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Numerical calculation of transitional boundary layers
Author(s) -
Arad E.,
Berger M.,
Israeli M.,
Wolfshtein M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.1650020102
Subject(s) - turbulence , laminar flow , mechanics , rotational symmetry , compressibility , boundary (topology) , computational fluid dynamics , mathematics , classical mechanics , physics , mathematical analysis
A computational procedure for compressible axisymmetric boundary layers, on bodies of revolution, in transition from laminar to turbulent flow, is introduced. The procedure is an extension of a former method, due to Patankar and Spalding. The flow field is computed by solution of four simultaneous equations for the momentum, the thermal energy, the turbulence energy amplitude and the turbulent scale. The results show good agreement with existing theoretical and experimental data.