03.1 - Aerodynamics - CFD Methods and Validation
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FLOW AROUND A BACKWARD-FACING RAMP
P. Catalano¹, A. Mastellone¹, M. Invigorito¹, F. Capuano, Universitą di Napoli Federico II, Italy; ¹CIRA, Italy
This paper reports a numerical investigation of the incompressible flow over a 25° backward-facing ramp. Different approaches and flow solvers have been employed. The CIRA-developed UZEN and the Open-Foam codes are used to solve the RANS equations. Eddy-resolving techniques are applied by the CIRA-developed flow solver SPARK-LES. A comparison of the results achieved by the different codes and approaches with the data available in literature is presented and discussed.