Viscous Fluid Flow

Final Report

Wall model or wall function is usually necessary when conducting the simulation of
turbulent flows, especially for LES and RANS models. In this report, you are asked to
finish the following tasks related to the wall model.

(1).
Explain why the wall model is needed in turbulence simulation.

(2).
Equilibrium wall model is one of the most famous wall models. Please determine the
equation of the equilibrium wall model by making reasonable assumptions from the
Navier-Stokes equations near the wall.

(3).
An observation point is in the turbulent boundary layer flow near the wall and the normal
distance from the wall to the point is 0.005m. We have the information of velocity parallel
to the wall=2m/s in this observation point. Determine uτ (friction velocity) and y+
(dimensionless wall distance) using the numerical integration to solve the equilibrium
wall model.

You may need the following references.

[1] PH Chang et al., Simulations of laminar and turbulent flows over periodic hills with
immersed boundary method, Computers & Fluids 92 (2014) 233-243
Page 239
[2] M. Wang and P. Moin, Dynamic wall modeling for large-eddy simulation of complex
turbulent flows, Physics of Fluids 14, 2043 (2002)
[3] Session 6-4.2: Inner Layer Details: The Law of the Wall in the Text book

Please submit your report with PDF file to Moodle before

17:00, 3th January.