22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-2.6.2
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSONIC FLOW WITH LARGE SEPARATION
M. A. Leschziner (1), H. Loyau (2)
(1) Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK;
(2) Aircelle, Harfleur, France
Keywords: numerical investigation, three-dimensional transonic flow, separation
Shock-induced separation is an extreme
manifestation of strong shock/boundary-layer
interaction. It is of substantial engineering
interest in the context of transonic wings and
turbomachine blades, because it alters
significantly the operational characteristics of
the component in question. Predicting this
interaction is challenging, both from a numerical
and turbulence-modelling point of view,
especially when the flow is highly threedimensional.
This paper reports a computational
study in which the performance of non-linear
eddy-viscosity models is investigated when
applied to a physically highly complex case of
shock-induced separation in a duct flow over a
swept bump inclined at 60o to the duct axis,
followed by a shock-controlling second throat.
The bump generates a skewed shock which
interacts sensitively with the boundary layers on
all four walls and causes extensive separation,
strong transverse motion and highly complex
topological flow features at the walls. The
computations show that non-linear models yield
a significantly more sensitive response of the
boundary layers to the shock. This results in a
better representation of the primary interaction
processes, but also in excessively large
transverse motion and hence insufficient rate of
post-shock flow recovery. This is qualitatively
consistent with observation in nominally 2D
conditions, though the effect is much more
pronounced in the present 3D case.
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