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A numerical study of effect of initial condition on large eddy simulation of thermal plume

Yan, Zhenghua LU (2003) In Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals 43(2). p.167-178
Abstract
Large eddy simulations of thermal plume in two different scenarios have been carried out using a self-developed parallel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, SMAFS (Smoke Movement And Flame Spread), with subgrid-scale turbulence modeled using the Smagorinsky model. Two different initial conditions were used in the simulations, and the results were compared to show that the initial condition has a significant effect on the prediction of the plume's evolution behavior. The filtered governing equations were discretized using the finite-volume method, with the variables at the cell faces in the finite-volume discrete equations approximated by a second-order bounded QUICK scheme and the diffusion term computed based on the central... (More)
Large eddy simulations of thermal plume in two different scenarios have been carried out using a self-developed parallel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, SMAFS (Smoke Movement And Flame Spread), with subgrid-scale turbulence modeled using the Smagorinsky model. Two different initial conditions were used in the simulations, and the results were compared to show that the initial condition has a significant effect on the prediction of the plume's evolution behavior. The filtered governing equations were discretized using the finite-volume method, with the variables at the cell faces in the finite-volume discrete equations approximated by a second-order bounded QUICK scheme and the diffusion term computed based on the central difference scheme. All the computations were explicitly time-marched, with the momentum equations solved based on a second-order fractional-step Adams-Bashford scheme and the enthalpy computed using a second-order Runge-Kutta method. The Poisson equation for pressure from the continuity equation was solved using a multigrid solver. (Less)
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10.1080/713836173
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  author       = {{Yan, Zhenghua}},
  issn         = {{1040-7790}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{167--178}},
  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals}},
  title        = {{A numerical study of effect of initial condition on large eddy simulation of thermal plume}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713836173}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/713836173}},
  volume       = {{43}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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