Second Two-day Meeting on
Internal Combustion Engine Simulations Using OpenFOAM® Technology


26 – 27 November 2015, Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano


Final program

First Day

  • 09.30 - 10.15: Registration
  • 10.15 - 10.30: Welcome from PoliMI
  • 10.30 - 11.00: VSB2 model for diesel spray simulation and comparison of K-epsilon with Realisable k-epsilon turbulence model
    V. P. Muthuramalingam (Chalmers university of Technology), A. Karlsson (Volvo Group Trucks Technology).
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  • 11.00 - 11.30: Spray produced by GDI injectors investigated by LES-Lagrange approach using a weak coupling
    J. Hélie (Continental Automotive), M Gorokhovski (LMF, Ecole Centrael Lyon)
  • 11.30 - 12.00: Magneti Marelli experiences of direct injection engines CFD simulation using OpenFOAM
    M. Picerno, R. Di Gioia, G. Bonandrini, L. Venturoli (Magneti Marelli Powertrain)
  • 12.00 - 13.30: Open discussion and Lunch Break
  • 13.30 - 14.00: cfMesh - a reliable meshing tool for the automotive applications
    F. Juretic, (Creative Fields Ltd.)
  • 14.00 - 14.30: Development and validation of a CFD combustion model for HD Diesel Engine: NexGenComb Project
    G. Hardy (FIAT Powertrain)
  • 14.30 - 15.00: In-cylinder flows and combustion modeling: application and validation to real and engine-like configurations
    T. Lucchini, G. D'Errico, A. Della Torre, T. Cerri, A. Maghbouli, E. A. Tahmasebi, L. Sforza (Politecnico di Milano).
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  • 15.00 - 15.30: A representative linear eddy model (RILEM) for non-premixed combustion
    T. Lackmann (Institutionen för tillämpad mekanik); A. Kerstein, M. Oevermann, T. Lackman (Chalmers University of Technology).
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  • 15.30 - 16.00: Open discussion and coffee break
  • 16.00 - 16.30: Mass transfer analysis of Open cell structures for the optimization of catalytic foam reactors
    F. Lucci, P. Dimopoulos Eggenschwile (EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology).
  • 16.30 - 17.00: Multi-level simulation of mufflers and after-treatment devices for internal combustion engines
    G. Montenegro, A. Della Torre, L. Nocivelli, A. Onorati (Politecnico di Milano).
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  • 17.00 - 17.30: Fluid Dynamic Optimization of a Moto3 Engine by Means of 1D-3D coupled simulations
    M. Fiocco, D. Borghesi (Mahindra Racing)

Second Day

  • 09.15 - 09.45: DES Turbulence Modeling for ICE Flow Simulation in OpenFOAM
    V. K. Krastev (University of Tuscia).
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  • 09.45 - 10.15: Development of compressible solvers for the simulation of turbulent flows over dynamic topologically changing grids: an application to the simulation of GDI injectors
    F. Piscaglia, A. Montorfano, J. Martinez, Y. Wu, F. Giussani. (Politecnico di Milano), J. Hélie (Continental Automotive SAS), S.M. Aithal (Argonne National Lab).
  • 10.15 - 11.00: Open discussion and coffee break
  • 11.00 - 11.30: Vortex cavitation in elliptical injection nozzles
    M. Altimira, M. Mihaescu (Royal Institute of Technology KTH)
  • 11.30 - 12.00: Internal Nozzle Flow and external atomization process of GDI injectors investigated by LES-VOF
    J. Hélie, N. Lamarque (Continental Automotive), M Caillou, CORIA, FX Demoulin (CORIA).
  • 12.00 - 12.30: Adaptive Mesh Refinement With Moving Meshes: Application to spray modeling
    A. Nygren (Chalmers University of Technology), A. Karlsson (Volvo Group Trucks Technology).
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  • 12.30 - 13.00: Open discussion and Closing remarks