A semi-implicit scheme for large Eddy simulation of piston engine flow and combustion

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-40

  Yu, R ^a   Bai, X S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combustion; High density ratio; Large eddy simulation; Piston engine

Indexed keywords

ADAMS-BASHFORTH SCHEME; CENTRAL DIFFERENCE; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; DENSITY RATIO; ENGINE GEOMETRY; FOUR-STROKE ENGINE; FOURTH-ORDER; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGH-DENSITY RATIO; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; LOW-MACH-NUMBER FLOW; MOMENTUM EQUATION; MOVING PISTONS; MULTIGRID METHODS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PISTON ENGINES; PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR SCHEMES; PRESSURE CORRECTION; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE-CORRECTION EQUATIONS; REACTIVE FLOW; SEMI-IMPLICIT SCHEME; TIME INTEGRATION; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TRUCK ENGINES; VELOCITY FIELD; WEIGHTED ESSENTIALLY NONOSCILLATORY SCHEME;

ASPECT RATIO; COMBUSTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; IGNITION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MACH NUMBER; POISSON EQUATION; VELOCITY;

ENGINE PISTONS;

EID: 84872368621     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.3644     Document Type: Article

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