Explicit algebraic reynolds stress models for anisotropic wall-bounded flows

¹ ANSYS Germany GmbH, Germany
² NTS, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract

In the present paper, two variants of Explicit Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model (EARSM) are presented and applied to a number of test cases. Both formulations start from the Wallin Johansson (WJ) EARSM stress-strain relationship. The goal of the first step was to combine the EARSM with the ω-equation-based Baseline (BSL) model, to avoid freestream sensitivities and ambiguities in comparison with the Shear Stress Transport (SST) model. This could be achieved by a slight change in the A₁ constant. In addition, the standard eddy-viscosity formulation is used in the diffusion terms of the k- and the ω-equations. Secondly, a simplified version of the stress-strain relationship was developed. It is based on a linear form of the implicit algebraic model. It is not clear at the time if this formulation possess significant advantages against the WJ stress-strain model. For the current cases, both variants produced essentially identical results. Several test cases have been computed. The main interest in the simulations was on corner flow separation.