Flow pattern of double-cavity flow at high Reynolds number

Abstract

The flow structure in a turbulent double-cavity flow has been studied experimentally and numerically. The dynamics of the two-component instantaneous velocity vector fields measured by an optical smoke image velocimetry method and calculated using the ANSYS Fluent 19.2 software has been derived. For a wide range of dynamic similarity numbers of shape factor and ReL, the flow resistance coefficients for the cavity and relative flow mass transfer with the cavities have been estimated; three characteristic flow regimes of double-cavity flow have been distinguished and described; the flow pattern map via the ReL number and shape factor has been obtained.