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Setting up openfoam to model gas flow through a nozzle into a vaccuum using snappyhexmesh

Setting up openfoam to model gas flow through a nozzle into a vaccuum using snappyhexmesh / Nur Khaleda Roslan
Pada masa kini, di dalam bidang simulasi dinamik bendalir berkomputeran, faktor yang dipersoalkan adalah berkenaan dengan ketepatan keputusan yang diperolehi dan pengesahannya dari data eksperimen. Dari segi simulasi CFD, pelbagai parameter perlu diselaraskan supaya geometri sepadan dengan parameter eksperimen. Walau bagaimanapun, bagi CFD, salah satu daripada aspek penting ialah menganalisis keputusan di segmen geometri yang berlainan dan untuk mendapatkan visualisasi yang tepat untuk segmen tersebut, tahap jaringan yang tinggi amat diperlukan. Terdapat perisian yang disediakan secara komersial yang digunakan untuk melakukan jaringan, namun, jaringan tersebut dilakukan secara manual dan tidak automatik. Selain itu, ia menjadi agak meremehkan untuk mendapat tahap jaringan yang tinggi dengan menggunakan jaringan manual. Untuk kajian yang dicadangkan, untuk menentukan ketepatan keputusan CFD, model ruang tiga dimensi akan dianalisis untuk aliran gas yang boleh dikompres dari muncung tumpu-capah dengan menggunakan utiliti OpenFOAM blockMesh dan snappyHexMesh. blockmesh dan snappyHexMesh adalah alat jaringan yang digunakan dalam perisian OpenFOAM dan jaringan di dalam OpenFOAM dijana daripada kamus fail alat utiliti jaringan ini. Untuk meningkatkan ketepatan keputusan, tahap-tahap blockMesh dan stereolitografi (STL) fail yang berbeza telah dicipta dengan saiz grid yang berbeza untuk mengkaji dan membandingkan keadaan aliran di dalam muncung. Pemerhatian telah dilakukan bahawa hasil yang diperoleh bersesuaian dengan keputusan eksperimen. Secara ringkasnya, OpenFOAM amat sesuai untuk menjalankan simulasi CFD di tempat kod komersial seperti Fluent kerana utiliti jejaringnya yang canggih. Walau bagaimanapun, OpenFOAM juga tidak memerlukan sebarang lesen jika dibandingkan dengan perisian lain seperti ANSYS. Di samping itu, simulasi dalam OpenFOAM biasanya dikonfigurasikan dengan menggunakan fail teks yang membolehkan untuk menghubungkan simulasi aplikasi pihak ketiga dengan mudah. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nowadays, in the field of computational fluid dynamics simulation, the accuracy of the obtained results is a questionable factor with respect to its validation from the experimental data. In terms of CFD simulation, numerous parameters are to be adjusted for the geometry which should be in line with the experimental parameters. However, for CFD, one of the important aspects is the analysis of results at different segment of the geometry and in order to get the precise visualization for such segments, high degree of meshing is required. There is commercially available software which is used to perform meshing but in all of them the meshing is performed manually and is not automated. Moreover, it becomes quite tedious to attain high degree of mesh quality using manual meshing. For proposed study, in order to determine the accuracy of the CFD results, a three-dimensional chamber model is to be analysed for a compressible gas flow from converging-diverging nozzle using OpenFOAM blockMesh and snappyHexMesh utility. blockmesh and snappyHexMesh are the meshing tools that are used in OpenFOAM software and the mesh in OpenFOAM is generated from the specified dictionary file of these meshing utility tools. In order to enhance the accuracy of the results, different stages of blockMesh and stereolithography (STL) file are created with different size of grid to study and compare the flow behaviour inside the nozzle. It was also observed that the obtained results were in agreement with the experimental results. In summary, OpenFOAM may be suitable for running CFD simulations in place of the commercial code like Fluent due to its advanced meshing utility. Nonetheless, the OpenFOAM also does not require any license if compared to other software like an ANSYS. Additionally, the simulations in OpenFOAM are typically configured by using text files which allows to readily link the simulation set up to third party applications.
Contributor(s):
Nur Khaleda Roslan - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875008176
Language:
English
Subject Keywords:
fluid; CFD; visualization
First presented to the public:
6/1/2019
Original Publication Date:
7/9/2019
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Aerospace Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 59
License Grantor / Date Granted:
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Date Deposited
2019-07-09 16:40:34.221
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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