Implementation and Validation of Detached Eddy Simulation (DES)

This research aims to enhance an existing aerodynamic simulation tool to provide more accurate simulation data for turbulent flows with massive separation regions. This will be achieved by implementing the Detached-Eddy Simulation (DES) method. The existing turbulence prediction modules rely on simulation of the largest eddy in the fluid domain and modelling of all other eddies. In DES, a range of large to medium-scale eddies will be simulated, whereby the modelling will be limited only to the effect of smaller eddies. Since more physics will be captured in the numerical simulation, more accurate predictions will be obtained. In this research project, the existing turbulence models will be modified to incorporate the DES method.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Siva Nadarajah

Student:

Kaveh Mohamed

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

McGill University