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Turbulence model
SpalartAllmaras
Equation
s
1
K-epsilon (k-)
komega
SST - Combines 2
the k-omega and kepsilon models and
switches between
the 2 for the area
most
suited
to
each.
All of these have their advantages and disadvantages for the problems presented in
this project. Their uses will be discussed later during section.. where the system is
set up for turbulence model independence.
Once a turbulence model is selected the flow field needs to be discretised into cells
so that a solution can be obtained for each grid point. The space between grid points
is called cells and they act as small control volumes on which the equations can be
calculated by ensuring mass, energy and momentum are conserved. A finite different
approximation is then used to relate cells together producing a large matrix, which
once inverted gives solutions to the flow field. Most codes use an iterative solver to
deal with the non-linear terms in the RANS equations. This means, when a
neighbouring value isnt available, it is guessed and so the solver can continue. This
is an approximate value but speeds up computational times significantly and also
allows the solution of non-linear equations. As a result, the solver must make multiple
iterations to converge on values in order to obtain a more accurate solution. As the
number of cells increases, the accuracy of the solution increases but the time
required to get a solution increases.