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This article proposes a Reynolds number scaling of the required grid points to perform wall-modeled LES of turbulent flows encountering separation off a solid surface. Based on comparisons between the various time scales in a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-02 Rahul Agrawal , Sanjeeb Bose , Parviz Moin

In the last decade, progresses in additive manufacturing (AM) have paved the way for optimized heat exchangers, whose disruptive design will depend on predictive numerical simulations. Typical AM rough surfaces show limited resemblance to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-10 Himani Garg , Lei Wang , Guillaume Sahut , Christer Fureby

Recently, Kami\'nski et al. [1] demonstrated that a two-dimensional streamwise waviness with carefully selected amplitude and period can be effectively used in postponement of a flow separation at high Reynolds number which is out of reach…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-29 Piotr Kamiński , Artur Tyliszczak , Witold Elsner , Paweł Niegodajew

We present results of implicit large eddy simulation (LES) and different Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models of the MTU 161 low pressure turbine at an exit Reynolds number of 90,000 and exit Mach number of 0.6. The LES results are…

The effect of grid resolution on large eddy simulation (LES) of wall-bounded turbulent flow is investigated. A channel flow simulation campaign involving systematic variation of the streamwise ($\Delta x$) and spanwise ($\Delta z$) grid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-23 Saleh Rezaeiravesh , Mattias Liefvendahl

The present study assesses the performance of the Wall Adapting SGS models along with the Dynamic Smagorinsky model for flows involving separation, reattachment and swirl. Due to the simple geometry and wide application in a variety of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-19 Nitish Arya , Ashoke De

A posteriori analysis based upon a recently proposed non-dissipative large-eddy simulation framework for transcritical wall-bounded turbulence has been carried out. Due to the complexities arisen in such flows, the discretization requires…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-30 M. Bernades , F. Capuano , F. Duchaine , L. Jofre

We conducted WMLES to examine the performance of a simple and widely used ODE-based equilibrium wall model in a spatially-developing 3D TBL inside a bent square duct (Schwarz and Bradshaw 1994) and 3D separated flows behind a skewed bump…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-07 Minjeong Cho , George I. Park , Adrián Lozano-Durán , Parviz Moin

We study the error scaling properties of large-eddy simulation (LES) in the outer region of wall-bounded turbulence at moderately high Reynolds numbers. In order to avoid the additional complexity of wall-modeling, we perform LES of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-26 Adrián Lozano-Durán , Hyunji Jane Bae

Wall-modeled large-eddy simulation (WMLES) is performed for flow over a wing with a focus on documenting grid resolution requirements to predict both the laminar and turbulent regions accurately. Flow over a spanwise extruded NACA0012…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-13 P. Balakumar , Prahladh S. Iyer

The influence of transversely oriented sinusoidal wall corrugation on an incompressible isothermal flow in the near-wall region, subjected to adverse pressure gradient conditions at a friction Reynolds number of $Re_{\tau} = 2500$, is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-26 Piotr Kamiński , Witold Elsner , Artur Tyliszczak , Paweł Niegodajew

This paper studies the large-eddy simulation (LES) of isothermal turbulent channel flows. We investigate zero-equation algebraic models without wall function or wall model: functional models, structural models and mixed models. In addition…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-06-09 Dorian Dupuy , Adrien Toutant , Françoise Bataille

Rotating turbulent flows form a challenging test case for large-eddy simulation (LES). We, therefore, propose and validate a new subgrid-scale (SGS) model for such flows. The proposed SGS model consists of a dissipative eddy viscosity term…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-04-30 Maurits H. Silvis , H. Jane Bae , F. Xavier Trias , Mahdi Abkar , Roel Verstappen

A shear-improved Smagorinsky model is introduced based on recent results concerning shear effects in wall-bounded turbulence by Toschi et al. (2000). The Smagorinsky eddy-viscosity is modified subtracting the magnitude of the mean shear…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-26 E. Leveque , F. Toschi , L. Shao , J. -P. Bertoglio

We present a wall model for large-eddy simulation that incorporates surface-roughness effects and is applicable across low- and high-speed flows, for both transitional and fully rough conditions. The model, implemented using an artificial…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-29 Rong Ma , Adrian Lozano-Duran

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent channel flows up to $Re_{\tau} \approx 1000$ are conducted to investigate the three-dimensional (consisting of streamwise wavenumber, spanwise wavenumber and frequency) spectrum of wall…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-14 Bowen Yang , Zixuan Yang

Flows in square channels are common in applications, such as automotive after-treatment systems and heat exchangers. Flows with axial flow entry are well understood, but for oblique flow entry, there is no clarity on the additional pressure…

A new approach to turbulence simulation, based on a combination of large-eddy simulation (LES) for the whole flow and an array of non-space-filling quasi-direct numerical simulations (QDNS), which sample the response of near-wall turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-20 Neil D. Sandham , Roderick Johnstone , Christian T. Jacobs

Turbulent flow across an in-line array of tube-banks with transverse and longitudinal pitch PT /D = 2.67, and PL /D = 2.31, has been simulated successfully by Large Eddy Simulation (LES) based on the dynamic Smagorinsky subgrid scale model…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-30 C. Jin , I. Potts , D. C. Swailes , M. W. Reeks

Wall modelling in large-eddy simulation (LES) is necessary to overcome the prohibitive near-wall resolution requirements in high-Reynolds-number turbulent flows. Most existing wall models rely on assumptions about the state of the boundary…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-26 H. Jane Bae , Adrián Lozano-Durán , Sanjeeb T. Bose , Parviz Moin