A dot tracking algorithm to measure free surface deformations

The present study introduces an experimental technique based on a Free Surface-Synthetic Schlieren (FS-SS) method in order to characterize free surfaces subjected to strong deformations. Current synthetic Schlieren methods are based on local image correlation and thus limited to rather weak image deformations, implying that they can only resolve...

An introduction to CFD code verification including eddy-viscosity models

This paper addresses the method of manufactured solutions for RANS solvers, i.e. in the context of the calculation of incompressible turbulent flows with eddy-viscosity turbulence models. The difficulties caused by damping and/or blending functions included in the turbulence models are discussed. The need to manufacture the turbulence quantities...

Enhancement of aircraft cabin comfort studies by coupling of models for human thermoregulation, internal radiation, and turbulent flows

Scientific enhancement of the analysis of thermal comfort aspects in aircraft cabins is the subject of the current investigation. For this purpose, three important processes are identified that play a significant role in thermal comfort, viz. the human response to its thermal environment which is also known as thermoregulation, the actual...

Verification of Turbulence Models with a Manufactured Solution

This paper presents an exercise of Code Verification with two manufactured solutions valid for 2D RANS equations supplemented either with the one-equation Spalart & Allmaras or with the two-equation BSL k-w turbulence model. When the manufactured solution is applied with the eddy viscosity frozen, second order convergence behaviour is shown....

Numerical simulation of the aerodynamic flow field and radiated noise of a transonic cavity

A numerical simulation of the turbulent flow field of a transonic cavity and its associated far-field sound radiation, are presented. The test case is based on the experimental case M219 of QinetiQ. Two different turbulent simulations are performed, the first one is a URANS simulation with a k-w-EARSM turbulence model. while a DES turbulence...

Large eddy simulation for turbulent non-premixed fuel-rich combustion in a cylindrical combustor

In this work we investigate turbulent non-premixed combustion, including species concentrations and temperature, in a model of 3D cylindrical combustor. Gaseous propane (C3H8) and preheated air with temperature of 773K are injected through the combustor inlet. A Large Eddy Simulation (LES) technique is applied to solve the governing equations of...

On finite element variational multiscale methods for incompressible turbulent flows

Two realizations of finite element variational multiscale (VMS) methods for the simulation of incompressible turbulent flows are studied. The difference between the two approaches consists in the way the spaces for the large scales and the resolved small scales are chosen. The paper addresses issues of the implementation of these methods, the...

A high-order discontinuous Galerkin solver for 3D aerodynamic turbulent flows

This paper deals with the evaluation and validation of a recently developed parallel discontinuous Galerkin code for the numerical solution of the RANS and k-omega turbulence model equations. The main features of the code can be summarized as follows: a) high-order spatial accuracy on hybrid grids, b) fully coupled, implicit time discretization,...