NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FREE VORTEX WITH MODIFIED NAVIER–STOKES CHARACTERISTIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 1333-1336
Author(s):  
LIN CHEN ◽  
DENGBIN TANG ◽  
XIN GUO

The convection and diffusion processes of free vortex in compressible flows are simulated by using high precision numerical method to solve for the Navier–Stokes equations. Accurate treatment of the boundary condition is extremely important for simulation of vortex flows. The developed numerical methods are well presented by combining six-order non-dissipation compact schemes with Navier–Stokes characteristic boundary condition having transverse and viscous terms, and can accurately simulate the movement of free vortex. The numerical reflecting waves at the boundaries are well controlled.

Author(s):  
Joris C. G. Verschaeve

By means of the continuity equation of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations, additional physical arguments for the derivation of a formulation of the no-slip boundary condition for the lattice Boltzmann method for straight walls at rest are obtained. This leads to a boundary condition that is second-order accurate with respect to the grid spacing and conserves mass. In addition, the boundary condition is stable for relaxation frequencies close to two.


Author(s):  
Y Wang ◽  
S Komori

A pressure-based finite volume procedure developed previously for incompressible flows is extended to predict the three-dimensional compressible flow within a centrifugal impeller. In this procedure, the general curvilinear coordinate system is used and the collocated grid arrangement is adopted. Mass-averaging is used to close the instantaneous Navier-Stokes equations. The covariant velocity components are used as the main variables for the momentum equations, making the pressure-velocity coupling easier. The procedure is successfully applied to predict various compressible flows from subsonic to supersonic. With the aid of the k-ɛ turbulence model, the flow details within a centrifugal impeller are obtained using the present procedure. Predicted distributions of the meridional velocity and the static pressure are reasonable. Calculated radial velocities and flow angles are favourably compared with the measurements at the exit of the impeller.


Author(s):  
Luca Mangani ◽  
Marwan Darwish ◽  
Fadl Moukalled

In this paper we present a fully coupled algorithm for the resolution of compressible flows at all speed. The pressure-velocity coupling at the heart of the Navier Stokes equations is accomplished by deriving a pressure equation in similar fashion to what is done in the segregated SIMPLE algorithm except that the influence of the velocity fields is treated implicitly. In a similar way, the assembly of the momentum equations is modified to treat the pressure gradient implicitly. The resulting extended system of equations, now formed of matrix coefficients that couples the momentum and pressure equations, is solved using an algebraic multigrid solver. The performance of the coupled approach and the improved efficiency of the novel developed code was validated comparing results with experimental and numerical data available from reference literature test cases as well as with segregated solver as exemplified by the SIMPLE algorithm. Moreover the reference geometries considered in the validation process cover the typical aerodynamics applications in gas turbine analysis and design, considering Euler to turbulent flow problems and clearly indicating the substantial improvements in terms of computational cost and robustness.


Author(s):  
Marc-Florian Uth ◽  
Alf Crüger ◽  
Heinz Herwig

In micro or nano flows a slip boundary condition is often needed to account for the special flow situation that occurs at this level of refinement. A common model used in the Finite Volume Method (FVM) is the Navier-Slip model which is based on the velocity gradient at the wall. It can be implemented very easily for a Navier-Stokes (NS) Solver. Instead of directly solving the Navier-Stokes equations, the Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) models the fluid on a particle basis. It models the streaming and interaction of particles statistically. The pressure and the velocity can be calculated at every time step from the current particle distribution functions. The resulting fields are solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. Boundary conditions in LBM always not only have to define values for the macroscopic variables but also for the particle distribution function. Therefore a slip model cannot be implemented in the same way as in a FVM-NS solver. An additional problem is the structure of the grid. Curved boundaries or boundaries that are non-parallel to the grid have to be approximated by a stair-like step profile. While this is no problem for no-slip boundaries, any other velocity boundary condition such as a slip condition is difficult to implement. In this paper we will present two different implementations of slip boundary conditions for the Lattice-Boltzmann approach. One will be an implementation that takes advantage of the microscopic nature of the method as it works on a particle basis. The other one is based on the Navier-Slip model. We will compare their applicability for different amounts of slip and different shapes of walls relative to the numerical grid. We will also show what limits the slip rate and give an outlook of how this can be avoided.


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