Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Meccanica

Combustione e Gasdinamica
delle Macchine
Laboratory Lecture 01
Simulation of the steady-state flow through a Manifold
(Prof. Mirko Baratta)
 1- Pre-processing
2- Running
3- Post-processing
4- Variant
5-Other simulations
 The model

Mesh

Define physical model

Run the model
Create the geometry model

Analyze
results
1- Pre-processing
Import/Create the geometry
Devide the geometry in surfaces

Inlet

Runner1

Runner
4
Runner3
Runner2
Transform in regions and define boundaries

Inlet ------ Mass Flow Inlet

Runners ------ Pressure Outlet
Wall ------------ Wall
Define mesh

5mm

1
 Define physics

Intensity + length scale

Turbulent Length Scale 0.05m

Turbulent Velocity Scale 1 m/s
Set Boundaies Parameters

Intensity + length scale

0.028 Kg/s

300K
0.05
0.03 m

Intensity + length scale

0.05
0.015 m

Same settings as runner 1

Create a plane for measures
Create a scalar scene
Create a vector scene
2- Running
Set Solver Parameters

Modifiy convergence parameters.

In our case we will use default.

Maximum time steps 1000

Create reports and monitors for convergence
 Running the problem. Residuals

Initialize Stop

1 Step Run
Flow Monitors
3- Post-Processing
Create a streamlines scene I
Create a streamlines scene II
4- Variant: Close two Runners
Change boundary conditions. Run

WALL
Residuals
Flow monitors. Runners closed
Flow monitors. Runners opened
New scalar fields
 New vector fields

Runner4

Closed
Closed
Runner2
New distribution of streamlines
5- Other simulations
Refined mesh 1 adding 3 boundary layers

Number of cells: 90000 vs 140000

Refined mesh 2 decreasing base size

Number of cells: 140000 vs 225000

 Evolution of mass flow in runner with mesh
Evolution of the mass flow in the runners as function of the number of cells
9.00E-03

8.50E-03 8.76E-03 8.76E-03

8.00E-03 8.08E-03

7.74E-03 7.77E-03
7.50E-03
mass flow (kg/s)

7.43E-03 runner1
7.00E-03 runner2
6.73E-03 runner3
6.50E-03 runner4

6.32E-03 6.36E-03
6.00E-03
5.77E-03
5.50E-03 5.17E-03 5.12E-03

5.00E-03
50000 100000 150000 200000 250000
Number of cells
 Evolution of pressure in analitical plane

Mesh 2

Original mesh

Mesh 1
 Evolution of pressure in analitical plane
Pressure values in analitical plane
1.0142E+05

1.0140E+05
1.0140E+05
1.0140E+05
1.0138E+05 1.0138E+05

1.0136E+05
mass flow (kg/s)

1.0134E+05

1.0132E+05
minimum pressure
1.0130E+05 Maximum pressure

1.0127E+05
1.0128E+05 1.0127E+05

1.0126E+05

1.0124E+05
1.0124E+05

1.0122E+05
50000 100000 150000 200000 250000
Number of cells
 Evolution of pressure in analitical plane

Mesh 2

Original mesh

Mesh 1