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Second Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena
June, 27-29, 2001, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

DOI: 10.1615/TSFP2

AN IMPROVED TURBULENCE MODEL FOR ROTATING SHEAR FLOWS

pages 199-204
DOI: 10.1615/TSFP2.1070
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RÉSUMÉ

The objective of the present study is to construct a turbulence model based on a low-Reynolds-number non-linear k−ε model for turbulent flows in a rotating channel. Two-equation models, in particular the non-linear k−ε model, are very effective for solving various flow problems encountered in engineering applications. In channel flows with rotation, however, the explicit effects of rotation only appear in the Reynolds stress components. The exact equations for k and ε do not have any explicit terms concerned with the rotating effects. Moreover, a Coriolis force vanishes in the momentum equation for a fully developed channel flow with spanwise rotation. Consequently, in order to predict rotating channel flows, after proper revision the Reynolds stress equation model (RSM) or the non-linear eddy viscosity model (NLEVM) should be used. In this study, we improve the non-linear k−ε model so as to predict rotating channel flows. In the modelling, the wall-limiting behaviour of turbulence is also considered. First, we evaluated the non-linear k−ε model using the direct numerical simulation (DNS) database for a fully developed rotating turbulent channel flow. Next, we assessed the non-linear k−ε model at various rotation numbers. Finally, based on these assessments, we reconstruct the non-linear k−ε model to calculate rotating shear flows.

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