MODELING TURBULENT BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS

Turbulent Boundary-Layer Separation

This article summarizes our present understanding of the physical behavior of two-dimensional turbulent separated flows, which occur due to adverse pressure gradients around streamlined and bluff bodies. The physical behavior of turbulence is flow dependent, so detailed experimental infor­ mation is needed for understanding such flows and modeling their physics for calculation methods. An earli...

Turbulent boundary layer equations

We study a boundary layer problem for the Navier-Stokes-alpha model obtaining a generalization of the Prandtl equations conjectured to represent the averaged flow in a turbulent boundary layer. We solve the equations for the semi-infinite plate, both theoretically and numerically. The latter solutions agree with some experimental data in the turbulent boundary layer.

Negative turbulent production during flow reversal in a stratified oscillating boundary layer on a sloping bottom

Boundary Layer Adaptivity for Transonic Turbulent Flows

Simulations of turbulent flows are challenging and require tight and varying mesh spacings near the walls that depend on the turbulence models used. Semi-structured meshes are often used in the turbulent wall boundary layers due to their ability to be strongly graded and anisotropic. To reduce the discretization errors in the solution, an adaptive approach becomes essential due to the lack of g...

Entrainment in the Turbulent Boundary Layer

By considering the entrainment properties of the turbulent boundary layer, a new and simple form of auxiliary equation has been derived for the calculation of the form parameter H. Comparison with experimental results shows very fair agreement and it should be possible to apply the method in circumstances where normal forms of the auxiliary equation would fail. Further experiment or analysis of...