Shape sensitivity of thermoacoustic oscillations in an annular combustor with a 3D adjoint Helmholtz solver

E Ekici, S Falco, MP Juniper - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2024 - Elsevier
We model acoustic oscillations driven by velocity-coupled heat release rate fluctuations. We
obtain an inhomogeneous wave equation and convert it to the frequency domain with a …

Arbitrary-order sensitivities of the incompressible base flow and its eigenproblem

SJ Knechtel, TL Kaiser, A Orchini… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
First-order sensitivities and adjoint analysis are used widely to control the linear stability of
unstable flows. Second-order sensitivities have recently helped to increase accuracy. In this …

FELiCS: a versatile linearized solver addressing dynamics in multi-physics flows

TL Kaiser, S Demange, JS Müller, S Knechtel… - AIAA Aviation 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3434. vid This manuscript provides
a brief description of the linearized flow solver FELiCS and reviews six applications of the …

Interacting Linear Modes in the Turbulent Flow of an Industrial Swirled Combustor

L Moczarski, NCW Treleaven, K Oberleithner… - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Swirled flows often feature global modes that become manifest as skew-symmetric helical
vortices, also known as precessing vortex cores, which dominate the flow dynamics. This …

Linear amplification of inertial-wave-driven swirl fluctuations in turbulent swirling pipe flows: a resolvent analysis approach

JS Müller, JGR von Saldern, TL Kaiser… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper investigates the amplification and propagation of swirl fluctuations in turbulent
swirling flows using resolvent analysis. Swirl fluctuations have been repeatedly observed in …

Self-consistent closure modeling for linearized mean field methods

JG von Saldern, JM Reumschüssel, TL Kaiser… - AIAA AVIATION 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-4351. vid Modeling the coherent
component of the Reynolds stresses to close the linearized mean field equations has …

Onset of global instability in a premixed annular V-flame

C Wang, CM Douglas, Y Guan, C Xu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We investigate self-excited axisymmetric oscillations of a lean premixed methane--air V-
flame in a laminar annular jet. The flame is anchored near the rim of the centrebody, forming …

[PDF][PDF] On the significance of modeling turbulent transport when linearizing the governing equations of a turbulent Bunsen flame

TL Kaiser, JGR von Saldern, M Goldack… - Symposium on …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Linearizing the governing equations of reacting turbulent flows would allow to significantly
enhance the understanding of thermoacoustic instabilities and provide new efficient ways to …