Numerical Simulation of Secondary Flow in a Curved Square Duct

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The present paper focused on both turbulent flow and laminar flow at low Reynolds number in a curved duct. The finite volume method on unstructured grid and SIMPLEC algorithm were adopted here and the computation program was design with these methods. Good agreement was achieved between the numerical result and experimental data in the literature, and it shows that the method is reasonable and the program works well. The numerical method was also used to flow simulation with different attack angle and side angle, and numerical results were consistent with conclusion in the literature. Finally, the numerical method used for cases with different Reynolds number at the inlet. Secondary flow phenomena have been researched in the curved duct and some conclusions were derived.

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