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超声速气流中液体横向射流雾化的MGFM-LTDC耦合方法

A COUPLED MGFM-LTDC METHOD FOR LIQUID JET IN SUPERSONIC CROSSFLOW

  • 摘要: 液体横向射流在超声速来流中的雾化过程涉及复杂的气液相互作用. 高效准确的数值模拟对于分析流动结构和预测喷雾特性具有重要意义. 针对欧拉-欧拉方法全流程模拟计算量大、欧拉-拉格朗日方法难以准确描述喷口附近连续液柱演化的问题, 本文提出了一种结合欧拉-欧拉与欧拉-拉格朗日两类框架的MGFM-LTDC耦合方法. 该方法在连续液柱阶段使用基于Level Set的修正虚拟流体方法(MGFM), 以精确捕捉气液界面演化; 在液滴大量生成的雾化区域, 采用介尺度液滴群拉氏追踪方法(LTDC)模拟离散液滴的动力学过程, 实现跨流态的高效计算. 在连续区域与雾化区域的耦合上, 针对未完全破碎的液体结构, 本文提出了液块分割算法. 四组超声速来流工况的数值实验验证了该耦合方法的有效性. 结果表明, 该方法能够高效准确再现液体射流在超声速来流中的弯曲、破碎及二次雾化特征, 数值模拟的激波脱体距离及喷雾穿透深度均与实验得到的经验公式相符合. 该方法在保证模拟精度的同时显著降低了计算成本, 为超声速气流中液体横向射流雾化的数值研究提供了一种高效可靠的新方法.

     

    Abstract: The atomization of a liquid jet injected into supersonic crossflow involves complex gas–liquid interactions. Efficient and accurate numerical simulations are of great significance for analyzing flow structures and predicting spray characteristics. However, full-process simulations based on Eulerian–Eulerian frameworks usually require extremely fine computational grids to resolve small-scale liquid structures, leading to very high computational costs. In contrast, conventional Eulerian–Lagrangian methods are computationally efficient for dispersed droplets but have difficulty accurately capturing the evolution of the continuous liquid column and the interaction between shockwaves and gas–liquid interfaces near the nozzle. To address these issues, a coupled MGFM-LTDC method integrating Eulerian–Eulerian and Eulerian–Lagrangian frameworks is proposed in this work. In the continuous region, the modified Ghost Fluid Method (MGFM) using Level Set Method is employed to capture the evolution of gas–liquid interfaces with high fidelity. In the atomization region where a large number of droplets are formed, the Lagrangian Tracking of Droplet Clusters (LTDC) method is adopted to simulate the dynamics, transport, and secondary breakup of dispersed droplets, enabling efficient multiscale computation. To achieve the coupling of the two regions, droplet identification and volume fraction conversion are employed. In addition, to address the presence of incompletely fragmented liquid structures, physical information statistics incorporating a liquid filaments segmentation algorithm is developed. Numerical experiments under four supersonic conditions verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results demonstrate that the coupled method can efficiently and accurately reproduce the bending, breakup, and secondary atomization characteristics of the liquid jet in supersonic crossflow. Moreover, the simulated distance of detached shockwaves and penetration depth of the spray show good agreement with experimental correlations. The proposed method significantly reduces the computational cost while maintaining simulation accuracy, providing an efficient and reliable approach for the numerical simulation of liquid jet atomization in supersonic crossflow.

     

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