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Finite volume computation of 2D incompressible turbulent flows in general coordinates on staggered grids

M. Zijlema, A. Segal and P. Wesseling

Abstract:

A brief review of some publications on computation of incompressible turbulent flow in complex geometries is given. A 2D finite volume method for the calculation of turbulent flow in general curvilinear coordinates is described. This method is based on a staggered grid arrangement and the contravariant flux components are chosen as primitive variables. Turbulence is modeled by the standard k- model with wall functions. Applications of this method to a variety of flows are presented. The results of computations are compared with experimental data and other numerical solutions and are found to be satisfactory.





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