Large Eddy simulation of supersonic combustion using the eulerian stochastic fields method
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Author(s)
Almeida, YP
Navarro-Martinez, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The development of supersonic combustion engines (scramjet-type) presents several challenges. Numerical simulations of scramjet engine combustion have become an attractive alternative to experimental investigations. However, supersonic combustion simulations still have several challenges: such as adequate modelling of shock/boundary layer and turbulence/chemistry interactions. The present work presents two large-eddy simulation probability density function (LES-PDF) novel formulations developed for high-speed applications. One is a conservative joint-scalar approach, where the joint-probability for reactive scalars and energy is solved, while the other is a joint velocity-scalar. The LES-PDF transport equations are solved using the Eulerian stochastic fields technique implemented in a density-based compressible solver. The performance of the models is verified through the simulations of two and three-dimensional supersonic reacting mixing layers and compared against DNS data from the literature. The results show that the joint-scalar formulation is accurate and robust, while the joint velocity-scalar closures require further development.
Date Issued
2019-11
Date Acceptance
2019-07-18
Citation
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2019, 103, pp.943-962
ISSN
1386-6184
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Start Page
943
End Page
962
Journal / Book Title
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
Volume
103
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10494-019-00055-7
Grant Number
EP/K026801/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Thermodynamics
Mechanics
Supersonic combustion
LES
PDF
PROBABILITY DENSITY-FUNCTION
PDF METHODS
TURBULENT
SCALAR
MODEL
09 Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
Fluids & Plasmas
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2019-09-03