Newly Developed Empirical Correlations for Simulation of Transitional Flows

Abstract

An effective new formulation is developed for simulation of transitional flows. This formulation is based on modifications made to the latest numerical model utilizing vorticity and momentum thickness Reynolds numbers concepts. In this respect, rigorous experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel to modify the existing formulation to a more reliable form suitable for modeling of transitional flows. Test model was a linear cascade of axial compressor blades. Wind tunnel tests consisted of measurements of surface pressure distributions and velocity profiles utilizing hot film anemometry. Different freestream turbulence intensities, flow incidences, and Reynolds numbers were examined. New correlations were imposed to a commercial numerical flow solver;applying them to some standard objects produced more reliable results than those obtained from other formulations, presented so far. This attribution is more emphasized especially while dealing with modeling laminar separation bubbles, where transition occurs within the free shear layer.