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2D Fully-Developed Channel Flow at High Reynolds Number Validation Case

Wilcox2006-klim-m Model Results
 

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Wilcox2006-klim-m - Cf vs x

Wilcox2006-klim-m - v* vs x Wilcox2006-klim-m - nondimensional u vs y

Wilcox2006-klim-m - u+ vs log10(y+) Wilcox2006-klim-m - Karman measure vs log10(y+)

Wilcox2006-klim-m - nondimensional eddy viscosity vs y

Wilcox2006-klim-m - u'v'+ vs y Wilcox2006-klim-m - u'v'+ vs log10(y+)

Previously on this page the results were reported as Wilcox2006-klim solutions, but more properly they should be referred to as Wilcox2006-klim-m. Essentially no difference is expected.

Above Wilcox2006-klim-m results are from CFL3D on the finest 161x513 grid. CFL3D used freestream turbulence intensity=0.039% and freestream turbulent viscosity (relative to laminar)=0.009 (additional details can be found in the CFL3D User's Manual, Appendix H). Please read note 5 on Notes on running CFD page. Note that these are compressible code results; results will be somewhat different for incompressible codes. In fact, for incompressible flow, the Cf and v*/Uref should become constant (moving downstream) rather than slowly linearly increasing as shown here. Note that the quantity v* (as defined in White, F. M., Viscous Fluid Flow, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974, pp. 471-474) is often referred to as u_tau. Note also that Uref used in the above plots is not bulk velocity, but rather the velocity at the reference position upstream where M=0.2. The density (used to compute Cf) is also referenced there.

Results are assumed to be sufficiently "fully developed" by x=500. Looking at the "Karman Measure" (KM), the value of "kappa" produced by this turbulence model is close to 0.400 over much of the log layer. Because Wilcox2006-klim-m is a linear (Boussinesq) model, there is essentially no separation between u'u', v'v', and w'w'.

Note that this model is currently assigned MRR Level 2 for the purposes of this website. This is because at this time the TMBWG has results for this model from two different codes from the same home organization. The results on this page are therefore not necessarily reliable until additional independent code(s) can be used to verify the model implementation.

CFL3D results are given here: w06_cf_vs_x_cfl3d.dat, w06_utau_vs_x_cfl3d.dat, w06_u_cfl3d.dat, w06_u+y+KM_cfl3d.dat, w06_mut_cfl3d.dat, w06_plus_cfl3d.dat. A typical CFL3D input file is: w06_cfl3d_typical.inp.
 
 

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02/01/2022 - added mention of expected results for incompressible flow

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