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Analysis of Turbulence Model Uncertainty for Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Simulations
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • Aaron Erb
  • Serhat Hosder, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present results of an uncertainty and sensitivity analysis study of commonly used turbulence models in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes codes due to the epistemic uncertainty in closure coefficients for shock-wave/turbulent boundary-layer interaction simulations. The study focuses on the analysis of an axisymmetric shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction (ASWBLI) turbulence model validation case including an axisymmetric cylindrical body with a trailing-edge flare of 20 deg at an upstream Mach number of 7.11. The Spalart-Allmaras, the Wilcox 2006 κ-ω, and the Menter shear-stress transport turbulence models are considered in the stochastic analyses of the ASWBLI, which used the FUN3D flow solver. The uncertainty quantification approach involves stochastic expansions based on nonintrusive polynomial chaos to efficiently propagate the uncertainty. Sensitivity analysis is performed with Sobol indices to rank the relative contribution of each closure coefficient to the total uncertainty for several output flow quantities. The results of the current study identify a set of closure coefficients that contribute most to the uncertainty in various output quantities of interest, which are also consistent with the similar shock-induced separation studies.

Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Comments
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Grant NNX14AN17A
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Nov 2020
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Citation Information
Aaron Erb and Serhat Hosder. "Analysis of Turbulence Model Uncertainty for Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Simulations" Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Vol. 57 Iss. 6 (2020) p. 1264 - 1283 ISSN: 0022-4650; 1533-6794
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/serhat-hosder/105/