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Turbulent Backward-Facing Step Flow: Reliability Assessment of Large-Eddy Simulation Using ILSA

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Reliability assessment of large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent flows requires consideration of errors due to shortcomings in the modeling of sub-filter scale dynamics and due to discretization of the governing filtered Navier-Stokes equations. The Integral Length-Scale Approximation (ILSA) model is a pioneering sub-filter parameterization that incorporates both these contributions to the total simulation error, and provides user control over the desired accuracy of a simulation. The performance of ILSA, implemented as eddy-viscosity models, for separated turbulent flow over a backward-facing step is investigated here. We show excellent agreement with experimental data and with predictions based on other, well-established sub-filter models. The computational overhead is found to be close to that of a basic Smagorinsky sub-filter model.

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  1. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, Netherlands

    Bernard J. Geurts

  2. Multiscale Physics of Energy Systems, Faculty of Applied Physics, Center for Computational Energy Research, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    Bernard J. Geurts

  3. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 4L9, Canada

    Amirreza Rouhi & Ugo Piomelli

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

    Amirreza Rouhi

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Geurts, B.J., Rouhi, A., Piomelli, U. (2021). Turbulent Backward-Facing Step Flow: Reliability Assessment of Large-Eddy Simulation Using ILSA. In: Braza, M., Hourigan, K., Triantafyllou, M. (eds) Advances in Critical Flow Dynamics Involving Moving/Deformable Structures with Design Applications. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 147. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55594-8_5

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