Elsevier

Journal of Computational Physics

Volume 346, 1 October 2017, Pages 91-130
Journal of Computational Physics

Fully-coupled pressure-based finite-volume framework for the simulation of fluid flows at all speeds in complex geometries

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Abstract

A generalized finite-volume framework for the solution of fluid flows at all speeds in complex geometries and on unstructured meshes is presented. Starting from an existing pressure-based and fully-coupled formulation for the solution of incompressible flow equations, the additional implementation of pressure–density–energy coupling as well as shock-capturing leads to a novel solver framework which is capable of handling flows at all speeds, including quasi-incompressible, subsonic, transonic and supersonic flows. The proposed numerical framework features an implicit coupling of pressure and velocity, which improves the numerical stability in the presence of complex sources and/or equations of state, as well as an energy equation discretized in conservative form that ensures an accurate prediction of temperature and Mach number across strong shocks. The framework is verified and validated by a large number of test cases, demonstrating the accurate and robust prediction of steady-state and transient flows in the quasi-incompressible as well as subsonic, transonic and supersonic speed regimes on structured and unstructured meshes as well as in complex domains.

Keywords

All-speeds flows
Fully-coupled framework
Unstructured grids
Shock-capturing schemes
Transient accuracy

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