Computational analysis for novel cavity-based flameholder designs with different fore-wall and aft-wall inclinations has been presented. The flameholder performance has been evaluated based on the following key parameters: pressure distribution, temperature distribution, recirculation zones and drag force. On comparing the different cavity designs, it has been found that both the fore-wall and aft-wall angles affect the flameholder performance. It was observed that an obtuse fore-wall angle gave favourable results numerically. Further studies can analyze cavities with different obtuse fore-wall ramp angles for optimum flameholder performance.
Kinetic or Boltzmann schemes are interesting alternatives to the macroscopic numerical methods for solving the hyperbolic conservation laws of gas dynamics. They utilize the particle-based description instead of the wave propagation models. While the continuous particle velocity based upwind schemes were developed in the earlier decades, the discrete velocity Boltzmann schemes introduced in the last decade are found to be simpler and are easier to handle. In this work, we introduce a novel way of introducing discrete velocities which correspond to the physical wave speeds and formulate a discrete velocity Boltzmann scheme for solving Euler equations.
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