成型充填过程的ALE有限元模拟

在ALE框架中提出了一个用于成型充填过程有限元数值模拟的模型。应用ALE参考构形及ALE参考粒子速度描写充填过程中的熔体质量运动。摒弃了Hele-Shaw近似假定,因而所提出的模型能用于非薄壁型腔中高分子材料充填过程的数值模拟。应用基于时域分步算法的Taylor-Galerkin方法,对控制成型充填过程的守恒方程建立了弱形式。对移动自由面附近的充填材料区构造了网格生成算法与网格重划分方案。给出了在几种不同形状的典型腔体中充填过程的数值模拟结果,表明了所提出的ALE有限元模型模拟充填过程的有效性。     

自由活塞压缩管ALE方法数值模拟

当前国际上实现高焓气体流动的实验手段之一是自由活塞驱动类脉冲设备,包括自由活塞激波风洞和自由活塞膨胀管.采用自由活塞压缩管作为激波风洞和膨胀管的驱动段时,其驱动能力在很大程度上决定了该类设备的性能.本文采用计算流体力学中任意拉格朗日-欧拉方法 (arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian)数值模拟了压缩管内部的自由活塞运动和气体流动特征.采用移动网格技术来适应活塞运动边界,耦合求解网格运动和气体流动过程,并通过双时间步长方法进行流体运动的时间积分.为了满足几何守恒律(geometric conservation law),对移动网格的法向矢量和表面面积计算进行了修正.不同时刻的活塞位置试验测量结果及欧拉方法预测结果,以及基于简单波理论获得的运动活塞底部气体压力、活塞速度与活塞位置都与当前的ALE方法十分一致.该工作为下一步数值模拟自由活塞激波风洞和自由活塞膨胀管中包括压缩管、激波管和喷管等不同部位的耦合流动提供了基础.     

多相流动的直接数值模拟进展

多相流动的直接数值模拟的讨论就是把流场中颗粒周围计算网格缩小到颗粒尺寸以下 进行流动的计算,颗粒的受力不是通过模型计算,而是通过积分表面的黏性力与压力获得. 直接模拟方法的出现标志着人们对多相流动的认识从宏观扩展到微观层次.主要介绍了 几种先进的直接模拟的方法:基于体适应的非结构化移动网格方法;基于固定网格方法;其 它方法.     

用代数应力模型模化型腔充填过程中的紊流流动

针对型腔充填过程中的紊流流动，用代数应力模型研究紊流流动现象．成功地将代数应力模型引入ＰＨＯＥＮＩＣＳ软件中，完成了恒温流体充填过程三维时均速度和自由表面的计算模拟．与实验结果相比说明，本文基于ＰＨＯＥＮＩＣＳ软件开发的充填模拟具备了对复杂型腔充填过程的数值计算．     

用于ALE有限元模拟的网格更新方法

任意拉格朗日欧拉法(ALE)可以通过定义参考网格的运动，实现自由液面跟 踪，完成液体晃动的数值计算. 综合用于更新网格节点的3种基本计算方法，将多方 向更新网格速度的技术应用于任意拉格朗日欧拉网格节点的速度计算. 给出了水平圆柱形贮 箱和椭圆形贮箱内液体晃动算例，实现了多方向更新网格运动与晃动流场计算的耦合，使ALE 方法能胜任复杂几何边界下的自由液面流动的数值模拟.     

气体动理学格式与多尺度流动模拟

介绍了气体动理学格式(GKS)的基本构造原理及其在两种典型多尺度流动模拟中的应用。GKS利用介观BGK方程的跨尺度演化解来构造网格界面上的数值通量,从而发展出能随计算网格尺度变化自动切换物理模型的多尺度方法。对湍流这种宏观多尺度流动,发展了高精度GKS方法并成功用于低雷诺数湍流的直接数值模拟;为实现对高雷诺数湍流的高效精细模拟,基于拓展BGK方程和已有的RANS,LES模型建立了新型多尺度模拟框架。对跨流域稀薄流动,发展了适合大规模并行的三维统一气体动理学格式(UGKS),并建立了适合轴对称稀薄流动的UGKS。研究表明,GKS在多尺度流动高效模拟中的优异性能,具有很好的发展前景。     

直接边界元法三维自由面兴波时域模拟

应用直接边界元法在时域中求解稳定航速运动的三维自由面兴波问题.基于格林定理,在所有边界面上划分网格,对边界积分方程进行数值离散,采用线性自由面边界条件,随时间步进更新自由面势.由于物体空间位置移动辐射条件不需要单独表述,迭代过程中自由面计算域保持不变.以割划水面NACA0024为例,计算模拟了自由面兴波稳定波形;提出了求解矩阵方程组奇异性的处理方法和解决割划问题的动网格技术.本文计算结果和有限体积法及有关试验结果对比表明,该方法是可靠的.     

表面裂纹疲劳扩展的数值模拟

建立了一种无形状约束的模拟表面裂纹在线弹性断裂力学条件下疲劳扩展的数值方法,并研究了表面疲劳裂纹形状演化和裂纹尖端应力强度因子(SIF)的分布特征。该方法以三维有限单元技术和Paris疲劳裂纹扩展规律为基础,并在裂纹扩展增量计算中考虑了裂纹闭合影响。本文第一部分主要介绍模拟三维疲劳裂纹扩展的数值方法的理论背景和相关的技术细节。着重分析和讨论基于三维有限单元法计算裂纹SIF所涉及的几个主要问题:裂纹尖端单元网格密度对估算精度的影响;自由表面的影响及其修正方法;裂纹尖端非正交单元网格的影响及修正方法。     

基于实体的注射成型流动模拟

提出了应用中面模型技术模拟实体模型的注射成型流动过程的新方法。对实体模型的表面进行二维网格划分，将结点在厚度方向上配对．配对点之间添加虚拟热流道单元，建立二维有限元分析的网格模型。将HeleShaw流动应用于非等温条件下的粘性、不可压缩流体，建立基于中面模型流动分析的数学模型，用充填园子的输运方程描述流动前沿。用有限元计算充填过程的压力场．有限差分计算温度场，高阶的Taylor展开式计算每一时间步长的充填因子。针对Han设计的试验模具，用相同的材料及工艺条件，比较中面模型和实体模型的模拟结果。算例分析表明，这种方法可以有效地模拟基于实体模型的注射成型流动过程。     

计算含大位移动边界非定常流动的无网格算法

研究了可以计算处理包含大位移动边界非定常流动的无网格算法.创建了无网格方法中由于大位移边界运动造成的不合要求点的判断标准,采用高效的填充方法实现点云重构,运用线性插值方法得到新点参数,实现了局部重构处理大位移动点.流场计算方面,在计算域自动布点基础上,采用曲线逼近计算导数及HLLC格式计算数值通量,发展了求解基于无网格的ALE方程组的算法.最后,对活塞问题进行了模拟,结果与解析解相吻合,验证了算法的准确性;另外,计算比较了气流流过静止圆柱以及圆柱在静止流场运动流场,结果表明方法是成功的.     

Prediction of extrudate swell in polymer melt extrusion using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) based finite element method

Accurate prediction of extrudate (die) swell in polymer melt extrusion is important as this helps in appropriate die design for profile extrusion applications. Extrudate swell prediction has shown significant difficulties due to two key reasons. The first is the appropriate representation of the constitutive behavior of the polymer melt. The second is regarding the simulation of the free surface, which requires special techniques in the traditionally used Eulerian framework. In this paper we propose a method for simulation of extrudate swell using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) technique based finite element formulation. The ALE technique provides advantages of both Lagrangian and Eulerian frameworks by allowing the computational mesh to move in an arbitrary manner, independent of the material motion. In the present method, a fractional-step ALE technique is employed in which the Lagrangian phase of material motion and convection arising out of mesh motion are decoupled. In the first step, the relevant flow and constitutive equations are solved in Lagrangian framework. The simpler representation of polymer constitutive equations in a Lagrangian framework avoids the difficulties associated with convective terms thereby resulting in a robust numerical formulation besides allowing for natural evolution of the free surface with the flow. In the second step, mesh is moved in ALE mode and the associated convection of the variables due to relative motion of the mesh is performed using a Godunov type scheme. While the mesh is fixed in space in the die region, the nodal points of the mesh on the extrudate free surface are allowed to move normal to flow direction with special rules to facilitate the simulation of swell. A differential exponential Phan Thien Tanner (PTT) model is used to represent the constitutive behavior of the melt. Using this method we simulate extrudate swell in planar and axisymmetric extrusion with abrupt contraction ahead of the die exit. This geometry allows the extrudate to have significant memory for shorter die lengths and acts as a good test for swell predictions. We demonstrate that our predictions of extrudate swell match well with reported experimental and numerical simulations.     

Interface‐fitted moving mesh method for axisymmetric two‐phase flow in microchannels

A boundary‐fitted moving mesh scheme is presented for the simulation of two‐phase flow in two‐dimensional and axisymmetric geometries. The incompressible Navier‐Stokes equations are solved using the finite element method, and the mini element is used to satisfy the inf‐sup condition. The interface between the phases is represented explicitly by an interface adapted mesh, thus allowing a sharp transition of the fluid properties. Surface tension is modelled as a volume force and is discretized in a consistent manner, thus allowing to obtain exact equilibrium (up to rounding errors) with the pressure gradient. This is demonstrated for a spherical droplet moving in a constant flow field. The curvature of the interface, required for the surface tension term, is efficiently computed with simple but very accurate geometric formulas. An adaptive moving mesh technique, where smoothing mesh velocities and remeshing are used to preserve the mesh quality, is developed and presented. Mesh refinement strategies, allowing tailoring of the refinement of the computational mesh, are also discussed. Accuracy and robustness of the present method are demonstrated on several validation test cases. The method is developed with the prospect of being applied to microfluidic flows and the simulation of microchannel evaporators used for electronics cooling. Therefore, the simulation results for the flow of a bubble in a microchannel are presented and compared to experimental data.     

Three‐dimensional transient free‐surface flow of viscous fluids inside cavities of arbitrary shape

The three‐dimensional transient free‐surface flow inside cavities of arbitrary shape is examined in this study. An adaptive (Lagrangian) boundary‐element approach is proposed for the general three‐dimensional simulation of confined free‐surface flow of viscous incompressible fluids. The method is stable as it includes remeshing capabilities of the deforming free‐surface, and thus can handle large deformations. A simple algorithm is developed for mesh refinement of the deforming free‐surface mesh. Smooth transition between large and small elements is achieved without significant degradation of the aspect ratio of the elements in the mesh. The method is used to determine the flow field and free‐surface evolution inside cubic, rectangular and cylindrical containers. These problems illustrate the transient nature of the flow during the mixing process. Surface tension effects are also explored. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An ALE mesh movement scheme for long‐term in‐flight ice accretion

The rather irregular shapes that glaze ice may grow into while accreting over the surface of an aircraft represent a major difficulty in the numerical simulation of long periods of in‐flight icing. There is a constant need for remeshing: a wasteful procedure. In the framework of ALE formulations, a mesh movement scheme is presented, in which frame and elasticity analogies are loosely coupled. The resulting deformed mesh preserves the quality of elements, especially in the near‐wall region, where accurate prediction of heat flux and shear stresses is required. The proposed scheme handles mesh deformation in a computationally efficient manner by localizing the mesh deformation. The 2D problem of ice accretion over single and multi‐element airfoils is considered here as a numerical experiment. Experimentally measured glaze ice shapes were used to evaluate the performance of the present approach. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Simulation of liquid sloshing in curved‐wall containers with arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method

There are many challenges in the numerical simulation of liquid sloshing in horizontal cylinders and spherical containers using the finite element method of arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) formulation: tracking the motion of the free surface with the contact points, defining the mesh velocity on the curved wall boundary and updating the computational mesh. In order to keep the contact points slipping along the curved side wall, the shape vector in each time advancement is defined to modify the kinematical boundary conditions on the free surface. A special function is introduced to automatically smooth the nodal velocities on the curved wall boundary based on the liquid nodal velocities. The elliptic partial differential equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions can directly rezone the inner nodal velocities in more than a single freedom. The incremental fractional step method is introduced to solve the finite element liquid equations. The numerical results that stemmed from the algorithm show good agreement with experimental phenomena, which demonstrates that the ALE method provides an efficient computing scheme in moving curved wall boundaries. This method can be extended to 3D cases by improving the technique to compute the shape vector. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High-order ALE method for the Navier–Stokes equations on a moving hybrid unstructured mesh using flux reconstruction method

The flux reconstruction (FR) formulation can unify several popular discontinuous basis high-order methods for fluid dynamics, including the discontinuous Galerkin method, in a simple, efficient form. An arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) extension to the high-order FR scheme is developed here for moving mesh fluid flow problems. The ALE Navier–Stokes equations are derived by introducing a grid velocity. The conservation law are spatially discretised on hybrid unstructured meshes using Huynh’s scheme (Huynh 2007) on anisotropic elements (quadrilaterals) and using Correction Procedure via Reconstruction scheme on isotropic elements (triangles). The temporal discretisation uses both explicit and implicit treatments. The mesh movement is described by node positions given as a time series, instead of an analytical formula. The geometric conservation law is tested using free stream preservation problem. An isentropic vortex propagation test case is performed to show the high-order accuracy of the developed method on both moving and fixed hybrid meshes. Flow around an oscillating cylinder shows the capability of the method to solve moving boundary viscous flow problems, with the numeric method further verified by comparison of the result on a smoothly deforming mesh and a rigid moving mesh.     

A NUMERICAL METHOD FOR SIMULATING NONLINEAR FLUID-RIGID STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS

A numerical method for simulating nonlinear fluid-rigid structure interaction problems is developed. The structure is assumed to undergo large rigid body motions and the fluid flow is governed by nonlinear, viscous or non-viscous, field equations with nonlinear boundary conditions applied to the free surface and fluid-solid interaction interfaces. An Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) mesh system is used to construct the numerical model. A multi-block numerical scheme of study is adopted allowing for the relative motion between moving overset grids, which are independent of one another. This provides a convenient method to overcome the difficulties in matching fluid meshes with large solid motions. Nonlinear numerical equations describing nonlinear fluid-solid interaction dynamics are derived through a numerical discretization scheme of study. A coupling iteration process is used to solve these numerical equations. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate applications of the model developed.     

非线性流体-刚体结构相互作用问题的一种数值模拟方法

给出了一种模拟非线性流体-刚体结构相互作用问题的数值方法．文中假定结构承受大的刚体运动,流体流动受非线性有粘或无粘的场方程支配并满足自由表面和两相耦合界面上的非线性边界条件,利用任意拉氏-欧氏（ALE）网格系统构造了数值模型．采用所探讨的多块数值格式,允许可动重造网格间有独立的相对运动,从而克服了流体网格与固体大运动匹配的困难．通过数值离散化,导出了描述非线性流固耦合动力学的数值方程并应用耦合迭代过程对其作了求解．通过算例,说明了所提出数值模型的应用．     

A moving mesh BGK scheme for multi‐material flows

In this paper, a moving mesh BGK scheme (MMBGK) for multi‐material flow computations is proposed. The basic idea of constructing the MMBGK is to couple the Lagrangian method, which tracks material interfaces and keeps the interfaces sharp, with a remapping‐free ALE‐type kinetic method within each single material region, where the kinetic method is based on the BGK (Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook) model. Within each single material region, a numerical flux formulation is developed on moving meshes from motion of microscope particles, and the mesh velocity is determined by requiring both mesh adaptation for accuracy and robustness, such that the grids are moving towards to the regions with high flow gradients in a way of diffusive mechanism (velocity) to adjust the distances between neighboring cells, thus increasing the numerical accuracy. To keep the sharpness of material interfaces, the Lagrangian velocity and flux are constructed at the interfaces only. Consequently, a BGK‐scheme‐based ALE‐type method (i.e., the MMBGK scheme) for multi‐material flows is constructed. Numerical examples in one and two dimensions are presented to illustrate the accuracy and robustness of the MMBGK scheme. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.