R&D of the Next Generation Safety Analysis Methods for Fast Reactors With New Computational Science and Technology: 3 — Improvement of Basic Fluid Dynamics Models for the COMPASS Code

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Koji Morita ◽  
Noriyuki Shirakawa ◽  
Yuichi Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Solution Algorithm ◽  
Pressure Solution ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Fast Reactors ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Basic Fluid ◽  
Moving Particle ◽  
Dynamics Models

A new next generation safety analysis code, COMPASS, is designed based on the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method to provide local information for various key phenomena in core disruptive accidents of sodium-cooled fast reactors. In FY2006, improvement of basic fluid dynamics models for the COMPASS code was carried out and verified with fundamental verification calculations. In order to improve the numerical stability of MPS simulations, a fully implicit pressure solution algorithm was introduced instead of the two-stage MAC algorithm originally applied by MPS. With a newly developed free surface model, numerical difficulty caused by poor pressure solutions is overcome by involving free surface particles in the pressure Poisson equation. An improved algorithm was also proposed for surface tension calculation with the continuous surface force (CSF) model applied to the moving particle method. This algorithm provides higher numerical precision with the CSF model by interpolation between moving particles and background mesh. Application of the fully Lagrangian MPS method to solid-fluid mixture flow problems is straightforward. In FY2006, applicability of the MPS method to interactions between fluid and multi-solid bodies was investigated in comparison with dam-break experiments with solid balls. It was found that a modified pressure solution algorithm makes simulation with the passively moving solid model stable numerically. Though characteristic behavior of solids was successfully reproduced by the present numerical simulations, the comparisons with the experimental results showed that interactions between solids and solid-wall should be modeled for more precise simulations. Therefore, the discrete element method will be considered in the next stage.

scholarly journals LNG Tank Sloshing Simulation of Multidegree Motions Based on Modified 3D MPS Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Chunhui Wang ◽  
Chunyu Guo ◽  
Fenglei Han
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Kernel Functions ◽  
Computational Stability ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Fluid Sloshing ◽  
Particle Hydrodynamics ◽  
Moving Particle ◽  
Lng Tank ◽  
Stability And Accuracy

Modified 3D Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) method is used to complete the numerical simulation of the fluid sloshing in LNG tank under multidegree excitation motion, which is compared with the results of experiments and 2D calculations obtained by other scholars to verify the reliability. The cubic spline kernel functions used in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method are adopted to reduce the deviation caused by consecutive two times weighted average calculations; the boundary conditions and the determination of free surface particles are modified to improve the computational stability and accuracy of 3D calculation. The tank is under forced multidegree excitation motion to simulate the real conditions of LNG ships, the pressures and the free surfaces at different times are given to verify the accuracy of 3D simulation, and the free surface and the splashed particles can be simulated more exactly.

scholarly journals A Rapid and Computationally Inexpensive Method to Virtually Implant Current and Next-Generation Stents into Subject-Specific Computational Fluid Dynamics Models

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1423-1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Gundert ◽  
Shawn C. Shadden ◽  
Andrew R. Williams ◽  
Bon-Kwon Koo ◽  
Jeffrey A. Feinstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Inexpensive Method ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Dynamics Models

scholarly journals Moving particle semi-implicit method with improved pressures stability properties

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1268-1285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Arami Fadafan ◽  
Masoud-Reza Hessami Kermani
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Kernel Functions ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Time Flow ◽  
Dummy Particles ◽  
Moving Particle ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method is one of the Lagrangian methods widely used in engineering issues. This method, however, suffers from unphysical oscillations in its original form. In the present study, a modified incompressible MPS method is proposed to suppress these oscillations and is used for simulating free surface problems. To demonstrate the stability of the presented method, different kernel functions are used in the case of numerical dam break modeling as a benchmark simulation. A simple form of definition of curved wall boundaries is suggested which eliminates dummy particles and subsequently saves CPU time. Flow over an ogee spillway is simulated for the first time with the I-MPS method and as a new test case which has several curved lines in its geometry. The comparisons between theoretical solutions/experimental data and simulation results in terms of free surface and pressure show the accuracy of the method.

Multi-Resolution MPS Method for Free Surface Flows

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 1641018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenyuan Tang ◽  
Youlin Zhang ◽  
Decheng Wan
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Pressure Field ◽  
Fine Particles ◽  
Free Surface Flows ◽  
Surface Flows ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Time Simulation ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Moving Particle ◽  
Dam Breaking

A multi-resolution moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method is applied into two-dimensional (2D) free surface flows based on our in-house particle solver MLParticle-SJTU in the present work. Considering the effect of different size particles, both the influence radiuses of two adjacent particles are replaced by the arithmetic mean of their interaction radiuses. Then the modifications for kernel function of differential operator models are derived, respectively. In order to validate the present multi-resolution MPS method, two cases are carried out. Firstly, a hydrostatic case is performed. The results show that the contour of pressure field by multi-resolution MPS is quite in agreement with that by single resolution MPS. Especially, the multi-resolution MPS can still provide a relative smooth pressure together with the single resolution MPS in the vicinity of the interface between the high resolution and low resolution particles. For a long time simulation, the kinetic energy of particles by multi-resolution MPS can decrease quickly to the same level as that of single resolution MPS. In addition, a 2D dam breaking flow is simulated and the multi-resolution case can run stably during the whole simulation. The pressure by the multi-resolution MPS is in agreement with experimental data together with single resolution MPS. The contour of pressure field by the former is also similar to that by the later. Finally, the simulation by multi-resolution MPS is as accurate as the traditional MPS with fine particles distributed in the whole domain and the corresponding CPU time can be reduced.

scholarly journals Improvement of Basic Fluid Dynamics Models for the COMPASS Code

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 313-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai ZHANG ◽  
Koji MORITA ◽  
Noriyuki SHIRAKAWA ◽  
Yuichi YAMAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Basic Fluid ◽  
Dynamics Models

Next Generation Safety Analysis Methods for SFRs—(5) Structural Mechanics Models of COMPASS Code and Verification Analyses

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriyuki Shirakawa ◽  
Yasushi Uehara ◽  
Masanori Naitoh ◽  
Hidetoshi Okada ◽  
Yuichi Yamamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computing Time ◽  
Safety Analysis ◽  
Structural Mechanics ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Stiffness Reduction ◽  
Moving Particle

A five-year research project started in FY2005 (Japanese Fiscal Year, hereafter) to develop a code based on the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method for detailed analysis of core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs). The code is named COMPASS (Computer Code with Moving Particle Semi-implicit for Reactor Safety Analysis). CDAs have been almost exclusively analyzed with SIMMER-III [2], which is a two-dimensional multi-component multi-phase Eulerian fluid-dynamics code, coupled with fuel pin model and neutronics model. The COMPASS has been developed to play a role complementary to SIMMER-III in temporal and spatial scale viewpoint; COMPASS for mesoscopic using a small window cut off from SIMMER-III for macroscopic. We presented the project’s outline and the verification analyses of elastic structural mechanics module of the COMPASS in ICONE16 [1]. The COMPASS solves physical phenomena in CDAs coupling fluid dynamics and structural dynamics with phase changes, that is vaporization/condensation and melting/ freezing. The phase changes are based on nonequilibrium heat transfer-limited model and all “phase change paths” considered in SIMMER-III are implemented [20]. In FY2007, the elastoplastic model including thermal expansion and fracture are formulated in terms of MPS method and implemented in the COMPASS, where the model adopts the von Mises type yield condition and the maximum principal stress as fracture condition. To cope with large computing time, “stiffness reduction approximation” was developed and successfully implemented in the COMPASS besides parallelization effort. Verification problems are set to be suitable for analyses of SCARABEE tests, EAGLE tests and hypothetical CDAs in real plants so that they are suggesting issues to be solved by improving the models and calculation algorithms. The main objective of SCARABEE-N in-pile tests was to study the consequences of a hypothetical total instantaneous blockage (TIB) at the entrance of a liquid-metal reactor subassembly at full power [21]. The main objectives of the EAGLE program consisting of in-pile tests using IGR (Impulse Graphite Reactor) and out-of-pile tests at NNC/RK are; 1) to demonstrate effectiveness of special design concepts to eliminate the re-criticality issue, and 2) to acquire basic information on early-phase relocation of molten-core materials toward cold regions surrounding the core, which would be applicable to various core design concepts [22, 23]. In this paper, the formulations and the results of functional verification of elastoplastic models in CDA conditions will be presented.

R&D of the Next Generation Safety Analysis Methods for Fast Reactors With New Computational Science and Technology: Part 2 — Development and Verification of Thermo-Hydrodynamics Module of the COMPASS Code

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuichi Yamamoto ◽  
Etsujo Hirano ◽  
Masaya Oue ◽  
Sensuke Shimizu ◽  
Noriyuki Shirakawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Computational Science ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Fast Reactors ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Moving Particle ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Complex Phenomena

A computer code, named COMPASS, is being developed employing the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method for various complex phenomena of core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs). The COMPASS is designed to analyze multi-physics problems involving thermal hydraulics, structure and phase change, in a unified framework of MPS method. In FY2006, development of the basic functions of the COMPASS was completed and fundamental verification calculations are being carried out at the moment. In this paper, we describe the conceptual design of COMPASS and the outline of the formulation of MPS method, and show the results of the basic verification calculations for thermo -hydrodynamics module.

scholarly journals MR-WC-MPS: A Multi-Resolution WC-MPS Method for Simulation of Free-Surface Flows

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amin Nabian ◽  
Leila Farhadi
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Free Surface Flows ◽  
Submarine Landslide ◽  
Particle Methods ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Surface Flows ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Weakly Compressible ◽  
Moving Particle

A Multi-Resolution Weakly Compressible Moving-Particle Semi-Implicit (MR-WC-MPS) method is presented in this paper for simulation of free-surface flows. To reduce the computational costs, as with the multi-grid schemes used in mesh-based methods, there is also a need in particle methods to efficiently capture the characteristics of different flow regions with different levels of complexity in different spatial resolutions. The proposed MR-WC-MPS method allows the use of particles with different sizes in a computational domain, analogous to multi-resolution grid in grid-based methods. To evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method, it is applied to the dam-break and submarine landslide tests. It is shown that the MR-WC-MPS results, while about 15% faster, are in good agreement with the conventional single-resolution MPS results and experimental results. The remarkable ability of the MR-WC-MPS method in providing robust savings in computational time for up to 60% is then shown by applying the method for simulation of extended submarine landslide test.

Improvement of Pressure Calculations in the Moving Particle Semi-Implicit Method for Free-Surface Flows

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (09) ◽  
pp. 1950062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjin Gou ◽  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Yao Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Free Surface Flow ◽  
Free Surface Flows ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Surface Flows ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Flow Simulations ◽  
Moving Particle

In this paper, numerical improvements are implemented for solving for the pressure in the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method for free-surface flow simulations. The tensile instability problem is solved using a dynamic stabilization (DS) algorithm. The low numerical diffusion of this algorithm is shown through numerical tests. A free-surface treatment that includes an accurate free-surface particle detection algorithm and the implicit application of a free-surface boundary condition is used. The solution of the Navier–Stokes equation is improved using a particle shifting (PS) algorithm. The proposed MPS method for free-surface flow simulations is successfully applied in several benchmark tests and two- and three-dimensional dam break problems. The numerical simulation results agree well with the analytical and empirical ones. It is shown that the proposed MPS method effectively improves the stability and accuracy of simulations of free-surface flows.

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