Lattice BGK Simulations of Unsteady Flow in a 2D Elastic Tube
Alfons G. Hoekstra6
, Jos van ’t Hoff6, Abdel Monim M. Artoli6 and Peter M. A. Sloot6
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Section Computational Science, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Abstract
We report results of unsteady, harmonic flow simulations with the lattice BGK method in two-dimensional elastic tubes. The
tubes are assumed to obey a simple constitutive equation, linearly relating the diameter of the tube to the pressure difference
inside and outside the tube. First, as a benchmark, we present results of steady flow in such elastic tubes, and compare the
performance of three different boundary conditions for the solid wall. Next, we present results of unsteady (harmonic) flow
in the elastic tube, and validate the results by comparing them with theoretical expressions for the dispersion relation of
the complex speed of traveling waves in the tube. Within the range of Womersley numbers tested the agreement between the simulations
and the theory is good.
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