APPLIEDCOMPUTATIONAL FLUIDDYNAMICS EditedbyHyoungWooOh Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics Edited by Hyoung Woo Oh Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows users to download, copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Jana Sertic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published March, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics, Edited by Hyoung Woo Oh p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0271-7 Contents Preface IX Chapter 1 Computational Fluid Dynamics 1 Victor Udoewa and Vinod Kumar Chapter 2 A Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Flow and Settling in Sedimentation Tanks 19 Ali Hadi Ghawi and Jozef Kriš Chapter 3 Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to the Greenhouse Environment 35 Jorge Flores-Velázquez, Guillermo De la Torre-Gea, Enrique Rico-García, Irineo L. López-Cruz and Abraham Rojano-Aguilar Chapter 4 Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a Space Vehicle Entering the Mars Atmosphere 63 Antonio Viviani and Giuseppe Pezzella Chapter 5 Air Movement Within Enclosed Road-Objects with Contra-Traffica CFD-Investigation 73 M. Muhasilovic, A. Mededovic, E. Gacanin, K. Ciahotny and V. Koza Chapter 6 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Discrete Element Method (DEM) Applied to Centrifuges 97 Xiana Romani Fernandez, Lars Egmont Spelter and Hermann Nirschl Chapter 7 CFD and Thermography Techniques Applied in Cooling Systems Designs 135 Samuel Santos Borges and Cassiano Antunes Cezario Chapter 8 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Photochemical Reactors 155 Masroor Mohajerani, Mehrab Mehrvar and Farhad Ein-Mozaffari VI Contents Chapter 9 Aerodynamic Design of the Vertical Takeoff Hopper Concept of Future Launchers Preparatory Programme 177 Giuseppe Pezzella Chapter 10 Fluid-Structure Interaction of a Radial Turbine 201 Zied Driss, Sarhan Karray, Hedi Kchaou and Mohamed Salah Abid Chapter 11 Industrial Sprays: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Modeling 223 Avinash Khopkar, Michael D. Cloeter and Quan Yuan Chapter 12 Multidimensional Design of Hydraulic Components and Systems 249 Massimo Milani, Luca Montorsi and Fabrizio Paltrinieri Chapter 13 Study of an Individual Air-Conditioning Energy-Saving Equipment 277 Nguyen Anh Tuan, Wu-Chieh Wu and K-David Huang Chapter 14 Unsteady Differentiation of Aerodynamic Coefficients: Methodology and Application 295 Carlo Necci and Nicola Ceresola Chapter 15 Use of Fluid Dynamic Simulation to Improve the Design of Spouted Beds 321 Rodrigo Béttega, Ronaldo Guimarães Corrêa and José Teixeira Freire Preface This book is intended for use as a reference text to help advanced scientists and research engineers solve numerous and diverse fluid flow problems using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Each chapter has been contributed by the practicedexpertsinthefieldoffluiddynamics.Thismaterialcoversawidespectrum of CFD applications involving flow modeling in sedimentation tank, greenhouse environment, hypersonic aerodynamics, computational scheme, cooling systems design, photochemical reaction engineering, atmospheric reentry problem, fluid‐ structureinteraction(FSI),atomization,hydrauliccomponentdesign,airconditioning system,andindustrialapplicationsofCFD. Dr.HyoungWooOh DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering, ChungjuNational University, Chungju, Korea