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Computational Modelling of Flow and Scalar Transport Accounting for Near-Wall Turbulence with Relevance to Gas Turbine Combustors

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Flow and Combustion in Advanced Gas Turbine Combustors

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An overview is given of the activities in the framework of the German Collaborative Research Center “Flow and Combustion in Future Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers” (Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 568) concerning the development of computational models in the framework of the conventional RANS method with special focus on the near-wall turbulence and a method combining a near-wall RANS models in the wall vicinity with the conventional LES in the core flow and their applications to the flow separating from sharp-edged and continuous surfaces and different swirl combustor configurations under the conditions of constant and variable fluid properties.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the German Research Council (DFG) through the SFB568.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 17, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    S. Jakirlić, R. Jester-Zürker, G. John-Puthenveettil, B. Kniesner & C. Tropea

  2. Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 17, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    S. Jakirlić & C. Tropea

  3. Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co, KG-tts, Alexanderstrasse 11, 89522, Heidenheim, Germany

    R. Jester-Zürker

  4. TP24 System Analysis, Astrium Space Transportation, 81663, Munich, Germany

    B. Kniesner

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Jakirlić, S., Jester-Zürker, R., John-Puthenveettil, G., Kniesner, B., Tropea, C. (2013). Computational Modelling of Flow and Scalar Transport Accounting for Near-Wall Turbulence with Relevance to Gas Turbine Combustors. In: Janicka, J., Sadiki, A., Schäfer, M., Heeger, C. (eds) Flow and Combustion in Advanced Gas Turbine Combustors. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 1581. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5320-4_9

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