Title
Comparative evaluation of DES and SAS turbulence models for incompressible flow in a Venturi tube
Date Issued
10 June 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research Elie Carafoli
Abstract
Computational fluid dynamics employs the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models and combines both models to perform a hybrid RANS/LES simulation of the transient state flow field, within which there are the Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) and Scale-Adaptive Simulation (SAS) models. In the present work, the objective is to evaluate the DES and SAS turbulence models for flow (water) in a Venturi tube, for 2D computational domains. The domain was discretized for grids with quadrilateral cells, and the flow field was studied for four flow rates. The results of the pressure flow field simulations for the DES and SAS models were compared with experimental data reported in the literature, which fit the experiments. However, the DES k-ε model presented a negative pressure drop for a region of the flow adjacent to the wall, at the entrance of the throat section, the other models DES S-A, DES SST k-ω and SAS presented positive pressures. The discharge coefficients yielded values in the range of 0.94-0.951, which were lower than the experiments, for errors in the range of 1.57-2.76%.
Start page
87
End page
101
Volume
14
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería civil
Ciencias de la computación
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85134745167
Source
INCAS Bulletin
ISSN of the container
20668201
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus