Complex Flow Simulation Using a Partially Lagging One-Equation Turbulence Model

A recently developed one-equation turbulence model
has been successfully applied to simulate turbulent flows with
various complexities. The model, which is based on the
transformation of the k-ε closure, is wall-distance free and equipped
with lagging destruction/dissipation terms. Test cases included shockboundary-
layer interaction flows over the NACA 0012 airfoil, an
axisymmetric bump, and the ONERA M6 wing. The capability of the
model to operate in a Scale Resolved Simulation (SRS) mode is
demonstrated through the simulation of a massive flow separation
over a circular cylinder at Re= 1.2 x106. An assessment of the results
against available experiments Menter (k-ε)1Eq and the Spalart-
Allmaras model that belongs to the single equation closure family is
made.

Authors:

• M. Elkhoury

Keywords:

• Turbulence modeling
• complex flow simulation
• scale adaptive simulation
• one-equation turbulence model.

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