1、Text line 1-Arial 20 pt.,Second line indent,Arial 18 pt.,Third level Arial 16 pt.,Fourth level Arial 14 pt.,Fifth level Arial 12 pt.,Turbulence,Click to edit Master title style,9-,*,ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary,2009 ANSYS,Inc.All rights reserved.,April 28,2009,Inventory#002598,Training Manual,Turbulence,9
2、ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary,2009 ANSYS,Inc.All rights reserved.,April 28,2009,Inventory#002598,Training Manual,9-,*,ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary,2009 ANSYS,Inc.All rights reserved.,April 28,2009,Inventory#002598,Text line 1-Arial 20 pt.,Second line indent,Arial 18 pt.,Third level Arial 16 pt.,Fourth level Ar
3、ial 14 pt.,Fifth level Arial 12 pt.,Click to edit Master title style,What is Turbulence?,Unsteady,irregular(non-periodic)motion in which transported quantities(mass,momentum,scalar species)fluctuate,in time and space,Identifiable swirling patterns characterize turbulent eddies,Enhanced mixing(matter
4、momentum,energy,etc.)results,Fluid properties and velocity exhibit random variations,Statistical averaging results in accountable,turbulence related transport mechanisms,This characteristic allows for,turbulence modeling,Contains a wide range of turbulent eddy sizes(scales spectrum),The size/veloci
5、ty of large eddies is on the order of the mean flow,Large eddies derive energy from the mean flow,Energy is transferred from larger eddies to smaller eddies,In the smallest eddies,turbulent energy is converted to internal energy by viscous dissipation,Is the Flow Turbulent?,External Flows,Internal F
6、lows,Natural Convection,along a surface,around an obstacle,where,where,Other factors such as free-stream turbulence,surface conditions,and disturbances may cause transition to turbulence at lower Reynolds numbers,is the,Rayleigh number,is the,Prandtl number,Flows can be characterized by the Reynolds
7、 Number,Re,Observation by O.Reynolds,Laminar,(Low Reynolds Number),Transition,(Increasing Reynolds Number),Turbulent,(Higher Reynolds Number),Turbulent Flow Structures,Energy Cascade Richardson(1922),Small,structures,Large,structures,Governing Equations,Conservation Equations,Continuity,Momentum,Ene
8、rgy,where,Note that there is no turbulence equation in the governing Navier-Stokes equations!,Overview of Computational Approaches,Direct Numerical Simulation(DNS),Theoretically,all turbulent(and laminar/transition)flows can be simulated by numerically solving the full Navier-Stokes equations,Resolv
9、es the whole spectrum of scales.No modeling is required,But the cost is too prohibitive!Not practical for industrial flows,Large Eddy Simulation(LES)type models,Solves the spatially averaged N-S equations,Large eddies are directly resolved,but eddies smaller than the mesh are modeled,Less expensive
10、than DNS,but the amount of computational resources and efforts are still too large for most practical applications,Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)models,Solve time-averaged Navier-Stokes equations,All turbulent length scales are modeled in RANS,Various different models are available,This is th
11、e most widely used approach for calculating industrial flows,There is not yet a single,practical turbulence model that can reliably predict all turbulent flows with sufficient accuracy,RANS Modeling Time Averaging,Ensemble(time)averaging may be used to extract the mean flow properties from the insta
12、ntaneous ones,The instantaneous velocity,u,i,is split into average and fluctuating components,The Reynolds-averaged momentum equations are as follows,The Reynolds stresses are additional unknowns introduced by the averaging procedure,hence they must be modeled(related to the averaged flow quantities
13、)in order to close the system of governing equations,Fluctuating,component,Time-average,component,Example:Fully-Developed,Turbulent Pipe Flow,Velocity Profile,Instantaneous,component,(Reynolds stress tensor),RANS Modeling,The Closure Problem,Closure problem:Relate the unknown Reynolds Stresses to th
14、e known mean flow variables through new equations,T,he new equations are the turbulence model,Equations can be:,Algebraic,Transport equations,All turbulence models contain empiricism,Equations cannot be derived from fundamental principles,Some calibrating to observed solutions and“intelligent guessi
15、ng”is contained in the models,RANS Modeling,The Closure Problem,The RANS models can be closed in one of the following ways,(1)Eddy Viscosity Models(via the Boussinesq hypothesis),Boussinesq hypothesis,Reynolds stresses are modeled using an eddy(or turbulent)viscosity,T,.The hypothesis is reasonable
16、for simple turbulent shear flows:boundary layers,round jets,mixing layers,channel flows,etc.,(2)Reynolds-Stress Models(via transport equations for Reynolds stresses),Modeling is still required for many terms in the transport equations,RSM is more advantageous in complex 3D turbulent flows with large
17、 streamline curvature and swirl,but the model is more complex,computationally intensive,more difficult to converge than eddy viscosity models,A large number of turbulence models are available in CFX,some have very specific applications while others can be applied to a wider class of flows with a rea
18、sonable degree of confidence,RANS Eddy-viscosity Models:,1)Zero Equation model.,2)Standard k-model.,3)RNG k-model.,4)Standard k-model.,5)Baseline(BSL)zonal k-based model.,6)SST zonal k-based model.,7)(k-),1E,model.,RANS Reynolds-Stress Models:,1)LRR Reynolds Stress,2)QI Reynolds Stress,3)Speziale,Sa
19、rkar and Gatski Reynolds Stress,4)SMC-model,5)Baseline(BSL)Reynolds Stress model,Eddy Simulation Models:,1)Large Eddy Simulation(LES)transient,2)Detached Eddy Simulation(DES)*transient,3)Scale Adaptive Simulation SST(SAS)*transient,*,Not available in the ANSYS CFD-Flo product,Available Turbulence Mo
20、dels,The velocity profile near the wall is important:,Pressure Drop,Separation,Shear Effects,Recirculation,Turbulence models are generally suited to model the flow outside the boundary layer,Examination of experimental data yields a wide variety of results in the boundary layer,The above graph shows
21、 non-dimensional velocity versus non-dimensional distance from the wall.Different flows show different boundary layer profiles.,Turbulence Near the Wall,By scaling the variables near the wall the velocity profile data takes on a predictable form(transitioning from linear to logarithmic behavior),Sin
22、ce near wall conditions are often predictable,functions can be used to determine the near wall profiles rather than using a fine mesh to actually resolve the profile,These functions are called wall functions,Linear,Logarithmic,Scaling the non-dimensional velocity and non-dimensional distance from th
23、e wall results in a predictable boundary layer profile for a wide range of flows,Turbulence Near the Wall,Fewer nodes are needed normal to the wall when wall functions are used,u,y,u,y,Boundary layer,Wall functions used to resolve boundary layer,Wall functions not used to resolve boundary layer,Turb
24、ulence Near the Wall,Turbulence Near The Wall,y,+,is the non-dimensional distance from the wall,It is used to measure the distance of the first node away from the wall,u,y,Boundary layer,y+,Wall functions are only valid within specific y,+,values,If y,+,is too high the first node is outside the boun
25、dary layer and wall functions will be imposed too far into the domain,If y,+,is too low the first node will lie in the laminar(viscous)part of the boundary layer where wall functions are not valid,In some situations,such as boundary layer separation,wall functions do not correctly predict the bounda
26、ry layer profile,In these cases wall functions should not be used,Instead,directly resolving the boundary layer can provide accurate results,Not all turbulence models allow the wall functions to be turned off,Wall functions applicable,Wall functions not applicable,Turbulence Near the Wall,Standard k
27、Model,The“industrial CFD”standard since it offer a good compromise between numerical effort and computational accuracy,Wall functions are always used,y,+,should typically be 300 for the wall functions to be valid,There is no lower limit on y,+,CFX uses Scalable wall functions,If your mesh results
28、in y,+,values below the valid range of the wall functions,the nodes nearest the wall are effectively ignored,This ensures valid results,within the model limitations,but is a waste of mesh,Known limitations:,Separation generally under predicted since wall functions are used,Inaccuracies with swirling
29、 flows and flows with strong streamline curvature,k-epsilon Model,k,-,Model,One of the advantages of the,k,-,formulation is the near wall treatment for low-Reynolds number computations,Here“low-Reynolds”refers to the turbulent Reynolds number,which is low in the viscous sub-layer,not the device Reyn
30、olds number,In other words“low-Reynolds number computations”means the near wall mesh is fine enough to resolve the laminar(viscous)part of the boundary layer which is very close to the wall,A low-Reynolds number,k,-,model,only,requires y,+,=2,If a low-,Re,k-,e,model were available,it would require a
31、 much small y,+,In industrial flows,even y,+,2.A finer near wall mesh is required to achieve y+2.,Shear Stress Transport(SST),Model,The SST model is based on the,k,-,model and has the same automatic wall treatment,It accounts for the transport of the turbulent shear stress and gives highly accurate
32、predictions of the onset and the amount of flow separation,This is a good default choice,SST result and experiment,k-,fails to predict separation,Experiment Gersten et al.,SST Model,y,+,for the SST and k-omega Models,When using the SST or,k,-,models y,+,should be 300 so that the wall function approa
33、ch is valid,This will not take advantage of the low-Reynolds formulation,which is necessary for accurate separation prediction,However,the model can still be used on these coarser near-wall mesh and produce valid results,within the limitations of the wall functions,To take full advantage of the low-
34、Reynolds formulation,y,+,should be Turbulence and Near-Wall Modeling Modeling Flow Near the Wall Guidelines for Mesh Generation,Other Turbulence Models,When RANS models are not adequate,Eddy Simulation models can be used,As already mentioned,these are more computationally expensive,Large Eddy Simula
35、tion(LES),Resolves the large eddies,models the small eddies,Problem:Requires a,very,fine boundary layer mesh,making it impractical for most flows,Detached Eddy Simulation(DES),Uses a RANS model in the boundary layer,switches over to LES in the bulk flow,A“standard”boundary layer mesh can be used,Pro
36、blem:the RANS to LES switch depends on the mesh,which can give unphysical results on the“wrong”mesh,Scale-Adaptive Simulation(SAS),Like DES,but without the mesh dependency problems,Inlet Turbulence Conditions,Unless turbulence is being directly simulated,it is accounted for by modeling the transport
37、 of turbulence properties,for example k and,Similar to mass and momentum,turbulence variables require boundary condition specifications,Several options exist for the specification of turbulence quantities at inlets(details on next slide),Unless you have absolutely no idea of the turbulence levels in
38、 your simulation(in which case,you can use the Medium(Intensity=5%)option),you should use well chosen values of turbulence intensities and length scales,Nominal turbulence intensities range from 1%to 5%but will depend on your specific application,The default turbulence intensity value of 0.037(that
39、is,3.7%)is sufficient for nominal turbulence through a circular inlet,and is a good estimate in the absence of experimental data,Inlet Turbulence Conditions,Default Intensity and Autocompute Length Scale,The default turbulence intensity of 0.037(3.7%)is used together with a computed length scale to
40、approximate inlet values of,k,and,.The length scale is calculated to take into account varying levels of turbulence.,In general,the autocomputed length scale is not suitable for external flows,Intensity and Autocompute Length Scale,This option allows you to specify a value of turbulence intensity bu
41、t the length scale is still automatically computed.The allowable range of turbulence intensities is restricted to 0.1%-10.0%to correspond to very low and very high levels of turbulence accordingly.,In general,the autocomputed length scale is not suitable for external flows,Intensity and Length Scale
42、You can specify the turbulence intensity and length scale directly,from which values of,k,and,are calculated,Low(Intensity=1%),This defines a 1%intensity and a viscosity ratio equal to 1,Medium(Intensity=5%),This defines a 5%intensity and a viscosity ratio equal to 10,This is the recommended option
43、 if you do not have any information about the inlet turbulence,High(Intensity=10%),This defines a 10%intensity and a viscosity ratio equal to 100,Specified Intensity and Eddy Viscosity Ratio,Use this feature if you wish to enter your own values for intensity and viscosity ratio,k and Epsilon,Specify
44、 the values of,k,and,directly,Zero Gradient,Use this setting for fully developed turbulence conditions,Example:Pipe Expansion with Heat Transfer,q=const,.,Outlet,axis,H,H,40 x H,Inlet,q=,0,.,d,D,Reynolds Number ReD=40750,Fully Developed Turbulent Flow at Inlet,Experiments by Baughn et al.(1984),Plot
45、 shows dimensionless distance versus Nusselt Number,Best agreement is with SST and k-omega models which do a better job of capturing flow recirculation zones accurately,Example:Pipe Expansion with Heat Transfer,Summary:Turbulence Modeling Guidelines,Successful turbulence modeling requires engineerin
46、g judgment of:,Flow physics,Computer resources available,Project requirements,Accuracy,Turnaround time,Near-wall treatments,Modeling procedure,Calculate characteristic,Re,and determine whether the flow is turbulent,Estimate y,+,before generating the mesh,The SST model is good choice for most flows,Use the Reynolds Stress Model or the SST model with Curvature Correction(see documentation)for highly swirling,3-D,rotating flows,






