TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of CFD codes for swirl-driven combustors
AU - Talamantes, Gerardo
AU - Maicke, Brian A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The goal of this research is to numerically verify and validate available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for use in modeling swirl-driven combustors, specifically the bidirectional vortex rocket engine. To that end, results from simulations run in SolidWorks Fluid Simulation, Ansys CFX, Ansys Fluent, and OpenFOAM will be compared to existing analytical models and experimental results. All software packages were found to capture the significant vortex structures to varying levels of accuracy. In addition to verifying and validating the CFD packages, we will also assess the usability of each, with an emphasis on swirl-driven applications. SolidWorks is found to be the most user-friendly of the packages, while OpenFOAM most closely matched the validating analytical solutions and provided extensive flexibility for a low cost.
AB - The goal of this research is to numerically verify and validate available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for use in modeling swirl-driven combustors, specifically the bidirectional vortex rocket engine. To that end, results from simulations run in SolidWorks Fluid Simulation, Ansys CFX, Ansys Fluent, and OpenFOAM will be compared to existing analytical models and experimental results. All software packages were found to capture the significant vortex structures to varying levels of accuracy. In addition to verifying and validating the CFD packages, we will also assess the usability of each, with an emphasis on swirl-driven applications. SolidWorks is found to be the most user-friendly of the packages, while OpenFOAM most closely matched the validating analytical solutions and provided extensive flexibility for a low cost.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2016-4393
DO - 10.2514/6.2016-4393
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088356259
SN - 9781624104367
T3 - 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference
BT - 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2016
Y2 - 13 June 2016 through 17 June 2016
ER -