Improvement of Physical Modeling for Vortex-Dominated Flows

Abstract

In this work the advantages of applying Reynolds stress models over the eddy-viscosity RANS turbulence models and scale-resolving simulation methods for the flows characterized by separation from smooth surfaces and subsequent vortex formation are explored. To this end, the flow over a spheroid, a delta wing and a diamond wing, which all exhibit vortex separation, are investigated. For all the aforementioned configurations, predictions obtained by different approaches are compared to each other and to experiments. In this report, first, improvements and detriments observed in Reynolds stress model predictions compared to other RANS predictions are presented. Later, the performance of a Reynolds stress model is compared to scale-resolving simulations of hybrid RANS/LES type, and the predictive capabilities of the different methods and their advantages for the aforementioned flows

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 24, 2022
Accession Number
AD1165450

Entities

People

  • A. Krumbein
  • A. Probst
  • Andreas Krumbein
  • V. Togiti

Organizations

  • German Aerospace Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Delta Wings
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • High Angles
  • Leading Edges
  • Mechanical Phenomena
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Scientific Research
  • Shear Stresses
  • Simulations
  • Skin Friction
  • Stresses
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.