Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The objective of this thesis is to analyze the flow past an ocean current turbine using a finite volume Navier-Stokes CFD solver. A full 3-D RANS approach in a moving reference frame is used to model the flow. By employing periodic boundary conditions, one-third of the flow-field is analyzed and the output is replicated to other sectors. Following validation of the computation with an experimental study, the flow fields and particle paths for the case of uniform and sheared incoming flows past a generic turbine with various blade pitch angles are evaluated and analyzed. Flow field and wake expansion are visualized. Eddy viscosity effects and its dependence on flow field conditions are investigated.
Extent
ix, 82 p. : ill. (some col.)
Recommended Citation
Reza, Zaqie, "Dissipation and eddy mixing associated with flow past an underwater turbine" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 61.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/61
Identifier
FADT2683537
Comments
by Zaqie Reza.|Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Zaqie Reza.