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An in-house large-eddy simulation (LES) code is applied to compute the chemically reacting flow in a turbine stage to analyze the influence of fuel injection and combustion on its aerodynamic and thermodynamic performance. Two reacting…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-01 Yalu Zhu , Feng Liu , William A. Sirignano

The article investigates liquid oxygen (LOx)-methane supercritical combustion dynamics in a multi-element rocket scale combustor using large eddy simulation (LES). A complex framework of real gas thermodynamics and flamelet generated…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-28 Abhishek Sharma , Ashoke De , S. Sunil Kumar

\textit{This study focuses on combustion and evaporation of an isolated freely deforming fuel droplet under convective flow. The droplet shape is modified by varying Weber number at moderate Reynolds numbers. A simplified chemical reaction…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-08-02 Meha Setiya , John Palmore

We analyze a one-dimensional two-scalar fields reaction advection diffusion model for the globally subcritical transition to turbulence. In this model, the homogeneous turbulent state is disconnected from the laminar one and disappears in a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-09 Pavan V. Kashyap , Juan F. Marìn , Yohann Duguet , Olivier Dauchot

Large hydrocarbon fuels are used for ground and air transportation and will be for the foreseeable future. Despite their extensive use, turbulent combustion of large hydrocarbon fuels, remains relatively poorly understood and difficult to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-04 Aaron J. Fillo , Jonathan Bonebrake , David L. Blunck

Flame instabilities play a dominant role in accelerating the burning front to a large fraction of the speed of sound in a Type Ia supernova. We present a three-dimensional numerical simulation of a Rayleigh-Taylor unstable carbon flame,…

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A three-dimensional flamelet model considering vortex stretching with unitary Lewis number is used to simulate diluted hydrogen-oxygen diffusion flames. Non-reacting nitrogen is used as the diluent gas in the fuel stream. Unitary Lewis…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-08 Wes Hellwig , Xian Shi , William A. Sirignano

A calculation method for engine temperatures is presented. Special focus is placed on the transient and scattering boundary conditions within the combustion chamber, including fired and coasting conditions, as well as the dynamic heat…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-06 Peter Hoelz , Thomas Boehlke , Thomas Kraemer

Three-dimensional laminar flow structures with mixing, chemical reaction, normal strain, and shear strain qualitatively representative of turbulent combustion at the small scales are analyzed. A mixing layer is subjected to counterflow in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-16 William A. Sirignano

A high-pressure hydrogen micromix combustor has been investigated using direct numerical simulation with detailed chemistry to examine the flame structure and stabilisation mechanism. The configuration of the combustor was based on the…

Flamelet-based methods are extensively used in modeling turbulent hydrocarbon flames. However, these models have yet to be established for (lean) premixed hydrogen flames. While flamelet models exist for laminar thermo-diffusively unstable…

The present study assesses RANS-based turbulence models to simulate isothermal flow in a combustor representing a constituent can combustor of can-annular configuration used in jet engines. Two-equation models (standard $k-\epsilon$,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-25 Aishvarya Kumar , Ram Prakash Bharti

In-cylinder flow structures and turbulence characteristics are investigated using direct numerical simulations (DNS) in a laboratory-scale engine at technically relevant engine speeds (1500 and 2500 rpm at full load). The data is computed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-05 Bogdan A. Danciu , George K. Giannakopoulos , Mathis Bode , Christos E. Frouzakis

Neural networks (NN) are implemented as sub-grid flame models in a large-eddy simulation of a single-injector liquid-propellant rocket engine with the aim to replace a look-up table approach. The NN training process presents an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-11 Zeinab Shadram , Tuan M. Nguyen , Athanasios Sideris , William A. Sirignano

This work presents a fully coupled combustor turbine simulation framework applied to the MYTHOS aeroengine, developed within the Horizon Europe project MYTHOS, aimed at assessing the impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) and hydrogen…

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Computational Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Sinan Demir , Pierson Guthrey , Jason Burmark , Matthew Blomquist , Brian T. Bojkod , Ryan F. Johnson

An extension to the classical FPV model is developed for transcritical real-fluid combustion simulations in the context of finite volume, fully compressible, explicit solvers. A double-flux model is developed for transcritical flows to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-11 Peter C. Ma , Daniel T. Banuti , Jean-Pierre Hickey , Matthias Ihme

Liquid ammonia combustion can be enhanced by co-firing with small molecular fuels such as methane, and liquid ammonia will undergo flash evaporation due to its relatively low saturation pressure. These characteristics, involving the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-23 Zhenhua An , Jiangkuan Xing , Abhishek Lakshman Pillai , Ryoichi Kurose

Distributed combustion, often associated with the low-oxygen condition, offers ultra-low NOX emission. However, it was recently achieved without combustion air dilution or internal flue gas recirculation, using a distinct approach called…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-20 Dániel Füzesi , Milan Malý , Jan Jedelský , Viktor Józsa

The main objective of this study is to simulate the behavior of the reactive flow of the turbulent flame in aeronautical combustion chamber of the ALLISON-T56 turboprop, and contribute to the analysis of flame structure and determine for…

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