Multi-Scale Method for Computation of Shocked, Turbulent, Particle-Laden Flow in Explosions and High-Speed Combustors

Abstract

A multi-scale method is developed that couples a macro-scale, high-order resolution particle-mesh method for computation of particle-laden compressible flow in blast waves and high-speed combustors, with a meso-scale, full-resolution, high-fidelity first principles model for direct numerical simulations of shocked flows. At the macro scale the particles are modeled using reduced point cloud methods that rely on semi-empirical forcing models. The semi-empirical models are closed through metamodels that assimilate meso-scale physics through simulations in a multi-dimensional parameter space. The performance of several meta-models are compared and assessed. Meso, macro and multi-scale computations of shock interaction with a cloud of particles are performed for a range of parameters to test the method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013300

Entities

People

  • Gustaaf B Jacobs

Organizations

  • San Diego State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Combustors
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Electronic Mail
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineering
  • High Resolution
  • Mechanics
  • Multiscale Modeling
  • Neural Networks
  • Physics
  • Simulations
  • Students
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Technology Areas

  • Space