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COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
Volume 189, Issue 4, Pages 1119-1139Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00370-9
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This paper describes the application of a recently developed universal adaptive finite element algorithm to the simulation of several turbulent hows. The objective of the present work is to show how the controlled accuracy of adaptive methods provides the means to perform careful quantitative comparisons of two-equation models. The formulation uses the logarithmic form of turbulence variables, which naturally leads to a simple algorithm applicable to all two-equation turbulence models. The new methodology is free of ad-hoc stability enhancement measures such as clipping and limiters which may often differ from one model to the other. Such techniques limit the predictive capability of a turbulence model and cloud the issues of a comparison study. The present procedure results in one adaptive solver applicable to all two-equation models. The approach is demonstrated by comparing three popular turbulence models on a few non-trivial compressible and incompressible hows. We have chosen the following: models: the standard k - epsilon model, the k - tau model of Speziale and the k - omega model of Wilcox. Results show that accurate solutions can be obtained for all models, and that systematic comparison of turbulence models can be made. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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