For the numerical simulation of many problems of engineering interest, it is desirable to have an automated mesh adaption tool. This is important especially for problems characterized by anisotropic features and require mesh clustering in the direction of high gradients. Another significant issue in meshing emerges in unsteady simulations with moving boundaries, where the boundary motion has to be accommodated by deforming the computational grid. Similarly, there exist problems where current mesh needs to be adapted to get more accurate solutions. To solve these problems, we propose three novel procedures. In the first part of this work, we present an optimization procedure for three-dimensional anisotropic tetrahedral grids based on metric-driven h-adaptation. Through the use of topological and geometrical operators, the mesh is iteratively adapted until the final mesh minimizes a given objective function. We propose an optimization process based on an ad-hoc application of the simulated annealing technique, which improves the likelihood of removing poor elements from the grid. Moreover, a local implementation of the simulated annealing is proposed to reduce the computational cost. Many challenging unsteady multi-physics problems are characterized by moving boundaries and/or interfaces. When the boundary displacements are large, degenerate elements are easily formed in the grid such that frequent remeshing is required. We propose a new r-adaptation technique that is valid for all types of elements (e.g., triangle, tet, quad, hex, hybrid) and deforms grids that undergo large imposed displacements at their boundaries. A grid is deformed using a network of linear springs composed of edge springs and a set of virtual springs. The virtual springs are constructed in such a way as to oppose element collapsing. Both frequent remeshing, and exact-pinpointing of clustering locations are great challenges of numerical simulations, which can be overcome by adaptive meshing algorithms. Therefore, we conclude this work by defining a novel mesh adaptation technique where the entire mesh is adapted upon application of a force field in order to comply with the target mesh or to get more accurate solutions. The method has been tested for two-dimensional problems of a-priori metric definitions as well as for oblique shock clusterings.

Various models featuring horizontal wells with multiple induced fractures have been proposed to characterize flow behavior over time in tight gas and shale gas systems. Currently, there is little consensus regarding the effects of non-ideal fracture geometries and coupled primary-secondary fracture interactions on reservoir performance in these unconventional gas reservoirs. This thesis provides a grid construction tool to generate high-resolution unstructured meshes using Voronoi grids, which provides the flexibility required to accurately represent complex geologic domains and fractures in three dimensions. Using these Voronoi grids, the interaction between propped hydraulic fractures and secondary "stress-release" fractures were evaluated. Additionally, various primary fracture configurations were examined, where the fractures may be non-planar or non-orthogonal. For this study, a numerical model was developed to assess the potential performance of tight gas and shale gas reservoirs. These simulations utilized up to a half-million grid-blocks and consider a period of up to 3,000 years in some cases. The aim is to provide very high-definition reference numerical solutions that will exhibit virtually all flow regimes we can expect in these unconventional gas reservoirs. The simulation results are analyzed to identify production signatures and flow regimes using diagnostic plots, and these interpretations are confirmed using pressure maps where useful. The coupled primary-secondary fracture systems with the largest fracture surface areas are shown to give the highest production in the traditional "linear flow" regime (which occurs for very high conductivity vertical fracture cases). The non-ideal hydraulic fracture geometries are shown to yield progressively lower production as the angularity of these fractures increases. Hence, to design optimum fracture completions, we should endeavor to keep the fractures as orthogonal to the horizontal well as possible. This work expands the current understanding of flow behavior in fractured tight-gas and shale-gas systems and may be used to optimize fracture and completion design, to validate analytical models and to facilitate more accurate reserves estimation.

Les motoristes aéronautiques souhaitent disposer de la représentation la plus fidèle possible du fonctionnement des propulseurs, dans une perspective d'amélioration continue de leurs performances. Les modèles numériques doivent donc intégrer au maximum les détails géométriques susceptibles d'influencer la physique de l'écoulement analysé. La prise en compte de tels effets technologiques s'avère difficile dans le contexte des solveurs structurés disponibles.Une stratégie hybride de prise en compte des effets technologiques fait coexister au sein d'un même domaine de calcul des zones structurées et non structurées. La flexibilité de génération d'un maillage non structuré permet une prise en compte aisée des détails géométriquement complexes tandis que la préservation de zones structurées dans une majeure partie du domaine de calcul permet de bénéficier de l'efficacité d'un solveur structuré. La présente thèse contribue au développement de cette stratégie hybride au sein du solveur elsA de l'ONERA en proposant des gains de précision et de robustesse par rapport à la version initialement développée pour établir la faisabilité et l'intérêt de l'approche. Après un état de l'art des techniques de discrétisation spatiale disponibles dans cette version initiale, différentes améliorations (techniques de moindres carrés, approche dite quasi-Green, méthode d'estimation des gradients aux faces) ont été analysées puis implémentées et validées sur des cas académiques. Le choix d'une stratégie hybride avec raccords coïncidents entre zones structurées et non-structurées conduit à des déformations de maillage dans la zone d'interface structuré / non-structuré qui ont exigé le développement supplémentaire de techniques d'amélioration de la robustesse (limiteurs physiques ou géométriques). Le solveur hybride rassemblant ces différentes fonctionnalités a permisde simuler avec succès des géométries d'aubes isolées dotées d'effets technologiques tels que congé de raccordement, trous de refroidissement, fentes de bord de fuite, cheminées internes d'alimentation. Enfin, une stratégie permettant l'utilisation de l'approche hybride en étage complet a été proposée et appliquée à la simulation hybride de l'interaction rotor/stator pour la configuration VKI-BRITE CT3, en stationnaire et en instationnaire, respectivement via une condition de plan de mélange et une condition de chorochronicité. / The aerospace engine manufacturers wish to rely on the most accurate description of their propulsion systems in order to continuously improve their performance levels. Therefore, numerical models must include as much as possible geometrical details likely to impact the physics of the flow under study. Taking into account such technological effects turns out to be a difficult task when working with available structured solvers. A hybrid strategy takes advantage of structured and unstructured zones within the same computational domain in order to efficiently describe technological effects. Geometrically complex local details are easily accounted for thanks to the flexibility of unstructured grid generation while keeping structured zones in the remainder of the flow domain allows to benefit from the tried and tested structured solver efficiency. The present work contributes to the development of such a hybrid strategy in ONERA elsA solver and enhances accuracy and robustness with respect to the solver initially developed to establish the feasibility and interest of hybridization. Following a review of the space discretization techniques available in the initial solver, several improvements (least square techniques, quasi-Green approach, computation of face gradients) have been analysed, then implemented and validated for academic test-cases. The choice of a hybrid strategy with coincident matching between structured and unstructured zones leads to highly deformed cells in the structured / unstructured interface region, requiring the development of supplementary robustness improvement techniques (physics- or geometry-based limiters). The hybrid solver gathering these various options allows to successfully compute isolated blade geometries including technological effects such as blade fillet, cooling holes, trailing edge cutbacks, internal coolant supply channel. Finally, a structured / unstructured strategy has been proposed and applied to the hybrid simulation of a rotor/stator interaction for the steady and unsteady

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This thesis presents the construction, the analysis and the verication of compact residual discretizations for the solution of conservation laws on unstructured meshes. The schemes considered belong to the class of residual distribution (RD) or fluctuation splitting (FS) schemes. The methodology presented relies on three main elements: design of compact linear first-order stable schemes for linear hyperbolic PDEs, a positivity preserving procedure mapping stable first-order linear schemes onto nonlinear second-order schemes with non-oscillatory shock capturing capabilities, and a conservative formulation enabling to extend the schemes to nonlinear CLs. These three design steps, and the underlying theoretical tools, are discussed in depth. The nonlinear RD schemes resulting from this construction are tested on a large set of problems involving the solution of scalar models, and systems of CLs. This extensive verification fills the gaps left open, where no theoretical analysis is possible. Numerical results are presented on the Euler equations of a perfect gas, on a two-phase flow model with highly nonlinear thermodynamics, and on the shallow-water equations. On irregular grids, the schemes proposed yield quite accurate and stable solutions even on very difficult computations. Direct comparisone show that these results are more accurate than the ones given by FV and WENO schemes. Moreover, our schemes have a compact nearest-neighbor stencil. This encourages to further develop our approach, toward the design of very high-order schemes, which would represent a very appealing alternative, both in terms of accuracy and efficiency, to now classical FV and ENO/WENO discretizations. These schemes might also be very competitive with respect to very high-order DG schemes.

De nombreuses applications industrielles mettent en jeu des écoulements gaz-particules, comme les turbines aéronautiques et les réacteurs a lit fluidisé de l'industrie chimique. La prédiction des propriétés de la phase dispersée, est essentielle à l'amélioration et la conception des dispositifs conformément aux nouvelles normes européennes des émissions polluantes. L'objectif de cette these est de développer le formalisme Euler- Lagrange dans un solveur parallèle et non-structuré pour la simulation aux grandes échelles pour ce type d'écoulements. Ce travail est motivé par l'augmentation rapide de la puissance de calcul des machines massivement parallèles qui ouvre une nouvelle voie pour des simulations qui étaient prohibitives il y a une décennie. Une attention particulière a été portée aux structures de données afin de conserver une certaine simplicité et la portabilité du code sur des differentes! architectures. Les développements sont validés pour deux configurations : un cas académique de turbulence homogène isotrope décroissante et un calcul polydisperse d'un jet turbulent recirculant chargé en particules. L'équilibrage de charges de particules est mis en évidence comme une solution prometteuse pour les simulations diphasiques Lagrangiennes afin d'améliorer les performances des calculs lorsque le déséquilibrage est trop important. / Particle-laden flows occur in industrial applications ranging from droplets in gas turbines tofluidized bed in chemical industry. Prediction of the dispersed phase properties such as concentration and dynamics are crucial for the design of more efficient devices that meet the new pollutant regulations of the European community. The objective of this thesis is to develop an Euler-Lagrange formulation on a parallel and unstructured solver for large- eddy simulation. This work is motivated by the rapid increase in computing power which opens a new way for simulations that were prohibitive one decade ago. Special attention is taken to keep data structure simplicity and code portability. Developments are validated in two configurations : an academic test of a decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence and a polydisperse two-phase flow of a confined bluff body. The use of load-balancing capabilities is highlighted as a promising solut! ion in Lagrangian two-phase flow simulations to improve performance when strong imbalance of the dispersed phase is present

La simulation numérique des écoulements turbulents en aérodynamique est très complexe. Elle consiste en l'étude de l'interaction entre un fluide et un profilimmergé. On observe à la surface du profil une zone de vitesse ralentie, nommée couche limite. L'étude fine de la couche limite est primordiale pour la résolution précise de l'écoulement. Elle nécessite de ce fait un maillage particulièrement fin et structuré. Nous proposons une procédure automatique permettant de générer un maillage adapté pour la résolution précise de la couche limite en accord avec la théorie et les caractéristiques physiques de l'écoulement. De plus, afin de décrire l'écoulement turbulent dans toute sa complexité à moindres coûts, nous proposons de combiner le maillage couche limite à une méthode d’adaptation de maillage dynamique.A cet effet, nous avons utilisé une version avancée de l'adaptation de maillagesur l'erreur a posteriori basée sur les arêtes et développé une méthode permettant à la fois de conserver la structure et le raffinement dans la couche limite mais également de décrire précisément les recirculations et le sillage. La nouvelle méthode d'adaptation volume-couche limite a été validée sur des cas2D et 3D à géométries complexes. Les résultats mettent en relief le potentiel decette approche et ouvre des perspectives intéressantes pour l'adaptation de maillage en mécanique des fluides. / Numerical simulation of turbulent aerodynamics flows remains challenging. Such fluid-structure interaction problem involves generally a thin layer close to the wall where the fluid is slow down, called boundary layer. This latter requires a carefull study of the boundary layer since it is crucial regarding the accuracyof the complete flow computation. Therefore, a fine and structured mesh is needed close to the wall. In this work, we propose a novel automatic procedure to build a correct boundary layer mesh according to the theory and the flow parameters. Moreover, in order to describe exactly the behaviour of the flow on the whole domain, the boundary layer mesh is combined with a dynamic mesh adaptation method.It follows an advanced version of the edge based mesh adaptation method. Combined together, they ensure a fine and structured mesh in the boundarylayer while all the flow vortices are accurately resolved. This new method, called boundary-volume mesh adaptation, has been validated on several 2D and 3Dtest cases with complex geometries. Results emphasises the capacity ofthe approach and offer opportunities of improvement for numerical fluid mechanics mesh adaptation.

Lors de la rentrée atmosphérique nous sommes amenés à modéliser trois phénomènes physiques différents. Tout d'abord, l'écoulement autour du véhicule entrant dans l'atmosphère est hypersonique,il est caractérisé par la présence d'un choc fort et provoque un fort échauffement du véhicule. Nous modélisons l'écoulement par les équations de Navier-Stokes compressibles et l'échauffement du véhicule au moyen de la thermique anisotrope. De plus le véhicule est protégé par un bouclier thermique siège de réactions chimiques que l'on nomme communément ablation.Dans le premier chapitre de cette thèse nous présentons le schéma numérique de diffusion CCLAD (Cell-Centered LAgrangian Diffusion) que nous utilisons pour résoudre la thermique anisotrope. Nous présentons l'extension en trois dimensions de ce schéma ainsi que sa parallélisation.Nous continuons le manuscrit en abordant l'extension de ce schéma à une équation de diffusion tensorielle. Cette équation est obtenue en supprimant les termes convectifs de l'équation de quantité de mouvement des équations de Navier-Stokes. Nous verrons qu'une pénalisation doit être introduite afin de pouvoir inverser la loi constitutive et ainsi appliquer la méthodologie CCLAD. Nous présentons les propriétés numériques du schéma ainsi obtenu et effectuons des validations numériques.Dans le dernier chapitre, nous présentons un schéma numérique de type Volumes Finis permettant de résoudre les équations de Navier-Stokes sur des maillages non-structurés obtenu en réutilisant les deux schémas de diffusion présentés précédemment. / When studying the problem of atmospheric reentry we need to model three different physical phenomenons. First, the ow around the atmospheric reentry vehicle is hypersonic, it is characterized by the presence of a strong shock which leads to a rapid heating of the vehicle. We model the ow using the compressible Navier-Stokes equations and the heating of the vehicle is modeled with the anisotropic heat transfer equation. Furthermore the vehicle is protected by an heat shield, where thermochemical reactions, commonly named ablation, occurs.In the first chapter of this thesis we introduce the numerical diffusion scheme CCLAD (Cell-Centered LAgrangian Diffusion) that we use to solve the anisotropic heat diffusion. We develop its non trivial extension to three-dimensional geometries and present its parallelization. We continue this thesis by the presentation of the extension of this scheme to tensorial diffusion. This equation is obtained by suppressing the convective terms of the momentum equation of the Navier-Stokes equations. We show that we need to introduce a penalization term in order to be able to invert the constitutive law. The invertibility of the constitutive law allows us to apply the CCLAD methodology to this equation straightforwardly. We present the numerical properties of this scheme and show numerical validations.In the last chapter, we present a Finite Volume scheme on unstructured grids that solves the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. This numerical scheme is mainly obtained by gathering the contributions of the two diffusion schemes we developed in the previous chapters.

Ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations are known to have problems in satisfying the solenoidal constraint (i.e. the divergence of magnetic field should be equal to zero, $ ablacdotvec{B} = 0$). The simulations become unstable unless specific measures have been taken. In this thesis, a solenoidal constraint satisfying technique that allows discrete satisfaction of the solenoidal constraint up to the machine accuracy is presented and validated with a variety of test cases. Due to its inspiration from Chorin's artificial compressibility method developed for incompressible CFD applications, the technique was named as extit{artificial compressibility analogy (ACA)} approach. It is demonstrated that ACA is a purely hyperbolic, stable and consistent technique, which is moreover easy to implement. Unlike some other techniques, it does not pose any problems of the sort that $ ablacdotvec{B}$ errors accumulate in the vicinity of the stagnant regions of flow. With these crucial properties, ACA is thought to be a remedy to the drawbacks of the most commonly used solenoidal constraint satisfying techniques in the literature namely: Incorrect shock capturing and poor performance of the convective stabilization mechanism in regions of stagnant flow for Powell's source term method; exceedingly complex implementation for constrained transport technique due to the staggered grid representation; computationally expensive nature due to the necessity of a Poisson solver combined with hyperbolic/elliptic numerical methods for classical projection schemes. In the first chapter of the thesis, general background knowledge is given about plasmas, MHD and its history, a certain class of upwind finite volume methods, namely Riemann solvers, and their applications in MHD, the definition, constituents, formation mechanisms and effects of space weather and some of the space missions that are and will be performed in its prediction. Secondly, detailed analysis of the compressible ideal MHD equations is given in the form of the derivation of the equations, their dimensionless numbers which will be of use to specify the flows in the following chapters, and finally, the presentation of the MHD waves and discontinuities, which indicates the complexity of the system of ideal MHD equations and therefore their further numerical analysis. The next discussion is about the main subject of the thesis, namely the solenoidal constraint satisfying techniques. First of all, the definition and significance of the solenoidal constraint is given. Afterwards, the most common solenoidal constraint satisfying techniques in the literature are reviewed along with their abovementioned drawbacks. Moreover, particular emphasis is given to the Powell's source term approach which was also implemented in the upwind finite volume MHD solver developed. In addition, the hyperbolic divergence cleaning technique is presented in detail together with the resemblance and differences between it and ACA. Some other solenoidal constraint satisfying techniques are briefly mentioned at this stage. After these, ACA is presented in the following way: The point of inspiration, which is the analogy made with Chorin's artificial compressibility method developed for incompressible CFD, the introduction of the modified system of ideal MHD equations due to ACA, the derivation of the wave equation governing the propagation of $ ablacdotvec{B}$ errors and the analytical consistency proof. Having finished the core discussion of the thesis, the solver developed and its constituents are given in the fourth chapter. Furthermore, a brief overview of the platform into which this solver was implemented, namely COOLFluiD, is also given at this point. Afterwards, a thorough numerical verification of the ACA approach has been made on an increasingly complex suite of test cases. The results obtained with ACA and Powell's source term implementations are given in order to numerically analyse and verify ACA and compare the two methods and validate them with the results from literature. The sixth chapter is devoted to further validation of ACA performed with a variety of more advanced space weather-related simulations. In this chapter, also the $vec{B}_{ extrm{0}} + vec{B}_{ extrm{1}}$ splitting technique used to treat planetary magnetosphere is presented along with its application to ACA and Powell's source term approaches. This technique is utilized in obtaining the solar wind/Earth's magnetosphere interaction results and is based on suppressing the direct inclusion of the Earth's magnetic field, which is a dipole field, in the solution variables. In this way, problems are avoided with the energy equation that could arise from the drastic change of the ratio of the dipole field and the variable field computed by the solver (i.e. $frac{lvertvec{B}_{ extrm{0}}lvert}{lvertvec{B}_{ extrm{1}}lvert}$) in the computational domain. Finally, conclusions and future perspectives related to the material presented in the thesis are put forward.

In this dissertation the heat flux prediction capabilities of Residual Distribution (RD) schemes for hypersonic flow fields are investigated. Two canonical configurations are considered: the flat plate and the blunt body (cylinder) problems, with a preference for the last one. Both simple perfect gas and more complex thermo-chemical non-equilibrium (TCNEQ) thermodynamic models have been considered.<p><p>The unexpected results identified early in the investigation lead to a thorough analysis to identify the causes of the unphysical hypersonic heating.<p><p>The first step taken is the assessment of the quality of flow field and heat transfer predictions obtained with RD methods for subsonic configurations. The result is positive, both for flat plate and cylinder configurations, as RD schemes produce accurate flow solutions and heat flux predictions whenever no shock waves are present, irrespective of the gas model employed.<p><p>Subsonic results prove that hypersonic heating anomalies are a consequence of the presence of a shock wave in the domain and/or the way it is handled numerically.<p><p>Regarding hypersonic flows, the carbuncle instability is discarded first as the cause of the erroneous stagnation heating. The anomalies are shown next to be insensitive to the kind and level of dissipation introduced via the (quasi-)positive contribution P to blended B schemes. Additionally, insufficient mesh resolution locally over the region where the shock wave is captured numerically is found to be irrelevant.<p><p>Capturing the bow shock in a manner that total enthalpy is preserved immediately before and after the numerical shock wave is, on the contrary, important for correct heating prediction.<p><p>However, a carefully conceived shock capturing term is, by itself, not sufficient to guarantee correct heating predictions, since the LP scheme employed (be it stand-alone in a shock fitting context or combined into a blended scheme for a shock capturing computation) needs to be immune to spurious recirculations in the stagnation point. <p><p>Once the causes inducing the heating anomalies identified, hypersonic shocked flows in TCNEQ conditions are studied.<p><p>In order to alleviate the computational effort necessary to handle many species non-equilibrium (NEQ) models, the extension of an entropic (or symmetrizing) variables formulation RD to the nS species, two temperature TCNEQ model is accomplished, and the savings in computational time it allows are demonstrated.<p><p>The multi-dimensional generalization of Roe-like linearizations for the TCNEQ model is addressed next: a study on the existence conditions of the linearized state guaranteeing discrete conservation is conducted.<p><p>Finally, the new dissipative terms derived for perfect gas are adapted to work under TCNEQ conditions; the resulting numerical schemes are free of the temperature undershoot and Mach number overshoot problem afflicting standard CRD schemes. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished