scholarly journals Accelerated Computation of Viscous, Steady Incompressible Flows

Author(s):  
Seungsoo Lee ◽  
George S. Dulikravich

Based on an artificial compressibility method, the explicit Runge-Kutta time stepping finite difference algorithm was applied to steady, incompressible, Navier-Stokes equations. A two-dimensional analysis computer code in a generalized curvilinear coordinate system was developed and its accuracy has been compared to known numerical solutions. The algorithm has been accelerated using our new Distributed Minimal Residual (DMR) method, which allows each equation in the system to advance in time with its own optimal speed. The effectiveness of the DMR method was examined for a number of test cases. The accelerated algorithm offers substantial savings of the computing time.

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 900-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zheng ◽  
C. Liao ◽  
C. Liu ◽  
C. H. Sung ◽  
T. T. Huang

In this paper, computational results are presented for three-dimensional high-Reynolds number turbulent flows over a simplified submarine model. The simulation is based on the solution of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations and two-equation turbulence models by using a preconditioned time-stepping approach. A multiblock method, in which the block loop is placed in the inner cycle of a multi-grid algorithm, is used to obtain versatility and efficiency. It was found that the calculated body drag, lift, side force coefficients and moments at various angles of attack or angles of drift are in excellent agreement with experimental data. Fast convergence has been achieved for all the cases with large angles of attack and with modest drift angles.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Arnone ◽  
R. C. Swanson

A computer code for solving the Reynolds-averaged full Navier–Stokes equations has been developed and applied using H- and C-type grids. The Baldwin–Lomax eddy-viscosity model is used for turbulence closure. The integration in time is based on an explicit four-stage Runge–Kutta scheme. Local time stepping, variable coefficient implicit residual smoothing, and a full multigrid method have been implemented to accelerate steady-state calculations. A grid independence analysis is presented for a transonic rotor blade. Comparisons with experimental data show that the code is an accurate viscous solver and can give very good blade-to-blade predictions for engineering applications.


AIAA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 1603-1614
Author(s):  
Martin Scholtysik ◽  
Bernhard Mueller ◽  
Torstein K. Fannelop

1989 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 285-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Bodonyi ◽  
W. J. C. Welch ◽  
P. W. Duck ◽  
M. Tadjfar

A numerical study of the generation of Tollmien-Schlichting (T–S) waves due to the interaction between a small free-stream disturbance and a small localized variation of the surface geometry has been carried out using both finite–difference and spectral methods. The nonlinear steady flow is of the viscous–inviscid interactive type while the unsteady disturbed flow is assumed to be governed by the Navier–Stokes equations linearized about this flow. Numerical solutions illustrate the growth or decay of the T–S waves generated by the interaction between the free-stream disturbance and the surface distortion, depending on the value of the scaled Strouhal number. An important result of this receptivity problem is the numerical determination of the amplitude of the T–S waves.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 735-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwang-Yong Kim ◽  
Seoung-Jin Seo

In this paper, the response surface method using a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes analysis to optimize the shape of a forward-curved-blade centrifugal fan is described. For the numerical analysis, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the standard k-ε turbulence model are discretized with finite volume approximations. The SIMPLEC algorithm is used as a velocity–pressure correction procedure. In order to reduce the huge computing time due to a large number of blades in forward-curved-blade centrifugal fan, the flow inside of the fan is regarded as steady flow by introducing the impeller force models. Four design variables, i.e., location of cutoff, radius of cutoff, expansion angle of scroll, and width of impeller, were selected to optimize the shapes of scroll and blades. Data points for response evaluations were selected by D-optimal design, and a linear programming method was used for the optimization on the response surface. As a main result of the optimization, the efficiency was successfully improved. Effects of the relative size of the inactive zone at the exit of impeller and momentum fluxes of the flow in scroll on efficiency were further discussed. It was found that the optimization process provides a reliable design of this kind of fan with reasonable computing time.


1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Choi ◽  
S. H. Kang

A computer code predicting the flows through the centrifugal compressor with the radial vaneless diffuser was developed and applied to investigate the detailed flowfields, i.e., secondary flows and jet-wake type flow pattern in design and off-design conditions. Various parameters such as slip factors, aerodynamic blockages, entropy generation and two-zone modeling which are widely used in design and performance prediction, were discussed.A control volume method based on a general curvilinear coordinate system was used to solve the time-averaged Navier–Stokes equations and SIMPLER algorithm was used to solve the pressure linked continuity equation. The standardk-εturbulence model was used to obtain the eddy viscosity. Performance of the code was verified using the measured data for the Eckardt impeller.


Author(s):  
V.V. Vyshinsky ◽  
K.T. Zoan

The paper introduces an engineering method for assessing the aerodynamic effect of disturbed atmosphere on an aircraft. As a source of vortex structures, we can consider vortex wind wakes that arise when the atmospheric wind flows around the landscape, large structures, moving or stationary aircraft-carrying platforms, vortex wakes behind aircraft, etc. In this study, we consider the situation when a light transport aircraft and an aircraft of the MC-21 type get into the vortex wake behind the super-heavy aircraft A-380 when flying along the glide path. A coherent vortex structure behind the A-380 is formed by the grid method within the framework of the boundary value problem for the Reynolds-averaged Navier —Stokes equations. The evolution and stochastics of the far wake are carried out using the author’s computer code written in the MATLAB system, within the framework of discrete vortices with a Rankine core. The assessment of the increment of forces and moments from the effect of the vortex system on the aircraft was carried out using the panel method.


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