Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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755287 | Chinese Journal of Aeronautics | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Entropy represents the dissipation rate of energy. Through direct numerical simulation (DNS) of supersonic compression ramp flow, we find the value of entropy is monotonously decreasing along the wall-normal direction no matter in the attached or the separated region. Based on this feature, a new version of Baldwin–Lomax turbulence model (BL-entropy) is proposed in this paper. The supersonic compression ramp and cavity-ramp flows in which the original Baldwin–Lomax model fails to get convergent solutions are chosen to evaluate the performance of this model. Results from one-equation Spalart–Allmaras model (SA) and two-equation Wilcox k–ω model are also included to compare with available experimental and DNS data. It is shown that BL-entropy could conquer the essential deficiency of the original version by providing a more physically meaningful length scale in the complex flows. Moreover, this method is simple, computationally efficient and general, making it applicable to other models related with the supersonic boundary layer.