Title: Numerical simulation of effusion cooling with comparisons to experimental data

Authors: K.M. Bernhard Gustafsson, T. Gunnar Johansson

Addresses: Department of Aerothermodynamics, Volvo Aero Corporation, SE 461 81 Trollhattan, Sweden. ' Division of Fluid Dynamics, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract: CFD simulations of a slanted jet in crossflow were made and compared to detailed 3D-LDA measurements. Three turbulence models were studied using Fluent v6.1: realisable k-ε, SST-k-ω and Reynolds stress model (RSM). The SST-k-ω model and the RSM were both able to capture the recirculation zone in the jet wake, which was not the case with the realisable k-ε model. The turbulent kinetic energy field was not well predicted by the k-ε or the SST-k-ω model. However, the Reynolds stress field was captured qualitatively correct by the RSM.

Keywords: slanted jets; crossflows; effusion cooling; film cooling; laser-Doppler anemometry; LDA; CFD; turbulence models; computational fluid dynamics; turbulent flows.

DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2006.009487

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 2006 Vol.6 No.1/2/3, pp.101 - 109

Published online: 05 Apr 2006 *

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