三维非结构网格DSMC方法的实现及其应用

研究了三维非结构网格DSMC方法实现的过程。将Bird位置元方案中的子网格思想引入到非结构网格上来,只存储子网格的总体标识号,利用较少的计算网格提高了分子的分辨率与计算精度。提出了将体积元坐标搜索算法与交替数字二叉树搜索算法(ADT)相结合的方法来跟踪模拟分子在网格之间的迁移,使用ADT方法判别分子与物面是否作用,避免了分子表面反射的非确定论判据。利用Fortran 90的动态分配内存技术编制了通用计算程序。最后对高超声速过渡流域航天飞机头部外形绕流进行了数值模拟,数值结果初步验证了算法的可行性。     

大尺度网格下DSMC仿真碰撞概率的修正方法

从DSMC碰撞概率的实现途径出发,通过引入最小二乘法及亚松弛的思想给出一种大尺度网格下分子仿真碰撞概率的修正方法,将该方法应用于非结构四面体网格下的DSMC模拟中,计算分析了文献中钝锥模型的绕流结果,数值结果初步验证了本文方法的合理性和有效性。     

三维复杂流场内能激发松弛的DSMC数值模拟

本文研究了带内能激发松弛和不同来流条件下的复杂外形高超声速飞行器过渡区三维流场特性.采用一种对飞行器物面网格与DSMC计算域网格分别标识的方法,通过判断模拟分子与表面碰撞来完成飞行器物面网格与DSMC计算域网格间的信息传递和信息存贮,对于复杂外形飞行器精确描述的物面网格不需做进一步处理,直接应用于不依赖于飞行器外形的DSMC计算的通用子程序中.采用L-B碰撞模型,分析了内能激发松弛的流场参数特性,从分子碰撞、分子与飞行器表面碰撞的角度,分析了不同来流条件下的流场参数的变化情况.     

二维自适应非结构网格DSMC并行算法研究

研究了二维自适应非结构网格DSMC并行算法实现的过程.首先提出了一类非结构网格自适应策略,有效降低了网格尺度对计算结果的影响,提高了流场的分辨率;然后基于PC-CLUSTER群机并行体系结构与消息传递库MPI并行环境,利用分区并行思想,设计了非结构网格DSMC并行算法,节约了计算时间.利用For-tran90的动态分配内存技术编制了通用计算程序;最后对过渡流域高超声绕流进行了数值模拟,计算结果初步验证了算法的可行性与有效性.     

采用自适应直角网格计算三维增升装置绕流

针对三维增升装置绕流，对存在剪刀叉的不连续外形，基于自适应直角网格，提出并介绍了分区和面搭接技术，采用变长宽比网格，进行了直角网格生成和流场Euler方程数值计算. 根据几何外形的特点，在直角网格生成过程中，以外形不连续面作为分区边界，对初始``根'网格实施分区处理，降低了整个网格的生成难度. 通过基于外形的自适应网格加密，详细描述了剪刀叉外形和缝道，提高了网格质量. 在分区边界面上，基于面搭接技术，构造重叠面积切割算法，实现边界两侧网格间的流场信息传递，保证流场计算中的通量守恒. 采用中心有限体积方法，结合双时间推进算法，完成了两段机翼、带增升襟翼翼身组合体绕流流场的Euler方程数值模拟，对计算结果与实验数据进行了对比，验证了所提方法、算法的合理性和实用性.     

基于建筑风场数值模拟的网格层块加密法

在建筑风场的数值模拟中,当前普遍采用的离散网格多是计算前一次性布置的固定网格,通常很难适应实际流场变量的变化要求.为提高数值模拟的精度,基于结构化同位网格系统及控制容积离散微分方程的方法,将适应性网格局部加密(AMR)的思想引入到采用压力校正迭代算法的建筑风场模拟中,提出了一种半自适应的层块网格加密方法.该方法可结合误差分析对误差较大的区域网格实行自动判别并实施逐层块状加密.算例分析表明,该方法能在较高的效益下提高数值解的精度.     

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.     

非结构重叠网格方法研究及应用

航空、航天和兵器技术等领域的研究中存在大量包含运动边界的流场。非结构重叠网格方法是一种高效的处理动边界问题的新方法。围绕相对运动的每个物体单独生成非结构网格,在网格重叠区域通过搜索和插值完成网格系之间的信息传递,提出了动态八叉树搜索算法,发展了绝对坐标系和相对坐标系相结合的流场求解方式,采用二阶精度Van Leer/Hanel格式和四阶Runge-Kutta法分别进行空间和时间离散,形成了一种新的非结构重叠网格算法。对三维Riemann问题的求解结果与精确解能很好吻合,证明了本文的重叠网格算法具有较好的时空离散精度和插值精度。对7.62mm步枪射击过程进行了数值模拟,描述了弹丸离开膛口后膛口流场的发展过程,与实验结果体现的发展过程较为吻合,验证了本文提出的非结构网格算法体系具有较好的计算性能,是研究含动边界复杂流场的一种有效手段。     

基于自适应直角网格的二维全速势方程有限体积解法A finite volume method for 2D Full-Potential equation on adaptive Cartesian grids

为满足亚声速和跨声速飞机概念设计中快速气动计算的需求,研究和发展一种基于自适应直角网格的非线性全速势方程有限体积解法。要点如下。（1）在几何自适应直角网格的基础上,使用结合单元融合的网格切割算法处理物面边界,提出一种修正非贴体切割网格的方法。（2）采用隐式格式结合GM RES算法求解该非线性位流方程,针对流场的自适应来捕捉激波。（3）采用镜像法处理物面边界处的无穿透条件,并提出解析的方法来修正镜像单元的值。（4）针对直角网格的特点,提出在库塔线上插入库塔单元的方法施加库塔条件。NACA0012翼型绕流的算例结果表明,该方法用于亚声速和跨声速气动计算能得到令人满意的结果,且自动化程度高、收敛速度快。     

非结构网格质量对梯度重构及无粘流动模拟精度的影响

综合利用理论分析和数值测试手段,研究了非结构格心型有限体积离散中梯度重构算法的计算精度,分别给出了非结构算法中常用的基于Green-Gauss公式(GG方法)和基于Least squares方法(LSQ方法)的梯度重构方法达到至少一阶精度的条件。其中,GG方法在面积分低阶项不能互相抵消的情况下,要求面心插值精度达到至少二阶;而LSQ方法对于任意网格均能实现梯度重构一阶精度。在各向同性网格上的梯度重构精度数值测试验证了数学推导结论;进一步通过制造解方法量化无粘流动数值离散误差,结合网格收敛性测试研究了网格质量(网格点随机扰动、网格弯曲度和网格倾斜度等因素)以及网格类型(三角形和四边形)对无粘流动模拟精度的影响,验证了理论分析结论。     

基于非结构网格的TTGC有限元格式的实现及在超声速流动中的应用

基于非结构网格系统,实现了时空三阶精度的TTGC有限元格式,并在三阶TTGC格式上发展了基于人工粘性的激波捕捉技术。在非结构网格下,采用这种方法对若干典型的超声速流动问题(SOD激波管、马赫数为3的前台阶流动以及马赫数为8的高超声速圆柱流动)进行了验证计算。结果表明,TTGC格式分辨率高,在粗糙网格下能够准确的模拟超声速流场中的激波、接触间断等复杂流动现象,并且能有效的控制间断附近的数值色散现象。与传统的有限体积方法相比,本文实现的TTGC有限元格式在模拟超声速流动问题方面具有格式精度高、数值耗散小等优点。     

Molecular models for simulation of rarefied gas flows using direct simulation Monte Carlo method

The direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is a technique for the numerical simulation of the rarefied gas flows by employing simulated molecules in simulated physical spaces. In the procedures involved in DSMC, the accuracy of the simulation of intermolecular collisions depends on the collision model adopted in the collision routine. The simplest molecular model is the hard-sphere model. In order to improve the accuracy of the simulations, more and more refined collision models were introduced for the use in DSMC. Thus, the variable hard-sphere, the variable soft-sphere, the generalised hard-sphere, the generalised soft-sphere and the variable sphere models were put forward by various researchers. And, all these models have met with varying degrees of success. Meanwhile, the Borgnakke-Larsen model, statistical inelastic cross-section models for both continuous and discrete internal energy and the dynamic molecular collision model were proposed for the treatment of polyatomic molecules in which transfer of energy among translational, rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom is possible. This paper gives a brief introduction to the intermolecular potentials based on which the molecular models have been constructed. Then the various models are introduced in the chronological sequence; finally concluding with a brief summary of the progress that has been made so far in this area.     

A Cartesian grid technique based on one‐dimensional integrated radial basis function networks for natural convection in concentric annuli

This paper reports a radial basis function (RBF)‐based Cartesian grid technique for the simulation of two‐dimensional buoyancy‐driven flow in concentric annuli. The continuity and momentum equations are represented in the equivalent stream function formulation that reduces the number of equations from three to one, but involves higher‐order derivatives. The present technique uses a Cartesian grid to discretize the problem domain. Along a grid line, one‐dimensional integrated RBF networks (1D‐IRBFNs) are employed to represent the field variables. The capability of 1D‐IRBFNs to handle unstructured points with accuracy is exploited to describe non‐rectangular boundaries in a Cartesian grid, while the method's ability to avoid the reduction of convergence rate caused by differentiation is instrumental in improving the quality of the approximation of higher‐order derivatives. The method is applied to simulate thermally driven flows in annuli between two circular cylinders and between an outer square cylinder and an inner circular cylinder. High Rayleigh number solutions are achieved and they are in good agreement with previously published numerical data. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An Adaptive Cartesian Mesh Based Method to Simulate Turbulent Flows of Multiple Rotating Surfaces

An efficient Cartesian cut-cell/level-set method based on a multiple grid approach to simulate turbulent turbomachinery flows is presented. The finite-volume approach in an unstructured hierarchical Cartesian setup with a sharp representation of the complex moving boundaries embedded into the computational domain, which are described by multiple level-sets, ensures a strict conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Furthermore, an efficient kinematic motion level-set interface method for the rotation of embedded boundaries described by multiple level-set fields on a computational domain distributed over several processors is introduced. This method allows the simulation of multiple boundaries rotating relatively to each other in a fixed frame of reference. To demonstrate the efficiency of the numerical method and the quality of the computed findings the generic test problem of a rotating cylinder surrounded by a stationary hull and the flow over a ducted rotating axial fan with a stationary turbulence generating grid at the inflow are simulated. The computational results of the axial fan show a good agreement with the experimental data.     

A numerical study on a Cartesian-based body-fitted adaptive grid method

ABSTRACT

A hybrid Cartesian-based body-fitted adaptive grid method for compressible Navier–Stokes equations is implemented and investigated. In this method, the body-fitted structured grids are generated around the geometries, and the left regions are filled with Cartesian grids. To transfer the data between the different grids, the donor cell searching technique is adopted. An unstructured data-based finite volume update procedure is used, and least squares method is suggested to retain the second order in the overlap region. The moving shock waves with different speeds and vortex passing through the interfaces of the hybrid Cartesian grid are used to explore the accuracy and conservation. A new technique is presented to deal with the non-physical stagnation of slowly moving shock wave around the interface of grid. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the results. The three-dimensional extension has also been shown by a benchmark problem.     

A sharp‐interface immersed boundary framework for simulations of high‐speed inviscid compressible flows

A new finite‐volume flow solver based on the hybrid Cartesian immersed boundary (IB) framework is developed for the solution of high‐speed inviscid compressible flows. The IB method adopts a sharp‐interface approach, wherein the boundary conditions are enforced on the body geometry itself. A key component of the present solver is a novel reconstruction approach, in conjunction with inverse distance weighting, to compute the solutions in the vicinity of the solid‐fluid interface. We show that proposed reconstruction leads to second‐order spatial accuracy while also ensuring that the discrete conservation errors diminish linearly with grid refinement. Investigations of supersonic and hypersonic inviscid flows over different geometries are carried out for an extensive validation of the proposed flow solver. Studies on cylinder lift‐off and shape optimisation in supersonic flows further demonstrate the efficacy of the flow solver for computations with moving and shape‐changing geometries. These studies conclusively highlight the capability of the proposed IB methodology as a promising alternative for robust and accurate computations of compressible fluid flows on nonconformal Cartesian meshes.     

Application of hybrid Cartesian grid and gridless approach to moving boundary flow problems

The paper presents a hybrid Cartesian grid and gridless approach to solve unsteady moving boundary flow problems. Unlike the Chimera clouds of points approach, the hybrid approach uses a Cartesian grid to cover most of the computational domain and a gridless method to calculate a relatively small region adjacent to the body surface, making use of the flexibility of the gridless method in handling surface grid with complicated geometry and the computational efficiency of the Cartesian grid. Four cases were conducted to examine the applicability, accuracy and robustness of the hybrid approach. Steady flows over a single NACA0012 airfoil and dual NACA0012 airfoils at different Mach numbers and angles of attack were simulated. Moreover, by implementing a dynamic hole cutting, node identification and information communication between the Cartesian grid and the gridless regions, unsteady flows over a pitching NACA0012 airfoil (small displacement) and two‐dimensional airfoil/store separation (large displacement) were performed. The computational results were found to agree well with earlier experimental data as well as computational results. Shock waves were accurately captured. The computational results show that the hybrid approach is of potential to solve the moving boundary flow problems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

CFD computations of NAL experimental airplane with rocket booster using overset unstructured grids

Flows around the NAL jet‐powered experimental airplane with a small rocket booster under the fuselage are computed by solving the Euler equations using the overset unstructured grid method. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of a small rocket booster, which accelerates the airplane to supersonic speed, on the aerodynamic performance of the airplane during the ascent flight and the booster separation. Two unstructured meshes, one for the airplane and one for the booster, overlap. For the accurate separation simulation, the two bodies are in contact at first, and then the booster mesh is contact mesh is moved relative to the airplane mesh to evaluate flow interactions between two bodies. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Frequency effects on lift and drag for flow past an oscillating cylinder

A transversely oscillating cylinder in a uniform flow is modeled to investigate frequency effects of flow-induced wake on lift and drag of the cylinder. Specifically, verified unsteady fluid dynamic simulations using an immersed-boundary method in a fixed Cartesian grid predict the flow structure around the cylinder and reveal how the integration of surface pressure and shear distributions provides lift and drag on the oscillating cylinder. In this study, frequency ranges to be considered are both near and away from the natural frequency of wake vortex shedding. Subsequently, the effects of frequency lock-in, superposition and demultiplication on lift and drag are discussed based on the spectral analysis of time histories of lift and drag.