Large-eddy simulation (LES) of wall-bounded flows is limited to moderate Reynolds number flows due to the high computational cost required to resolve the near wall eddies. LES can be extended to high Reynolds number flows by using wall-layer models which bypass the near-wall region and model its effect on the outer region. Wall-layer models based on equilibrium laws yield poor prediction in non-equilibrium flows, in which Wall-Modeled LES (WMLES) that model the near wall region by Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equation and the outer region by LES, has the potential to yield better results. However, in attached equilibrium flows, WMLES under-predicts the skin friction due to slow generation of resolved eddies at the RANS/LES interface; application of stochastic forcing results in faster generation of resolved eddies and improved predictions. In this work, wall-layer models based on equilibrium laws and WMLES are tested for four non-equilibrium flows. Flow over a contoured ra…
Author: radhakrishnan, senthilkumaran
Source: University of Maryland
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