On the evolution of the flow field in a spark ignition engine

P Janas, I Wlokas, B Böhm, A Kempf - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2017 - Springer
The development of the turbulent flow field inside a spark ignition engine is examined by
large-eddy simulation (LES), from the intake flow to the tumble break-down. Ten consecutive …

On-the-fly artificial neural network for chemical kinetics in direct numerical simulations of premixed combustion

C Chi, G Janiga, D Thévenin - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an on-the-fly artificial neural network (ANN) framework has been developed for
the tabulation of chemical reaction terms in direct numerical simulations (DNS) of premixed …

[HTML][HTML] HPC-enabling technologies for high-fidelity combustion simulations

D Mira, EJ Pérez-Sánchez, R Borrell… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increase in computational power in the last decade and the forthcoming Exascale
supercomputers, a new horizon in computational modelling and simulation is envisioned in …

Direct numerical simulation of the compression stroke under engine relevant conditions: Local wall heat flux distribution

M Schmitt, CE Frouzakis, YM Wright… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution of the heat flux on the walls in a closed cylinder during the compression of a
non-reactive hydrogen–air mixture is investigated using data from a direct numerical …

Cause-and-effect chain analysis of combustion cyclic variability in a spark-ignition engine using large-eddy simulation, Part I: From tumble compression to flame …

Z Ding, K Truffin, S Jay - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding, modeling, and reducing the cycle-to-cycle variability (CCV) of combustion in
internal combustion engines (ICE) is a critical challenge to design engines of high efficiency …

Cycle-to-cycle variations in diesel engines

P Kyrtatos, C Brückner, K Boulouchos - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Cyclic variations in diesel engines are undesirable since they are understood to lead to
lower efficiency and higher emissions, as well as power output limitations. This work aims to …

The Taylor–Green vortex as a benchmark for high-fidelity combustion simulations using low-Mach solvers

A Abdelsamie, G Lartigue, CE Frouzakis, D Thevenin - Computers & Fluids, 2021 - Elsevier
Verification and validation are crucial steps for the development of any numerical model.
While suitable processes have been established for commercial Computational Fluid …

Scale-resolving simulations in engine combustion process design based on a systematic approach for model development

C Hasse - International Journal of Engine Research, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing availability of high-performance computing resources will allow scale-
resolving simulations such as large eddy simulations to be used instead of unsteady …

Cause-and-effect chain analysis of combustion cyclic variability in a spark-ignition engine using large-eddy simulation, Part II: Origins of flow variations from intake

Z Ding, K Truffin, S Jay - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the phenomenon of cycle-to-cycle variability (CCV) of combustion in a spark
ignition engine is investigated to give a deeper understanding of CCV generation. The main …

Investigation of wall heat transfer and thermal stratification under engine-relevant conditions using DNS

M Schmitt, CE Frouzakis, YM Wright… - … Journal of Engine …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Unsteady wall heat transfer and thermal stratification during the compression stroke under
engine relevant conditions are investigated using direct numerical simulations (DNS). In …