Finite element analysis of laminar and turbulent flows using LES and subgrid-scale models

• Autor(a) principal: Popiolek, Tales Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Awruch, Armando Miguel, Teixeira, Paulo Roberto de Freitas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da FURG (RI FURG)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/5049
• topic: Laminar and turbulent flows; Large eddy simulation; Finite elements; Subgrid-scale model

Numerical simulations of laminar and turbulent flows in a lid driven cavity and over a backward-facing step are presented in this work. The main objectives of this research are to know more about the structure of turbulent flows, to identify their three-dimensional characteristic and to study physical effects due to heat transfer. The filtered Navier–Stokes equations are used to simulate large scales, however they are supplemented by subgrid-scale (SGS) models to simulate the energy transfer from large scales toward subgridscales, where this energy will be dissipated by molecular viscosity. Two SGS models are applied: the classical Smagorinsky s model and the Dynamic model for large eddy simulation (LES). Both models are implemented in a three-dimensional finite element code using linear tetrahedral elements. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of two and three-dimensional flows in a lid-driven cavity and over a backward-facing step, using LES, are analyzed comparing numerical and experimental results obtained by other authors.