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Main Authors: Herr, Marius, Probst, Axel, Radespiel, Rolf
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.05299
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author Herr, Marius
Probst, Axel
Radespiel, Rolf
author_facet Herr, Marius
Probst, Axel
Radespiel, Rolf
contents A scale resolving hybrid RANS-LES technique is applied to an aircraft-nacelle configuration under transonic flow conditions using the unstructured, compressible TAU solver. Therefore, a wall modelled LES methodology is locally applied to the nacelle lower surface in order to examine shock induced separation. In this context a synthetic turbulence generator (STG) is used to shorten the adaption region at the RANS-LES interface. Prior to the actual examinations, fundamental features of the simulation technique are validated by simulations of decaying isotropic turbulence as well as a flat plate flow. For the aircraft-nacelle configuration at a Reynolds number of 3.3 million a sophisticated mesh with 420 million points was designed which refines 32 % of the outer casing surface of the nacelle. The results show a development of a well resolved turbulent boundary layer with a broad spectrum of turbulent scales which demonstrates the applicability of the mesh and method for aircraft configurations. Furthermore, the necessity of a low dissipation low dispersion scheme is demonstrated. However, the distinct adaption region downstream of the STG limits the employment of the method in case of shock buffet for the given flow conditions.
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spellingShingle Grey area in Embedded WMLES on a transonic nacelle-aircraft configuration
Herr, Marius
Probst, Axel
Radespiel, Rolf
Fluid Dynamics
A scale resolving hybrid RANS-LES technique is applied to an aircraft-nacelle configuration under transonic flow conditions using the unstructured, compressible TAU solver. Therefore, a wall modelled LES methodology is locally applied to the nacelle lower surface in order to examine shock induced separation. In this context a synthetic turbulence generator (STG) is used to shorten the adaption region at the RANS-LES interface. Prior to the actual examinations, fundamental features of the simulation technique are validated by simulations of decaying isotropic turbulence as well as a flat plate flow. For the aircraft-nacelle configuration at a Reynolds number of 3.3 million a sophisticated mesh with 420 million points was designed which refines 32 % of the outer casing surface of the nacelle. The results show a development of a well resolved turbulent boundary layer with a broad spectrum of turbulent scales which demonstrates the applicability of the mesh and method for aircraft configurations. Furthermore, the necessity of a low dissipation low dispersion scheme is demonstrated. However, the distinct adaption region downstream of the STG limits the employment of the method in case of shock buffet for the given flow conditions.
title Grey area in Embedded WMLES on a transonic nacelle-aircraft configuration
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.05299