The main bearing chamber is a major part of the lubrication system in aero-engine, it is important to know the influence of operation parameters on air/oil two-phase flow, so as to optimize the design of aero-engine lubrication system. The air/oil two-phase flow in a simplified bearing chamber model in an aero-engine is simulated by means of discrete phase model (DPM) and wall-film model with CFD approach. The simulation results coincide with the existing experimental data. The oil film thickness and concentration of droplets in bearing chamber are presented at different rotational speeds and different lubricating oil flow rates.

For the purpose of increasing applicability of combustion chamber simulation, computational domain, boundary condition, simplicity of complicated structures, mesh generation and physical parameters are investigated in this paper. An annular combustion chamber of some aero-engine is studied by means of predictive numerical simulation. The computational domain includes diffuser, swirler, inner flame tube, inner ring of combustion chamber and the flow channel of all the holes on the wall of flame tube. The film cooling holes row was simplified into a slit filled with porous media. Realizable k-turbulent model and non-premixed combustion model were adopted. Model of pressure atomization nozzle were calibrated and validated through inner nozzle flow property two-phase flow VOF model and experimental data. Physical parameters are express through polynomial functions. A commercial CFD code was adopted on a high performance computing cluster with parallel algorithm and the solving method are high-order discretization scheme. The velocity, pressure, temperature, fuel spray, density of fuel and productions, etc. are calculated and validated with the experimental data.

The layout of closed-couple catalyst converter in internal combustion engine exhaust system is one of important way to reduce vehicle emission. CFD method based on finite volume method is adopted to numerical simulate flow distribution in the entrance of closed-coupled catalytic converter and applying business software of FLUENT to clarity the flow uniformity of inlet to ensure catalytic converter work efficiently and meet regulations. The flow field uniformity of entrance were studied and analyzed. Research finds that the shape of manifold has effect on dispersion of velocity in entrance and dispersion of velocity has a relatively strong correlation with pulsation flow. The flow reverse in junction deflect the air flow that flow into the entrance of closed-couple catalyst converter. Calculation results indicate that the uneven rate coefficient is 0.266 and volatility is 0.515 in the entrance of closed-couple catalyst.

Control of exhaust emission and combustion efficiency depend directly on the atomization of the liquid. The research on the atomizing performance of fuel nozzle is certainly important. A model using VOF-LES method has been built to investigate sheet breakup behavior of the main circuit of a pressure swirl atomizer. LES which takes into account of turbulence of fuel and air, has been used to simulate the phenomenon of sheet breakup. Vivid gas-liquid interface, instability wave and primary breakup phenomenon have been captured. The patterns of the sheet breaking-up change with different fuel flux. The mechanism of sheet breakup has been analyzed by combining variations of velocity and turbulent kinetic energy with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability theory and turbulence on circumference. The breakup length captured by simulation agrees well with the results of the semi-empirical formulas.

The composition and principles of the digital measuring system was investigated on the basis of digital oil measuring method. Fly attitude-oil quality - measuring height data tables were generated by using UG software calculation of oil quantity characteristics. Then the oil surface angle under different fly attitude and overload was calculated through coordinate transformation method. Finally the amount of oil was calculated by three-dimensional liner interpolation method. Meanwhile, the free surface movement of lubricating oil tank under different overload was simulated through VOF numerical model. The results showed that using UG software to build model and generate fly attitude-oil quantity-measuring height data tables is accurate and useful. The VOF model method is a complement to digital measurement, which can track the phase interface of continuum, analyze the movement of oil qualitatively and calculate the dead volume of digital method.