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    • 3D compressible simulation of a muffler with pseudosound prediction levels 

      Ruano Pérez, Jesús; López Mas, Joan; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (Purdue University, 2016)
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      The main objective of this paper is to present a numerical resolution of a suction muffler configuration by using an in-house object oriented CFD & HT code TermoFluids (Lehmkuhl et al. 2007), able to handle tridimensional ...

    • A coupled LSVOF-adaptive mesh refinement-moving mesh technique to study complex multiphase problems 

      Amani, Ahmad; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (Begell House, 2023)
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      The Piecewise-Linear-Interface-Calculation (PLIC) reconstruction algorithm in the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method is widely used in numerical simulations of interfacial flows across various fields. However, a significant ...

    • A dynamic load balancing method for the evaluation of chemical reaction rates in parallel combustion simulations 

      Muela Castro, Jordi; Borrell Pol, Ricard; Ventosa Molina, Jordi; Jofre Roca, Lluís; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (Elsevier, 2019-08-15)
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      The development and assessment of an efficient parallelization method for the evaluation of reaction rates in combustion simulations is presented. Combustion simulations where the finite-rate chemistry model is employed ...

    • A dynamic wall model for large eddy simulation on unstructured meshes. Application to wind turbine dedicated airfoils 

      Calafell Sandiumenge, Joan; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María; Oliva Llena, Asensio; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (Begell House, 2015)
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      Large eddy simulations (LES) of wall resolved flows at high Reynolds number are still computation-ally demanding. In the present work, a new Dynamic Wall Model (DWM) for LES is presented. The methodology, implemented on ...

    • A filtered kinetic energy preserving finite volumes scheme for compressible flows 

      Baez Vidal, Aleix; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (2012)
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      The Kinetic Energy Preserving Scheme (KEP) for compressible flows has been shown to solve 1-D shock waves without smearing them. The method does not add numerical diffusion to solutions but, as a counterpart, it needs ...

    • A finite volume method to solve the frost growth using dynamic meshes 

      Bartrons Casademont, Eduard; Oliet Casasayas, Carles; Gutiérrez Álvarez, Enrique; Naseri, Alireza; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (2018-09-01)
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      The physical mechanisms of frost formation have been widely studied, yet much empirism is still needed in numerical approaches. Indeed, accurate simulations of frost growth can be reached by setting up a specific combination ...

    • A fluid-structure interaction solver for the fluid flow through reed type valves 

      González Acedo, Ignacio; Naseri, Alireza; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2017)
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      Suction and discharge processes with self actuated valves have a major influence in efficiency and reliability of hermetic reciprocating compressors. Understanding the operation completely in order to enhance compressor's ...

    • A load balancing method for parallel genetic CFD optimizations 

      Aizpurua Udabe, Imanol; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Borrell Pol, Ricard; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (2015)
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      CFD optimizations are characterized by long and highly variable objective function evaluation times. The aim of this study is to improve the parallel performance using a new load balancing master-worker parallelization ...

    • A method for fluid-structure interaction problems with non-Newtonian fluid 

      Amani, Ahmad; Naseri, Alireza; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2018)
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      This paper represents a numerical method to solve fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems where the fluid exhibits a non-Newtonian Viscoelastic behaviour. Oldroyd-B constitutive equation is used to model Viscoelastic fluid. ...

    • A methodology for determining optimum solar tower plant configurations and operating strategies to maximize profits based on hourly electricity market prices and tariffs 

      Guedez, Rafael; Topel, Monica; Conde, Ines; Ferragut, Francisco; Callaba, Irene; Spelling, James; Hassar, Zhor; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Laumert, Bjorn (2016-04-01)
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      The present study analyzes the influence that market conditions have on determining optimum molten salt solar tower plants with storage that maximizes profits (in terms of plant configuration, sizing, and operation) for a ...

    • A new statistical model for subgrid dispersion in large eddy simulations of particle-laden flows 

      Muela Castro, Jordi; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2016)
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      Dispersed multiphase turbulent flows are present in many industrial and commercial applications like internal combustion engines, turbofans, dispersion of contaminants, steam turbines, etc. Therefore, there is a clear interest ...

    • A new thermocline-PCM thermal storage concept for CSP plants. Numerical analysis and perspectives 

      Galione Klot, Pedro Andrés; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim (2013)
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      Thermocline storage concept has been considered for more than a decade as a possible solution to reduce the huge cost of the storage system in CSP plants. However, one of the drawbacks of this concept is the decrease in ...

    • A numerical study on turbulent flow in an Inertial Particle Separator device 

      Bahramian, Linda; Amani, Ahmad; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim; Oliet Casasayas, Carles; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (2023)
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      An Inertia Particle Separator (IPS) is a device situated in the intake of the aircraft to remove particles from entering the engine; consisting of two types of outlets: core and scavenge. This work presents the numerical ...

    • A parallel three-dimensional radial basis function interpolation method for unstructured dynamic meshes 

      Estruch Pérez, Olga; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Borrell Pol, Ricard; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (2011)
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      A radial basis function (RBF) interpolation method is implemented to be applied in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) problems with dynamic meshes. It is compared with the classic springs analogy smoothing, focusing on the ...

    • A scalable framework for the partitioned solution of fluid-structure interaction problems 

      Naseri, Alireza; Totounferoush, Amin; González Acedo, Ignacio; Mehl, Miriam; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (Springer, 2020-08)
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      In this work, we present a scalable and efficient parallel solver for the partitioned solution of fluid–structure interaction problems through multi-code coupling. Two instances of an in-house parallel software, TermoFluids, ...

    • A second-order time accurate semi-implicit method for fluid–structure interaction problems 

      Naseri, Alireza; González Acedo, Ignacio; Amani, Ahmad; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (2019-04-01)
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      This paper is concerned with numerical solution of fluid-structure inter-action (FSI) problems involving an incompressible viscous flow and an elasticstructure. A semi-implicit partitioned method with second-order ...

    • A semi-implicit coupling technique for fluid–structure interaction problems with strong added-mass effect 

      Naseri, Alireza; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; González Acedo, Ignacio; Bartrons Casademont, Eduard; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Oliva Llena, Asensio (2018-07-01)
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      This paper is concerned with the numerical simulation of fluid–structure interaction problems involving an incompressible viscous flow and an elastic structure. A semi-implicit coupling technique is presented which strongly ...

    • A simple optimization approach for the insulation thickness distribution in household refrigerators 

      Trias Miquel, Francesc Xavier; Oliet Casasayas, Carles; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David (Elsevier, 2018-09)
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      Determination of the optimal insulation thickness is of great relevance in many thermal engineering applications. In this paper, a simple optimization strategy based on the Lagrange multipliers is presented. The optimal ...

    • Advanced analysis of thermal energy storage in CSP plants 

      Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; González Acedo, Ignacio; Torras Ortiz, Santiago; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim; Oliva Llena, Asensio (2016-11-24)
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    • An efficient strategy of parcel modeling for polydispersed multiphase turbulent flows 

      Bahramian, Linda; Muela Castro, Jordi; Oliet Casasayas, Carles; Pérez Segarra, Carlos David; Trias Miquel, Francesc Xavier (Scipedia, 2022)
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      A three-dimensional particle-laden two-phase turbulent flow by employing the Eulerian-Lagrangian method using multiphase Particle-In-Cell model is implemented to analyze the effects of parcel modeling. In order to achieve ...