Verification of a new CFD compressible segregated and multi-phase solver with different flux updates-equations sequences

A new solver capable of calculating liquid and/or gas problems has been developed, verified and validated. Compressible solvers in Computational Fluid Dynamics use both mass flux and volumetric fluxes through the cell surface to calculate derivative terms. These fluxes depend on density and velocity...

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Authors: Payri, Raul|||0000-0001-7428-5510, Ruiz-Rosales, Santiago|||0000-0001-9536-3696, Gimeno, Jaime|||0000-0003-3317-9994, Marti-Aldaravi, Pedro|||0000-0003-4650-4004
Format: article
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/65434
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/65434
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Multi-phase
CFD
OpenFOAM
Verification
Flux update
Fuel injection
INGENIERIA AEROESPACIAL
MAQUINAS Y MOTORES TERMICOS
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Summary:A new solver capable of calculating liquid and/or gas problems has been developed, verified and validated. Compressible solvers in Computational Fluid Dynamics use both mass flux and volumetric fluxes through the cell surface to calculate derivative terms. These fluxes depend on density and velocity fields, therefore the stability of the solver is affected by "how" and "where" density and velocity are calculated or updated. In addition to verification and validation, this paper deals with how different flux updates-equations sequences change the computational solution, reaching the conclusion that for mono-phase solvers no extra-updates should be used in order to minimize computational cost, but for multi-phase solvers with high density gradients an extra-update should be implemented to improve the stability of the solver.