiment, the quasi-steady CFD method and the traditional transient CFD method based on constant-speed whirl. The comparisons show that the new transient method can keep the good accuracy of traditional transient method and meantime largely save the computational time.
ISSN:1738-494X
1976-3824
DOI:10.1007/s12206-016-0707-3