CFD Simulations of an Axisymmetric Mixed-Compresssion Inlet With Bleed Through Discrete Holes

Author(s):  
David B. Benson ◽  
Tom I.-P. Shih ◽  
David O. Davis

CFD simulations were performed to investigate boundary-layer control through bleed patches in an axisymmetric mixed-compression inlet in which the bleed patches are modeled by two global bleed boundary conditions (BCs). In one bleed BC, the locations of the bleed holes are discerned. In the other bleed BC, each row of bleed holes is modeled as a porous surface, where the number of bleed holes in each row is accounted for by adjusting the discharge coefficient to give the correct bleed rate. Results are presented for the predicted bleed rates, pressure on the cowl and centerbody surfaces, and the flow field. Comparisons were made with available experimental data. Also presented is a method based on one-dimensional isentropic and normal shock solutions to get the flow “started” in CFD simulations of critical flow in mixed-compression inlets. This computational study is based on the ensemble-averaged conservation equations of mass (continuity), momentum (compressible Navier-Stokes), and total energy closed by shear-stress transport (SST) turbulence model, where integration is to the wall. Solutions were generated by a cell-centered finite-volume method that uses third-order accurate flux-difference splitting of Roe with limiters, multigrid acceleration of a diagonalized ADI scheme with local time stepping, and patched/overlapped structured grids.

Author(s):  
T. I-P. Shih ◽  
Y.-L. Lin ◽  
M. K. Chyu ◽  
S. Gogineni

Computations were performed to study the three-dimensional flow and heat transfer on a flat plate cooled by jets, injected from a plenum through one row of film-cooling holes in which each hole is fitted with a strut in the form of a circular cylinder. Three different configurations of the film-cooling hole were investigated: without strut, with streamwise strut, and with spanwise strut. For all configurations, the film-cooling holes are inclined at 35°, and the coolant-to-mainflow density and mass-flux ratios are 1.6 and 0.5, respectively. The focus of this study is to understand how struts in holes affect film cooling jets and their interactions with the mainflow in forming a protective layer of cooler fluid over the plate. This computational study is based on the ensemble-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum (compressible Navier-Stokes), and energy. Effects of turbulence was modeled by a low Reynolds number k-ω closure known as the shear-stress-transport (SST) model. Solutions were generated by a cell-centered finite-volume method that uses third-order accurate flux-difference splitting of Roe with limiters, multigrid acceleration of a diagonalized ADI scheme with local time stepping, and patched/overlapped structured grids. In the computations, the flow is resolved not just in the cooling-jet/mainflow interaction region, but also inside the film-cooling holes and in the plenum. Computed results for adiabatic effectiveness for the case without struts were compared with experimental data, and reasonably good agreements were obtained.


Author(s):  
Y.-L. Lin ◽  
T. I-P. Shih ◽  
M. K. Chyu

Computations were performed to investigate the three-dimensional flow and heat transfer in a high aspect ratio channel in which one or two wall are lined with four rows of hemispherical cavities arranged in a staggered fashion with two Reynolds numbers (23,000 and 46,000). The focus is on understanding the flow induced by cavities and how that flow affects surface heat transfer. Computed results were compared with available experimental data. This computational study is based on the ensemble-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum (compressible Navier-Stokes), and energy closed by the low Reynolds number shear-stress transport k-ω turbulence model (wall functions were not used). Solutions were generated by a cell-centered finite-volume method that uses third-order accurate flux-difference splitting of Roe with limiters, multigrid acceleration of a diagonalized ADI scheme with local time stepping, and patched/overlapped structured grids.


Author(s):  
Y.-L. Lin ◽  
T. I-P. Shih ◽  
M. K. Chyu ◽  
R. S. Bunker

Computations were performed to study the three-dimensional flow in a nozzle guide vane with leakage issuing from a narrow gap with a backward-facing step located upstream of the airfoil on each endwall. The nozzle guide vane investigated has one flat and one contoured endwall. For the contoured endwall, two configurations of the same contouring profile were investigated with and without gap leakage. In one configuration, all contouring is upstream of the airfoil passage. In the other, the contouring starts upstream of the airfoil passage and continues through it. Results obtained show that when there is gap leakage, secondary flows are reduced at all endwalls for both nozzle configurations investigated. Without gap leakage, secondary flows are reduced only on the contoured endwall in which the contouring started upstream of the airfoil passage and continued through it. When all of the contouring is located upstream of the airfoil passage, there is considerable hot gas ingestion into the gap at both endwalls. When the contouring starts upstream of the airfoil passage and continues throught it, hot gas ingestion was minimal at the contoured endwall and greatly reduced at the flat endwall. This computational study is based on the ensemble-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum (compressible Navier-Stokes), and energy. Effects of turbulence were modeled by the low Reynolds number shear-stress transport k-ω model. Solutions were generated by a cell-centered finite-volume method that uses third-order accurate flux-difference splitting of Roe with limiters and multigrid acceleration of a diagonalized ADI scheme with local time stepping on patched structured grids.


Author(s):  
Yi-Hsiang Yu ◽  
Spyros A. Kinnas

This paper addresses the hull responses near resonance in beam seas. A 2-D analysis is performed, and the hull form is free to roll and to move in the vertical direction (2-DOF). A cell center based finite volume method is applied for solving the Navier-Stokes equations. The numerical scheme is utilized for analyzing the flow field around the hull section as well as for predicting the wave and floating hull interaction. The effect of the hull corner geometry and the effectiveness of using bilge keels on roll damping are examined. The results show that the maximum roll response is reduced when the hull is free to heave and to roll as compared to the roll-only case (1-DOF). In general, the maximum hull response decreases when the shed vortices are induced by the sharp edge, and the reduction increases as the keel width increases.


Author(s):  
Cosan Daskiran ◽  
Jacob Riglin ◽  
Alparslan Oztekin

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations have been conducted to investigate the performance of a predetermined propeller-based hydrokinetic turbine design in staggered and non-staggered placements for river applications. Actual turbine models were used instead of low fidelity actuator line or actuator disks for CFD simulations to achieve more reliable results. The k-ω Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model was employed to resolve wall effects on turbine surface and to determine wake interactions behind the turbines. The wake interaction behind the upstream turbine causes significant drop on downstream turbine performance within non-staggered configuration. The upstream turbines in both staggered and non-staggered placement offers the same relative power of 0.96, while the relative power for downstream turbine is 0.98 for staggered installment and 0.16 for inline placement.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. B. Lin ◽  
F. Sotiropoulos

Various approaches for constructing artificial dissipation terms for three-dimensional artificial compressibility algorithms are presented and evaluated. Two, second-order accurate, central-differencing schemes, with explicitly added scalar and matrix-valued fourth-difference artificial dissipation, respectively, and a third-order accurate flux-difference splitting upwind scheme are implemented in a multigrid time-stepping procedure and applied to calculate laminar flow through a strongly curved duct. Extensive grid-refinement studies are carried out to investigate the grid sensitivity of each discretization approach. The calculations indicate that even the finest mesh employed, consisting of over 700,000 grid nodes, is not sufficient to establish grid independent solutions. However, all three schemes appear to converge toward the same solution as the grid spacing approaches zero. The matrix-valued dissipation scheme introduces the least amount of artificial dissipation and should be expected to yield the most accurate solutions on a given mesh. The flux-difference splitting upwind scheme, on the other hand, is more dissipative and, thus, particularly sensitive to grid resolution, but exhibits the best overall convergence characteristics on grids with large aspect ratios.


2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 2545-2549
Author(s):  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Xiu Bin He

A numerical simulation is carried out to investigate the unsteady flows over a swimming fish. The three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are solved using the finite volume method with artificial compressibility and dual time stepping approaches on unstructured moving grid. A realistic fish-like body is modeled, which undergoes undulatory swimming in a straight line. Both inviscid and viscous flows have been simulated to study the flow structures.


Author(s):  
Y.-L. Lin ◽  
M. A. Stephens ◽  
T. I-P. Shih

Computations were performed to investigate the three-dimensional flow and heat transfer about a semi-cylindrical leading edge with a flat afterbody that is cooled by film-cooling jets, injected through three staggered rows of compound-angle holes with one row along the stagnation line and two rows along ±25°. Results are presented for the surface adiabatic effectiveness, temperature distribution, velocity vector field, turbulent kinetic energy, and surface pressure. These results show the interactions between the mainstream hot gas and the cooling jets, and how those interactions affect surface adiabatic effectiveness. The computed results were compared with experimental data generated under a blind test, and reasonably good agreements were obtained. This computational study is based on the ensemble-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum (compressible Navier-Stokes), and energy closed by a low Reynolds number k-ω turbulence model. Solutions were generated by a cell-centered finite-volume method that uses second-order accurate flux-difference splitting of Roe on a multiblock structured grid system. In the computations, the flow is resolved not just in the region about the leading edge, but also inside the film-cooling holes and in the plenum where the cooling flow emerges.


Author(s):  
T. I-P. Shih ◽  
Y.-L. Lin ◽  
T. W. Simon

Computations were performed to study the three-dimensional flow and temperature distribution in a nozzle guide vane that has one flat and one contoured endwall with and without film cooling injected from two slots, one on each endwall located just upstream of the airfoil. For the contoured endwall, two locations of the same contouring were investigated, one with all contouring upstream of the airfoil and another with the contouring starting upstream of the airfoil and continuing through the airfoil passage. Results obtained show that when the contouring is all upstream of the airfoil, secondary flows on both the flat and the contoured endwalls are similar in magnitude. When the contouring starts upstream of the airfoil and continues through the airfoil passage, secondary flows on the contoured endwall are markedly weaker than those on the flat endwall. With weaker secondary flows on the contoured endwall, film-cooling effectiveness there is greatly improved. This computational study is based on the ensemble-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum (compressible Navier-Stokes), and energy. Effects of turbulence were modeled by the low Reynolds number shear-stress transport k-ω model. Solutions were generated by a cell-centered, finite-volume method that uses third-order accurate flux-difference splitting of Roe with limiters and multigrid acceleration of a diagonalized ADI scheme with local time stepping on patched/embedded structured grids.


Author(s):  
Theresa L. Campioli ◽  
Joseph A. Schetz

A computational study of sonic jet injection into a supersonic crossflow with and without combustion was performed. The gaseous injector was 3.226 mm in diameter and was injected 30 degrees to the horizontal. Simulated conditions involved sonic injection of hydrogen into a Mach 4 air cross-stream with a jet to freestream momentum flux ratio of 2.1. The numerical flow solver used was GASP v. 4.2. The inviscid fluxes were computed in three dimensions using third-order Roe Flux in the streamwise and lateral directions and third-order Van Leer flux in the vertical direction. The algorithms were chosen because of their robustness, shock resolution capabilities and efficiency. The Mentor Supersonic Transport (SST) turbulence model was used since the algorithm has good capability of solving both wall-bounded and free-shear flows. The reaction model used for hydrogen and air was a 9 species, 18 reactions model created by Drummond. The main results of this work can be summarized as: 1) modeling of combustion does not significantly alter the mixing behavior of the solution, 2) the size of the fuel plume is larger for the analysis which includes reacting flow, 3) the difference in size and shape of the plume between the reacting and non-reacting cases increases with downstream distance from injection.


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