Abstract

In this paper, we present a hybrid immersed boundary method (HIBM) for the simulation of two- and three-dimensional compressible viscous flows around stationary and moving obstacles. The proposed approach combines the compressible boundary condition-enforced IBM proposed by Qiu et al. and the Brinkman penalization methods. The boundary condition-enforced IBM uses a fractional step approach alongside a Dirac delta function to satisfy the boundary conditions on the body surface. Although this method works properly in subsonic regimes, it cannot correctly simulate the wake region for a supersonic flow. On the other hand, the penalization method considers the body as a porous media with a low permeability that forces the velocity and energy inside the body to converge to the body velocity and energy. However, unlike the boundary condition-enforced IBM, the streamlines penetrate the body. In the present approach, the positive features of the above-mentioned methods were included and their drawbacks were excluded. The proposed approach was applied using the finite volume method and an E-CUSP scheme. The performance of the proposed method was numerically evaluated in simulating compressible fluid flow around both stationary and moving boundaries, showing a close agreement with other numerical and experimental data available in the literature. Further, the effects of geometry, Reynolds, and Mach numbers were investigated on the supersonic flow field around elliptical cylinders of various aspect ratios. The results revealed that increasing the aspect ratio led to an increase in the shock standoff distance, recirculation zone, and drag coefficient.

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