scholarly journals Assessments ofk-kLTurbulence Model Based on Menter’s Modification to Rotta’s Two-Equation Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled S. Abdol-Hamid

The main objective of this paper is to construct a turbulence model with a more reliable second equation simulating length scale. In the present paper, we assess the length scale equation based on Menter’s modification to Rotta’s two-equation model. Rotta shows that a reliable second equation can be formed in an exact transport equation from the turbulent length scale and kinetic energy. Rotta’s equation is well suited for a term-by-term modeling and shows some interesting features compared to other approaches. The most important difference is that the formulation leads to a natural inclusion of higher order velocity derivatives into the source terms of the scale equation, which has the potential to enhance the capability of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes to simulate unsteady flows. The model is implemented in the CFD solver with complete formulation, usage methodology, and validation examples to demonstrate its capabilities. The detailed studies include grid convergence. Near-wall and shear flows cases are documented and compared with experimental and large eddy simulation data. The results from this formulation are as good or better than the well-known shear stress turbulence model and much better thank-εresults. Overall, the study provides useful insights into the model capability in predicting attached and separated flows.

Author(s):  
Albert Ruprecht ◽  
Ralf Neubauer ◽  
Thomas Helmrich

The vortex instability in a spherical pipe trifurcation is investigated by applying a Very Large Eddy Simulation (VLES). For this approach an new adaptive turbulence model based on an extended version of the k-ε model is used. Applying a classical Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes-Simulation with the standard k-ε model is not able to forecast the vortex instability. However the prescribed VLES method is capable to predict this flow phenomenon. The obtained results show a reasonable agreement with measurements in a model test.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siniša Krajnović ◽  
Per Ringqvist ◽  
Branislav Basara

The paper presents a partially averaged Navier–Stokes (PANS) simulation of the flow around a cuboid influenced by crosswind. The results of the PANS prediction are validated against experimental data and results of a large-eddy simulation (LES) made using the same numerical conditions as PANS. The PANS shows good agreement with the experimental data. The prediction of PANS was found to be better than that of the LES in flow regions where simulations suffered from poor near-wall resolution.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sagar Saroha ◽  
Krishnendu Chakraborty ◽  
Sawan S. Sinha ◽  
Sunil Lakshmipathy

Abstract The partially averaged Navier–Stokes (PANS) approach has emerged as a viable scale-resolving bridging method over the last decade. Conventional PANS method, based on the linear eddy viscosity closure, overcomes the scale-resolving inadequacies of Reynolds-averaging but still suffers from limitations arising from linear constitutive modeling of turbulent stresses. Linear PANS has been evaluated in a variety of complex flow fields, including the benchmark case of flow around a sphere. In this work, the authors assess the potential of nonlinear eddy viscosity closure and further extend the evaluation of nonlinear closure in predicting thermal characteristics (besides hydrodynamics) of flow past a sphere. The presented evaluation has been performed on the basis of various surface-related and wake-related quantities. Our results are compared against available experimental and direct numerical simulation (DNS)/large eddy simulation studies. Our study shows that for the same value of the filter-control parameters, nonlinear PANS performs significantly better than linear PANS.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 358-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P Lockard ◽  
William M Humphreys ◽  
Mehdi R Khorrami ◽  
Ehab Fares ◽  
Damiano Casalino ◽  
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An 18% scale semispan model is used as a platform for examining the efficacy of microphone array processing using synthetic data from numerical simulations. Two hybrid Reynolds-Averaged-Navier-Stokes/Large-Eddy-Simulation (RANS/LES) codes coupled with Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings solvers are used to calculate 97 microphone signals at the locations of an array employed in the NASA Langley Research Center 14 × 22 tunnel. Conventional, DAMAS, and CLEAN-SC array processing is applied in an identical fashion to the experimental and computational results for three different configurations involving deploying and retracting the main landing gear and a part-span flap. Despite the short time records of the numerical signals, the beamform maps are able to isolate the noise sources, and the appearance of the DAMAS synthetic array maps is generally better than those from the experimental data. The experimental CLEAN-SC maps are similar in quality to those from the simulations indicating that CLEAN-SC may have less sensitivity to background noise. The spectrum obtained from DAMAS processing of synthetic array data is nearly identical to the spectrum of the center microphone of the array, indicating that for this problem array processing of synthetic data does not improve spectral comparisons with experiment. However, the beamform maps do provide an additional means of comparison that can reveal differences that cannot be ascertained from spectra alone.


Author(s):  
V. A. SABELNIKOV ◽  
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V. V. VLASENKO ◽  
S. BAKHNE ◽  
S. S. MOLEV ◽  
...  

Gasdynamics of detonation waves was widely studied within last hundred years - analytically, experimentally, and numerically. The majority of classical studies of the XX century were concentrated on inviscid aspects of detonation structure and propagation. There was a widespread opinion that detonation is such a fast phenomenon that viscous e¨ects should have insigni¦cant in§uence on its propagation. When the era of calculations based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier- Stokes (RANS) and large eddy simulation approaches came into effect, researchers pounced on practical problems with complex geometry and with the interaction of many physical effects. There is only a limited number of works studying the in§uence of viscosity on detonation propagation in supersonic §ows in ducts (i. e., in the presence of boundary layers).


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 742
Author(s):  
Minsheng Zhao ◽  
Decheng Wan ◽  
Yangyang Gao

The present work focuses on the comparison of the numerical simulation of sheet/cloud cavitation with the Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes and Large Eddy Simulation(RANS and LES) methods around NACA0012 hydrofoil in water flow. Three kinds of turbulence models—SST k-ω, modified SST k-ω, and Smagorinsky’s model—were used in this paper. The unstable sheet cavity and periodic shedding of the sheet/cloud cavitation were predicted, and the simulation results, namelycavitation shape, shedding frequency, and the lift and the drag coefficients of those three turbulence models, were analyzed and compared with each other. The numerical results above were basically in accordance with experimental ones. It was found that the modified SST k-ω and Smagorinsky turbulence models performed better in the aspects of cavitation shape, shedding frequency, and capturing the unsteady cavitation vortex cluster in the developing and shedding period of the cavitation at the cavitation number σ = 0.8. At a small angle of attack, the modified SST k-ω model was more accurate and practical than the other two models. However, at a large angle of attack, the Smagorinsky model of the LES method was able to give specific information in the cavitation flow field, which RANS method could not give. Further study showed that the vortex structure of the wing is the main cause of cavitation shedding.


Author(s):  
Michael Leschziner ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Fabrizio Tessicini

This paper provides a discussion of several aspects of the construction of approaches that combine statistical (Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes, RANS) models with large eddy simulation (LES), with the objective of making LES an economically viable method for predicting complex, high Reynolds number turbulent flows. The first part provides a review of alternative approaches, highlighting their rationale and major elements. Next, two particular methods are introduced in greater detail: one based on coupling near-wall RANS models to the outer LES domain on a single contiguous mesh, and the other involving the application of the RANS and LES procedures on separate zones, the former confined to a thin near-wall layer. Examples for their performance are included for channel flow and, in the case of the zonal strategy, for three separated flows. Finally, a discussion of prospects is given, as viewed from the writer's perspective.


Author(s):  
James Tyacke ◽  
Richard Jefferson-Loveday ◽  
Paul Tucker

Nine Large Eddy Simulation (LES) methods are used to simulate flow through two labyrinth seal geometries and are compared with a wide range of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solutions. These involve one-equation, two-equation and Reynolds Stress RANS models. Also applied are linear and nonlinear pure LES models, hybrid RANS-Numerical-LES (RANS-NLES) and Numerical-LES (NLES). RANS is found to have a maximum error and a scatter of 20%. A similar level of scatter is also found among the same turbulence model implemented in different codes. In a design context, this makes RANS unusable as a final solution. Results show that LES and RANS-NLES is capable of accurately predicting flow behaviour of two seals with a scatter of less than 5%. The complex flow physics gives rise to both laminar and turbulent zones making most LES models inappropriate. Nonetheless, this is found to have minimal tangible results impact. In accord with experimental observations, the ability of LES to find multiple solutions due to solution non-uniqueness is also observed.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. S. Hedges ◽  
A. K. Travin ◽  
P. R. Spalart

The flow around a generic airliner landing-gear truck is calculated using the methods of Detached-Eddy Simulation, and of Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations, with the Spalart-Allmaras one-equation model. The two simulations have identical numerics, using a multi-block structured grid with about 2.5 million points. The Reynolds number is 6×105. Comparison to the experiment of Lazos shows that the simulations predict the pressure on the wheels accurately for such a massively separated flow with strong interference. DES performs somewhat better than URANS. Drag and lift are not predicted as well. The time-averaged and instantaneous flow fields are studied, particularly to determine their suitability for the physics-based prediction of noise. The two time-averaged flow fields are similar, though the DES shows more turbulence intensity overall. The instantaneous flow fields are very dissimilar. DES develops a much wider range of unsteady scales of motion and appears promising for noise prediction, up to some frequency limit.


AIAA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Tanner B. Nielsen ◽  
Jack R. Edwards ◽  
Harsha K. Chelliah ◽  
Damien Lieber ◽  
Clayton Geipel ◽  
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