Date of Award
8-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Legacy Department
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Chair/Advisor
Miller, Richard S
Committee Member
Beasley , Donald E
Committee Member
Qiao , Rui
Abstract
An a priori analysis of subgrid-scale pressure in high pressure combustion is carried out using three different flow fields obtained by direct numerical simulation (DNS). The simulations directly solve the Navier-Stokes equations of high pressure, transitional H2/O2 mixing and reacting shear layers employing a cubic Peng-Robinson real gas state equation. Detailed chemistry, multicomponent, differential, and cross diffusion are included. The results are analyzed to provide subgrid information relevant to Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent combustion. The analysis includes a detailed comparison of the actual filtered pressure with its corresponding form evaluated with the filtered primitive variables. Although negligible for purely mixing cases, the gradient of the subgrid pressure is shown to be of the same order, or larger than, the corresponding divergence of the turbulent subgrid stresses for reacting cases. This is despite the fact that all species behave essentially as ideal gases fo
Recommended Citation
Ma, Zhiyuan, "A Priori Analysis of Subgrid-Scale Pressure in High Pressure H2/O2 Mixing and Reacting Shear Layers" (2011). All Theses. 1147.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/1147