Turbulence modelling improvement for highly detached unsteady aerodynamic flows by statistical and hybrid approaches

This paper analyses the performances of adapted URANS and DES turbulence^modelling for high-Reynolds 2D and 3D aerodynamic flows with a pronounced periodic character. The flow configurations is the NACA0012 airfoil in pitch (experimental test-case by Mc Croskey & Mc Alistair, 1976) at Reynolds number 0.98x10^6, as well as the inherently unsteady...

Evaluation of the SST-SAS Model: Channel Flow, Asymmetric Diffuser and Axi-symmetric Hill

The SAS model (Scale Adapted Simulation) was invented by Menter and co-workers. The idea behind the SST-SAS k-omega model is to add an additional production term -- the SAS term -- in the omega equation, which is sensitive to resolved (i.e. unsteady) fluctuations. When the flow equations resolve turbulence, the length scale based on velocity...

LES and URANS Unsteady Boundary Layer Strategies for Pulsating and Oscillating Turbulent Channel Flows Applications

The use of wall functions has been investigated for LES and URANS numerical simulation in pulsating and oscillating channel flow applications. The results show that the wall function approach is accurate in the so-called quasi-steady regime but there are discrepancies with the experimental results in the intermediate frequency range. A special...