Application of nonstationary self-similar variables for solving the three-dimensional problem of the decay of a special discontinuity

Построение в физическом пространстве решения задачи о распаде специального разрыва, т.е. трехмерных изэнтропических течений политропного газа, возникающих после мгновенного разрушения в начальный момент времени непроницаемой стенки, отделяющей неоднородный движущийся газ от вакуума. В задаче учитывается действие силы тяжести и силы Кориолиса. В систему уравнений газовой динамики введена автомодельная особенность в переменную, которая выводит с поверхности раздела. Для полученной системы поставлена задача Коши с данными на звуковой характеристике. Решение задачи строилось в виде степенных рядов. Часть коэффициентов рядов определялась при решении алгебраических уравнений, а часть из решений - обыкновенных дифференциальных уравнений. Методом мажорант доказана сходимость построенных рядов. Построенное решение позволяет задавать начальные условия для разностной схемы при численном моделировании решений данной характеристической задачи Коши The aim of this study is to construct a solution to the problem of the decay of a special discontinuity in physical space. The problem reduces to finding of three-dimensional isentropic flows of a polytropic gas that occur after the instantaneous destruction of an impermeable wall separating an inhomogeneous moving gas from a vacuum at the initial moment of time. The problem takes into account the forces of gravity and Coriolis. Research methods. In the system of gas dynamics equations, a self-similar feature is introduced in a variable that outputs from the initial interface. For the resulting system, the Cauchy problem is formulated using conditions on the sound characteristic. The solution to this problem is constructed in the form of power series. The coefficients of the series are partly determined by solving algebraic equations, another part can be found as solutions of ordinary differential equations. The convergence of the constructed series is proved by the Majorant method The results obtained in the work. In the form of a convergent power series, solutions to the problem of the decay of a special discontinuity in physical space are constructed. Conclusions. The solution constructed in physical space allows setting the initial conditions for the numerical simulation of this characteristic Cauchy problem using a difference scheme.

Fluid Dynamics Android Application: An Efficient Semi-Implicit Solver for Compressible Flows

The computing power of smartphones has not received considerable attention in the mainstream education system. Most of the education-oriented smartphone applications (apps) are limited to general purpose services like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), language learning, and calculators (performing basic mathematical calculations). Greater potential of smartphones lies in educators and researchers developing their customized apps for learners in highly specific domains. In line with this, we present Fluid Dynamics, a highly accurate Android application for measuring flow properties in compressible flows. This app can determine properties across the stationary normal and oblique shock, moving normal shock and across Prandtl $-$ Meyer expansion fan. This app can also measure isentropic flows, Fanno flows, and Rayleigh flows. The functionality of this app is also extended to calculate properties in the atmosphere by assuming the International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) relations and also flows across the Pitot tube. Such measurements are complicated and time-consuming since the relations are implicit and hence require the use of numerical methods, which give rise to repetitive calculations. The app is an efficient semi-implicit solver for gas dynamics formulations and uses underlying numerical methods for the computations in a graphical user interface (GUI), thereby easing and quickening the learning of concerned users. The app is designed for the Android operating system, the most ubiquitous and capable surveillance platform, and its calculations are based on JAVA based code methodology. In order to check its accuracy, the app's results are validated against the existing data given in the literature.

Intricacy of the Transit Manifold Concept Paid-off by Computational Accuracy

Despite its intricacy the numerical method applied within the TRANSIT code proved successful in describing discontinuous, non-isentropic flows in rocket engines and solar-gravitational towers for green energy. A number of 0-D approaches are known to render some results in demonstrating the feasibility of the solar tower concept, or in unsteady simulation of transient phases in rocket engines. Computational efficiency is demonstrated by CFD simulation of the starting transients in ADDA solid rocket engines and in the SEATTLER solar mirror tower. The code is exclusively directed to unsteady flow simulations in slender channels. The wave front model scheme covers the dual behavior of fully non-isentropic flow with mass addition and mixing in the thrust chamber or blunt heat addition in a heater and fully isentropic through the exhaust nozzle or gravity draught in a tall tower. Along the tower of the solar-gravity draught power plants small perturbation discontinuous flows are covered. Code robustness is demonstrated during runs on the PC.