Collection of turbulence modeling

Turbulence modeling is in several cases a very important topic in a simulation project. These tutorials explain, how you can utilize them in OpenFOAM.

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Turbulence modeling

Theory

• Detailed theory on turbulence modeling - In this tutorial you find the basic theory of turbulence modeling.

• Difference between a laminar and a turbulent solver - This tutorial gives a compact explanation of a laminar solver as well as a turbulent solver and the difference between them.

• Steady-state turbulence modeling - Here you will find a basic 2D hands-on tutorial to understand the theory of steady-state turbulence modeling.

• Transient turbulence modeling - Here you will find a basic 2D hands-on tutorial to understand the theory of transient turbulence modeling.

Application cases

• Rearward facing step case - This tutorial describes the flow over a rearward facing step in detail.

• Flow around a car - Here you will learn about the flow around a car.

• Flow around a circular cylinder - 2D case - This tutorial describes the flow around a 2D circular cylinder.

• Flow around a square cylinder - 3D case - This tutorial describes the flow around a 3D square cylinder.

• Flow around a hemisphere - This tutorial gives you an extensive introduction to the flow around a hemisphere, which can be seen as one of the simplest case of an external flow.

Further reading

Publications

• S. Jakirlic, L. Kutej, P. Unterlechner and C. Tropea: Critical Assessment of Some Popular Scale-Resolving Turbulence Models for Vehicle Aerodynamics, SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Mech. Syst., Volume 10(1), p. 235-250, 2017, doi:10.4271/2017-01-1532.
• M. Islam, F. Decker, E. de Villiers, A. Jackson, J. Gines, T. Grahs, A. Gitt–Gehrke and J. Comas i Font: Application of Detached–Eddy Simulation for Automotive Aerodynamics Development, SAE International, 2009-01-0333, 2009.