Large-eddy simulation of turbulent channel flow at transcritical states

We present well-resolved large-eddy simulations (LES) of a channel flow solving the fully compressible Navier–Stokes equations in conservative form. An adaptive look-up table method is used for thermodynamic and transport properties. A physically consistent subgrid-scale turbulence model is incorporated, that is based on the Adaptive Local Deconvolution Method (ALDM) for implicit LES. The wall temperatures are set to enclose the pseudo-boiling temperature at a supercritical pressure, leading to strong property variations within the channel geometry. The hot wall at the top and the cold wall at the bottom produce asymmetric mean velocity and temperature profiles which result in different momentum and thermal boundary layer thicknesses. Different turbulent Prandtl number formulations and their components are discussed in context of strong property variations. © 2021 The Authors     «

We present well-resolved large-eddy simulations (LES) of a channel flow solving the fully compressible Navier–Stokes equations in conservative form. An adaptive look-up table method is used for thermodynamic and transport properties. A physically consistent subgrid-scale turbulence model is incorporated, that is based on the Adaptive Local Deconvolution Method (ALDM) for implicit LES. The wall temperatures are set to enclose the pseudo-boiling temperature at a supercritical pressure, leading to...     »

Funding text #1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-DFG) within the framework of the Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 40, SFB-TRR40 (Technological foundations for the design of thermally and mechanically highly loaded components of future space transportation systems). Computational resources have been provided by the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Munich (LRZ). Furthermore, we would like to thank Christian Stemmer for the discussions during the review process. Funding text #2 The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-DFG) within the framework of the Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 40, SFB-TRR40 (Technological foundations for the design of thermally and mechanically highly loaded components of future space transportation systems). Computational resources have been provided by the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Munich (LRZ). Furthermore, we would like to thank Christian Stemmer for the discussions during the review process.      «

Funding text #1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-DFG) within the framework of the Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 40, SFB-TRR40 (Technological foundations for the design of thermally and mechanically highly loaded components of future space transportation systems). Computational resources have been provided by the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Munich (LRZ). Furthermore, we would li...     »