New Release

The new release of openCFS-2021S is available online under the MIT license.

Events

This autumn, the annual users meeting will be in Vienna from Thursday, September 23 until Friday, September 24. Presentation request should be sent to florian.toth@tuwien.ac.at.

Recent contributions to openCFS

Recently, we have provided support for intel compilers and optimized the openCFS builds for native architectures.

• Support for intel compilers (c++ and Fortran)
• Optimized builds for native architecture
• Bugfixes

Latest Publications

• Freidhager, C., et al. Simulationen von Strömungsakustik in rotierenden Bauteilen zur Entwicklung von Antriebskonzepten der Autos der Zukunft. Elektrotech. Inftech. (2021). 10.1007/s00502-021-00887-0
• Maurerlehner, P., et al. Efficient numerical simulation of the human voice. Elektrotech. Inftech. (2021). 10.1007/s00502-021-00886-1
• K. Roppert, et al.  Sliding Non-Conforming Interfaces for Edge Elements in Eddy Current Problems, in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 57, 3, 1-6, (2021) 10.1109/TMAG.2020.3049059.
• Floss, S., et al. Micro-perforated panels for noise reduction. Elektrotech. Inftech. (2021). 10.1007/s00502-021-00889-y
• Toth, F., et al. Acoustics on small scales. Elektrotech. Inftech. (2021). 10.1007/s00502-021-00875-4

Application - Aeroacoustic Simulations of Low-pressure Axial Fan for Battery Cooling Units

by S. Schoder: stefan.schoder@tugraz.at , A. Wurzinger, C. Freidhager, M. Kaltenbacher, IGTE, TU Graz

HVAC System Simulation

Future power units of cars (the electric motor, battery, fuel cell) generate little noise during operation. Consequently, the noise of auxiliary units (cooling fan of a battery unit, the turbocharger of fuel cells [1] becomes an essential task of the developing process. Since performing robust measurements are costly and time-consuming, the presented validated simulation workflow enhances development and research [2].

Details on the Study

Within this finished research project, we investigated the individual steps of the hybrid aeroacoustic workflow in detail. Based on existing benchmark data for low-pressure axial fans [3], the perturbed convective wave equation (PCWE) and the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings analogy Farassat’s 1A (FWH) are analyzed. We performed a mesh convergence study and altered the turbulence modeling approach (visualization see Fig. 1).

Fig. 1: Q-criterion at instantaneous time, which is showing the turbulent structures of the tip flow.

The detached eddy simulation model and a grid of 23.4million cells delivered the most accurate sound radiation (see Fig. 2). The validation of the results allows us to conclude that the fluctuating flow pressure is the relevant flow-convergence criteria, motivated by the fact that it is the dominant source term both for PCWE and FWH.

Fig. 2: Sound propagation visualization.

Key Results

Furthermore, we showed the robustness of the developed grid interpolation techniques [4] using the Richardson extrapolation. Considering the short duct, we found that for frequencies below 700Hz, FWH and PCWE deliver a comparable accuracy of sound prediction [2]. However, for sources at a higher frequency, the directivity of the propagation matters (which the PCWE accounts for). Since most industrial applications have complicated geometries, including in-duct systems, the PCWE (discretized by the finite element method) is preferable.

References