Computational Investigation of Flow over Geometry Compliant Lattice Structures

Abstract

With the increasing prevalence of additive manufacturing, geometries that would not have been possible to manufacture just a few years ago are becoming a reality. One example is the ability to create pipes with integral, geometry compliant lattice structures. These compliant lattice structures offer the potential to greatly enhance heat transfer in arbitrary flow passages. This preliminary paper will focus on the development of an isothermal simulation model in OpenFOAM, to model the nature of the flow for a single unit cell, a unit cell screen, and a series of unit cell screens.

Meeting Name

ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2018 (2018: Nov. 9-15, Pittsburgh, PA)

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Center for High Performance Computing Research

Comments

Honeywell FM&T is a contractor of the U.S. Government under Contract No. DE-NA0002839.

Keywords and Phrases

Heat transfer; Manufacture, Computational investigation; Flow passage; Honeywell; Isothermal simulations; Lattice structures; OpenFOAM; Unit cells, Computational geometry

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-079185210-1

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2018 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Nov 2018

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