"Best Practice" RANS CFD guide/book?

clarence_carter · July 19, 2011, 11:21

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good best practice books for RANS based CFD. I have a fairly good understanding of aerodynamics and RANS modelling, so what I am looking for is more of an applied/practical guide rather than a discussion of theory.

The sort of thing I am looking for is:

-Pros/cons of different turbulence models
-Best practice for various canonical flows, e.g. how many points across LBL, TBL, in region of separation etc.
-Pros/cons of different solvers (e.g commonly used iterative solvers, spatial schemes)
-Boundary condition guidelines for different turbulence models and/or engineering flows
-Operational requirements of turbulence models (e.g. wall-function resolution requirements)

I realise that this sort of information can often be found on line, including this excellent website, but it would be really handy to have in a single book as a reference.

Thank you all in advance for any replies, all advice will be gratefully received!

cfdnewbie · July 19, 2011, 16:27

There's something called the ERCOFTAC guidelines, which include turbulence models evaluations as well, check this link out:
http://www.ercoftac.org/publications...ase_flows_spf/

maybe you could get your hands on that, there's certainly an evaluation of typical RANS models in it....

Cheers,
newbie

clarence_carter · July 21, 2011, 05:25

Thank you very much for your help! The ERCOFTAC guidelines look very close to what i'm after, I will certainly look into it but it's a shame it's so expensive. It's not often I wish I was still a student (it's cheaper then)!

f-w · July 21, 2011, 11:37

http://homes.et.aau.dk/lar/cfd/ERCOF...Guidelines.PDF

July 19, 2011, 11:21	"Best Practice" RANS CFD guide/book?	#1
clarence_carter New Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 14	Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows of any good best practice books for RANS based CFD. I have a fairly good understanding of aerodynamics and RANS modelling, so what I am looking for is more of an applied/practical guide rather than a discussion of theory. The sort of thing I am looking for is: -Pros/cons of different turbulence models -Best practice for various canonical flows, e.g. how many points across LBL, TBL, in region of separation etc. -Pros/cons of different solvers (e.g commonly used iterative solvers, spatial schemes) -Boundary condition guidelines for different turbulence models and/or engineering flows -Operational requirements of turbulence models (e.g. wall-function resolution requirements) I realise that this sort of information can often be found on line, including this excellent website, but it would be really handy to have in a single book as a reference. Thank you all in advance for any replies, all advice will be gratefully received!

July 21, 2011, 11:37		#4
f-w Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 154 Rep Power: 17	http://homes.et.aau.dk/lar/cfd/ERCOF...Guidelines.PDF Kevin De Smet likes this.

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July 19, 2011, 16:27		#2
cfdnewbie Senior Member cfdnewbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 557 Rep Power: 20	There's something called the ERCOFTAC guidelines, which include turbulence models evaluations as well, check this link out: http://www.ercoftac.org/publications...ase_flows_spf/ maybe you could get your hands on that, there's certainly an evaluation of typical RANS models in it.... Cheers, newbie

July 21, 2011, 05:25		#3
clarence_carter New Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 14	Thank you very much for your help! The ERCOFTAC guidelines look very close to what i'm after, I will certainly look into it but it's a shame it's so expensive. It's not often I wish I was still a student (it's cheaper then)!