Automatic Hybrid RANS/LES Strategy for Industrial CFD

Abstract

An automatic HRL (Hybrid RANS/LES) strategy is investigated in FLUSEPA, a finite-volume solver developed by Airbus Defense and Space. A HRL turbulence model is coupled to a high-order hybrid numerical approximation method. Concerning the turbulence model, the well-known k − ε two equations RANS turbulence model is sensitized to the grid as suggested by Perot and Gadebusch (Phy Fluids 19:1–11, 2007). Concerning the numerical strategy, a third-order accurate upwind approximation method is locally re-centered in vortex dominated regions to achieve non-dissipative fourth-order accuracy. Results are presented for a 2D backward facing step and an an axisymmetry backward facing step, which represent good prototypes of after body flows.