Hypersonic Combustion Solver Development
Budget: $250 – $750 AUD
I'm developing a high-fidelity hypersonic combustion solver using OpenFOAM, starting from the rhoCentralFoam base. The goal is to simulate high Mach 5 and above reacting flow in a scramjet combustion chamber, incorporating advanced physics like species transport, detailed chemistry, high-temperature effects, and shock-capturing.
This project has two immediate aims:
- Extend rhoCentralFoam to handle reacting compressible flows
- Simulate a Mach 5 scramjet with a simplified combustor geometry (including a flameholder block)
I also need to model:
- Turbulence
- Heat transfer
- Radiation
- Shock waves
The geometry of the scramjet combustor is 2D and I require a simplified chemical reaction model.
Ideal Skills and Experience:
- Proficiency in OpenFOAM, especially rhoCentralFoam
- Experience with hypersonic flows and combustion
- Strong background in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Knowledge of turbulence, heat transfer, and radiation models
- Ability to implement and simulate chemical reaction mechanisms
This project has two immediate aims:
- Extend rhoCentralFoam to handle reacting compressible flows
- Simulate a Mach 5 scramjet with a simplified combustor geometry (including a flameholder block)
I also need to model:
- Turbulence
- Heat transfer
- Radiation
- Shock waves
The geometry of the scramjet combustor is 2D and I require a simplified chemical reaction model.
Ideal Skills and Experience:
- Proficiency in OpenFOAM, especially rhoCentralFoam
- Experience with hypersonic flows and combustion
- Strong background in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Knowledge of turbulence, heat transfer, and radiation models
- Ability to implement and simulate chemical reaction mechanisms