Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-08-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
36 pages, 11 figures (separately in PNG format), accepted for publication in Combust. Theory Modelling; PDF version with figur
Scientific paper
We study the dynamics of thermonuclear flames propagating in fuel stirred by stochastic forcing. The fuel consists of carbon and oxygen in a state which is encountered in white dwarfs close to the Chandrasekhar limit. The level set method is applied to represent the flame fronts numerically. The computational domain for the numerical simulations is cubic, and periodic boundary conditions are imposed. The goal is the development of a suitable flame speed model for the small-scale dynamics of turbulent deflagration in thermonuclear supernovae. Because the burning process in a supernova explosion is transient and spatially inhomogeneous, the localised determination of subgrid scale closure parameters is essential. We formulate a semi-localised model based on the dynamical equation for the subgrid scale turbulence energy $k_{\mathrm{sgs}}$. The turbulent flame speed $s_{\mathrm{t}}$ is of the order $\sqrt{2k_{\mathrm{sgs}}}$. In particular, the subgrid scale model features a dynamic procedure for the calculation of the turbulent energy transfer from resolved toward subgrid scales, which has been successfully applied to combustion problems in engineering. The options of either including or suppressing inverse energy transfer in the turbulence production term are compared. In combination with the piece-wise parabolic method for the hydrodynamics, our results favour the latter option. Moreover, different choices for the constant of proportionality in the asymptotic flame speed relation, $s_{\mathrm{t}}\propto\sqrt{2k_{\mathrm{sgs}}}$, are investigated.
Hillebrandt Wolfgang
Niemeyer Jens C.
Schmidt Wolfram
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