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Computation of turbulent flows over backward and forward-facing steps using a near-wall reynolds stress model
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ko, Sung HO |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | Separation and reattachment of turbulent shear layers is observed in many important engineering applications, yet it is poorly understood. This has motivated many studies on understanding and predicting the processes of separation and reattachment of turbulent shear layers. Both of the situations in which separation is induced by adverse pressure gradient, or by discontinuities of geometry, have attracted attention of turbulence model developers. Formulation of turbulence closure models to describe the essential features of separated turbulent flows accurately is still a formidable task. Computations of separated flows associated with sharp-edged bluff bodies are described. For the past two decades, the backward-facing step flow, the simplest separated flow, has been a popular test case for turbulence models. Detailed studies on the performance of many turbulence models, including two equation turbulence models and Reynolds stress models, for flows over steps can be found in the papers by Thangam & Speziale and Lasher & Taulbee). These studies indicate that almost all the existing turbulence models fail to accurately predict many important features of back step flow such as reattachment length, recovery rate of the redeveloping boundary layers downstream of the reattachment point, streamlines near the reattachment point, and the skin friction coefficient. The main objectives are to calculate flows over backward and forward-facing steps using the NRSM and to make use of the newest DNS data for detailed comparison. This will give insights for possible improvements of the turbulence model. |
| File Size | 678883 |
| Page Count | 16 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940019672 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7np70766 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Turbulent Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics Skin Friction Reattached Flow Pressure Gradients Shear Layers Reynolds Stress Turbulence Models Bluff Bodies Closure Law Mathematical Models Separated Flow Backward Facing Steps Boundary Layers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
