Turbulence modelling and turbulent inlet on a blunt plate: a numerical study

Giulio Vita; Hassan Hemida; C Baniotopoulos

Turbulence modelling and turbulent inlet on a blunt plate: a numerical study

Giulio Vita, Hassan Hemida, C Baniotopoulos

Civil Engineering

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Free Stream Turbulence is usually disregarded as a governing parameter in the assessment of aerodynamic forces. However, an effect is noticeable on the aerodynamic coefficients if turbulence is added at the inlet. In this work, the performance of different sub-grid scale (SGS) models of large-eddy simulation (LES) is investigated against their capability to describe the separation bubble of a blunt plate under a turbulent inlet. This is aimed at starting a broader research on the actual role of turbulence on the aerodynamic behaviour. Together with the Smagorinsky, the dynamic and the WALE SGS models, also the URANS "k-ε" and "k-" ω SST have been compared. The results show that whether URANS is able to accurately describe the undisturbed case, it gives a wrong turbulent inlet in the other one. Although the LES technique can improve the accuracy of this complex configuration, the choice of a suitable averaging time strongly affects the validation of the model. It was found that the role of the SGS eddies is not preponderant. Then a complex system of equations may lead to instability of the solver and prohibitive time step requirements. Among the SGS models investigated, the Smagorinsky SGS model, using a damping function to tackle the near-wall behaviour, qualifies then as a good candidate for further, more complex, geometries

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering - IN-VENTO 2016
Editors	Annibale Luigi Materazzi, Ilaria Venanzi
Publisher	Morlacchi University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9788860749956
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2018
Event	XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering - Terni, Italy Duration: 25 Sept 2016 → 28 Sept 2016

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Conference	XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering
Abbreviated title	IN-VENTO 2016
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Terni
Period	25/09/16 → 28/09/16

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Civil and Structural Engineering

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Vita, G, Hemida, H & Baniotopoulos, C 2018, Turbulence modelling and turbulent inlet on a blunt plate: a numerical study. in AL Materazzi & I Venanzi (eds), Proceedings of the XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering - IN-VENTO 2016. Morlacchi University Press, XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, Terni, Italy, 25/09/16.

Turbulence modelling and turbulent inlet on a blunt plate: a numerical study. / Vita, Giulio; Hemida, Hassan ; Baniotopoulos, C.
Proceedings of the XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering - IN-VENTO 2016. ed. / Annibale Luigi Materazzi; Ilaria Venanzi. Morlacchi University Press, 2018.

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