Control volume based modelling in one space dimension of oscillating, compressible flow in reciprocating machines

Stig Kildegård Andersen, Henrik Carlsen, Per Grove Thomsen

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    Abstract

    We present an approach for modelling unsteady, primarily one-dimensional, compressible flow. The conservation laws for mass, energy, and momentum are applied to a staggered mesh of control volumes and loss mechanisms are included directly as extra terms. Heat transfer, flow friction, and multidimensional effects are calculated using empirical correlations. Transformations of the conservation equations into new variables, artificial dissipation for dissipating acoustic phenomena, and an asymmetric interpolation method for minimising numerical diffusion and non physical temperature oscillations are presented. The capabilities of the approach are illustrated with an example solution and an experimental validation of a Stirling engine model.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalSimulation Modelling Practice and Theory
    Volume14
    Issue number8
    Pages (from-to)1073-1086
    ISSN1569-190X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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