Simulations of Turbulent Flows with Strong Shocks and Density Variations

Zhong, Xiaolin

关键词: shock-turbulence interaction;    isotropic turbulence;    shock-fitting;    thermochemical non-equilibrium flow;    direct numerical simulation;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1057321
RP-ID  :  DOE/ER/25797-1
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1057321

学科分类：数学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

In this report, we present the research efforts made by our group at UCLA in the SciDAC project Simulations of turbulent flows with strong shocks and density variations. We use shock-fitting methodologies as an alternative to shock-capturing schemes for the problems where a well defined shock is present. In past five years, we have focused on development of high-order shock-fitting Navier-Stokes solvers for perfect gas flow and thermochemical non-equilibrium flow and simulation of shock-turbulence interaction physics for very strong shocks. Such simulation has not been possible before because the limitation of conventional shock capturing methods. The limitation of shock Mach number is removed by using our high-order shock-fitting scheme. With the help of DOE and TeraGrid/XSEDE super computing resources, we have obtained new results which show new trends of turbulence statistics behind the shock which were not known before. Moreover, we are also developing tools to consider multi-species non-equilibrium flows. The main results are in three areas: (1) development of high-order shock-fitting scheme for perfect gas flow, (2) Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of interaction of realistic turbulence with moderate to very strong shocks using super computing resources, and (3) development and implementation of models for computation of mutli-species non-quilibrium flows with shock-fitting codes.