TY - GEN A1 - Oevermann, Michael A1 - Schmidt, Heiko A1 - Kerstein, Alan R. T1 - Linear-Eddy Modeling of Autoignition under Thermal Stratification N2 - The influence of thermal stratification on autoignition at constant volume and high pressure is investigated under turbulent conditions using the one-dimensional Linear-Eddy Model (LEM) and detailed hydrogen/air chemistry. Results are presented for the influence of initial temperature inhomogeneities on the heat release rate and the relative importance of diffusion and chemical reactions. The predicted heat release rates are compared with heat release rates of Chen et al. and Hawkes et al. obtained by two-dimensional Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS). Using the definition of Chen et al. for the displacement speed of the H2 mass fraction tracked at the location of maximum heat release, and a comparison of budget terms, different combustion modes including ignition front propagation and deflagration waves are identified and the results are compared to the DNS data. The LEM approach shows qualitatively and quantitatively reasonable agreement with the DNS data over the whole range of investigated temperature fluctuations. The results presented in this work suggest that LEM is a potential candidate as a sub-model for CFD calculations of HCCI engines. T3 - ZIB-Report - 08-05 KW - HCCI KW - Selbstzündung KW - Turbulenz KW - Linear-Eddy Modell KW - HCCI KW - autoignition KW - thermal explosion KW - turbulence KW - Linear-Eddy Model Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10562 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Carqué, Gunter A1 - Schmidt, Heiko A1 - Stevens, Bjorn A1 - Klein, Rupert T1 - Plausibility Check of an Asymptotic Column Model for Deep Convective Clouds N2 - By use of asymptotic analysis Carqué et al. [ZIB-Report 08-03] derived an asymptotic column model for deep convective clouds based on the three dimensional compressible flow equations and a bulk microphysics parameterization. In the present study we check the plausibility of the reduced model equations by comparing implications of the model for the scaling of various terms in the governing equations with those extracted from large eddy simulation data based on the computational model UCLA-LES1.1. This code solves an anelastic system of equations with complete droplet based microphysics and LES closures. We observe that the simulation data corroborate the basic assumptions of the asymptotic analysis and the main conclusions implied by the asymptotically reduced model. The code output reflects the scales of space and time: The deep convective clouds show an anisotropic structure where the horizontal scale is considerably narrower than the vertical scale; with a period of about 20 min, from emergence to breakup, the life cycle of one particular deep convective cloud corresponds exactly to the reference time of the reduced model. The characteristic properties of dynamics as predicted by the reduced model are also reflected in the simulation data: The horizontal flow is controlled by the pressure field; the vertical velocity develops freely independent of pressure over the depth of the convective column; the vertical velocity is directly determined by the buoyancy induced by the potential temperature deviation relative to the background stratification. With respect to grid resolution we observe that refining the spatial step size of the equidistant computational grid from 125 m to 62.5 m does not influence the results: Even with the coarser grid the relevant physical phenomena are sufficiently resolved. Somewhat surprisingly, the Coriolis term involving vertical velocity and acting on the horizontal (east-west) velocity component appears at leading order in the asymptotics. Accordingly, we expected to find a nontrivial impact of this Coriolis effect on the horizontal flow velocity components within columns of updrafts. However, switching the term on and off in subsequent simulations did not sizeably affect the results. T3 - ZIB-Report - 08-44 KW - atmospheric moist convection KW - deep convection KW - precipitating clouds KW - asymptotic analysis KW - Large Eddy Simulation Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10967 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mellado, Juan Pedro A1 - Stevens, Bjorn A1 - Schmidt, Heiko A1 - Peters, Norbert T1 - Buoyancy-reversal in cloud-top mixing layers N2 - A theoretical and numerical small-scale study of the evaporative cooling phenomenon that might appear in the stratocumulus-topped boundary layers is presented. An ideal configuration of a cloud-top mixing layer is considered as defined by two nonturbulent horizontal layers, stably stratified and with buoyancy reversal within a certain range of mixture fractions due to the evaporative cooling. Linear stability analysis of the shear-free configuration is employed to provide a new interpretation of the buoyancy reversal parameter, namely, in terms of a time-scale ratio between the unstable and the stable modes of the system. An incompressible high-order numerical algorithm to perform direct numerical simulation of the configuration is described and two-dimensional simulations of single-mode perturbations are discussed. These simulations confirm the role of the different parameters identified in the linear stability analysis and show that convoluted flow patterns can be generated by the evaporative cooling even for the low levels of buoyancy reversal found in stratocumulus clouds. They also show that there is no enhancement of entrainment of upper layer fluid in the shear-free configuration, and mixing enhancement by the evaporative cooling is restricted to the lower layer. T3 - ZIB-Report - 08-50 KW - Stratocumulus Wolken KW - freie Konvektion KW - turbulente Strömungen KW - stratocumulus KW - free convection KW - free turbulent flows Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11046 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brüning, Jan A1 - Hildebrandt, Thomas A1 - Heppt, Werner A1 - Schmidt, Nora A1 - Lamecker, Hans A1 - Szengel, Angelika A1 - Amiridze, Natalja A1 - Ramm, Heiko A1 - Bindernagel, Matthias A1 - Zachow, Stefan A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid T1 - Characterization of the Airflow within an Average Geometry of the Healthy Human Nasal Cavity JF - Scientific Reports N2 - This study’s objective was the generation of a standardized geometry of the healthy nasal cavity. An average geometry of the healthy nasal cavity was generated using a statistical shape model based on 25 symptom-free subjects. Airflow within the average geometry and these geometries was calculated using fluid simulations. Integral measures of the nasal resistance, wall shear stresses (WSS) and velocities were calculated as well as cross-sectional areas (CSA). Furthermore, individual WSS and static pressure distributions were mapped onto the average geometry. The average geometry featured an overall more regular shape that resulted in less resistance, reduced wall shear stresses and velocities compared to the median of the 25 geometries. Spatial distributions of WSS and pressure of average geometry agreed well compared to the average distributions of all individual geometries. The minimal CSA of the average geometry was larger than the median of all individual geometries (83.4 vs. 74.7 mm²). The airflow observed within the average geometry of the healthy nasal cavity did not equal the average airflow of the individual geometries. While differences observed for integral measures were notable, the calculated values for the average geometry lay within the distributions of the individual parameters. Spatially resolved parameters differed less prominently. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://rdcu.be/b2irD U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60755-3 VL - 3755 IS - 10 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Heiko A1 - Oevermann, Michael A1 - Bastiaans, Rob J.M. A1 - Kerstein, Alan R. T1 - A Priori Tabulation of Turbulent Flame Speeds via a Combination of a Stochastic Mixing Model and Flamelet Generated Manifolds, Extended to Incorporate Strain Effects N2 - In this paper we revisit the a priori turbulent flame speed tabulation (TFST) technique for a given parameter space within the region of flamelet combustion-regimes. It can be used as a subgrid-scale (SGS) model in Large Eddy Simulation (LES). In a first step, stationary laminar flamelets are computed and stored over the progress variable following the ideas of flamelet generated manifolds (FGM). In a second step, the incompressible one-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations supplemented by the equation for the progress variable are solved on a grid that resolves all turbulent scales. Additionally, turbulent transport is implemented via the linear eddy model (LEM). The turbulent flame structures are solved until a statistically stationary mean value of the turbulent flame speed has been reached. The results are stored in a table that could be used by large scale premixed combustion models, e.g. front tracking schemes. First results are compared quantitatively with direct numerical simulations (DNS) taken from literature. Then it is illustrated in one example how the new method could help to fix constants in algebraic models for turbulent flame speeds. Further it is shown how the technique can be extended to incorporate turbulent strain effects. Finally we investigate the effect of the use of detailed and tabulated chemistry under unsteady conditions. T3 - ZIB-Report - 09-09 KW - Turbulente Verbrennung KW - Flammenstrukturen KW - Linear Eddy Model KW - FGM KW - Turbulente Brenngeschwindigkeit KW - Streckungseffekte KW - turbulent premixed combustion KW - flame structures KW - linear eddy model KW - flamelet generated manifolds KW - turbulent flame speed tabulation KW - strain effects Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11214 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Heiko A1 - Oevermann, Michael A1 - Bastiaans, Rob J.M. A1 - Kerstein, Alan R. T1 - A priori Tabulation of Turbulent Flame Speeds via a Combination of a Stochastic Mixing Model and Flamelet Generated Manifolds N2 - In this paper we propose a technique for a priori turbulent flame speed tabulation (TFST) for a given parameter space in standard combustion-regime diagrams. It can be used as a subgrid-scale (SGS) model in Large Eddy Simulation (LES). In a first step, stationary laminar flamelets are computed and stored over the progress variable following the ideas of flamelet generated manifolds (FGM). In a second step, the incompressible one-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations supplemented by the equation for the progress variable are solved on a grid that resolves all turbulent scales. Additionally, turbulent transport is implemented via the linear eddy model (LEM). The turbulent flame structures are solved until a statistically stationary mean value of the turbulent flame speed has been reached. The results are stored in a table that could be used by large scale premixed combustion models, e.g. front tracking schemes. Results are compared to an algebraic model and to direct numerical simulations (DNS). T3 - ZIB-Report - 08-02 KW - Verbrennung KW - Flammenstrukturen KW - stochastisches Turbulenzmodell KW - FGM KW - turbulente Brenngeschwindigkeiten KW - turbulent premixed combustion KW - flame structures KW - linear eddy model KW - flamelet generated manifolds KW - turbulent flame speeds Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10532 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Heiko A1 - Jimenéz, Carmen T1 - Numerical study of the direct pressure effect of acoustic waves in planar premixed flames N2 - Recently the unsteady response of 1-D premixed flames to acoustic pressure waves for the range of frequencies below and above the inverse of the flame transit time was investigated experimentally by Wangher et al. using OH chemiluminescence. They compared the frequency dependence of the measured response to the prediction of an analytical model proposed by Clavin et al., derived from the standard flame model (one-step Arrhenius kinetics). Discrepancies between the experimental results and the model led to the conclusion that the standard model does not provide an adequate description of the unsteady response of real flames and that it is necessary to investigate more realistic chemical models. Here we follow exactly this suggestion and perform numerical studies of the reponse of lean methane flames using different reaction mechanisms. We find that the global flame response obtained with both detailed chemistry (GRI3.0) and a reduced multi-step model by Peters lies slightly above the predictions of the analytical model, but is close to experimental results. We additionally used an irreversible one-step reaction model which yields good results at least for frequencies close to the inverse flame transit time. T3 - ZIB-Report - 09-31 KW - Druckeffekt KW - Akustik KW - Flammenantwort KW - inkompressibel KW - Direct pressure effect KW - acoustics KW - flame response KW - incompressible Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11476 SN - 1438-0064 ER -