Numerical Investigation of Turbulence Models for a Superlaminar Journal Bearing

Table 6

Pad loads.

Group	Model	Corrections	Pad loads (kN)
Classical turbulence models	laminar		54.2
Classical turbulence models	SA	–	79.8
	Standard -		48.2
	SST		58.5
Classical turbulence models	Standard -	Scalable wall treatment	34.2
	RNG -		22.3
	Realizable -		37.6
Classical turbulence models	Quadratic pressure-strain RSM	–	35.2
Transition turbulence models	Transition SST	–	58.8
	Transition --		54.2
Transition turbulence models	SST	Intermittency transition	54.5
Turbulence models with low-Re correction	AKN -	Low-Re correction	58.4
	Abid -		56.6
	Lam–Bremhorst -		57.5
Turbulence models with low-Re correction	SST	Low-Re correction	88.9
Experiment	–	–	90.0