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Near-Wall Modeling for Large Eddy Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer in Turbulent Boundary Layers

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Author(s)

Randall J. McDermott, Hyun Wook Park, Kiyoung Moon, Ezgi Oztekin, Changhoon Lee, Jung-il Choi

Abstract

A well-known challenge for large eddy simulation (LES) is to provide a smooth transition from molecular to turbulent transport near the wall without having to explicitly resolve the viscous sublayer. We propose a simple but efficient approach based on modeling of wall shear stress and heat flux that enables accurate prediction of Nusselt number correlations for equilibrium boundary layers. The wall shear stress is treated directly with the Werner and Wengle (1991) power law model and the wall heat flux is modeled analogously with the Kader (1981) empirical correlation. Using these wall models, we perform simulations of turbulent convective heat transfer in a channel for various Prandtl numbers. The results show good agreement with the available experimental and numerical data.

Keywords

Convective Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Near-Wall Modeling, Turbulent Boundary Layers

Citation

McDermott, R. , , H. , Moon, K. , Oztekin, E. , Lee, C. and Choi, J. (2012), Near-Wall Modeling for Large Eddy Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer in Turbulent Boundary Layers, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=912053 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created November 18, 2012, Updated February 19, 2017