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| author | Liu, Ming Hasegawa, Yosuke |
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| contents | Despite the significant role of turbomachinery in fluid-based energy transfer, precise simulation of rotating solid objects with complex geometry is a challenging task. In the present study, the volume penalization method (VPM) is combined with multiple reference frame (MRF) and sliding mesh (SLM), respectively, so as to develop immersed-boundary approaches for simulating flows around a rotating solid. The level-set function is adopted to represent arbitrary geometries embedded in Cartesian grids. The VPM body-forcing terms in the momentum equation are proposed for MRF and SLM, respectively, so as to build unified governing equations for both fluid and solid regions. The flows around a rotating cuboid under various rotating speeds are simulated by the present schemes, namely, VPM with MRF, and VPM with SLM, and compared to corresponding simulations by the body-fitted method (BFM). The results suggest the relative deviations of predicted pressure drop and torque between the present VPM and BFM are around 5%, demonstrating the validity of the present VPM. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Volume penalization method for simulating flows around a rotating solid with multiple reference frame and sliding mesh Liu, Ming Hasegawa, Yosuke Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Despite the significant role of turbomachinery in fluid-based energy transfer, precise simulation of rotating solid objects with complex geometry is a challenging task. In the present study, the volume penalization method (VPM) is combined with multiple reference frame (MRF) and sliding mesh (SLM), respectively, so as to develop immersed-boundary approaches for simulating flows around a rotating solid. The level-set function is adopted to represent arbitrary geometries embedded in Cartesian grids. The VPM body-forcing terms in the momentum equation are proposed for MRF and SLM, respectively, so as to build unified governing equations for both fluid and solid regions. The flows around a rotating cuboid under various rotating speeds are simulated by the present schemes, namely, VPM with MRF, and VPM with SLM, and compared to corresponding simulations by the body-fitted method (BFM). The results suggest the relative deviations of predicted pressure drop and torque between the present VPM and BFM are around 5%, demonstrating the validity of the present VPM. |
| title | Volume penalization method for simulating flows around a rotating solid with multiple reference frame and sliding mesh |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10230 |