Global pressure relaxation procedure for compressible turbulent strong interaction flows (Q1114523)

Numerical turbulent solutions of the compressible RNS equations are obtained by means of the global pressure relaxation procedure. The ellipticity of the RNS equations in this computational approach is conveniently but appropriately represented by the streamwise pressure gradient term in a multi-pass boundary-layer-like marching technique. The numerical formulation includes the full effect of the elliptic pressure interaction and, therefore, allows computation of strong viscous-inviscid interacting flows. The flow regimes considered contain many of the characteristic features of complex fluid flows, e.g. recirculation, embedded shock waves and mixing shear layers. Simple algebraic turbulent closure models are employed. Results are presented for axisymmetric geometries. Comparison is made with available experimental and numerical data.