25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-2.5.2

A STUDY OF NONLINEAR EDDY-VISCOSITY MODELS IN A FLOW SOLVER FOR TURBOMACHINERY

B. Wickerath, R. Niehuis*
RWTH Aachen, Germany; *Univ. of Federal Armed Forces of Munich, Germany

Keywords: turbomachinery; turbulence models; eddy-viscosity models; curvature; rotation

The objective of the present work is to investigate nonlinear eddy-viscosity turbulence models in a flow solver for turbomachinery. This study focuses on the effects of streamline curvature and rotation in typical turbomachinery flows.

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