Large-eddy simulation:Past,present and the future

Large-eddy simulation(LES) was originally proposed for simulating atmospheric flows in the 1960 s and has become one of the most promising and successful methodology for simulating turbulent flows with the improvement of computing power. It is now feasible to simulate complex engineering flows using LES. However, apart from the computing power, significant challenges still remain for LES to reach a level of maturity that brings this approach to the mainstream of engineering and industrial computations. This paper will describe briefly LES formalism first, present a quick glance at its history, review its current state focusing mainly on its applications in transitional flows and gas turbine combustor flows, discuss some major modelling and numerical challenges/issues that we are facing now and in the near future, and finish with the concluding remarks.     

The LES model's role in jet noise

Problem definition, near wall modeling and other factors, including grid structure along with its implications on filter definition, are suggested to be of potentially greater importance for practical jet simulations than the LES (large eddy simulation) model. This latter element in itself can be theoretically questionable. When moving to realistic engine conditions, it is noted that disentangling numerical influences from the LES model's appear difficult and negates the model value with its omission potentially being beneficial. Evidence cited suggests that if using an LES model for jets, choosing the numerically best conditioned or the one the code has or, for a dissipative solver, even LES model omission seems sensible. This view point precludes combustion modeling. Tensors of additional derivatives, used in non-linear LES models, when expanded, can yield potentially several hundred interesting derivatives. It is suggested that the MILES (monotone-integrated LES) and LES communities should move towards seeing where modified equation derivatives connect with derivatives that appear in more state of the art non-linear LES models. Then the best features could be combined to form mixed MILES–LES models or even mixed MILES–LES–RANS models. Combustion modeling also presents hybridization potential but in a different context. Most MILES-modified equation analysis focus on the spatial discretization and not the temporal. However, with some codes the spatial discretization terms are deliberately constructed to cancel temporal truncation error terms. Hence, the two things work in harmony and the temporal discretization can make a strong impact on resolved scales.     

Large eddy simulation of turbulent diffusion flame combustion using a conserved scalar methodology

The present paper describes an LES prediction of turbulent diffusion flame combustion in a simplified axi-symmetric combustor geometry.The calculations are carried out using a well-tested finite volume incompressible LES code which has been modified to handle variable density and reacting flows.The basic mixture fraction conserved scalar method is used with the chemical state relationships described by fast chemistry.The turbulence-chemistry interaction is modelled by a sub-grid PDF method and the PDF is assumed to follow a Beta-function shape.The LES predictions have been time-averaged over 3.5 flow-through times to generate the mean radial profiles of mixture fraction,product mass fraction,temperature,axial velocity and axial rms.The agreement of the LES predictions with the experimental data is good for all the above quantities at four different axial positions with largest differences at the first measurement plane.The LES method also provides information on the unsteady nature of turbulent diffusion combustion. For turbulent reacting flows with large density ratio,it was found necessary to use a relaxation method in order to remove unphysical high-frequency fluctuations and to maintain numerical stability.      

Computation of unsteady turbomachinery flows: Part 2—LES and hybrids

The choice of turbulence model can have a strong impact on results for many turbomachinery zones. Palliative corrections to them and also transition modeling can have a further profound solution impact. The spectral gaps necessary for theoretically valid URANS solutions are also lacking in certain turbomachinery zones. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) alleviates the serious area of turbulence modeling uncertainty but with an extreme increase in computational cost. However, there seems a lack of validation data to explore in depth the performance of LES and thus strategies to refine it. LES best practices are needed. Although LES is, obviously, much less model dependent than RANS, grids currently used for more practical simulations are clearly insufficiently fine for the LES model and numerical schemes not to be playing an excessively strong role. Very few turbomachinery simulations make use of properly constructed, correlated turbulence inflow. Even if this is attempted, most measurement sets are incomplete and lack an adequate basis for modeling this inflow. Gas turbines are highly complex coupled systems and hence inflow and outflow boundary condition specification needs to go beyond just synthesizing turbulent structures and preventing their reflection.Despite the strong limitations of the dissipative Smagorinsky model, it still sees the most wide spread use, generally, in excessively dissipative flow solvers. Monotone Integrated LES (MILES) related approaches, hybrid LES–RANS and more advanced LES models seem to have an equal but subservient frequency of use in turbomachinery applications. Clearly the introduction of a RANS layer can have a substantial accuracy penalty. However, it does allow LES to be rationally used, albeit in a diluted sense for industrial applications. The Reynolds numbers found in turbomachinery are substantial. However, in certain areas evidence suggests they will not be enough to ensure a long inertial subrange and hence the use of standard LES modeling practices.Despite the excessively coarse grids used in much of the LES work reviewed, with essentially RANS based codes, meaningful results are often gained. This can perhaps be attributed to the choice of cases, these being ones for which RANS modeling gives extremely poor performance. It is a concern that for practical turbomachinery LES studies grid densities used tend to have an Reynolds number scaling to a strong negative power.     

湍流大涡数值模拟进展

本文简要陈述湍流大涡数值模拟的原理、优点,着重讨论湍流大涡数值模拟方法的关键问题及其可能解决的途径,包括脉动的过滤、亚格子模型、近壁模型和标量湍流的大涡数值模拟中的特殊问题.文章强调大涡数值模拟中亚格子应力的本质是可解尺度湍流和不可解尺度湍流动量间的输运,并以作者最近提出的新型亚格子模型说明发展亚格子模型的正确途径.文章最后提出湍流大涡数值模拟近期需要迫切解决的问题和其他具有挑战性的方向.     

模型加力室大涡模拟的并行计算

采用基于MPI(消息传递库)的并行算法,在贴体网格下对带V形槽稳定器模型加力燃烧室紊流化学反应流场进行数值模拟,湍流模型采用k方程亚网格尺度模型,燃烧模型采用亚网格EBU模型,采用热通量辐射模型估算辐射通量。在程序设计中,采用动态内存分配、分区算法和多点重合交错网格系统,并行计算的结果与单机运行结果的对比表明计算结果是正确的,可以明显的提高运算效率,是解决复杂燃烧流动大规模数值模拟的有效手段。      

湍流转捩工程预报方法研究进展综述

湍流转捩现象对边界层流动的阻力和热交换特性具有严重影响。准确地预测转捩对工程设计意义重大。近年来发展迅速的转捩模型是一种非常适合工程计算的转捩预报方法。本文将转捩模型分成了4个类型,并对每种转捩模型的发展过程加以阐述。在分析和讨论的基础上,总结了目前转捩模型的发展水平,同时也指出尚存的不足之处,为将来构建新的转捩模型以及相关的转捩研究提供建议。     

三维贴体坐标系下燃烧室热态流场的大涡模拟

大涡模拟三维贴体坐标系下环形燃烧室火焰简热态紊流瞬态流场。利用椭圆方程方法生成三维贴体网格，计算中采用k方程亚网格尺度模型估算亚网格紊流粘性；亚网格EBU燃烧模型估算化学反应速率；热通量辐射模型估算辐射通量。并在非交错网格系下采用sIMPLE算法和混合差分格式求解离散方程，利用壁面函数处理固壁边界条件。计算结果与实验结果的比较表明，采用大涡模拟方法能更真实反映环形燃烧室火焰简内紊流化学反应流气流结构和燃烧过程。     

Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations

The numerical simulation of high Reynolds number flows is hampered by model accuracy if the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations are used, and by computational cost if direct or large-eddy simulations (LES) that resolve the near-wall layer are employed. The cost of a calculation scales like the Reynolds number to the power 3 for direct numerical simulations, or 2.4 for LES, making the resolution of the wall layer at high Reynolds number infeasible even with the most advanced computers. In LES, an attractive alternative to compute high-Re flows is the use of wall-layer models, in which only the outer layer is resolved, while the near-wall region is modeled. Three broad classes of approaches are presently used: bypassing this region altogether using wall functions, solving a separate set of equations in the near-wall region, weakly coupled to the outer flow, or simulating the near-wall region in a global, Reynolds-averaged, sense. These approaches are discussed and their ranges of applicability are highlighted. Various unresolved issues in wall-layer modeling are presented.     

燃气轮机燃烧室中贴体网格的生成与应用

运用贴体坐标系统分别对燃气轮机燃烧室的冷态和热态流场进行了数值模拟。燃烧室的曲线壁面边界用Ｔｈｏｍｐｓｏｎ的非正交贴体坐标网格处理，并把ＳＩＭＰＬＥ算法应用到曲线坐标系下求解各守恒方程。采用双方程ｋ－ε模型来描述紊流特性；采用按简单的单步化学反应假设的Ａｒｒｈｅｎｉｕｓ－ＥＢＵ模型表述紊流燃烧；采用热通量法辐射模型来估算辐射通量和壁面温度。另外，还研究了冷态时不同旋流数和紊流强度对气流结构的影响。     

多段翼型大迎角分离流动的DELAYED RANS/LES混合算法

多段翼型的大迎角绕流发生大范围附面层分离,具有明显的三维与非定常流动特性。RANS/LES混合算法继承了LES对流动分离区大尺度漩涡准确模拟的优点,避免了纯LES算法需求网格量巨大与亚格子模型壁面函数不成熟等问题,对分离流动的模拟效果优于RANS算法。以S-A湍流模型与Smagorinsky亚格子模型为基础,借鉴DDES的附面层延迟控制思想,构造了可用于对接网格、重叠网格的DELAYED RANS/LES混合算法。研究了GA（W）-1多段翼型的大迎角分离流动及其气动特性。     

Navier–Stokes analysis methods for turbulent jet flows with application to aircraft exhaust nozzles

This article presents the current status of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods as applied to the simulation of turbulent jet flowfields issuing from aircraft engine exhaust nozzles. For many years, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) methods have been used routinely to calculate such flows, including very complex nozzle configurations. RANS methods replace all turbulent fluid dynamic effects with a turbulence model. Such turbulence models have limitations for jets with significant three-dimensionality, compressibility, and high temperature streams. In contrast to the RANS approach, direct numerical simulation (DNS) methods calculate the entire turbulent energy spectrum by resolving all turbulent motion down to the Kolmogorov scale. Although this avoids the limitations associated with turbulence modeling, DNS methods will remain computationally impractical in the foreseeable future for all but the simplest configurations. Large-Eddy simulation (LES) methods, which directly calculate the large-scale turbulent structures and reserve modeling only for the smallest scales, have been pursued in recent years and may offer the best prospects for improving the fidelity of turbulent jet flow simulations. A related approach is the group of hybrid RANS/LES methods, where RANS is used to model the small-scale turbulence in wall boundary layers and LES is utilized in regions dominated by the large-scale jet mixing. The advantages, limitations, and applicability of each approach are discussed and recommendations for further research are presented.     

基于自适应Kalman滤波的导引头随动系统设计

主要研究导引头随动系统中探测器信号处理延迟的影响及其补偿控制算法。提出了一种自适应Kalman滤波延迟补偿方案,利用Kalman滤波的预测能力得到当前时刻视线角的估计值,进而得到此时的跟踪误差的估计值,取代被延迟的探测器输出进行闭环控制。考虑到导引头探测器的低更新频率、非等间隔量测等工程特点,又对上述滤波算法进行了一系列改进。仿真表明方法可以明显提高导引头在弹体扰动情况下的跟踪精度。     

基于RANS/LES方法的超声速底部流场数值模拟

分别采用基于两方程k-ω剪切应力输运(SST)湍流模型的延迟DES(DDES)、更改的DDES(MDDES)和改进的DDES(IDDES)方法,并引入可压缩修正,结合三阶MUSCL-Roe和五阶WENO-Roe两种空间离散格式,针对超声速底部的复杂流动现象,开展了数值模拟研究。计算结果表明本文方法能够捕捉到超声速底部流动中丰富的湍流结构,通过分析计算结果对超声速底部的流动机理有了进一步的认识,为下一步的超声速底部流动减阻改进和雷诺平均NavierStokes/大涡模拟(RANS/LES)方法在非定常高可压缩性流动中的应用提供了参考。通过对比分析不同空间离散格式的计算结果研究了数值耗散对计算的影响,五阶WENO-Roe格式的计算结果与实验结果吻合良好;对不同RANS/LES混合方法的计算结果进行了对比分析,结果表明IDDES方法在近壁区的表现优于DDES和MDDES方法。     

室内气流分布的大涡模拟

准确地模拟室内气流分布对优化室内通风设计及预测舒适和健康的室内环境有着重要的意义，传统的空内气流分布的数值模拟大都采用к-ε两方程湍流模型，该方法求解出的是流动变量的平均值，无法给出流场结构的详细信息，体现不出湍流流动的瞬时性的特点。本文采用大涡模拟（LES）法求解室内气流分布，使HSMAS法保证计算的稳定性和收敛性。通过对室内等温贴附射流和非等温受限射流两种类型的射流作用下的室内气流分布计算，以及导入к-ε两方程湍流模型对计算结果进行比较与分析表明，大涡模拟求解室内气流分布是一种确定可行和有效的方法。     

Factor graph based navigation and positioning for control system design: A review

Navigation and positioning is an important and challenging problem in many control engineering applications. It provides feedback information to design controllers for systems. In this paper, a bibliographical review on factor graph based navigation and positioning is presented. More specifically, the sensor modeling, the factor graph optimization methods, and the topology factor based cooperative localization are reviewed. The navigation and positioning methods via factor graph are considered a...     

绕钝体分离流动的非定常数值模拟研究

利用非定常RNGk-ε模型对三种典型的钝体绕流问题进行了研究,这三种流动分别为:方柱绕流、圆柱绕流和绕立方柱流动。研究表明了采用非定常雷诺平均方法可以研究钝体绕流的非定常流动,但所获得的结果各不相同。对于分离角固定的方柱绕流和绕立方柱流动,数值模拟结果和实验以及大涡模拟结果吻合较好,对于分离角不固定的圆柱绕流,随着雷诺数的增加,数值模拟结果和实验结果相差越大,分析认为这是由于壁面模型无法准确预测流动中不固定的分离角所致。改进了绕立方柱流动的模拟方法,采用非定常模拟方法后获得的结果要比定常模拟方法得到的结果有了根本改善。     

环形燃烧室两相喷雾燃烧的大涡模拟

在三维任意曲线坐标系下采用欧拉-拉格朗日两相大涡模拟方法对环形燃烧室火焰筒气液两相紊流瞬态反应流进行数值模拟.采用椭圆偏微分方程生成三维贴体网格,计算中所采用的数学度模型有:k方程亚网格尺度模型估算亚网格紊流粘性;亚网格EBU燃烧模型估算化学反应速率;热通量辐射模型估算辐射换热.并在非交错网格体系下气相采用SIMPLE算法和混合差分格式求解,液相采用随机离散模型(Stachasttc Separated Flow,简称SSF),在拉格朗日坐标系下追踪各油珠群沿各自轨道运动、质量损失及能量变化.通过计算结果与实验数据相比较,表明在三维贴体坐标系下对燃烧室火焰筒两相紊流油雾燃烧流场进行大涡模拟,采用欧拉-拉格朗日两相大涡模拟方法能反映两相紊流化学反应流流动及实际燃烧过程.     

Advances in critical technologies for hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnel

Hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels and their measurement techniques are the cornerstone of the hypersonic flight era that is a dream for human beings to fly faster, higher and further. The great progress has been achieved during the recent years and their critical technologies are still in an urgent need for further development. There are at least four kinds of hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels that are widely applied over the world and can be classified according to their operation modes. These wind tunnels are named as air-directly-heated hypersonic wind tunnel, light-gas-heated shock tunnel, free-piston-driven shock tunnel and detonation-driven shock tunnel, respectively. The critical technologies for developing the wind tunnels are introduced in this paper, and their merits and weakness are discussed based on wind tunnel performance evaluation. Measurement techniques especially developed for high-enthalpy flows are a part of the hypersonic wind tunnel technology because the flow is a chemically reacting gas motion and its diagnosis needs specially designed instruments. Three kinds of the measurement techniques considered to be of primary importance are introduced here, including the heat flux sensor, the aerodynamic balance, and optical diagnosis techniques. The techniques are developed usually for conventional wind tunnels, but further improved for hypersonic and high-enthalpy tunnels. The hypersonic ground test facilities have provided us with most of valuable experimental data on high-enthalpy flows and will play a more important role in hypersonic research area in the future. Therefore, several prospects for developing hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels are presented from our point of view.     

A new two-scale model for large eddy simulation of wall-bounded flows

A new hybrid approach to model high Reynolds number wall-bounded turbulent flows is developed based on coupling a two-level simulation (TLS) approach (Kemenov and Menon, 2006 [1], 2007 [2] in the inner region with conventional large eddy simulation (LES) away from the wall. This new approach is significantly different from previous near-wall approaches for LES. In this hybrid TLS–LES approach, a very fine small-scale (SS) mesh is embedded inside the coarse LES mesh. The SS equations capture fine-scale temporal and spatial variations in all three Cartesian directions for all three velocity components near the wall. The TLS–LES equations are derived using a new scale separation operator that allows a smooth transition between the two regions, with the equations in the transition region obtained by blending the TLS large-scale and LES equations. New terms in the hybrid region are identified. The TLS–LES approach is used to study the near-wall features in canonical turbulent channel flows for a range of Reynolds number using relatively coarse large-scale (LS) grids. Results show that the TLS–LES approach is able to capture the effect of both the LS and SS features in the wall region consistently for the range of simulated Reynolds number.