Spectral Large-Eddy Simulation/Filtered Mass Density Function (LES/FMDF) for Simulation of Turbulent Combustion Interaction in High Speed Flow on Unstructured Grids

Abstract

This report was developed under a STTR contract for topic OSD10-T001, The goal of this project is to develop advanced large-eddy simulation (LES) software based on a "high-order spectral element method on unstructured grid" for simulation of high speed turbulent reacting flows. The combustion modeling is via the accurate, pdf-based, "filtered mass density function (FMDF)" method. In FMDF, the turbulence combustion interaction term is naturally closed and does not require additional modeling. Shocks are captured with the entropy viscosity (EV) method that provides additional viscosity at the location of the shock to stabilize the solution but preserves the high order of the solution away from the shock. Explicit (spectral) filtering is used to model the filtered small scales in LES. This method has a negligible computational overhead and can be implemented independently of the geometry or the size of the grid. The results provided in this Phase I report demonstrate the proof of concept for these methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556707

Entities

People

  • Farhad Jaberi
  • Farzad Mashayek
  • Gustaaf B Jacobs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy Systems
  • Euler Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Ignition Lag
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Simulations
  • Supersonic Combustion
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)