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Study of Moist Air Flow Through the Ludwieg Tube  

Baek, Seung-Cheol (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Kwon, Soon-Bum (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Heuy-Dong (School of Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University)
Toshiaki Setoguchi (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saga University)
Sigeru Matsuo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saga University)
Raghu S. Raghunathan (School of Aeronautical Engineering, The Queen′s University of Belfast)
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Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology / v.17, no.12, 2003 , pp. 2066-2077 More about this Journal
Abstract
The time-dependent behavior of unsteady condensation of moist air through the Ludwieg tube is investigated by using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) work. The two-dimensional, compressible, Navier-Stokes equations, fully coupled with the condensate droplet growth equations, are numerically solved by a third-order MUSCL type TVD finite-difference scheme, with a second-order fractional time step. Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model is employed to close the governing equations. The predicted results are compared with the previous experiments using the Ludwieg tube with a diaphragm downstream. The present computations represent the experimental flows well. The time-dependent unsteady condensation characteristics are discussed based upon the present predicted results. The results obtained clearly show that for an initial relative humidity below 30% there is no periodic oscillation of the condensation shock wave, but for an initial relative humidity over 40% the periodic excursions of the condensation shock occurs in the Ludwieg tube, and the frequency increases with the initial relative humidity. It is also found that total pressure loss due to unsteady condensation in the Ludwieg tube should not be ignored even for a very low initial relative humidity and it results from the periodic excursions of the condensation shock wave.
Keywords
Ludwieg Tube; Compressible Flow; Condensation Shock Wave; Periodic Flow; Non-Equilibrium Condensation; Supersonic Nozzle;
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