Context
High-pressure conditions are prevailing in many practical combustion devices, such as highly-boosted internal combustion engines and rocket engines, in order to increase thermodynamic efficiency and reduce fuel consumption. Under such conditions, molecular interactions become significant and the perfect gas assumption cannot be employed. To account for the effect of attractive and repulsive forces between gas particles, real gas equation of state and thermodynamics need to be employed in CFD simulations. Several studies have shown that real gas effects can significantly affect the fluid dynamics of various phenomena such as high-pressure gas jets and detonation waves.
Project Description
The purpose of the present work is to study the effect of real gas equation of state and thermodynamics on the gas dynamics of shock wave reflection and refraction patterns, which are relevant phenomena for explosion safety. To perform this study, an updated version of the OpenFOAM solver "blastReactingFoam", that accounts for real gas effects, has been developed in our laboratory and will be employed. Several equations of state of different complexity will be used, and for the most simple ones, the numerical results will be compared to analytic solutions.Interest for fluid mechanics and CFD is required.
Requirements
- A bachelor or master degree in engineering, applied mathematics, or related field
- Solid academic background
- Excellent coding skills
- Analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
Application Process
Applicants are encouraged to send an email with the following information:
- Transcripts
- CV
- Relevant publications
- Contact information for 3 references
- Results of GRE and TOEFL (if available)