LES - IB analysis of a flow in channel with an adverse pressure gradient.

Abstract

This paper presents results of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of a flow in a channel with an adverse pressure gradient. The applied computational code (SAILOR) is based on a high-order compact finite difference scheme on half-staggered meshes and is combined with an Immersed Boundary (IB) method. The IB method is implemented using the direct forcing approach in a simplified stepwise variant. The results are verified using the experimental data and the general agreement is good. The observed discrepancies are small close to the inlet section and increase along the channel length where strong flow separation occurs.