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Main Authors: Unglehrt, Lukas, Manhart, Michael
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05320
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author Unglehrt, Lukas
Manhart, Michael
author_facet Unglehrt, Lukas
Manhart, Michael
contents We review models for unsteady porous media flow in the volume-averaging framework and we discuss the theoretical relations between the models and the definition of the model coefficients (and the uncertainty therein). The different models are compared against direct numerical simulations of oscillatory flow through a hexagonal sphere pack. The model constants are determined based on their definition in terms of the Stokes flow, the potential flow and steady nonlinear flow. Thus, the discrepancies between the model predictions and the simulation data can be attributed to shortcomings of the models' parametrisation. We found that an extension of the dynamic permeability model of Pride et al. [Physical Review B 47(9), 1993] with a Forchheimer-type nonlinearity performs very well for linear flow and for nonlinear flow at low and medium frequencies, but the Forchheimer term with a coefficient obtained from the steady-state overpredicts the nonlinear drag at high frequencies. The model reduces to the unsteady Forchheimer equation with an acceleration coefficient based on the static viscous tortuosity for low frequencies. The unsteady Forchheimer equation with an acceleration coefficient based on the high frequency limit of the dynamic tortuosity has large errors for linear flow at medium and high frequencies, but low errors for nonlinear flow at all frequencies. This is explained by an error cancellation between the inertial and the nonlinear drag.
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spellingShingle Assessment of models for nonlinear oscillatory flow through a hexagonal sphere pack
Unglehrt, Lukas
Manhart, Michael
Fluid Dynamics
We review models for unsteady porous media flow in the volume-averaging framework and we discuss the theoretical relations between the models and the definition of the model coefficients (and the uncertainty therein). The different models are compared against direct numerical simulations of oscillatory flow through a hexagonal sphere pack. The model constants are determined based on their definition in terms of the Stokes flow, the potential flow and steady nonlinear flow. Thus, the discrepancies between the model predictions and the simulation data can be attributed to shortcomings of the models' parametrisation. We found that an extension of the dynamic permeability model of Pride et al. [Physical Review B 47(9), 1993] with a Forchheimer-type nonlinearity performs very well for linear flow and for nonlinear flow at low and medium frequencies, but the Forchheimer term with a coefficient obtained from the steady-state overpredicts the nonlinear drag at high frequencies. The model reduces to the unsteady Forchheimer equation with an acceleration coefficient based on the static viscous tortuosity for low frequencies. The unsteady Forchheimer equation with an acceleration coefficient based on the high frequency limit of the dynamic tortuosity has large errors for linear flow at medium and high frequencies, but low errors for nonlinear flow at all frequencies. This is explained by an error cancellation between the inertial and the nonlinear drag.
title Assessment of models for nonlinear oscillatory flow through a hexagonal sphere pack
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05320