An open-source hybrid CFD-DSMC solver for high speed flows

Espinoza, Daniel and Casseau, Vincent and Scanlon, Thomas and Brown, Richard; Struchtrup, Henning and Ketsdever, Andrew, eds. (2016) An open-source hybrid CFD-DSMC solver for high speed flows. In: Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1786 . American Institute of Physics, CAN. ISBN 9780735414488 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967557)

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Abstract

During re-entry, a spacecraft will experience flow conditions ranging from highly rarefied to continuum. To simulate regions in between, a hydrodynamic-molecular gas hybrid solver should be used to provide accuracy and effciency. Currently available hybrid codes are in-house codes or do not provide the capabilities to simulate all of the phenomena a spacecraft will experience during re-entry. An open-source CFD-DSMC hybrid code is being developed within the OpenFOAM framework, coupling the solvers dsmcFoam and hy2Foam. In this paper, comparison between the CFD, DSMC and hybrid codes have been performed for simple cases. The dsmcFoam and the hybrid code have shown to compare satisfactorily.

  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:59955
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 November 2016
    Published
    1 October 2016
    Accepted
    Notes:This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Espinoza, D., Casseau, V., Scanlon, T., & Brown, R. (2016). An open-source hybrid CFD-DSMC solver for high speed flows. In H. Struchtrup, & A. Ketsdever (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics . (Vol. 1786, pp. 1). [050007] (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1786). Melville, N.Y.: AIP Conference Proceedings. DOI: 10.1063/1.4967557 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967556
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:24 Feb 2017 13:49
    Last modified:26 Apr 2024 00:06
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59955
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