Abstract

This article focuses on a subgrid-scale (SGS) eddy viscosity model based on helicity which is derived from our previous research [Yu et al., “Subgrid-scale eddy viscosity model for helical turbulence,” Phys. Fluids 25, 095101 (2013)] for large-eddy simulation of transition and turbulence in compressible flows. Based on the character of the compressible boundary layer over a flat plate, we obtain from theoretical analysis that this model can automatically distinguish laminar flow and turbulence and can also simulate turbulence well. Meanwhile, an a priori test using direct numerical simulation (DNS) data of a spatially developing flat-plate boundary layer at Ma = 2.25 shows that the helicity model can clearly differentiate laminar, transitional, and turbulent regions. Comparing the numerical simulation results with DNS and other SGS models in the spatially developing boundary-layer over a flat plate, we find that the suggested model could precisely predict the onset of transition, transition peak, skin-friction coefficient, mean velocity profile, mean temperature profile, and turbulence intensities. In the case of a compression ramp, the model can well simulate the bypass-type transition, the separated and reattached points, and the size of the separation bubble in the corner region. Furthermore, the prominent advantage of the proposed model can predict transitional flow exactly with no explicit filtering or dynamic procedure.

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