An automatic hybrid mesh generation method for combustion fluid dynamics simulations

Abstract

Purpose

Automatic mesh generation is still a challenge problem for combustion fluid dynamics simulations because of the high-quality requirement and complexity of geometries. This paper aims to find an efficient automatic analysis model creation and mesh generation method to save the time for pre-processing in numerical simulations.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the previous work, we explore effective model processing and mesh generation methods from practical engineering applications. Considering the automation and high quality requirement, we construct an automatic mesh generation procedure for combustion fluid dynamics problems.

Findings

The numerical results show that the procedure we proposed in this paper can automatically generate high quality mesh for combustion fluid dynamics simulations. The strategy of fluid model construction is time-saving and with high-precision. The mesh generation method in our procedure is automatic and efficient.

Practical implications

The procedure proposed in this paper is applicable to the practical engineering application model, such as aircraft simulation, aeroengine simulation and so on. The procedure has been integrated into an numerical simulation software.

Originality/value

The method proposed in this paper has very practical application value. It can be used in the practical application and saves a lot of manual processing time for numerical stimulation specialists.

Citation

Liu, T., Leng, J., Xu, K., Xu, Q., Yang, Y. and Zheng, P. (2024), "An automatic hybrid mesh generation method for combustion fluid dynamics simulations", Engineering Computations, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-03-2023-0138