A Reynolds-averaged turbulence modeling approach using three transport equations for the turbulent viscosity, kinetic energy, and dissipation rate

摘要

A Reynolds-averaged approach to turbulent shear flows is sought with resort to a three-equation method. Its novelty is the introduction of a turbulent-viscosity transport equation through the transport equation for the Reynolds stress in addition to those for the turbulent kinetic energy and the dissipation rate. The latter two equations are used for evaluating the dimensional coefficients in the former. The aim of this model is to enhance the capability to cope with nonstationary and advection effects in various turbulent flows. The adaptability to them is confirmed through the application to homogeneous-shear and supersonic free-shear flows. In particular, the reasonable prediction is obtained in the latter where the growth rate of the shear layer is suppressed with the increase in the convective Mach number. The present model is also applied to a three-dimensional flow past a wing tip as an instance of complex aeronautical flows, and the excessive diffusion of the trailing vortices is shown to be suppressed. The turbulent-viscosity representation for the Reynolds stress is systematically supplemented with nonlinear effects of mean-velocity gradient tensors, and its adequacy is verified in a channel flow.