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Effect of Turbulence Model Uncertainty on Scramjet Isolator Flowfield Analysis
Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • Martin A. Di Stefano
  • Serhat Hosder, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Robert A. Baurle
Abstract

The goal of this work was to quantify the uncertainty in the solution of a scramjet isolator flowfield due to the uncertainty in the closure coefficients of commonly used turbulence models in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations. The Menter baseline, Menter shear stress transport, Spalart-Allmaras, and Wilcox-2006 k - ω turbulence models were examined; and simulations were carried out using the VULCAN flow solver. Nonintrusive polynomial chaos theory was used for efficient uncertainty propagation, and Sobol indices were employedto establish relative sensitivities of the flow solution to closure coefficients. The results obtained were compared to experimental dataaswell as toprevious work focusingon relevant flow problems. Sets of closure coefficients that contribute most to solution uncertainty for each turbulence model were identified, which warrant further investigation because more knowledge about the effects of these coefficients is expected to reduce the uncertainty in the numerical design of scramjet isolators.

Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
  • Chaos theory,
  • Flow fields,
  • Navier Stokes equations,
  • Polynomials,
  • Ramjet engines,
  • Shear flow,
  • Shear stress,
  • Turbulence models, K-Omega turbulence model,
  • Model uncertainties,
  • Numerical design,
  • Polynomial chaos theory,
  • Relative sensitivity,
  • Reynolds-averaged navier-stokes simulations,
  • Shear-stress transport,
  • Uncertainty propagation, Uncertainty analysis
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 The Authors, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Jan 2020
Disciplines
Citation Information
Martin A. Di Stefano, Serhat Hosder and Robert A. Baurle. "Effect of Turbulence Model Uncertainty on Scramjet Isolator Flowfield Analysis" Journal of Propulsion and Power Vol. 36 Iss. 1 (2020) p. 109 - 122 ISSN: 0748-4658; 1533-3876
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/serhat-hosder/96/