Numerical simulation of effusion cooling with comparisons to experimental data (Q979559)

Summary: CFD simulations of a slanted jet in crossflow were made and compared to detailed 3D-LDA measurements. Three turbulence models were studied using Fluent v6.1: realisable \(k-\epsilon \), SST-\(k-\omega \) and Reynolds stress model (RSM). The SST-\(k-\omega \) model and the RSM were both able to capture the recirculation zone in the jet wake, which was not the case with the realisable \(k-\epsilon \) model. The turbulent kinetic energy field was not well predicted by the \(k-\epsilon \) or the SST-\(k-\omega \) model. However, the Reynolds stress field was captured qualitatively correct by the RSM.