Large eddy simulations of gaseous flames in gas turbine combustion chambers

LYM Gicquel, G Staffelbach, T Poinsot - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent developments in numerical schemes, turbulent combustion models and the regular
increase of computing power allow Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to be applied to real …

Using singular values to build a subgrid-scale model for large eddy simulations

F Nicoud, HB Toda, O Cabrit, S Bose, J Lee - Physics of fluids, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
An eddy-viscosity based, subgrid-scale model for large eddy simulations is derived from the
analysis of the singular values of the resolved velocity gradient tensor. The proposed σ …

Acoustic and large eddy simulation studies of azimuthal modes in annular combustion chambers

P Wolf, G Staffelbach, LYM Gicquel, JD Müller… - Combustion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The objectives of this paper are the description of azimuthal instability modes found in
annular combustion chambers using two numerical tools:(1) Large Eddy Simulation (LES) …

Development and assessment of a coupled strategy for conjugate heat transfer with large eddy simulation: application to a cooled turbine blade

F Duchaine, A Corpron, L Pons, V Moureau… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Although Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is identified today as the most promising method for
turbulent flow problems, few applications of LES coupled to heat transfer solvers in solids …

Mixed acoustic–entropy combustion instabilities in gas turbines

E Motheau, F Nicoud, T Poinsot - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
A combustion instability in a combustor terminated by a nozzle is analysed and modelled
based on a low-order Helmholtz solver. A large eddy simulation (LES) of the corresponding …

Acoustic modeling of perforated plates with bias flow for large-eddy simulations

S Mendez, JD Eldredge - Journal of Computational Physics, 2009 - Elsevier
The study of the acoustic effect of perforated plates by Large-Eddy Simulations is reported.
The ability of compressible Large-Eddy Simulations to provide data on the flow around a …

Effects of free-stream turbulence on high pressure turbine blade heat transfer predicted by structured and unstructured LES

EC Morata, N Gourdain, F Duchaine… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent developments and demonstrations for the prediction of turbulent flows around
blades point to Large Eddy Simulations (LES) as a very promising tool. Indeed and despite …

Flow topologies and turbulence scales in a jet-in-cross-flow

AM Ruiz, G Lacaze, JC Oefelein - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the flow topologies and turbulence scales in the
jet-in-cross-flow experiment of Su and Mungal [“Simultaneous measurements of scalar and …

Large-eddy simulation and conjugate heat transfer around a low-mach turbine blade

F Duchaine, N Maheu… - Journal of …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Determination of heat loads is a key issue in the design of gas turbines. In order to optimize
the cooling, an exact knowledge of the heat flux and temperature distributions on the airfoils …

Adiabatic homogeneous model for flow around a multiperforated plate

S Mendez, F Nicoud - AIAA journal, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
IN GAS turbines, the turbine blades and the liner of the combustion chamber are submitted
to large thermal constraints. As the materials used for these solid parts cannot stand such …