基于气体动理论的二维Karman涡街数值模拟

基于从稀薄流到连续流的跨流域气体动理论统一算法（gas-kinetic unified algorithm,GKUA）,通过数值求解考虑转动自由度激发的Boltzmann-Rykov模型方程,得到了一种跨流域非定常流动数值模拟的方法.该求解方法以Boltzmann模型方程为控制方程,在常温状态下如果考虑转动能激发的情况则选用Rykov模型.文中数值求解Rykov模型时,首先基于转动能模对速度分布函数积分以消去分子转动能量这一自变量,在速度空间应用自适应离散速度坐标法与数值积分演化更新计算技术,在位置空间应用3阶WENO空间离散格式和3阶显式Runge-Kutta时间推进.针对经典的二维Karman涡街流动现象进行数值模拟,说明该跨流域非定常流动模拟算法对于连续流区低速流动的适应性.      

含振动能激发Boltzmann模型方程气体动理论统一算法验证与分析

为模拟研究高温高马赫数下多原子气体内能激发对跨流域非平衡流动的影响,将转动能、振动能分别作为气体分子速度分布函数的自变量,把转动能和振动能处理为连续分布的能量模式,将Boltzmann方程的碰撞项分解成弹性碰撞项和非弹性碰撞项,同时将非弹性碰撞按一定松弛速率分解为平动-转动能松弛过程和平动-转动-振动能松弛过程,构造了一类考虑振动能激发的Boltzmann模型方程,并证明了其守恒性和H定理.基于内部能量变量对分布函数无穷积分,引入三个约化速度分布函数,得到一组考虑振动能激发的约化速度分布函数控制方程组,使用离散速度坐标法,基于LU-SGS隐式格式和有限体积法求解离散速度分布函数,建立含振动能激发的气体动理论统一算法.通过开展高稀薄流到连续流圆柱绕流问题统一算法与直接模拟蒙特卡罗法模拟结果对比分析,特别是过渡流区平动、转动、振动非平衡效应对绕流流场与物面力热特性的影响机制,证实了所建立的含振动能激发的Boltzmann模型方程及气体动理论统一算法的准确可靠性.     

基于Boltzmann模型方程的气体运动论HPF并行算法

从修正的BGK-Blotzmann模型方程出发，引入离散速度坐标技术对气体分子速度分量进行离散降维，基于非定常时间分裂数值计算方法和无波动、无自由参数的NND耗散差分格式，发展直接求解气体分子速度分布函数的气体运动论有限差分数值格式，提出了一套能有效模拟各流域三维绕流问题的气体运动论统一算法，在分析研究气体运动论数值算法内在并行度的基础上，开展各流域三维绕流问题统一算法的HPF（高性能FORTRAN）并行化程度设计，建立一套能有效模拟各流域复杂外形体绕流的HPF并行算法软件，并进行了不同Knudsen(克努森）数下三维球体绕流及类“神舟号”返回舱外形体绕流的初步数值实验，将计算结果与过渡区有关实验数据及各流域气体绕流现象进行比较分析，证实了发展的气体运动论HPF并行算法在求解稀薄流到连续流不同流域复杂绕流问题方面的可行性。     

稀薄气体动力学矩方法研究综述

临近空间位于航天器入轨与返回的必经区域, 也是临近空间高超声速飞行器长航时飞行空域, 空间环境的特殊性决定了飞行器在穿越时必须考虑稀薄大气环境对飞行器气动力防隔热通讯及控制的影响.Boltzmann方程作为描述气体分子速度分布函数演化规律的微分-积分形式, 在一定条件下能够描述从自由分子流到连续流全流域流动现象.作为Boltzmann方程的宏观表达形式, 矩方程这一经典流体力学方程形式涵盖了Euler方程N-S方程Burnett方程super-Burnett方程及近年来发展的广义流体力学方程——非线性本构关系模型等.由于成熟的CFD数值计算理论及有限矩方程较高的计算效率, 滑移过渡流矩方法相比粒子仿真与Boltzmann模型方程方法具有十分显著的优势和巨大的工程应用潜力.因此, 对近年来传统及新型矩方法研究所取得的进展进行归纳总结, 并针对关键科学问题开展理论与数值计算方法研究, 具有十分重要的理论与工程应用价值.      

气体运动论统一算法在跨流域转动非平衡效应模拟中的应用

从考虑转动松弛变化特性的Rykov模型出发,基于Boltzmann模型方程求解跨流域气体运动论统一算法原理与计算规则,采用转动惯量描述气体分子自旋运动,研究考虑转动非平衡影响的Boltzmann模型方程数值求解方法.通过对氮气激波结构、二维钝头体和三维尖双锥跨流域绕流的模拟分析,验证该算法的跨流域一致适用性.     

考虑转动能的一维/二维Boltzmann-Rykov模型方程数值算法

研究考虑转动能的Boltzmann-Rykov模型方程,基于转动自由度对气体分子速度分布函数矩积分,引入约化速度分布函数,应用离散速度坐标法与数值积分技术,将气体运动论模型方程化为在离散速度坐标点处关于三个约化速度分布函数的联立方程组.应用拓展计算流体力学有限差分方法,数值计算考虑转动自由度的双原子气体一维、二维Boltzmann模型方程,得到高、低Knudsen数一维激波管内流动和二维竖直平板绕流问题的流场,分析验证考虑转动能的Boltzmann-Rykov模型方程全流域统一算法求解一维/二维气体流动问题的可靠性.结果表明,气体稀薄程度与分子内自由度对流场具有较大影响,且Knudsen数较高的稀薄气体流动呈现严重的非平衡流动特点.     

求解Boltzmann模型方程的气体运动论大规模并行算法

研究各流域三维流动问题的Boltzmann模型方程计算方法,建立直接求解分子速度分布函数的气体运动论耦合迭代数值格式;基于变量依赖关系、数据通信与并行可扩展性分析,使用区域分解并行化方法,建立气体运动论数值算法并行方案,发展求解各流域三维绕流问题的气体运动论并行算法.拟定高低不同马赫数下来自不同流域的三维球体及返回舱绕流算例,进行高性能Fortran(HPF)大规模并行计算,将计算结果与有关实验数据、相关理论预测等进行比较分析,研究揭示不同流区复杂绕流现象及流动机理.研究表明,所发展的气体运动论并行算法具有很好的并行独立性,基本达到线性加速的并行效果,显示出良好的并行可扩展性.     

高空离轨发动机流场红外辐射特性研究

高超声速飞行器大攻角机动时,其离轨发动机产生的喷流与高速稀薄的大气来流产生强烈干扰,流场情况复杂,流场红外辐射也是天基红外系统探测的标志性事件.本文针对高超声速飞行器发动机喷流与稀薄来流的相互干扰情况,采用数值求解Navier-Stokes方程模拟干扰流场,采用逐线积分法得到气体红外辐射特性,结合反向蒙特卡洛方法计算得...     

统一气体动理学方法研究进展

在临近空间高超声速飞行器气动载荷、航天飞行器变轨/调姿、微尺度元器件传质/传热等科学和工程实践中，存在着大量的时序多流域（多尺度）流动问题以及位于单一流场中的复杂多流域问题（局部稀薄问题），对数值预测工作提出挑战.因此，近年来从介观气体动理学基础上发展出了一大类将连续流与稀薄流进行统一计算的高效数值方法，包括确定论形式的UGKS，GKUA和DUGKS方法，以及粒子形式的USP-BGK和UGKWP方法.文章围绕着确定论和统计粒子两类统一方法的最新研究进展进行回顾和分析，重点关注在每种方法中全流域统一性质的来源与实现方式、目前已取得的关键进展以及该方法的扩展性和应用价值.      

稀薄气体流动非线性耦合本构关系研究进展

临近空间高超声速飞行器流场蕴含着复杂的非线性流动机理与丰富的热化学非平衡流动现象, 基于Newton摩擦定律和Fourier热传导定律的Navier-Stokes(N-S)方程不足以描述高超声速飞行器从连续流到稀薄流的多尺度非平衡现象。非线性耦合本构关系(nonlinear coupled constitutive relations, NCCR)作为一种全新的本构方程体系, 在严格满足热力学熵条件的基础上, 巧妙地构建了应力与热流的非线性表达形式。然而, NCCR方程的强非线性耦合特性是求解过程的一大难题。为了克服这一技术瓶颈, 提出了混合迭代算法, 为实现NCCR方程的高效稳定求解提供了坚实的理论基础。在该理论研究的基础上, 考虑到原始NCCR方程对热通量演化方程的简化处理, 降低了方程的计算精度, 提出了改进的NCCR+方程。该方程在强激波压缩区域和膨胀区域表现出比传统NCCR方程更高的计算精度与更强的非平衡流动模拟能力。同时, 为了解决临近空间高超声速空气动力学的多尺度与多物理效应耦合难题, 提出了NCCR与转动非平衡的耦合计算模型, 拓展了NCCR方程在双原子气体中的模拟能力。为了揭示稀薄气体效应与真实气体效应的耦合作用机理, 进一步建立了NCCR与热化学反应的耦合计算方法。大量研究结果表明, 考虑多物理效应的NCCR方程在低Kn下能够恢复到与N-S方程一致的解。随着Kn的增加, 流场的非平衡程度逐渐增强, 其结果与N-S方程差异显著, 而与DSMC方法计算结果和实验数据具有更好的一致性。      

Study on the unified algorithm for three-dimensional complex problems covering various flow regimes using Boltzmann model equation

The Boltzmann simplified velocity distribution function equation describing the gas transfer phenomena from various flow regimes will be explored and solved numerically in this study. The discrete velocity ordinate method of the gas kinetic theory is studied and applied to simulate the complex multi-scale flows. Based on the uncoupling technique on molecular movement and colliding in the DSMC method, the gas-kinetic finite difference scheme is constructed to directly solve the discrete velocity distribution functions by extending and applying the unsteady time-splitting method from computational fluid dynamics. The Gauss-type discrete velocity numerical quadrature technique for different Mach number flows is developed to evaluate the macroscopic flow parameters in the physical space. As a result, the gas-kinetic numerical algorithm is established to study the three-dimensional complex flows from rarefied transition to continuum regimes. The parallel strategy adapted to the gas-kinetic numerical algorithm is investigated by analyzing the inner parallel degree of the algorithm, and then the HPF parallel processing program is developed. To test the reliability of the present gas-kinetic numerical method, the three-dimensional complex flows around sphere and spacecraft shape with various Knudsen numbers are simulated by HPF parallel computing. The computational results are found in high resolution of the flow fields and good agreement with the theoretical and experimental data. The computing practice has confirmed that the present gas-kinetic algorithm probably provides a promising approach to resolve the hypersonic aerothermodynamic problems with the complete spectrum of flow regimes from the gas-kinetic point of view of solving the Boltzmann model equation. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90205009 and 10321002) and the National Parallel Computing Center     

Gas-kinetic numerical studies of three-dimensional complex flows on spacecraft re-entry

The gas-kinetic numerical algorithm solving the Boltzmann model equation is extended and developed to study the three-dimensional hypersonic flows of spacecraft re-entry into the atmosphere in perfect gas. In this study, the simplified velocity distribution function equation for various flow regimes is presented on the basis of the kinetic Boltzmann–Shakhov model. The discrete velocity ordinate technique and numerical quadrature methods, such as the Gauss quadrature formulas with the weight function 2/π^1/2exp(?V²) and the Gauss–Legendre numerical quadrature rule, are studied to resolve the barrier in simulating complex flows from low Mach numbers to hypersonic problems. Specially, the gas-kinetic finite-difference scheme is constructed for the computation of three-dimensional flow problems, which directly captures the time evolution of the molecular velocity distribution function. The gas-kinetic boundary conditions and numerical procedures are studied and implemented by directly acting on the velocity distribution function. The HPF (high performance fortran) parallel implementation technique for the gas-kinetic numerical method is developed and applied to study the hypersonic flows around three-dimensional complex bodies. The main purpose of the current research is to provide a way to extend the gas-kinetic numerical algorithm to the flow computation of three-dimensional complex hypersonic problems with high Mach numbers. To verify the current method and simulate gas transport phenomena covering various flow regimes, the three-dimensional hypersonic flows around sphere and spacecraft shape with different Knudsen numbers and Mach numbers are studied by HPF parallel computing. Excellent results have been obtained for all examples computed.     

Numerical Simulations of Unsteady Flows from Rarefied Transition to Continuum Using Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm

Numerical simulations of unsteady gas flows are studied on the basis of Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm (GKUA) from rarefied transition to continuum flow regimes. Several typical examples are adopted. An unsteady flow solver is developed by solving the Boltzmann model equations, including the Shakhov model and the Rykov model etc. The Rykov kinetic equation involving the effect of rotational energy can be transformed into two kinetic governing equations with inelastic and elastic collisions by integrating the molecular velocity distribution function with the weight factor on the energy of rotational motion. Then, the reduced velocity distribution functions are devised to further simplify the governing equation for one- and two-dimensional flows. The simultaneous equations are numerically solved by the discrete velocity ordinate (DVO) method in velocity space and the finite-difference schemes in physical space. The time-explicit operator-splitting scheme is constructed, and numerical stability conditions to ascertain the time step are discussed. As the application of the newly developed GKUA, several unsteady varying processes of one- and two-dimensional flows with different Knudsen number are simulated, and the unsteady transport phenomena and rarefied effects are revealed and analyzed. It is validated that the GKUA solver is competent for simulations of unsteady gas dynamics covering various flow regimes.     

A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows

With discretized particle velocity space, a multiscale unified gas-kinetic scheme for entire Knudsen number flows is constructed based on the BGK model. The current scheme couples closely the update of macroscopic conservative variables with the update of microscopic gas distribution function within a time step. In comparison with many existing kinetic schemes for the Boltzmann equation, the current method has no difficulty to get accurate Navier–Stokes (NS) solutions in the continuum flow regime with a time step being much larger than the particle collision time. At the same time, the rarefied flow solution, even in the free molecule limit, can be captured accurately. The unified scheme is an extension of the gas-kinetic BGK-NS scheme from the continuum flow to the rarefied regime with the discretization of particle velocity space. The success of the method is due to the un-splitting treatment of the particle transport and collision in the evaluation of local solution of the gas distribution function. For these methods which use operator splitting technique to solve the transport and collision separately, it is usually required that the time step is less than the particle collision time. This constraint basically makes these methods useless in the continuum flow regime, especially in the high Reynolds number flow simulations. Theoretically, once the physical process of particle transport and collision is modeled statistically by the kinetic Boltzmann equation, the transport and collision become continuous operators in space and time, and their numerical discretization should be done consistently. Due to its multiscale nature of the unified scheme, in the update of macroscopic flow variables, the corresponding heat flux can be modified according to any realistic Prandtl number. Subsequently, this modification effects the equilibrium state in the next time level and the update of microscopic distribution function. Therefore, instead of modifying the collision term of the BGK model, such as ES-BGK and BGK–Shakhov, the unified scheme can achieve the same goal on the numerical level directly. Many numerical tests will be used to validate the unified method.     

A unified gas kinetic scheme with moving mesh and velocity space adaptation

There is great difficulty for direct Boltzmann solvers to simulate high Knudsen number flow due to the severe steep slope and high concentration of the gas distribution function in a local particle velocity space. Local mesh adaptation becomes necessary in order to make the Boltzmann solver to be a practical tool in aerospace applications. The present research improves the unified gas-kinetic scheme (UGKS) in the following two aspects. First, the UGKS is extended in a physical space with moving mesh. This technique is important to study a freely flying object in a rarefied environment. Second, the adaptive quadtree method in the particle velocity space is implemented in the UGKS. Due to the new improvements in the discretization of a gas distribution function in the six dimensional phase space, the adaptive unified gas kinetic scheme (AUGKS) is able to deal with a wide range of flow problems under extreme flying conditions, such as the whole unsteady flying process of an object from a highly rarefied to a continuum flow regime. After validating the scheme, the capability of AUGKS is demonstrated in the following two challenge test cases. The first case is about the free movement of an ellipse flying at initial Mach number 5 in a rarefied flow at different Knudsen numbers. The force on the ellipse and the unsteady trajectory of the ellipse movement are fully captured. The gas distribution function around the ellipse is analyzed. The second case is about the study of unsteady flight of a nozzle under a bursting process of the compressed gas expanding into a rarefied environment. Due to the strong expansion wave and the huge density difference between interior and exterior regions around the nozzle, the particle distribution function changes dramatically in the particle velocity space. The use of an adaptive velocity space in the AUGKS becomes necessary to simulate such a flow and to control the computational cost to a tolerable level. The second test is a challenge problem for any existing rarefied flow solver.     

A hybrid method for hydrodynamic-kinetic flow – Part II – Coupling of hydrodynamic and kinetic models

In this work we present a non stationary domain decomposition algorithm for multiscale hydrodynamic-kinetic problems, in which the Knudsen number may span from equilibrium to highly rarefied regimes. Our approach is characterized by using the full Boltzmann equation for the kinetic regime, the Compressible Euler equations for equilibrium, with a buffer zone in which the BGK-ES equation is used to represent the transition between fully kinetic to equilibrium flows.In this fashion, the Boltzmann solver is used only when the collision integral is non-stiff, and the mean free path is of the same order as the mesh size needed to capture variations in macroscopic quantities. Thus, in principle, the same mesh size and time steps can be used in the whole computation. Moreover, the time step is limited only by convective terms.Since the Boltzmann solver is applied only in wholly kinetic regimes, we use the reduced noise DSMC scheme we have proposed in Part I of the present work. This ensures a smooth exchange of information across the different domains, with a natural way to construct interface numerical fluxes. Several tests comparing our hybrid scheme with full Boltzmann DSMC computations show the good agreement between the two solutions, on a wide range of Knudsen numbers.