Abstract
Modeling method of pile fabrics was studied in the CFD simulation. The porous media model in Fluent 6.3 was used and VRC (the viscous resistance coefficient) proportional to the inverse third power of the distance from the cylinder surface was found to be appropriate to model the pile fabrics. The simulation results show the similar flow pattern around the cylinder with/without pile fabrics, as measured in the previous experiments. However, the simulated turbulent intensities have not yet had good agreement with the experimental results.
