Adaptive LMR simulation of DDT in obstructed channel

Deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) is a challenging subject in computational fluid dynamics both from a standpoint of the phenomenon nature understanding and from extremely demanding computational efforts. In recent years, as the development of computer technology and improvement of numerical schemes was achieved, some more direct methods have been found to reproduce the DDT mechanistically without additional numerical or physical models. In the current work, highly resolved DDT simulations of hydrogen-air and of hydrogen-oxygen mixtures in 2D channel with regular repeating obstacles are present. The technique of local mesh refinement (ALMR) is implemented in the simulations to minimize the computational efforts. The criteria for the ALMR are examined and optimized in simulations.Copyright © 2016 by ASME