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UoM-EDF Wiki Collaborative Website : sample test cases
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Launder & Sharma Model (CONVERT)Cotton & Ismael Model (CONVERT)Suga Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Model (CONVERT)Lien-Chen-Leschziner k-eps Model (STAR-CD)k-omega-SST Model (STAR-CD)Lien & Durbin v2f Model (STAR-CD)k-omega-SST Model (Code_Saturne)Manchester v2f Model (Code_Saturne)Large Eddy Simulation (STAR-CD)DNS - You et al (2003)
BENCHMARKING of codes: heated pipe
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Heated vertical pipe test case
Temperature
Kinetic energy
- k- models miss relaminarisation- maybe too correlated to wall-distance (dominant effect of boundary condition, and further ref to “y” in SST version, - Consistent with poor transition predictions.
Ref: Keshmiri A., Addad Y. et al
www.saturne.cfdtm.org
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Models
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Models
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Models
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Models
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Models
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Flow through in-line tube bundles
Mean pressure
gradient
Direction is in-lin
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Large heat exchanger=> Homogeneous conditions
=> Periodic subset considered
Re=45 000, P/D= 1.5
Objectives: Flow induced vibrations in heat exchangers (Lift & Drag coef.)
Staggered: studied 10 years agoCurrent: in line
Embedded refinement
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In-line tube bundle
[email protected], with STAR-CCM
- Fully symmetric conditions, but non-symmetric solutions
- Coanda effect ?
- Star-CCM LES launched to confirm EDF finding(Benhamadouche et al. NURETH 11, Avignon 2005)
Time averaged velocity field =>
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Cross Flow in Tube Bundles
- 4 different gap ratios was tested. P/D=1.2, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.75
- Code Saturne and STAR CCM (I Afgan Thesis 07)
Average Cp comparison for P/D=1.5 case
Pseudo-average mean velocity streamlines. From left to right: P/D=1.2, P/D=1.5, P/D=1.6 and P/D=1.75
Average Velocity contours at mid section for P/D=1.5 case
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Application to real Exchanger/ Steam Generator
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Many occurrences of Swirling Flows: => Re Stress Transport model recommended
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Figure 6: RSTM simulation of heterogeneities at the exit of a PWR upper plenum; scalar tracers through plenum to 4 hot leg exits (left); geometrical details as seen from actual mesh surface (right); secondary motion in hot leg cross section. (from JP Juhel and Martinez & Alvarez [17])
Flow exiting in upper leg: what does local probe measure?
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Figure 7: Turbulent shear stress across a rotating channel ( from [18]).
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Figure 8: “HYPI, FATHER” and “WATLON” T junction mixing test cases (top). Comparison of standard and advanced/”unsteady” wall functions for LES on the “WATLON” case [19]. Mean (left), rms (right) temperatures profiles and iso (centre); LES results by T. Pasutto [20].
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Channel Flow LES on structured gridat Re*=395 (Re*=y+ at centre )
% error on friction
Under-Resolved LES
Under-resolved LES => more dangerous than coarse RANS !
=> Q-LES very much needed now that Industry is into LES
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Kolmogorov lengthscale
Taylor microscale
Turbulent energy L (is model):
True or Integral L:
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Better knowledge of Length scales essential for LES
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Integral length scales in channel flow
Turbulent energy scale is easy RANS “model” but does not represent true (2 point correlation) integral scale for channel flow
23k
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1- x : streamwise2- y : wall normal3 – z : spanwise
Solid: stream-wise separationDashed: span-wise separation
Nb: longitudinal lenghtscales are divided by 2
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• ½ Million cells M, Re = 395, • “Wall resolved LES”• Complex geometry ?• Need Accurate precursor RANS
“Taylor scale” unstructured mesh Channel LES
Mean Velocity
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Channel flow LES on “Taylor” mesh at Re = 395 :Reynolds Stresses
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Budget for wall nomal velocity varianceSaturne & STAR Grids (141x184x177) = 4.59 millionDNS : Grid (256x193x192)= 9.48 million
Budget for vv (most difficult component)
Even DNS possible with codes design for industrial Applications
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Proper meshing for LES tedious. Ex jet injection burner
Lenghtscale predicted by RANS : (k**3/2)/eps
Annular co-flow
Jet =>
Hand made grid very boring !Need for tools for adaptive meshing
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- LES community very activeon this topic
- First idea reduce viscosity whenturbulent scale > cells
- OK for Detached Eddy Simulation (DES)- Not sufficient for turbulent structures to appear !
- Bad transition region (kink)where RANS viscosity is reduced but resolved structures are still too weak
Zonal modelling / RANS-LES coupling
Velocity profile Total Turb Shear stress
Overset RANS LES
Overlapping RANS - LES coupling
Re*=395 , 40x30x30 meshJ. Uribe, DESider Project
RANS contrib.
Resolved LES field contrib.
Run both RANS and LES simulation, overlapping2 Velocity fields, 2 viscosities, and blend only shear stress
LES
Re Cells395 40x30x30 59 39 26 158590 40x40x30 88 59 32 184
1100 50x50x40 140 88 46 2662000 50x50x40 256 160 83 4854000 64x80x64 400 200 99 574
Dx+ Dz+y+ @ f=0.5
y+ @ f=0.99
Reynolds number non-sensitivity
J. Uribe et al.
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3. Besoins HPC
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Figure 11: Evolution in computing power at EDF R&D, in Tflops (left). Code_Saturne performance on HPCx computer (Daresbury Lab. UK) for a channel flow LES (right).
6. Industrial Applications of Advanced Simulation in CFD to Tomorrow’s Energies
29 - Entité d'appartenance
HPC roadmap: application examples (founier Club U Sat 2008
2003 2010 201520072006
Consecutive to the Civaux thermal fatigue event
Computations enable to better understand the wall thermal loading in an injection.
Knowing the root causes of the event define a new design to avoid this problem.
Part of a fuel assembly3 grid assemblies
Computation with an L.E.S. approach for turbulent modelling
Refined mesh near the wall.
9 fuel assemblies
No experimental approach up to now
Will enable the study of side effects implied by the flow around neighbour fuel assemblies.
Better understanding of vibration phenomena and wear-out of the rods.
The whole vessel reactor
106 cells3.1013 operations
108 cells1016 operations
1010 cells5.1018 operations
109 cells3.1017 operations
107 cells6.1014 operations
FujistuVPP 5000
1 of 4 vector processors
2 month length computation
Cluster, IBM Power5
400 processors
9 days
# 1 Gb of storage
2 Gb of memory
IBM Blue Gene/L « Frontier»
8000 processors
# 1 month
30 timesthe power of
IBM Blue Gene/L « Frontier»
# 1 month
# 15 Gb of storage
25 Gb of memory
# 10 Tb of storage
25 Tb of memory
# 1 Tb of storage
2,5 Tb of memory
# 200 Gb of storage
250 Gb of memory
Power of the computer Pre-processing not parallelized Pre-processing not parallelized
Mesh generation
… ibid. …
… ibid. …
Scalability / Solver
… ibid. …
… ibid. …
… ibid. …
Visualisation
500 timesthe power of
IBM Blue Gene/L « Frontier»
# 1 month
2003 2010 201520072006
Consecutive to the Civaux thermal fatigue event
Computations enable to better understand the wall thermal loading in an injection.
Knowing the root causes of the event define a new design to avoid this problem.
Part of a fuel assembly3 grid assemblies
Computation with an L.E.S. approach for turbulent modelling
Refined mesh near the wall.
9 fuel assemblies
No experimental approach up to now
Will enable the study of side effects implied by the flow around neighbour fuel assemblies.
Better understanding of vibration phenomena and wear-out of the rods.
The whole vessel reactor
106 cells3.1013 operations
108 cells1016 operations
1010 cells5.1018 operations
109 cells3.1017 operations
107 cells6.1014 operations
106 cells3.1013 operations
108 cells1016 operations
1010 cells5.1018 operations
109 cells3.1017 operations
107 cells6.1014 operations
FujistuVPP 5000
1 of 4 vector processors
2 month length computation
Cluster, IBM Power5
400 processors
9 days
# 1 Gb of storage
2 Gb of memory
IBM Blue Gene/L « Frontier»
8000 processors
# 1 month
30 timesthe power of
IBM Blue Gene/L « Frontier»
# 1 month
# 15 Gb of storage
25 Gb of memory
# 10 Tb of storage
25 Tb of memory
# 1 Tb of storage
2,5 Tb of memory
# 200 Gb of storage
250 Gb of memory
Power of the computer Pre-processing not parallelized Pre-processing not parallelized
Mesh generation
… ibid. …
… ibid. …
Scalability / Solver
… ibid. …
… ibid. …
… ibid. …
Visualisation
500 timesthe power of
IBM Blue Gene/L « Frontier»
# 1 month
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www.framatome-anp.com, www.westinghousenuclear.com
Ongoing: thermal hydraulics and vibrations of PWR fuel rods
Spacer & mixer grids: hold rods, increase heatTransfer and inter channel mixing.Pb: FIV, fretting
Code_SaturneLES
Turbulent excitation
Vibration
Code_Aster
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Figure 12: (12.a) Geometry of the fuel assembly. (12.b) Mesh on the wall of the mixing grids. (12.c) 3D flow around fuel rods. (12.d) velocity intensity vortices around fuel rods in a horizontal plane.
Application n°1: Impact of mixing grids effects on the water flow in nuclear fuel rod assemblies
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Figure 13: Computation of the temperature field of bolts holding the peripheral shielding in a nuclear core.
Application n°2: Mechanical behavior of screws of core shielding
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Conclusions –LES in power generation industry
• LES of Industrial flow
• Much more information: Fluct. thermal stresses, fatigue, acoustics, FIV• Cost-wise accessible when limited to sub-domain (synthetic turbulence)• Complex geometry possibly easier than smooth channel flow
• Exploit better flexibility of professional/commercial software:
• Opens new range of applications for LES• More meshing control (total cell size control from pre-simulation) (Greater breakthrough than elaborate SGS models? )• High Re : RANS –LES coupling, embedded LES
• Cross-discipline research: Fluids / Structure-Mech/ Materials ?Cracks, Thermal stripping, ageing,
corrosion
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Trust & Quality in LES serious issue:
- 99% LES are “post-dictions”, or “explanations”- how many failed LES / no. of published LES ? (ex. 2D Hill, Ahmed body..- errors can be much larger than in RANS - can we design next gen nuclear power plants using LES?
- mesh influence tremendous, but turbulence scales not known a priori- a posteriori quality criteria known (see Q-LES workshop B. Geurts) but trial and error most expensive with LES- do not venture outside pipe/channel flow applications?- or COLLABORATIVE work on validations in new areas on a large scale (i.e. reporting failures is very important)
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