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A general one-equation turbulence model for free shear and wall-bounded flows

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The purpose of thiswork is to introduce a complete and general one-equation model capable of correctly predicting a wide class of fundamental turbulent flows like boundary layer, wake, jet, and vortical flows. The starting point is the mature and validated two-equation k−ω turbulence model of Wilcox. The newly derived one-equation model has several advantages and yields better predictions than the Spalart-Allmaras model for jet and vortical flows while retaining the same efficiency and quality of the results for near-wall turbulent flows without using a wall distance. The derivation and validation of the new model using findings computed by the Spalart-Allmaras and the k−ω models are presented and discussed for several free shear and wall-bounded flows.

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Fares, E., Schröder, W. A general one-equation turbulence model for free shear and wall-bounded flows. Flow Turbulence Combust 73, 187–215 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-005-8625-y

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