On primitive variable behaviour near shocks in ensemble-averaged methods

ABSTRACT

Models for averaged shock corrugation effects and the impact of turbulent entropy or acoustic modes on the energy equation are presented, for application in Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes(RANS) simulations of shock-turbulence interactions. Unlike previous work that has focused the modification of turbulent statistics by the shock, the proposed models are introduced to capture the effects of the turbulence on the profiles of primitive variables - mean density, velocity, and pressure. By producing accurate profiles for the primitive variables, it is shown that the proposed models improve numerical convergence behaviour with mesh refinement about a shock, and introduce the physical effects of shock asphericity in a converging shock geometry. These effects are achieved by local closures to turbulent statistics in the averaged Navier-Stokes equations, and can be applied in conjunction with existing Reynolds stress closures that have been constructed for broader applications beyond shock-turbulence interactions.

KEYWORDS:

• Turbulence modelling: Reynolds averaged
• supersonic turbulent flows
• compressible turbulence
• Reynolds averaged Navier-stokes

Acknowledgments

The authors would also like to acknowledge useful discussions with D. Livescu and R. Ristorcelli.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, subcontract # DE-AC52-06NA25396.