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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2006.30.4.364

Performance Evaluation of Large Eddy Simulation for Recirculating and Swirling Flows  

Hwang Cheol-Hong (인하대학교 기계공학과)
Lee Chang-Eon (인하대학교 산업과학기술연구소)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.30, no.4, 2006 , pp. 364-372 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficiency and the prediction accuracy of developed large eddy simulation (LES) program for complex turbulent flows, such as recirculating and swirling flows. To save the computational cost, a Beowulf cluster system consisting 16 processors was constructed. The flows in backward-facing step and dump combustor were examined as representative recirculating and swirling flows. Firstly, a direct numerical simulation (DNS) for laminar backward-facing step flows was previously conducted to validate the overall performance of program. Then LES was carried out for turbulent backward-facing step flows. The results of laminar flow showed a qualitative and quantitative agreement between simulations and experiments. The simulations of the turbulent flow also showed reasonable results. Secondly, LES results for non-swirling and swirling flows in a dump combustor were compared with the results of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) using standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ model. The results show that LES has a better performance in predicting the mean axial and azimuthal velocities, comer recirculation zone (CRZ) and center toroidal recirculation zone (CTRZ) than those of RANS. Finally, it was examined the capability of LES for the description of unsteady phenomena.
Keywords
Large Eddy Simulation; Recirculating Flow; Swirling Flow; Backward-Facing Step; Dump Combustor; Parallel Computation;
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