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Quality Issues in Combustion LES

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Combustion LES requires modelling of physics beyond the flow-field only. These additional models lead to further quality issues and an even stronger need to quantify simulation and modelling errors. We illustrate stability problems, the need for consistent modelling in premixed and non-premixed combustion, and show how RANS models that have frequently been applied in an LES context can lead to strong conceptual errors. We outline the application of the error landscape approach to a complex non-premixed flame, and investigate several error indicators that have been developed for situations where no experimental reference data is available.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK

    A. M. Kempf, T. Ma & M. W. A. Pettit

  2. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Faculty EEMCS, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    B. J. Geurts

  3. Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics, Faculty of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    B. J. Geurts

  4. Institut für Technische Verbrennung, Herdweg 51, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    O. T. Stein

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Kempf, A.M., Geurts, B.J., Ma, T. et al. Quality Issues in Combustion LES. J Sci Comput 49, 51–64 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-011-9481-7

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