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Active Separation Control of High-Re Turbulent Separated Flow over a Wall-Mounted Hump using RANS, DES, and LES Turbulence Modeling Approaches

Gan, Subhadeep
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275924069

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2010, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Mechanical Engineering.
Most practical flows in engineering applications are turbulent, and exhibit separation which is generally undesirable because of its adverse effects on performance and efficiency. Therefore, control of turbulent separated flows has been a topic of significant interest as it can reduce separation losses. Often, flow control work employs passive techniques to manipulate the flow. Passive-flow control does not require any additional energy source to achieve the control, but is accompanied by additional viscous losses. It is more desirable to employ active techniques as these can be turned on and off, depending on the flow control requirement. The primary goal of the present work is to numerically investigate a high Reynolds number turbulent separated flow. It is Case 3 of the 2004 CFD Validation on Synthetic Jets and Turbulent Separation Control Workshop, http://cfdval2004.larc.nasa.gov/case3.html, conducted by NASA for the flow over a wall-mounted hump. Followed by the baseline flow simulation, i.e, without flow control, active flow control will be investigated using both steady suction jet as well as a "synthetic" jet. The present work also implements the use of two jets (steady suction and synthetic jets) as have not been previously implemented for this flow model. For the synthetic-jets case, the work also studies the effect of two jets in opposite phase. The secondary goal of this work is to bring together a variety of turbulence models and simulation approaches for one flow problem. The flow is simulated using steady and unsteady-state three-dimensional RANS equations-based turbulence models and three-dimensional time-dependent DES and LES methods. Multiple turbulence modeling approaches help to ascertain what models are most appropriate for capturing the physics of this complex separated flow. The results will help us better decide what models to choose for flows with adverse pressure gradients, flow separation and control of separated flows. For the flow over the wall-mounted hump, the simulation results agree well with experiment. Significant computational-resources savings was realized by using an analytical exit velocity profile for the active flow control jets, instead of simulating the entire flow-control manifold without sacrificing the quality of the work. Results compared with experimental values were surface pressure coefficient, skin friction coefficient, mean velocity profiles, Reynolds stresses and flow reattachment locations. Simulation results show some degree of variation with experimental results in the separated flow region. The steady-suction active control was able to reduce the reattachment length the most. The region of negative streamwise velocity was the smallest in the active flow control with steady suction. The multiple jets cases, with steady suction and synthetic jets, were able to reduce the length of separation bubble in comparison to the corresponding single jet cases. The synthetic jets case, using two jets in opposite phase, was able to achieve the most uniform velocity field in the separation bubble region. The work shows great promise in implementing active flow control, using single and multiple jets, for separated flow at high Reynolds number.
Urmila Ghia, PhD (Committee Chair)
Milind Jog, PhD (Committee Member)
Kirti Ghia, PhD (Committee Member)
Donald French, PhD (Committee Member)
109 p.
Mechanical Engineering
CFD; Separated flow; Active flow control; Steady Suction; Synthetic Jet

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  • Gan, S. (2010). Active Separation Control of High-Re Turbulent Separated Flow over a Wall-Mounted Hump using RANS, DES, and LES Turbulence Modeling Approaches [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275924069

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gan, Subhadeep. Active Separation Control of High-Re Turbulent Separated Flow over a Wall-Mounted Hump using RANS, DES, and LES Turbulence Modeling Approaches. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275924069.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gan, Subhadeep. "Active Separation Control of High-Re Turbulent Separated Flow over a Wall-Mounted Hump using RANS, DES, and LES Turbulence Modeling Approaches." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275924069

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