Numerical Simulation Using a Modified Solver within OpenFOAM for Compressible Viscous Flows

Authors

  • Valiyollah Ghazanfari Materials and Nuclear Fuel Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, Tehran, Iran
  • Ali Akbar Salehi Department of Energy Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • Ali Reza Keshtkar Materials and Nuclear Fuel Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohammad Mahdi Shadman Advanced Technology Company of Iran, AEOI, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohammad Hossein Askari Advanced Technology Company of Iran, AEOI, Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.2861

Keywords:

OpenFOAM, density-based, AUSM up, sonicFoam, implicit

Abstract

In this work, we attempted to develop an Implicit Coupled Density-Based (ICDB) solver using LU-SGS algorithm based on the AUSM+ up scheme in OpenFOAM. Then sonicFoam solver was modified to include viscous dissipation in order to improve its capability to capture shock wave and aerothermal variables. The details of the ICDB solver as well as key implementation details of the viscous dissipation to energy equation were introduced. Finally, two benchmark tests of hypersonic airflow over a flat plate and a 2-D cylinder were simulated to show the accuracy of ICDB solver. To verify and validate the ICDB solver, the obtained results were compared with other published experimental data. It was revealed that ICDB solver has good agreement with the experimental data. So it can be used as reference in other studies. It was also observed that ICDB solver enjoy advantages such as high resolution for contact discontinuity and low computational time. Moreover, to investigate the performance of modified sonicFoam, a case study of airflow over the prism was considered. Then the results of the modified sonicFoam were compared with the ICDB, rhoCentralFoam and sonicFoam solvers. The results showed that the modified sonicFoam solver possesses higher accuracy and lower computational time in comparison with the sonicFoam and rhoCentralFoam solvers, respectively.

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Author Biographies

Valiyollah Ghazanfari , Materials and Nuclear Fuel Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, Tehran, Iran

Valiyollah Ghazanfari earned a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Nuclear Science and Technology Institute in 2020, Iran. His research focuses on thermodynamic, fluid mechanic, CFD and numerical simulation using OpenFOAM and Fluent. He is currently working in Advanced Technology Company of Iran and Materials and Nuclear Fuel Research School.

Ali Akbar Salehi, Department of Energy Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Ali Akbar Salehi received a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. He is full professor and was chancellor of Sharif University of Technology. His research focuses on Theoretical Physics. He is currently head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

Ali Reza Keshtkar, Materials and Nuclear Fuel Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, Tehran, Iran

Alireza Keshtkar earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Tehran University, Iran. He is full professor and his research interests include design and analysis of separation processes. He is currently head of the Material and Nuclear Fuel Research School.

Mohammad Mahdi Shadman, Advanced Technology Company of Iran, AEOI, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Mahdi Shadman received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran. His research focuses on thermokinetic and fluid-mechanic in chemical engineering. He is currently working in Advanced Technology Company of Iran.

Mohammad Hossein Askari, Advanced Technology Company of Iran, AEOI, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Hossein Askari earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tehran University, Iran. His research focuses on fluid mechanic, numerical simulation and CFD method using Fluent software. He is currently working in Advanced Technology Company of Iran.

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Published

2020-03-02

How to Cite

Ghazanfari , V., Salehi, A. A., Keshtkar, A. R., Shadman, M. M., & Askari, M. H. (2020). Numerical Simulation Using a Modified Solver within OpenFOAM for Compressible Viscous Flows. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 28(6), 541–572. https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.2861

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2019: Vol 28 Iss 6

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