COMMU1

Each COMMU1 type monitored volume works like an AIRBAG1 type monitored volume with possible vent communication with some other COMMU1 type monitored volume. A chambered airbag is therefore designed with two or more COMMU1 type monitored volumes.

Each monitored volume can have an inflator and vent holes.

Case 1: Folded Airbag

To model a folded airbag, one COMMU1 type monitored volume is used for each folded part. The boundary between two folded parts is closed with a void (dummy) property set. The area of communication is defined with this void property set. The pressure in each folded part will be different and the area of communication will increase during inflation. With this modelization the volume with inflator will inflate first and before the folded parts.

Volume 1: Prop. 1 + 4 + 5: Communication area: vol. 1 to 2: prop. 4; vol. 1 to 3: prop. 5
Volume 2: Prop. 2 + 4: Communication area: vol. 2 to 1: prop. 4
Volume 3: Prop. 3 + 5: Communication area: vol. 3 to 1: prop. 5

Case 2: General Use

Monitored volume 1 can communicate with monitored volume 2 with or without communication from 2 to 1. Communication area, deflation pressure or time from 1 to 2 can be different than corresponding values from 2 to 1. That way it is possible to model a valve communication.

Two communication monitored volumes can have common nodes or common shell property set, but this is optional.

Volume 1 communicates with volume 2, and volume 2 with volume 1 and 3, but there is no communication from 3 to 2.

General Equations

Same equations for AIRBAG1 type monitored volume are used, but incoming and outgoing enthalpy and kinetic energies will take into account the communicating bags. For each communicating volume for which pressure is lower than in current volume, a mass and energy flow is computed with same equations for vent holes, the external pressure is just replaced by the pressure of communicating volume:

$u^{2} = \frac{2 γ}{γ - 1} \frac{P}{ρ} (1 - {(\frac{P_{v e n t}}{P})}^{\frac{γ - 1}{γ}})$

with,

$P_{v e n t} = \max (P_{c r i t}, P_{n e i g h b o r})$

$ρ_{v e n t} = ρ (\frac{P_{v e n t}}{P}) \frac{1}{γ}$

${\dot{m}}_{o u t} = ρ_{v e n t} \cdot A_{v e n t} \cdot u = ρ {(\frac{P_{e x t}}{P})}^{\frac{1}{γ}} \cdot A_{v e n t} \cdot u$

${\dot{E}}_{o u t} = {\dot{m}}_{o u t} \frac{E}{ρ V} = {(\frac{P_{e x t}}{P})}^{\frac{1}{γ}} A_{v e n t} u \frac{E}{V}$

These mass and energy fluxes are removed from current volume and added to communicating volume at the next cycle.

Inflator, Vent Hole, Initial Conditions

Inflator, atmospheric vent holes and initial conditions are identical to /MONVOL/AIRBAG1 type monitored volume.

Specific Input

The specific input for this type is:

$μ$: Viscosity factor
$P_{e x t}$: External pressure
$Δ P_{d e f}$: Relative vent deflation pressure
A_vent: Vent area ( $s u r f_I D_{v} = 0$ ) or discharge factor ( $s u r f_I D_{v} \neq 0$ )
T_start: Time to deflate vent hole

Initial gas and injected gas defined with /MAT/GAS.

Inject properties defined with /PROP/INJECT1 or /PROP/INJECT2.

fct_ID_M: Injected mass curve (or mass rate)
Fscale_M: Scale factor for injected mass curve (or mass rate)
fct_ID_T: Injected temperature curve
Fscale_T: Scale factor for injected temperature curve
sens_ID: Sensor number to start injection
Nvent: Number of vent hole
Nbag: Number of communicating volume

For each communicating volume (1 to Nbag):

bag_ID: Identification of communicating volume
$s u r f_I D_{c}$: Defines the communication area
$Δ P_{C d e f}$: Relative communication deflation pressure
A_com: Communication area ( $s u r f_I D_{c} = 0$ ) or discharge factor ( $s u r f_I D_{c} \neq 0$ )
T_com: Time to deflate communication area

In volume j input, the data for communication with volume k concerns only the flow from j to k. The data concerning the flow from k to j is defined in volume k input.