3-D SIMULATION OF FLOW THROUGH A POROUS BODY COMPOSED SPHEROIDS

Abstract

 The Immersed Boundary Method was used to investigate flow details through a porous media, which are difficult to observe in detail in hydraulic experiments. Calculations were performed for a single spheroid and one or three layers of porous media consisting of spheroids with angle attack. The spatial distribution of velocity deviation in the pore of the porous media and in the downstream area was also shown, as well as the calculation results of the spatial variation of turbulent kinetic energy obtained from the velocity deviations.