非定常流动模拟的时间离散方法

对于不同非定常流动问题,采用合适的时间离散方法,可有效提高数值精度和计算效率.本文在总结传统时间离散方法的基础上,对近些年发展的非线性频域法、谐波平衡法、经典时间谱方法、时间谱元法、时间有限差分法等进行了系统地总结.根据离散形式的不同,将上述方法分为时域推进法、频域谐波法、时域配点法和混合方法 4大类.首先简要介绍了各类方法的数学思想以及研究进展,并重点比较了(准)周期性非定常流动计算中各方法的精度、效率以及适用范围.然后,对各种时间离散格式的特点进行总结,并就不同的非定常流动问题如何选择合适的时间离散方法给予了建议.最后,对这些新型时间离散格式在工程中的应用进行了简要介绍,并对其发展方向进行展望.     

Time discretization methods in the computation of unsteady flow

对于不同非定常流动问题, 采用合适的时间离散方法,可有效提高数值精度和计算效率. 本文在总结传统时间离散方法的基础上,对近些年发展的非线性频域法、谐波平衡法、经典时间谱方法、时间谱元法、时间有限差分法等进行了系统地总结.根据离散形式的不同,将上述方法分为时域推进法、频域谐波法、时域配点法和混合方法4大类.首先简要介绍了各类方法的数学思想以及研究进展,并重点比较了(准)周期性非定常流动计算中各方法的精度、效率以及适用范围.然后, 对各种时间离散格式的特点进行总结,并就不同的非定常流动问题如何选择合适的时间离散方法给予了建议.最后, 对这些新型时间离散格式在工程中的应用进行了简要介绍,并对其发展方向进行展望.     

基于非结构/混合网格模拟黏性流的高阶精度DDG/FV混合方法

间断Galerkin有限元方法(discontinuous Galerkin method, DGM) 因具有计算精度高、模板紧致、易于并行等优点, 近年来已成为非结构/混合网格上广泛研究的高阶精度数值方法. 但其计算量和内存需求量巨大, 特别是对于网格规模达到百万甚至数千万的大型三维实际复杂外形问题, 其计算量和存储量对计算资源的消耗是难以承受的. 基于“混合重构”的DG/FV 格式可以有效降低DGM 的计算量和存储量. 本文将DDG 黏性项离散方法推广应用于DG/FV 混合算法, 得到新的DDG/FV混合格式, 以进一步提高DG/FV混合算法对于黏性流动模拟的计算效率. 通过Couette流动、层流平板边界层、定常圆柱绕流, 非定常圆柱绕流和NACA0012 翼型绕流等二维黏性流算例, 优化了DDG 通量公式中的参数选择, 验证了DDG/FV 混合格式对定常和非定常黏性流模拟的精度和计算效率, 并与广泛使用的BR2-DG 格式的计算结果和效率进行对比研究. 一系列数值实验结果表明, 本文构造的DDG/FV混合格式在二维非结构/混合网格的Navier-Stokes 方程求解中, 在达到相同的数值精度阶的前提下, 相比BR2-DG格式, 对于隐式时间离散的定常问题计算效率提高了2 倍以上, 对于显式时间离散的非定常问题计算效率提高1.6 倍, 并且在一些算例中, 混合格式具有更优良的计算稳定性. DDG/FV 混合格式提升了计算效率和稳定性, 具有良好的应用前景.      

计算含动边界非定常流动的无网格算法

在无网格算法中考虑了含动边界的流动问题,研究了可以计算处理包含一定位移及扭转动边界非定常流动的算法.创建了无网格算法的动点法则,并引入抗扭方法对弹簧方法进行改进来处理离散点运动,提高了方法的可用度及精度.发展了求解基于无网格的ALE方程组的算法,在点云离散的基础上采用曲面逼近计算空间导数及HLLC格式计算数值通量,运用四步龙格-库塔法进行时间推进.在跨、超音速条件下,计算模拟了典型翼型简谐振动流场,计算结果与实验结果及文献对比吻合,验证了该算法的正确性.     

基于非结构/混合网格模拟黏性流的高阶精度DDG/FV混合方法

间断Galerkin有限元方法 (discontinuous Galerkin method, DGM)因具有计算精度高、模板紧致、易于并行等优点,近年来已成为非结构/混合网格上广泛研究的高阶精度数值方法.但其计算量和内存需求量巨大,特别是对于网格规模达到百万甚至数千万的大型三维实际复杂外形问题,其计算量和存储量对计算资源的消耗是难以承受的.基于"混合重构"的DG/FV格式可以有效降低DGM的计算量和存储量.本文将DDG黏性项离散方法推广应用于DG/FV混合算法,得到新的DDG/FV混合格式,以进一步提高DG/FV混合算法对于黏性流动模拟的计算效率.通过Couette流动、层流平板边界层、定常圆柱绕流,非定常圆柱绕流和NACA0012翼型绕流等二维黏性流算例,优化了DDG通量公式中的参数选择,验证了DDG/FV混合格式对定常和非定常黏性流模拟的精度和计算效率,并与广泛使用的BR2-DG格式的计算结果和效率进行对比研究.一系列数值实验结果表明,本文构造的DDG/FV混合格式在二维非结构/混合网格的Navier-Stokes方程求解中,在达到相同的数值精度阶的前提下,相比BR2-DG格式,对于隐式时间离散的定常问题计算效率提高了2倍以上,对于显式时间离散的非定常问题计算效率提高1.6倍,并且在一些算例中,混合格式具有更优良的计算稳定性.DDG/FV混合格式提升了计算效率和稳定性,具有良好的应用前景.     

基于Newton/Gauss-Seidel迭代的DGM隐式方法

在Newton迭代方法的基础上,对高阶精度间断Galerkin有限元方法(DGM)的时间隐式格式进行了研究. Newton迭代 法的优势在于收敛效率高效,并且定常和非定常问题能够统一处理,对于非定常问题无需引入双时间步策略. 为了避免大型矩阵的求逆,采用一步Gauss-Seidel迭代和Matrix-free技术消去残值Jacobi矩阵的上、下三角矩阵,从而只需计算和存储对角(块)矩阵. 对角(块)矩阵采用数值方法计算. 空间离散采用Taylor基,其优势在于对于任意形状的网格,基函数的形式是一致的,有利于在混合网格上推广. 利用该方法,数值模拟了Bump绕流和NACA0012翼型绕流. 计算结果表明,与显式的Runge-Kutta时间格式相比,隐式格式所需的迭代步数和CPU时间均在很大程度上得到减少,计算效率能够提高1～ 2个量级.     

谐波平衡法在动导数快速预测中的应用研究

谐波平衡法以傅里叶级数展开为基础,将周期性非定常流场的非定常求解过程转化为几个定常流场的耦合求解过程,并通过重建得到整个流场的非定常过程. 建立了基于谐波平衡法的动导数快速预测方法,数值模拟了超声速带翼导弹俯仰的动态流场,并通过积分法获取了俯仰动导数,与实验结果吻合很好;且在同等计算精度下,谐波平衡法的计算效率是双时间步方法的13 倍. 应用谐波平衡法研究了较大范围内减缩频率对俯仰动导数的影响规律. 研究发现,对于本外形,当减缩频率降低到一定值后,俯仰动导数的值迅速变化,甚至发生变号;对此现象产生的原因进行了深入分析,并通过对导弹自激俯仰运动的数值模拟验证了该结果. 此外,针对大攻角条件下动态流场非线性强的特点,开展了谐波平衡法在大攻角下的适用性研究. 结果表明,谐波平衡法在大攻角下也能取得很好的计算结果.      

动网格生成技术及非定常计算方法进展综述

对应用于飞行器非定常运动的数值计算方法(包括动态网格技术和相应的数值离散格式)进行了综述.根据网格拓扑结构的不同,重点论述了基于结构网格的非定常计算方法和基于非结构/混合网格的非定常计算方法,比较了各种方法的优缺点.在基于结构网格的非定常计算方法中,重点介绍了刚性运动网格技术、超限插值动态网格技术、重叠动网格技术、滑移动网格技术等动态结构网格生成方法,同时介绍了惯性系和非惯性系下的控制方程,讨论了非定常时间离散方法、动网格计算的几何守恒律等问题.在基于非结构/混合网格的非定常计算方法中,重点介绍了重叠非结构动网格技术、重构非结构动网格技术、变形非结构动网格技术以及变形/重构耦合动态混合网格技术等方法,以及相应的计算格式,包括非定常时间离散、几何守恒律计算方法、可压缩和不可压缩非定常流动的计算方法、各种加速收敛技术等.在介绍国内外进展的同时,介绍了作者在动态混合网格生成技术和相应的非定常方法方面的研究与应用工作.     

AUFS格式在无网格方法中的应用

将计算量小,激波分辨率高的AUFS(artificially upstream flux vector splitting)格式应用于无网格方法.所发展算法基于多项式基函数最小二乘无网格方法,采用线性基函数曲面拟合及AUFS格式计算各离散点的空间导数,应用四阶Runge--Kutta法进行时间显式推进.为验证算法健壮性、精度以及计算效率,对Riemann问题、超音速平面流动,以及不同攻角NACA0012翼型跨音速流场进行了数值模拟,其结果同采用HLLC(Harten-Lax-van Leer-contact)格式的无网格方法以及文献报道结果吻合较好,并且计算量较形式简单HLLC格式减少约15%.     

AUFS 格式在无网格方法中的应用简

将计算量小,激波分辨率高的AUFS (artificially upstream flux vector splitting) 格式应用于无网格方法. 所发展算法基于多项式基函数最小二乘无网格方法,采用线性基函数曲面拟合及AUFS 格式计算各离散点的空间导数,应用四阶Runge-Kutta 法进行时间显式推进. 为验证算法健壮性、精度以及计算效率,对Riemann 问题、超音速平面流动,以及不同攻角NACA0012 翼型跨音速流场进行了数值模拟,其结果同采用HLLC (Harten-Lax-van Leer-contact) 格式的无网格方法以及文献报道结果吻合较好,并且计算量较形式简单HLLC 格式减少约15%.     

A Galerkin finite element algorithm based on third-order Runge-Kutta temporal discretization along the uniform streamline for unsteady incompressible flows

In this paper, for two-dimensional unsteady incompressible flow, the Navier-Stokes equations without convection term are derived by the coordinate transformation along the streamline characteristic. The third-order Runge-Kutta method along the streamline is introduced to discrete the alternative Navier-Stokes equations in time, and spacial discretization is carried out by the Galerkin method, and then, the third-order accuracy finite element method is obtained. Meanwhile, the streamline velocity is uniformly approximated by initial velocity in each time step in order to reduce update frequency of total element matrix and improve calculation efficiency. Finally, some classic unsteady flow examples are calculated and analyzed by different calculation methods, which further demonstrate that the present method has more advantages in stability, permissible time step, dissipation, computational cost, and accuracy. The code can be downloaded at https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27706.44484 .     

Closely coupled fluid-solid interface method with moving-average for LES based conjugate heat transfer solution

Fluid–solid coupled Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) simulations are relevant to many practical problems. Most existing interfacing methods have been developed for Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes solvers. For high fidelity turbulence scale-resolved flow solvers however, the CHT interface methods face significant challenges arisen from a wide frequency spectrum of unsteady disturbances to be dealt with, compounded by the huge time scale disparity between fluid and solid domains.In this paper, a closely coupled non-partitioned (monolithic) CHT method is presented. The main issues of interest are the prohibitive time costs of direct time domain CHT methods and an extra mesh dependency in the solid domain when resolving high frequency turbulence disturbances. Based on a temporal Fourier spectral framework, the present CHT interface method entails a moving-average for the time-mean flow and a discrete Fourier transform on-the-fly at each time step. Taking advantage of a semi-analytical transfer function and harmonic balancing for the CHT interface, we can achieve solving the solid domain completely in its own time step (3–5 orders of magnitude larger than that of the fluid domain). The present interface method can effectively circumvent aliasing errors and extra solid domain mesh-dependence encountered by other time-domain coupling methods when applied to turbulence scale-resolved CHT solutions. Illustrative stability analyses also show that the numerical stability of the present CHT interface should require no more stringent conditions than that in either fluid or solid domain. The computational results and analyses highlight the advantages of the present methodology in terms of both the computational efficiency and accuracy, in comparison with a conventional directly coupled interface method. Furthermore, a case study aided by a simple interface response analysis highlights much augmented wall temperature fluctuations and higher sensitivity to the interface treatment when a low conductivity protection layer (Thermal Barrier Coating, TBC) is added. The present study underlines the relevance of accounting for fluid disturbances over a range of frequencies in an effective and accurate CHT interface treatment.     

Unsteady rotor flow analysis using a diagonally implicit harmonic balance method and an overset mesh topology

The diagonally implicit harmonic balance method is developed in an overset mesh topology and applied to unsteady rotor flows analysis. Its efficiency is by reducing the complexity of a fully implicit harmonic balance method which becomes more flexible in handling the higher harmonics of the flow solutions. Applied to the overset mesh topology, the efficiency of the method becomes greater by reducing the number of solution interpolations required during the entire solution procedure as the method reduces the unsteady computation into periodic steady state. To verify the accuracy and efficiency of the method, both hovering and unsteady forward flight of Caradonna and Tung and AH-1G rotors are solved. Compared with wind-tunnel experiments, the numerical results demonstrate good agreements at computational cost an order of magnitude more efficient than the conventional time-accurate computation method. The proposed method has great potential in other engineering applications, including flapping wing vehicles, turbo-machinery, wind-turbines, etc.     

风浪联合发电系统水动力学研究进展

随着化石能源枯竭和全球变暖等环境问题的日益严重,海洋可再生能源(海上风能、波浪能和潮流能)成为研究热点. 为了有效开发海洋可再生能源,降低成本,多种能源综合开发成为现阶段的趋势. 海上风能与波浪能结合具有广阔的应用前景,联合发电系统不断创新. 水动力性能是联合发电系统与波浪相互作用的重要基础. 本文简要介绍多种应用在联合发电系统上的水动力学数值模拟方法,包括线性频域、线性时域、势流非线性方法标识码基于 Navier-Stokes 方程的黏性方法,对现有文献的水动力学数值模拟方法进行综述,从计算效率和精度标识码析其优缺点,且进一步阐述水动力控制优化的技术原理与实验技术主要科研难点,为联合发电系统的水动力设计提供依据. 得到以下主要结论:从计算效率上看,线性频域方法最优,其次为线性时域、势流非线性、黏性方法,从计算精标识码,与前者恰好相反;综合考虑计算效率和精度,采用考虑黏性修正的势流方法来研究是一个切实可行的方案;模标识码方法和优化控制技术目前还不够成熟,尚处于探索阶段.      

Optimal numerical method for simulating dynamic flow of gas in pipelines

Finite difference methods for solving the linear model describing unsteady state flow in pipelines are considered in the present paper. These methods are compared with each other in order to determine the best one, which meets the criteria of accuracy and relatively small computation time.     

A local domain‐free discretization method for simulation of incompressible flows over moving bodies

This paper presents a local domain‐free discretization (DFD) method for the simulation of unsteady flows over moving bodies governed by the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. The discretization strategy of DFD is that the discrete form of partial differential equations at an interior point may involve some points outside the solution domain. All the mesh points are classified as interior points, exterior dependent points and exterior independent points. The functional values at the exterior dependent points are updated at each time step by the approximate form of solution near the boundary. When the body is moving, only the status of points is changed and the mesh can stay fixed. The issue of ‘freshly cleared nodes/cells’ encountered in usual sharp interface methods does not pose any particular difficulty in the presented method. The Galerkin finite‐element approximation is used for spatial discretization, and the discrete equations are integrated in time via a dual‐time‐stepping scheme based on artificial compressibility. In order to validate the present method for moving‐boundary flow problems, two groups of flow phenomena have been simulated: (1) flows over a fixed circular cylinder, a harmonic in‐line oscillating cylinder in fluid at rest and a transversely oscillating cylinder in uniform flow; (2) flows over a pure pitching airfoil, a heaving–pitching airfoil and a deforming airfoil. The predictions show good agreement with the published numerical results or experimental data. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Unsteady Self-Similar Flow of a Viscous Incompressible Fluid in a Plane Divergent Channel

The problem of two-dimensional unsteady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a sector-like domain is considered. Initially a strictly radial flow is imposed, which makes it possible to seek solutions within the class of self-similar flows. A numerical method based on mixed finite-difference and spectral spatial discretization is developed, making it possible to find the self-similar solution efficiently. The process of development and establishment of the steady Hamel-Jeffery and Moffatt flows is modeled mathematically.     

Implicit solution of time spectral method for periodic unsteady flows

The present paper investigates the implicit solution of time spectral model for periodic unsteady flows. In the time spectral model, the physical time derivative is approximated using spectral method. The robustness issues associated with implicit solution of time spectral model are analyzed and validated by numerical results. It is found that spectral approximation of the time derivative weakens the diagonal dominance property of the Jacobian matrix, resulting in the deterioration of stability and convergence speed. In this paper we propose to solve the coupled governing equations implicitly using multigrid preconditioned generalized minimal residual (GMRES) method, which demonstrates favorable convergence speed. Also it is demonstrated that the current method is insensitive to the variations of frequency and number of harmonics. Comparison of computation results with dual time step unsteady computation validates the high efficiency of the current method. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.