Direct numerical simulation for understanding on flow over vortex generators
JAXA Supercomputer System Annual Report April 2019-March 2020
Report Number: R19EACA44
Subject Category: JSS2 Inter-University Research
- Responsible Representative: Taku nonomura, Associate Professor, Tohoku University
- Contact Information: Taku Nonomura (Tohoku University)(nonomura@aero.mech.tohoku.ac.jp)
- Members: Taku Nonomura, Takayuki Nagata
Abstract
In the present study, we investigated the fundamental characteristics of the supersonic vortex generator implemented on the slip wall by the direct numerical simulation of the Navier-Stokes equation. The characteristics of the flow over vortex generators at subsonic and transonic conditions have been investigated by numerous researchers. However, there are few studies at supersonic conditions, so that we investigated the flow characteristics in quite simplified conditions and proceed with the understanding of the flow physics.
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Reasons and benefits of using JAXA Supercomputer System
In this project, direct numerical simulations of the three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equation are conducted, so that large scale computational resources are required even though the low-Reynolds-number conditions. In addition, there are many parameters such as the freestream Mach number, the arrangement and the sphape of the vortex generator.
Achievements of the Year
In this study, flow over a pair of vane-type vortex generator is investigated by solving the Navier-Stokes equation. A pair of the vane-type vortex generator implemented on a slip wall in laminar flow is considered so that the problem setting could be simple. The Reynolds number based on freestream quantities and the height of the vanes is set to be 500. The effect of the arrangement and geometry of vanes on the circulation coefficients, induced flow velocities, and aerodynamic force coefficients of VGs are investigated. In addition, a new circulation coefficient, normalized by freestream velocity and the height of the vortex core was introduced and its effectiveness is examined. This new parameter, C_gamma, include the height of the vortex core, so that appears to be a better measure of VG effectiveness on momentum exchange in near wall region. From the computational results, the wider arrangement can introduce the effective vortices with small drag. Also, the longer vanes can introduce strong and effective vortices with smaller drag coefficient.
Publications
– Oral Presentations
Nagata, T., Daspit, J. T., Nonomura, T., and Loth, E., “Direct numerical simulation of supersonic flow over a counter-rotating vane-type vortex generator implemented on slip wall,” ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2019, AJKFLUIDS2019-5312, California, USA, July, 2019.
Usage of JSS2
Computational Information
- Process Parallelization Methods: MPI
- Thread Parallelization Methods: OpenMP
- Number of Processes: 1 – 289
- Elapsed Time per Case: 150 Hour(s)
Resources Used
Fraction of Usage in Total Resources*1(%): 0.18
Details
Please refer to System Configuration of JSS2 for the system configuration and major specifications of JSS2.
System Name | Amount of Core Time(core x hours) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
SORA-MA | 1,645,333.92 | 0.20 |
SORA-PP | 0.00 | 0.00 |
SORA-LM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
SORA-TPP | 0.00 | 0.00 |
File System Name | Storage Assigned(GiB) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
/home | 32.82 | 0.03 |
/data | 5,457.26 | 0.09 |
/ltmp | 1,091.45 | 0.09 |
Archiver Name | Storage Used(TiB) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
J-SPACE | 6.27 | 0.16 |
*1: Fraction of Usage in Total Resources: Weighted average of three resource types (Computing, File System, and Archiver).
*2: Fraction of Usage:Percentage of usage relative to each resource used in one year.
JAXA Supercomputer System Annual Report April 2019-March 2020