Boundary conditions appropriate for simulating flow entering or exiting the computational domain to mimic propulsion effects have been implemented in an adaptive Cartesian simulation package. A robust iterative algorithm to control mass flow rate through an outflow boundary surface is presented, along with a formulation to explicitly specify mass flow rate through an inflow boundary surface. The boundary conditions have been applied within a mesh adaptation framework based on the method of adjoint-weighted residuals. This allows for proper adaptive mesh refinement when modeling propulsion systems. The new boundary conditions are demonstrated on several notional propulsion systems operating in flow regimes ranging from low subsonic to hypersonic. The examples show that the prescribed boundary state is more properly imposed as the mesh is refined. The mass-flowrate steering algorithm is shown to be an efficient approach in each example. To demonstrate the boundary conditions on a realistic complex aircraft geometry, two of the new boundary conditions are also applied to a modern low-boom supersonic demonstrator design with multiple flow inlets and outlets.


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    Title :

    Formulation and Implementation of Inflow/Outflow Boundary Conditions to Simulate Propulsive Effects


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    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech 2018 ; 2018 ; Kissimmee, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2018-01-08


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English




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