Compressible jet-in-crossflow interactions are difficult to simulate accurately using Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) models. This could be due to simplifications inherent in RANS or the use of inappropriate RANS constants estimated by fitting to experiments of simple or canonical flows. Our previous work on Bayesian calibration of a k ε model to experimental data had led to a weak hypothesis that inaccurate simulations could be due to inappropriate constants more than model-form inadequacies of RANS. In this work, Bayesian calibration of k ε constants to a set of experiments that span a range of Mach numbers and jet strengths has been performed. The variation of the calibrated constants has been checked to assess the degree to which parametric estimates compensate for RANS’s model-form errors. An analytical model of jet-in-crossflow interactions has also been developed, and estimates of k ε constants that are free of any conflation of parametric and RANS’s model-form uncertainties have been obtained. It has been found that the analytical k ε constants provide mean-flow predictions that are similar to those provided by the calibrated constants. Further, both of them provide predictions that are far closer to experimental measurements than those computed using “nominal” values of these constants simply obtained from the literature. It can be concluded that the lack of predictive skill of RANS jet-in-crossflow simulations is mostly due to parametric inadequacies, and our analytical estimates may provide a simple way of obtaining predictive compressible jet-in-crossflow simulations.


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    Title :

    Robust Bayesian Calibration of a k ε Model for Compressible Jet-in-Crossflow Simulations


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    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 56 , 12 ; 4893-4909


    Publication date :

    2018-09-28


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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