Multiple source modeling of low-reynolds-number dissipation rate equation with aids of DNS data

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-402
Author(s):  
Young Don Choi ◽  
Jong Keun Shin ◽  
Kun Ho Chun
1976 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hanjalić ◽  
B. E. Launder

The problem of closing the Reynolds-stress and dissipation-rate equations at low Reynolds numbers is considered, specific forms being suggested for the direct effects of viscosity on the various transport processes. By noting that the correlation coefficient$\overline{uv^2}/\overline{u^2}\overline{v^2} $is nearly constant over a considerable portion of the low-Reynolds-number region adjacent to a wall the closure is simplified to one requiring the solution of approximated transport equations for only the turbulent shear stress, the turbulent kinetic energy and the energy dissipation rate. Numerical solutions are presented for turbulent channel flow and sink flows at low Reynolds number as well as a case of a severely accelerated boundary layer in which the turbulent shear stress becomes negligible compared with the viscous stresses. Agreement with experiment is generally encouraging.


Author(s):  
Hector Iacovides ◽  
Kostas S. Nikas ◽  
Marcel A. F. Te Braak

This study is concerned with the use of low-Reynolds-number models of turbulence transport in the computation of flows through rotating cavities. The models tested are the Launder and Sharma low-Re k-ε (L-S) and a low-Re differential second-moment closure (DSM), first used by Iacovides and Toumpanakis, both with and without the Yap correction term to the dissipation rate equation. The cases examined include rotor-stator systems without throughflow, rotor-stator systems with radial outflow, contra-rotating disc systems without throughflow and also with radial outflow, co rotating discs with radial outflow and also rotor-stator systems with radial inflow. Earlier studies have shown that, when no throughflow or when radial outflow is involved, the L-S tends to over-estimate the size of the regions over which the boundary layers remain laminar, while the zonal k-ε/l-eqn model is unable to predict partially laminarized flows. A modification to the ε equation proposed here, which in regions of low turbulence reduces the dissipation rate when the fluid is in solid body rotation, provides a simple empirical way to significantly improve the L-S predictions of partially laminarized flows through rotating cavities, to acceptable levels. The DSM model used, in some cases led to some further predictive improvements and, for rotor-stator systems without throughflow, to a significant improvement in the predicted value of the moment coefficient. The Yap length scale correction term, while in most cases it has either a beneficial or a neutral effect on the flow predictions, in cases involving radial inflow it leads to poorer predictions. Models that do not rely on wall distance thus appear more likely to have a wider range of applicability.


1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanzhong Zhang ◽  
Mohammad Faghri ◽  
Frank M. White

A new low-Reynolds-number k-ε model is proposed to simulate turbulent flow over smooth and rough surfaces by including the equivalent sand-grain roughness height into the model functions. The simulation of various flow experiments shows that the model can predict the log-law velocity profile and other properties such as friction factors, turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate for both smooth and rough surfaces.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zal Aminullah Daman Huri ◽  
Shabudin Bin Mat ◽  
Mazuriah Said ◽  
Shuhaimi Mansor ◽  
Md. Nizam Dahalan ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Vadim V. Lemanov ◽  
Viktor I. Terekhov ◽  
Vladimir V. Terekhov

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