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Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
Reacting Flow
The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating reacting flows such as combustion.
Acoustic Modal Analysis: Thermo-Acoustic Stability of a Cylindrical Burner
Thermo-acoustic instability, that is, large-amplitude pressure oscillations, can be encountered in many devices such as gas turbines, rocket engines, or combustors. The instabilities, which can have detrimental consequences, are excited by the feedback loop between the unsteady combustion and the natural acoustic modes of the devices.
Visualizing Acoustic Mode Shapes and Acoustic Frequencies
You create a scalar scene and plots to display acoustic mode shapes and frequencies within the cylindrical burner geometry.

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Tutorials
Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
- Using Tutorial Macros and Files
  Macros, input files, and final simulation files for a range of tutorials are provided as an optional download package on the Support Center website. These macros and final simulation files are provided as an aid to the written tutorials, so that you can check your final results against the downloaded files, or against a simulation that is built and run using the macros.
- Introduction
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  - Reacting Channels: Steam Methane Reforming
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  - Acoustic Modal Analysis: Thermo-Acoustic Stability of a Cylindrical Burner
    Thermo-acoustic instability, that is, large-amplitude pressure oscillations, can be encountered in many devices such as gas turbines, rocket engines, or combustors. The instabilities, which can have detrimental consequences, are excited by the feedback loop between the unsteady combustion and the natural acoustic modes of the devices.
    - Loading the Starting File and Running the Combustion Simulation
      You start this tutorial by loading a simulation file that contains the cylindrical burner geometry with the meshing operations to generate the volume mesh, already set up. To provide input for the acoustic modal analysis, you run a fully prepared steady-state combustion simulation using the Eddy Break-Up model.
    - Setting Up the Acoustic Modal Analysis Model
      The Acoustic Modal Analysis model allows you to simulate acoustic mode shapes, frequencies, and linear growth rates (whether the waves are damped and stable, or amplified and unstable).
    - Specifying the Acoustic Impedance at the Boundaries
      Here, you specify how the acoustic pressure interacts with the boundaries.
    - Running the Acoustic Modal Analysis
      Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Acoustic Modal Analysis solver computes the acoustic frequencies, normalized mode shapes, and linear growth rates for the cylindrical burner. The solver computes the non-reacting acoustic modes first, followed by the reacting modes using the n-tau model.
    - Visualizing Acoustic Mode Shapes and Acoustic Frequencies
      You create a scalar scene and plots to display acoustic mode shapes and frequencies within the cylindrical burner geometry.
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Visualizing Acoustic Mode Shapes and Acoustic Frequencies

You create a scalar scene and plots to display acoustic mode shapes and frequencies within the cylindrical burner geometry.

To visualize acoustic mode shapes and acoustic frequencies:

Create a scalar scene and rename it Acoustic Pressure Normalized.
Edit the Scenes > Acoustic Pressure Normalized > Scalar 1 node and set the following properties:
Node Property Setting
Scalar 1 Representation Acoustic Modes View
Parts Parts Derived Parts > [midplane]
Scalar Field Function Acoustic Pressure Normalized
Select the Solution Views > Acoustic Modes View node and edit the value for Acoustic Mode from 1 through 6.
The image in the Acoustic Pressure Normalized scalar scene displays the normalized acoustic pressure for each of the 6 acoustic modes on the midplane part (the acoustic pressure is scaled from 0–1). The following images show modes 1-6 :
Mode 1:

Mode 2:

Mode 3:

Mode 4:

Mode 5:

Mode 6:

The results highlight that the mode shapes are longitudinal, that is, the nodes are located axially along the length of the domain.

Create a plot to display the normalized acoustic pressure through the axial centreline of the cylindrical burner.

Right-click the Plots node and select New Plot > XY Plot.
Rename the Plots > XY Plot 1 node to Centreline Mode Shape.

Expand the Centreline Mode Shape node and set the following properties:


Node	Property	Setting
Centreline Mode Shape	Title	Mode Shape
	Parts	Derived Parts > [center line]
	Representation	Acoustic Modes View
X Type
Vector Quantity	Value	[0.0, 0.0, 1.0]
Y Types
Y Type 1 > Scalar Function	Field Function	Acoustic Pressure Normalized

Select the Solution Views > Acoustic Modes View node and edit the value for Acoustic Mode from 1 through 6.
The Centreline Mode Shape plot updates to display each of the six acoustic mode shapes on the centreline part. The following image shows an example of the centreline mode shape for mode 6, which emphasizes the varying amplitude and frequency for this mode. The growth rate for this mode is positive, as observed from Acoustic Frequency Table results, hence the pressure fluctuations are expected to grow with time—and the mode is unstable.
Save the simulation.