DNS of the Near-Wall Heat Transfer in the Flume and Channel

Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of fully developed turbulent flow in a flume and channel was used to study the heat transfer near the wall. Two different geometries for numerical simulations of turbulent heat transfer in infinite channel and flume were used. Reynolds number based on friction velocity, channel half height (or flume height) and kinematic viscosity was set to Reτ = 170.8, whereas the Prandtl number was set to unity, Pr = 1. The computational domain of 2146×341.6×537 wall units and 2146×170.8×537 wall units was used for channel geometry and flume geometry, respectively. Comparison of these two different geometries with the same physics, were highlighted and discussed.Copyright © 2004 by ASME