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A Three-Dimensional CFD Simulation for the Nonlinear Parallel Flow Phenomena Through Coarse Granular Porous Media

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Among many of the nonlinear equations presented throughout the decade, Forchheimer equation is the most widely experimented and investigated. In this study, a simple CFD model created using ANSYS Fluent 15.0 has been used in order to predict the flow through a parallel flow permeameter packed with crushed stone of three different sizes. The results obtained were compared with the experimental results obtained from a similar kind of experimental set under similar type of field and media conditions. Furthermore, the statistical validation of the simulation results with the experimentally obtained results suggests that this type of model can be used for analysing the flow though porous media as a substitute of the complex laboratory experiments with a reasonable precision.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering for their support, in utilizing the facilities in the department. The authors would also acknowledge the funding from IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, for RPS (Research Promotion Scheme) vide no: FRS (62)/2013–2014/CE for the fabrication of the permeameter experimental set-up.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India

    Ashes Banerjee, Srinivas Pasupuleti & Sekhar Chandra Dutta

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, SVU College of Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India

    G. N. Pradeep Kumar

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Banerjee, A., Pasupuleti, S., Pradeep Kumar, G.N., Dutta, S.C. (2018). A Three-Dimensional CFD Simulation for the Nonlinear Parallel Flow Phenomena Through Coarse Granular Porous Media. In: Singh, M., Kushvah, B., Seth, G., Prakash, J. (eds) Applications of Fluid Dynamics . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5329-0_34

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