Direct numerical simulations are used to investigate the effect of Mach number on the unsteady flow of an open cavity. The implicit solution is obtained for the compressible Navier-Stokes Equations using compact sixth-order spatial differencing coupled with tenth-order implicit filters. Results for transonic and subsonic flow over a two dimensional cavity are presented for the sound pressure le...

Large-eddy simulation (LES) of kerosene spray combustion in a model supersonic combustor with cavity flame holder is carried out. Kerosene is injected through the ceiling of the cavity. The subgrid-scale (SGS) turbulence stress tensor is closed via the Smagorinsky’s eddyviscosity model, chemical source terms are modelled by a finite rate chemistry (FRC) model, and a four-step reduced kerosene c...

This paper investigates the natural convection heat transfer performance in a complex-wavy-wall cavity filled with power-law fluid. In performing the simulations, the continuity, Cauchy momentum and energy equations are solved subject to the Boussinesq approximation using a finite volume method. The simulations focus specifically on the effects of the flow behavior index in the power-law model ...

The benchmark test case for non-orthogonal grid mesh, the “driven skewed cavity flow”, first introduced by Demirdžiü et al. [5] for skew angles of 30 D D and 45 D D , is reintroduced with a more variety of skew angles. The benchmark problem has non-orthogonal, skewed grid mesh with skew angle (D ). The governing 2-D steady incompressible NavierStokes equations in general curvilinear coordinates...

We use POD/Galerkin projection to investigate and derive reduced-order models of the dynamics of compressible flows. We examine DNS data for two flows, a turbulent M=0.9 jet and self-sustained oscillations in the flow over an open cavity, and show how different choices of norm lead to different definitions of the energetic structures, and, for the cavity, to different reduced-order models of th...

A circular disc hitting a water surface creates an impact crater which after collapse leads to a vigorous jet. Upon impact an axisymmetric air cavity forms and eventually pinches off in a single point halfway down the cavity. Two fast sharp-pointed jets are observed shooting up- and downwards from the closure location, which by then has turned into a stagnation point surrounded by a locally hyp...

In this paper, a study of mixed convection flow inside a rectangular ventilated cavity in the presence of a heat conducting square cylinder at the center has been carried out. An external fluid flow enters the cavity through an opening in the left vertical wall and exits from another opening in the right vertical wall. The governing equations are transformed into non-dimensional form and the re...

Thermosolutal convection in a square cavity filled with air and submitted to an inclined magnetic field is investigated numerically. The cavity is heated and cooled along the active walls with a mass gradient whereas the two other walls of the cavity are adiabatic and insulated. Entropy generation due to heat and mass transfer, fluid friction and magnetic effect has been determined in transient...

A numerical study is conducted to investigate fluidic control for transonic flow over an open cavity. Numerical results are obtained for the unsteady threedimensional flow with different steady mass injection rates upstream of the cavity. The simulations use a hybrid two-equation turbulence model in the Detached Eddy Simulations (DES) to calculate the flow and acoustic fields. Computational res...