Abstract

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers over a planar concave wall are presented for a nominal freestream Mach number of 5, with the objective of assessing the limitations of the currently available Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models. The wall geometry and flow conditions of the DNS are representative of the experimental data for a Mach 4.9 turbulent boundary layer that was tested on a two-dimensional planar concave wall model in the high-speed blow-down wind tunnel located at the National Aerothermochemistry Laboratory at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The DNS was validated against the experimental results of TAMU for the same flow conditions and wall geometry. An analysis of the DNS datasets was also conducted to provide an assessment of the validity of Morkovin's hypothesis and the strong Reynolds analog for turbulence subject to mechanical nonequilibrium. In addition to the DNS results, RANS predictions are obtained by using the Baldwin-Lomax (BL), Spalart-Allmaras (SA), and thek-ω SST turbulence models. The comparisons between RANS and DNS showed little impact of an adverse pressure gradient on the accuracy of these models, at least up to an incompressible Clauser pressure gradient parameter of ßinc=1•22 While the Boussinesq assumption provided reasonable predictions for the Reynolds shear stress, it failed to adequately predict the normal components of the Reynolds stress.

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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National Science Foundation, Grant CBET 2001127

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978-162410610-1

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Article - Conference proceedings

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English

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© 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, All rights reserved.

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01 Jan 2021

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