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- ItemApplication of the computational modeling in the resin transfer molding (RTM) process: a case study of a marine propeller(2012) Porto, Joseane da Silva; Letzow, Max; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Souza, Jeferson Avila; Isoldi, Liércio André; Amico, Sandro CamposThis work presents one example of how the computational modeling can help in the Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) process when it is applied to the production of parts with complex geometry, such as the marine propellers. This manufacture process of composite material parts consists in the injection of a polymeric resin into a closed mold where a fibrous reinforcement is previously placed. The numerical simulation of the RTM process can be considered as the resin flow through a porous media. This computational model was developed in the FLUENT package, which is based on the Finite Volume Method (FVM), and was applied to study a propeller for naval propulsion. As the propeller has a complex format, the use of computational approach as a preliminar step in the manufacturing process is very important for the correct definition of the inlet and outlet nozzles. So, it is possible to design an efficient mold, avoinding extras costs related with the mold redesign, the resin waste and the increase of injection time. The results showed that an inadequate positioning of the mold outlet nozzles causes an increase about 10% and 2% in the production time and in the resin amount, respectively, for obtaining the marine propeller by RTM process.
- ItemA numerical methodology for permeability determination of reinforcements for polymeric composites(2012) Souza, Jeferson Avila; Isoldi, Liércio André; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Oliveira, Cristiano Peres; Amico, Sandro CamposThis work focus on developing a numerical methodology for the determination of permeability of RTM reinforcements. The method allows the calculation of the three permeability components (Kxx, Kyy and Kzz) from a set of time dependent flow front coordinates data; one coordinate for each permeability component. An initial guess is set for the permeabilities and the difference between numerical and experimental values of flow front position at a specific time is minimized with the solution of an algebraic system of equations. Newton-Raphson method was used to solve the non-linear system of equations. The results presented in this paper were obtained for a rectilinear (1D) and a radial 2D problem, both with analytical solutions for the flow front position as a function of time. For the 1D comparison between the numerically calculated Kxx and the analytical value agreed within 1.7% and, for the 2D radial problem, numerical and analytical values of Kxx and Kyy agreed within 1.3%.
- ItemNumerical study of the influence of geometric parameters on the avaliable power in a solar chimney(2015) Vieira, Rodrigo Spotorno; Garcia, Claudio; Acunha Junior, Ivoni Carlos; Souza, Jeferson Avila; Rocha, Luis Alberto Oliveira; Isoldi, Liércio André; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dosIn the presented work, it is made a numerical study about the main physical principle of a solar chimney (SCPP – Solar Chimney Power Plant) and the influence of some geometric parameters on the available power in the SCPP. The main objectives are to test the applicability of the studied numerical model in future studies of SCPP geometric optimization and to test the action of the collector inlet height (H1) and the chimney outlet diameter (D2) on the available power of the device. For that it is considered an incompressible, turbulent, steady flow with mixed convective heat transfer in a two-dimensional and axisymmetric domain, similar to the one found in a solar chimney. The conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy are numerically solved using the finite volume method, more specifically with the FLUENT software. The classical turbulence modeling (RANS) was used for the turbulence approach with standard model k – ε. The other geometric parameters: collector radius (R) and the inlet and outlet of the turbine section, R1 and R2, are also constant. The verification results indicated a good agreement with those presented in the literature, even using a simplified domain. It was also observed that the H1 parameter is almost insensitive in the solar chimney performance, whereas the D2 variable presented great influence in the available power. The best performance was attained for an intermediate value of D2, D2 = 0.44 m. For this value, the available power was almost 72% and 19% higher from those obtained in the inferior and superior extremes of the studied D2 variable, D2 = 0.22 m and 0.88 m, respectively. It was also observed that there is a very good possibility of optimization of the chimney geometry in future studies.
- ItemNumerical analysis including pressure drop in oscillating water column device.(2015) Gomes, Mateus das Neves; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Isoldi, Liércio André; Rocha, Luiz Alberto OliveiraThe wave energy conversion into electricity has been increasingly studied in the last years. There are several proposed converters. Among them, the oscillatingwater column (OWC) device has been widespread evaluated in literature. In this context, the main goal of this work was to perform a comparison between two kinds of physical constraints in the chimney of the OWC device, aiming to represent numerically the pressure drop imposed by the turbine on the air flow inside the OWC. To do so, the conservation equations of mass,momentumand one equation for the transport of volumetric fraction were solved with the finite volume method (FVM). To tackle thewater-air interaction, the multiphase model volume of fluid (VOF)was used. Initially, an asymmetric constraint inserted in chimney duct was reproduced and investigated. Subsequently, a second strategywas proposed,where a symmetric physical constraint with an elliptical shapewas analyzed. Itwas thus possible to establish a strategy to reproduce the pressure drop in OWC devices caused by the presence of the turbine, as well as to generate its characteristic curve.
- Item3D numerical analysis about the shape influence of the hydro-pneumatic chamber in an oscillating water column (owc).(2015) Isoldi, Liércio André; Grimmler, Juliana do Amaral Martins; Letzow, Max; Souza, Jeferson Avila; Gomes, Mateus das Neves; Rocha, Luis Alberto Oliveira; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dosThe oceans represent one of the major energy natural resources, which potentially can be used to supply the World energy demand. In the last decades some devices to convert the wave ocean energy into electrical energy have been studied. In this work the operating principle of an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) converter was analyzed with a transient 3D numerical methodology, using the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and the Volume of Fluid (VOF) model. The incident waves on the OWC hydropneumatic chamber cause an oscillation of the water column inside the chamber producing an alternate air flow through the chimney. The air drives a turbine that is coupled to an electric generator. The aim of this work was to investigate the shape influence of the hydro-pneumatic chamber geometry in the air flow. For this, six cases were studied in laboratory scale and the results showed that the variation of the OWC chamber shape can improve 12.4% the amount of mass air flow.
- ItemConstructal design of a tubular array subjected to forced convection.(2015) Pedrotti, Vagner Andrade; Souza, Jeferson Avila; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Isoldi, Liércio AndréIn this work a tubular array (four tubes) subjected to a transverse forced flow is analyzed in terms of thermal performance. Taking into account that there are two main assembles usually used in heat exchanger equipment (aligned and staggered), and that there exist an uncountable number of possible assembles for an array of tubes, present work proposes to use the Constructal Theory to build an optimized assemble. The distance between tubes (p), and the region where tubes can be positioned are the geometric constraint of the problem. Four values for p were considered: p = 1.25D (tube diameter), p = 1.5D, p = 2D, p is free (no restriction). Fluid flow is considered bi-dimensional, incompressible and laminar with ReD = 10 and Pr = 0.71. Mass, momentum and energy equations were solved by the Finite Volume Method (FVM) using FLUENT software. Geometry creation and mesh generation were performed with GMSH software while VISIT software was used for the post processing. Results have shown that imposing no restriction to tube positioning do not necessarily lead to best system thermal performance. In this particular study, setting p = 2D has resulted in best thermal performance. Keywords: tubular assemble, optimization,
- ItemNumerical simulation and constructal theory applied for geometric optimization of thin perforated plates subject to elastic buckling(2013) Correia, Anderson Luis Garcia; Helbig, Daniel; Real, Mauro de Vasconcellos; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Isoldi, Liércio AndréMany elements in engineering are formed by thin plates. Hulls and decks of ships are examples of application. These elements can have holes that serve as inspection port, access or even to weight reduction. The presence of holes causes a redistribution of the membrane stresses in the plate, significantly altering their stability. In this paper the Bejan’s Constructal Theory was employed to discover the best geometry of thin perforated plates submitted to elastic buckling phenomenon. To study this behavior simply supported rectangular plates with a centered elliptical perforation were analyzed. The purpose was to obtain the optimal geometry which maximizes the critical buckling load. For this, the degrees of freedom H/L (ratio between width and length of the plate) and H0/L0 (ratio between the characteristic dimensions of the hole) were varied. Moreover, different values of hole volume fraction ϕ (ratio between the perforation volume and the massive plate volume) were also investigated. A computational modeling, based on the Finite Element Method (FEM), was used for assessing the plate buckling load. The results showed that Constructal Design can be employed not only in the heat transfer and fluid flow problems, but also to define the best shapes in solid mechanics problems.
- ItemConstructal design of perforated steel plates subject to linear elastic and nonlinear elastoplastic buckling(2013) Helbig, Daniel; Real, Mauro de Vasconcellos; Correia, Anderson Luis Garcia; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Isoldi, Liércio AndréSteel plates are used in a great variety of engineering applications, such as deck and bottom of ship structures, and platforms of offshore structures. Cutouts are often provided in plate elements for inspection, maintenance, and service purposes. So, the design of shape and size of these holes is significant. Usually these plates are subjected to axial compressive forces which make them prone to instability or buckling. If the plate is slender, the buckling is elastic. However, if the plate is sturdy, it buckles in the plastic range causing the so-called inelastic (or elasto-plastic) buckling.Therefore, the goal of this work is to obtain the optimal geometry which maximizes the buckling load for steel plates with a centered elliptical perforation when subjected to linear and nonlinear buckling phenomenon by means of Constructal Design. To do so, numerical models were developed in ANSYS software to evaluate the elastic and elasto-plastic buckling loads of simply supported and uniaxially loaded rectangular plates with elliptical cutouts. The results indicated that the optimal shapes were obtained in accordance with the Constructal Principle of "Optimal Distribution of Imperfections", showing that the Constructal Design method can be satisfactorily employed in mechanic of materials problems.
- ItemNumerical analysis of a regular wave over a vertical pile with a square section(2010) Teixeira, Paulo Roberto de Freitas; Gomes, Mateus das Neves; Santos, Elizaldo Domingues dos; Isoldi, Liércio André; Rocha, Luiz Alberto OliveiraThe study of the action of waves on piles is very important for the design of structures in coastal and oceanic areas. Currently, there is strong interest in analyzing the action of waves on piles with non-circular sections, such as rectangular or square ones. According to Vengatesan et al. (2000), the main reason for this interest is the low cost of the connections of the members in the structures with these sections. The objective of this paper is to analyze the action of a regular wave on a vertical pile with a square section employing two differents numerical methodologies for prediction of the wave fluid dynamic. To achieve this goal were used the FLUINCO and FLUENT® softwares. FLUINCO (Teixeira, 2001) employs a partitioned two-step semi-implicit Taylor-Galerkin method in the Navier-Stokes equations. The free surface is governed by its kinematic boundary condition and an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation is used to enable movements of the free surface. The FLUENT® code (2006), version 6.3.26, implements a finite volume technique to solve the equation of continuity and the Navier-Stokes equations. The free surface is described by using the VOF method (Volume Of Fluid). The wave period of the studied problem is 4s and its height is 0.05 m. The pile is seated on the bottom and located in the center of a channel. The dimensions of the pile section are 1m × 1m and the channel is 30m long, 10m wide and 1m deep. This paper shows the results obtained by the models in terms of the velocity vectors, the deformation of the free surface and the drag force caused by the wave on the pile. The total horizontal force acting on the pile was analytically calculated using the Morison equation. It was observed very similar results to the numerical ones.
- ItemAn original procedure to determine transverse permeability using a multilayer reinforcement in RTM(2010) Oliveira, Cristiano Peres; Souza, Jeferson Avila; Isoldi, Liércio André; Rocha, Luiz Alberto Oliveira; Amico, Sandro Campos; Silva, Rafael Diego Sonaglio daResin Transfer Molding (RTM) is a manufacturing process for polymer composites parts for a variety of uses. The numerical simulation of the resin flow into the mold can be used to minimize costs related to mold design and the manufacturing process itself. However, to obtain realistic results, accurate information about the resin and the reinforcement media are necessary. In the multilayer RTM, distinct porous media layers are stacked to obtain a final composite with better performance. For the numerical simulation of the multilayer RTM, transverse permeability (Kzz) data are necessary. This work proposes an original methodology to determine the transverse permeability in multilayer RTM composites, assuming that the in-plane permeabilities (Kxx and Kyy) are known and using this information, combined with experimental data obtained during mold filling. The motivation of this study is the fact that the transverse permeability is usually not available in the literature, being referred to as a difficult parameter to be directly determined using experiments.