About

This is a curated set of fluid flow modes from fluid flow deformation around a single pillar in confined flow at low Reynolds number (10 ≤ Re ≤ 40, where Re is based on the channel hydraulic diameter). Pillar diameter and location are normalized to the width of the channel (e.g., a pillar diameter of 0.5 is half the width of the channel). The 3D fluid flow simulation data came from an experimentally validated finite element library, and deployed across distributed high performance computers as detailed in this paper. The fluid flow deformations were simulated using the methods described in this paper.

Instructions

Select a channel Reynolds number (Re) and channel aspect ratio (h/w) using the radio buttons on the upper-right corner of the page. Move the mouse cursor over tiles in the sheet on the left side of the screen to select a pillar's diameter and location. Clicking on a tile will freeze that selection in the fluid flow deformation, vorticity, and pillar vizualization figures on the right side of the page. Clicking again on the tile sheet will unfreeze the selection.