DNV GL Joint Industry Project on Validation of Turbulence Models: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-17-673

DNV GL Joint Industry Project on Validation of Turbulence Models: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-17-673
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Release: 2019
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This shared resource CRADA defines research collaborations between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Det Norske Veritas (Norway) and Germanischer Lloyd (Germany), known as DNV GL, an international certification body. Under the terms and conditions described in this CRADA agreement, NREL will participate in a wind turbine Joint Industry Project (JIP) led by DNV GL, and including nine other Joint Industry Project sponsors and partners to examine the wind inflow models needed to define the design conditions for wind turbines, with specific focus on atmospheric turbulence. The international design standards are implemented by certification companies, such as DNV GL, the organizing agent of the JIPs. Through this collaboration, the JIP participants have the ability to improve wind turbine design, internationally, as well as in the United States, and can make this improvement by leveraging the significant aggregation of industry funds that has been organized by DNV GL.

Verification and Validation of the K-Kl Turbulence Model in Fun3d and Cfl3d Codes

Verification and Validation of the K-Kl Turbulence Model in Fun3d and Cfl3d Codes
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018-05-22
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ISBN: 9781719403269

The implementation of the k-kL turbulence model using multiple computational uid dy- namics (CFD) codes is reported herein. The k-kL model is a two-equation turbulence model based on Abdol-Hamid's closure and Menter's modi cation to Rotta's two-equation model. Rotta shows that a reliable transport equation can be formed from the turbulent length scale L, and the turbulent kinetic energy k. Rotta's equation is well suited for term-by-term mod- eling and displays useful features compared to other two-equation models. An important di erence is that this formulation leads to the inclusion of higher-order velocity derivatives in the source terms of the scale equations. This can enhance the ability of the Reynolds- averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solvers to simulate unsteady ows. The present report documents the formulation of the model as implemented in the CFD codes Fun3D and CFL3D. Methodology, veri cation and validation examples are shown. Attached and sepa- rated ow cases are documented and compared with experimental data. The results show generally very good comparisons with canonical and experimental data, as well as matching results code-to-code. The results from this formulation are similar or better than results using the SST turbulence model. Abdol-Hamid, Khaled S. and Carlson, Jan-Renee and Rumsey, Christopher L. Langley Research Center TURBULENCE MODELS; KINETIC ENERGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SEPARATED FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; REYNOLDS AVERAGING; REYNOLDS STRESS

Turbulence Modeling Validation, Testing, and Development

Turbulence Modeling Validation, Testing, and Development
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2018-07-17
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ISBN: 9781722849597

The primary objective of this work is to provide accurate numerical solutions for selected flow fields and to compare and evaluate the performance of selected turbulence models with experimental results. Four popular turbulence models have been tested and validated against experimental data often turbulent flows. The models are: (1) the two-equation k-epsilon model of Wilcox, (2) the two-equation k-epsilon model of Launder and Sharma, (3) the two-equation k-omega/k-epsilon SST model of Menter, and (4) the one-equation model of Spalart and Allmaras. The flows investigated are five free shear flows consisting of a mixing layer, a round jet, a plane jet, a plane wake, and a compressible mixing layer; and five boundary layer flows consisting of an incompressible flat plate, a Mach 5 adiabatic flat plate, a separated boundary layer, an axisymmetric shock-wave/boundary layer interaction, and an RAE 2822 transonic airfoil. The experimental data for these flows are well established and have been extensively used in model developments. The results are shown in the following four sections: Part A describes the equations of motion and boundary conditions; Part B describes the model equations, constants, parameters, boundary conditions, and numerical implementation; and Parts C and D describe the experimental data and the performance of the models in the free-shear flows and the boundary layer flows, respectively. Bardina, J. E. and Huang, P. G. and Coakley, T. J. Ames Research Center...