This paper is concerned with the numerical prediction of two- and three-dimensional transitional separated flows of turbomachinery interest. The recently proposed single-point transition model based on the use of a laminar kinetic energy transport equation is considered, insofar as it does not require to evaluate any integral parameter, such as boundary-layer thickness, and is thus directly applicable to three-dimensional flows. A well established model, combining a transition-onset correlation with an intermittency transport equation, is also used for comparison. Both models are implemented within a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes solver employing a low-Reynolds-number k–omega turbulence model. The performance of the transition models have been evaluated and tested versus well-documented incompressible flows past a flat plate with semi-circular leading edge, namely: tests T3L2, T3L3, T3L5, and T3LA1 of ERCOFTAC, with different Reynolds numbers and free-stream conditions, the last one being characterized by a non-zero pressure gradient. In all computations, the first model has proven as adequate as or superior to the second one and has been then applied with success to two more complex test cases, for which detailed experimental data are available in the literature, namely: the two- and three-dimensional flows through the T106 linear turbine cascade.

Predicting transition in two- and three-dimensional separated flows / Cutrone, L; DE PALMA, Pietro; Pascazio, Giuseppe; Napolitano, Michele. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW. - ISSN 0142-727X. - 29:2(2008), pp. 504-526. [10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.11.005]

Predicting transition in two- and three-dimensional separated flows

DE PALMA, Pietro;PASCAZIO, Giuseppe;NAPOLITANO, Michele
2008-01-01

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the numerical prediction of two- and three-dimensional transitional separated flows of turbomachinery interest. The recently proposed single-point transition model based on the use of a laminar kinetic energy transport equation is considered, insofar as it does not require to evaluate any integral parameter, such as boundary-layer thickness, and is thus directly applicable to three-dimensional flows. A well established model, combining a transition-onset correlation with an intermittency transport equation, is also used for comparison. Both models are implemented within a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes solver employing a low-Reynolds-number k–omega turbulence model. The performance of the transition models have been evaluated and tested versus well-documented incompressible flows past a flat plate with semi-circular leading edge, namely: tests T3L2, T3L3, T3L5, and T3LA1 of ERCOFTAC, with different Reynolds numbers and free-stream conditions, the last one being characterized by a non-zero pressure gradient. In all computations, the first model has proven as adequate as or superior to the second one and has been then applied with success to two more complex test cases, for which detailed experimental data are available in the literature, namely: the two- and three-dimensional flows through the T106 linear turbine cascade.
2008
Predicting transition in two- and three-dimensional separated flows / Cutrone, L; DE PALMA, Pietro; Pascazio, Giuseppe; Napolitano, Michele. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW. - ISSN 0142-727X. - 29:2(2008), pp. 504-526. [10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.11.005]
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