Three-dimensional numerical investigation of a low speed particle-laden turbulent flow over a backwardfacing step has been carried out. An assumption of incompressibility of the flow is used due to low Mach number of the flow. The gas phase is performed by Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and the particl
Large eddy simulation of backward-facing step flow
β Scribed by Kobayashi, Toshio ;Morinishi, Youhei ;Oh, Keon-Je
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 514 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0748-8025
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β¦ Synopsis
Recirculating flow around a backward-facing step is caIculated by large eddy simulation (LES). The reattachment length is found to be xR/H = 8 for a Smagorinsky constant of C = 0.15, and xR/H = 9 for C = 0.10. In the recirculating region, three eddy structures can be observed in the instantaneous streamline distributions, and the location of the reattachment point varies according to the size of these eddies. The stream-wise turbulence intensities at the start of the recirculating region around the step are considerably reduced by LES in comparison with the values predicted by the k -E model, but they have somewhat higher values than those of the kc model as it approaches the reattachment point.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A numerical investigation of laminar flow over a three-dimensional backward-facing step is presented with comparisons with detailed experimental data, available in the literature, serving to validate the numerical results. The continuity constraint method, implemented via a finite element weak state