Lid driven cavity flow with two porous square obstacles

Abstract

The flow of Newtonian incompressible fluid inside a two-dimensional lid-driven cavity with two non-adherent porous square blocks was numerically studied. The non-linear governing equations, Darcy-Forchheimer-Brinkman for the porous medium and Navier-Stokes for the free fluid region, were solved using the finite element method. The streamlines and velocity profile of the fluid inside the cavity, as well as the maximum value of the stream function and the coordinates of the main vortex created, are investigated to determine the effect of the Reynolds number, the different combinations of Darcy number and the different placements of the porous squares, on the behaviour of the fluid flow.