Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method

A detailed study of a set of combined acceleration methods is presented with the objective of accelerating the solid rocket motor grain burnback simulation based on the level set method. Relevant methods were improved by making use of unique characteristics of the grains, and graphical processing un...

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Main Authors: Ran Wei, Futing Bao, Yang Liu, Weihua Hui
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4827810
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description A detailed study of a set of combined acceleration methods is presented with the objective of accelerating the solid rocket motor grain burnback simulation based on the level set method. Relevant methods were improved by making use of unique characteristics of the grains, and graphical processing unit (GPU) parallelization is utilized to perform the computationally intensive operations. The presented flow traced the expansion of burning surfaces, and then Boolean operations were applied on the resulting surfaces to extract various geometric metrics. The initial signed distance field was built by an improved distance field generating method, and a highly optimized GPU kernel was used for estimating the gradient required by the level set method. An innovative Boolean operation method, thousands of times faster than ordinary ones, was ultimately proposed. Performance tests show that the overall speedup was close to 15 on desktop-class hardware, simulation results were proven to converge to analytical results, and the error boundary was 0.25%.
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spelling doaj-art-f00bbe26d2aa44fabba43301b936619e2025-02-03T01:07:51ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742018-01-01201810.1155/2018/48278104827810Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set MethodRan Wei0Futing Bao1Yang Liu2Weihua Hui3Science and Technology on Combustion Internal Flow and Thermal-Structure Laboratory, School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaScience and Technology on Combustion Internal Flow and Thermal-Structure Laboratory, School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaScience and Technology on Combustion Internal Flow and Thermal-Structure Laboratory, School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaScience and Technology on Combustion Internal Flow and Thermal-Structure Laboratory, School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaA detailed study of a set of combined acceleration methods is presented with the objective of accelerating the solid rocket motor grain burnback simulation based on the level set method. Relevant methods were improved by making use of unique characteristics of the grains, and graphical processing unit (GPU) parallelization is utilized to perform the computationally intensive operations. The presented flow traced the expansion of burning surfaces, and then Boolean operations were applied on the resulting surfaces to extract various geometric metrics. The initial signed distance field was built by an improved distance field generating method, and a highly optimized GPU kernel was used for estimating the gradient required by the level set method. An innovative Boolean operation method, thousands of times faster than ordinary ones, was ultimately proposed. Performance tests show that the overall speedup was close to 15 on desktop-class hardware, simulation results were proven to converge to analytical results, and the error boundary was 0.25%.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4827810
spellingShingle Ran Wei
Futing Bao
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Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method
title_full Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method
title_fullStr Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method
title_full_unstemmed Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method
title_short Combined Acceleration Methods for Solid Rocket Motor Grain Burnback Simulation Based on the Level Set Method
title_sort combined acceleration methods for solid rocket motor grain burnback simulation based on the level set method
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4827810
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