Date of Award
10-2013
Access Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Department
Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair
Dr. William A. Engblom
First Committee Member
Dr. Reda R. Mankbadi
Second Committee Member
Dr. Eric Perrell
Abstract
A two-dimensional dual-mode scramjet flowpath is developed and evaluated using the ANSYS Fluent density-based flow solver with various computational grids. Results are obtained for fuel-off, fuel-on non-reacting, and fuel-on reacting cases at different equivalence ratios. A one-step global chemical kinetics hydrogen-air model is used in conjunction with the eddy-dissipation model. Coarse, medium and fine computational grids are used to evaluate grid sensitivity and to investigate a lack of grid independence. Different grid adaptation strategies are performed on the coarse grid in an attempt to emulate the solutions obtained from the finer grids. The goal of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using various mesh adaptation criteria to significantly decrease computational efforts for high-speed reacting flows.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Foo, Kam Keong, "Investigation of Grid Adaptation to Reduce Computational Efforts for a 2-D Hydrogen-Fueled Dual-Mode Scramjet" (2013). Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. 67.
https://commons.erau.edu/edt/67
