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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 120383-120383.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2016.0205

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Genevalization and validation of γ-Reθt-CF transition modeling in combination with Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model

JU Shengjun, YAN Chao, YE Zhifei   

  1. School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2016-04-28 Revised:2016-06-25 Online:2017-04-15 Published:2016-07-18

Abstract:

One of the major 3D transition mechanisms is transition due to crossflow (CF) instability. The γ-Reθt-CF transition model is a local correlation-based approach for prediction of transition caused either by Tollmien-Schlichting steamwise instability or crossflow instability. In order to improve the efficiency, γ-Reθt-CF-SA model is coupled with the one-equation Spalart-Allmaras (SA) turbulence model, and is then implemented in open-source Standford University Unstructured (SU2), a platform for computational fluid dynamics analyses. In order to validate and assess prediction accuracy of new model, a series of transition flows are simulated including NLF(2)-0415 swept airfoil and 6:1 prolate spheroid standard model. Computation results using γ-Reθt-CF-SA model are in good agreement with available experimental data, far superior to those using original γ-Reθt model. Model proposed can effectively predict location of crossflow instability transition.

Key words: transition model, crossflow instability, local correlation-based, momentum thickness, intermittency

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