Research Article

An Extended Assessment of Fluid Flow Models for the Prediction of Two-Dimensional Steady-State Airfoil Aerodynamics

Table 2

Contrasted turbulence models.

#Turbulence modelFormulation and/or wall functionsReference [24] chapter theory

()Spalart-Allmaras V-B (vorticity-based formulation for turbulent production)Low Reynolds damping.4.2

() Spalart-Allmaras SV-B (strain/vorticity-based formulation for turbulent production)Low Reynolds damping.4.2

()Standard k-εEnhanced wall treatment.4.3.1

()Renormalization group (RNG) k-εEnhanced wall treatment.4.3.2

()Realizable k-εEnhanced wall treatment.4.3.3

()Standard k-ωLow-Reynolds corrections.
Shear Flow corrections.
4.4.1

()Shear stress transport (SST) k-ωLow-Reynolds corrections.4.4.2

()Transition k-kl-ωNA.4.5

()Transition SSTNA.4.6

()Reynolds stress LP-S (linear pressure-strain model)Enhanced wall treatment, wall boundary conditions from k equation, wall reflection effects were considered.4.8

()Reynolds Stress QP-S (quadratic pressure-strain model)Enhanced wall treatment, wall boundary conditions from k equation.4.8

()Reynolds Stress Low-Re S-ω  (Low-Reynolds Stress- model)Low-Reynolds corrections. Shear flow corrections.4.8