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On the Eulerian Large Eddy Simulation of disperse phase flows: an asymptotic preserving scheme for small Stokes number flows
In the present work, the Eulerian Large Eddy Simulation of dilute disperse
phase flows is investigated. By highlighting the main advantages and drawbacks
of the available approaches in the literature, a choice is made in terms of
modelling: a Fokker-Planck-like filtered kinetic equation proposed by Zaichik
et al. 2009 and a Kinetic-Based Moment Method (KBMM) based on a Gaussian
closure for the NDF proposed by Vie et al. 2014. The resulting Euler-like
system of equations is able to reproduce the dynamics of particles for small to
moderate Stokes number flows, given a LES model for the gaseous phase, and is
representative of the generic difficulties of such models. Indeed, it
encounters strong constraints in terms of numerics in the small Stokes number
limit, which can lead to a degeneracy of the accuracy of standard numerical
methods. These constraints are: 1/as the resulting sound speed is inversely
proportional to the Stokes number, it is highly CFL-constraining, and 2/the
system tends to an advection-diffusion limit equation on the number density
that has to be properly approximated by the designed scheme used for the whole
range of Stokes numbers. Then, the present work proposes a numerical scheme
that is able to handle both. Relying on the ideas introduced in a different
context by Chalons et al. 2013: a Lagrange-Projection, a relaxation formulation
and a HLLC scheme with source terms, we extend the approach to a singular flux
as well as properly handle the energy equation. The final scheme is proven to
be Asymptotic-Preserving on 1D cases comparing to either converged or
analytical solutions and can easily be extended to multidimensional
configurations, thus setting the path for realistic applications
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