Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry
Abstract
Tenth-order compact difference code Miranda is utilized to perform large-eddy simulation (LES) of a hydrogen gas–plastic mixing layer in a spherical geometry. Once the mixing layer has achieved self-similar growth, it is heated to 1 keV, and the second-order arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) code Ares is used to simulate mixing layer evolution as it undergoes thermonuclear (TN) burn. Both premixed (in which deuterium and tritium are initially present in the gas) and nonpremixed (in which deuterium is initially present only in the plastic) variants are considered at Atwood numbers 0.05 and 0.50. The effect of turbulent mixing on mean TN reaction rate is examined, and a four-equation k – L – a – V Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) model is presented. The k – L – a – V model, which represents an extension of the k – L – a model [Morgan and Wickett, Phys. Rev. E 91, 043002 (2015)] by the addition of a transport equation for the scalar mass fraction variance, is then applied in one-dimensional simulations of the reacting mixing layer under consideration. Excellent agreement is gained between LES and RANS in total TN neutron production when fluctuations in reaction cross-section can be neglected.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1548329
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1471160
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-750537
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0045; PLEEE8; 934407
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review E
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0045
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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Morgan, Brandon E., Olson, Britton J., Black, Wolfgang J., and McFarland, Jacob A. Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.033111.
Morgan, Brandon E., Olson, Britton J., Black, Wolfgang J., & McFarland, Jacob A. Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.033111
Morgan, Brandon E., Olson, Britton J., Black, Wolfgang J., and McFarland, Jacob A. Mon .
"Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.033111. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1548329.
@article{osti_1548329,
title = {Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry},
author = {Morgan, Brandon E. and Olson, Britton J. and Black, Wolfgang J. and McFarland, Jacob A.},
abstractNote = {Tenth-order compact difference code Miranda is utilized to perform large-eddy simulation (LES) of a hydrogen gas–plastic mixing layer in a spherical geometry. Once the mixing layer has achieved self-similar growth, it is heated to 1 keV, and the second-order arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) code Ares is used to simulate mixing layer evolution as it undergoes thermonuclear (TN) burn. Both premixed (in which deuterium and tritium are initially present in the gas) and nonpremixed (in which deuterium is initially present only in the plastic) variants are considered at Atwood numbers 0.05 and 0.50. The effect of turbulent mixing on mean TN reaction rate is examined, and a four-equation k – L – a – V Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) model is presented. The k – L – a – V model, which represents an extension of the k – L – a model [Morgan and Wickett, Phys. Rev. E 91, 043002 (2015)] by the addition of a transport equation for the scalar mass fraction variance, is then applied in one-dimensional simulations of the reacting mixing layer under consideration. Excellent agreement is gained between LES and RANS in total TN neutron production when fluctuations in reaction cross-section can be neglected.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.98.033111},
journal = {Physical Review E},
number = 3,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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