Numerical simulations of viscous rotating flows using a new pressure-based method
Authors:
Qingping Shi and R. J. Ribando
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, U.S.A.
Abstract:
This paper describes the development and application of a parabolic finite-volume procedure for the computation of viscous rotating flows having complex geometries. A parabolic numerical scheme has been developed to include the influence of the Coriolis force on pressure corrections. Two-equation turbulence models were employed to account for the effect of turbulence on the flows. Numerical tests for 2-D flows have been conducted, and the results show that computation with the new pressure-based method gives reasonably good agreement with the experiments.