Drag, lift, and torque correlations for axi-symmetric rod-like non-spherical particles in linear wall-bounded shear flow

<p><strong>Data linked to the manuscript:&nbsp;</strong><br><em>Drag, lift, and torque coefficients of fixed axi-symmetric rod-like particles in linear wall-bounded shear flow</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong><br>Victor Cheron, Berend van Wachem</p> <p>Corresponding author:<br>Berend.van.Wachem@gmail.com</p> <p><strong>Files</strong><br>Temporally averaged drag, lift and torque coefficients are written in .txt files stored in the folder ResultsCoefficients.<br>Python scripts used to plot the correlations are stored in the folder PythonScript.<br>Two simulation results are provided in the folder SimulationResults.</p> <p><strong>Results and Coefficients</strong></p> <p>The .txt files are split per coefficient, aspect ratio and shear rate, which can be identified by the name of the .txt file.<br>The results obtained for the torque coefficient of the particle of aspect ratio 2.5 for a uniform flow configuration are given in the file:<br><em>Uniform-Torque-Angles-Size2-5.txt</em></p> <p>The results obtained for the lift coefficient of the particle of aspect&nbsp;<br>ratio 10 for a shear rate 0.2 configuration are given in the file:<br><em>Shear02-Lift-Angles-Size10.txt</em></p> <p>In the files, the results are ordered per orientation angle and particle Reynolds number.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>PythonScripts</strong></p> <p>The python scripts are split among three files:<br>- Getter.py: this script reads the .txt files storing the coefficients.<br>- ManuscriptCorrelations.py : this script returns the functions to read plot the correlations for the drag, lift and torque coefficients.<br>- generalmain.py : calls the functions</p> <p>The scripts Getter.py and ManuscriptCorrelations.py are called from the script generalmain.py file.&nbsp;<br>This will return a 1D column vector ordering the variables used to derive the<br>correlations:<br>- Coefficients<br>- Reynolds number<br>- Orientation Angle<br>- Dimensionless distance to the wall<br>- Aspect ratio</p> <p><strong>Simulation Results</strong></p> <p>A simulation result is provided:<br>- Aspect ratio 5, particle Reynolds number 100, orientation angles 30 and 150,<br>&nbsp; dimensionless distance 1.</p> <p>The data of all fields (pressure, velocity, source terms from the particles) are stored in .h-files.</p> <p>A .xmf reader is provided to read the simulation results in Paraview.</p> <p>Data for one converged simulation time are provided due to storage limits.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Acknowledgments</strong><br>This research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - Project-ID 448292913 and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - Project-ID 422037413 - TRR 287.</p>