Wall \(y^{+}\) approach for dealing with turbulent flows over a wall mounted cube (Q614244)

Summary: An approach to dealing with turbulent flows over a wall mounted cube using the wall \(y^+\) (non-dimensional distance from the wall) as guidance in selecting the appropriate grid configuration and corresponding turbulence models is investigated using FLUENT 6.3. The study is divided into two sections -- Case I and Case II, dealing with low and high Reynolds numbers, respectively. Five turbulence models -- the standard \(k-\varepsilon \), standard \(k-\omega \), Reynolds Stress Model (RSM), Spalart-Allmaras (SA) and renormalisation group (RNG) \(k-\varepsilon \) are used to solve the closure problem. Their behaviours, together with the accompanying near-wall treatments, are investigated for wall \(y^+\) covering the viscous sub-layer, the buffer layer and the log-law region.