Numerical Analysis by Computational Fluid Dynamic
Simulation of Fluid Flow in A T- Junction
Marwa S. Luaibi
1
, Mohammed A. Abdulwahid
2
{Marwa.salman1988@gmail.com
1
/ Marwa.salman@stu.edu.iq
1
, mohw2016@stu.edu.iq
2
}
Engineering Technical College, Southern Technical University, Iraq¹ʼ²
Abstract. The flow in a T-junction is very important in industrial and equipment.
Prediction of the loss coefficient and velocity profile of fluid with the turbulent
incompressible flow in T-junction pipe for non-symmetrical dividing and non-symmetrical
combining helps to understand this type of fitting. The angle of the tee is 90⁰, sharp edge,
the area ratio is equal to one and Three-dimensional the specification of geometry at steady
state. The model of turbulent uses the stander k- and solving the Navies- Stocks equation
by finite volume method in the SIMPLE algorithm in ANSYS FLUENT R1 2020.
Comparison of the numerical results with previous work to study the effect of the flow rate
ratio with different Reynolds numbers in the range (3000-30000). The results show the
loss coefficient is independent of Re numbers. The non-symmetrical dividing the
maximum flow move in the straight pipe when the change flow rate ratio to (0.8) forced
the fluid to move in the branch and formation high vortex and recirculation. The non-
symmetrical combining the high velocity in outlet branch with small eddies especially
increased at a flow rate ratio (0.8).
Keywords: T-junction, non-symmetrical, turbulent flow, loss coefficient, flow rate ratio.
1 Introduction
The networks and industrial contain several pipes and T-junction. The T- junction consider
is the most common complex section of networks pipe that is mainly employed for the
transportation and supply of gases and liquids. The T-junction is utilization to merge
(combining) flows from branch pipes to the main pipe. Separate (dividing) the flow from the
main pipe to several branching pipes. as shown in Fig 1.
Fig 1. Various possibilities of fluid in the junction.
IMDC-IST 2021, September 07-09, Sakarya, Turkey
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DOI 10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2314888