An implementation of the Spalart–Allmaras turbulence model in a multi-domain lattice Boltzmann method for solving turbulent airfoil flows

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3001-3018

  Pellerin, Nicolas ^a   Leclaire, Sébastien ^a   Reggio, Marcelo ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Boundary condition; Lattice Boltzmann method; Spalart Allmaras; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

COLLISION OPERATORS; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; SPALART-ALLMARAS; SPALART-ALLMARAS TURBULENCE MODEL; VELOCITY PROFILES;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 84947966843     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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