Fluid flow over and through a regular bundle of rigid fibres

The interaction between a fluid flow and a transversely isotropic porous medium is described. A homogenized model is used to treat the flow field in the porous region, and different interface conditions, needed to match solutions at the boundary between the pure fluid and the porous regions, are eva...

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Published in:Journal of fluid mechanics 2016-04, Vol.792, p.5-35
Main Authors: Zampogna, Giuseppe A., Bottaro, Alessandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fibers
Fluid flow
Fluid mechanics
Permeability
Porous media
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Summary:The interaction between a fluid flow and a transversely isotropic porous medium is described. A homogenized model is used to treat the flow field in the porous region, and different interface conditions, needed to match solutions at the boundary between the pure fluid and the porous regions, are evaluated. Two problems in different flow regimes (laminar and turbulent) are considered to validate the system, which includes inertia in the leading-order equations for the permeability tensor through a Oseen approximation. The components of the permeability, which characterize microscopically the porous medium and determine the flow field at the macroscopic scale, are reasonably well estimated by the theory, both in the laminar and the turbulent case. This is demonstrated by comparing the model’s results to both experimental measurements and direct numerical simulations of the Navier–Stokes equations which resolve the flow also through the pores of the medium.
ISSN:0022-1120
1469-7645
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2016.66