A new turbulence model for near-wall natural convection

W. Xu; Q. Chen; F. T.M. Nieuwstadt

doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00081-7

A new turbulence model for near-wall natural convection

W. Xu, Q. Chen, F. T.M. Nieuwstadt

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Abstract

Current turbulence models for simulating natural convection require too much computation time or do not give sufficiently accurate results. A one-equation near-wall model is developed that incorporates the use of direct numerical simulation data (Ra=5.4×10⁵) to remedy these shortcomings. The use of this near-wall model along with the standard k-ε model for the outer-wall region, yields good predictions for mean flow and turbulence in natural convection and significantly reduces computational cost.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3161-3176
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume	41
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00081-7
Publication status	Published - Nov 1998

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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