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Three-dimensional separated flow around Ahmed car model has been studied by numerical simulation to solve the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) equations. The simulation considers experimental model with two slant angles of 25° and 35°. After some priori tests, baseline meshes have been identified with 1.5–1.9 × 106 elements for each case. After the precursor steady flow calculation, unsteady simulation continued for further two shedding cycles. Both mean and instantaneous quantities of the flow are accumulated and compared with available test data at representative measurement planes/locations. It was found that for two slant angles considered the time-averaged mean streamwise velocity of URANS predictions are compared fairly well with the experimental data with correct profile and same magnitude of peak. It was also observed that the slant angle has considerable influences on the downstream flow, particularly the flow recirculation, turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) distributions. The separated shear layers from the slant edges are merging together to form large size trailing vortex. While the flow structures agree qualitatively well with the measurement, the TKE has been under-estimated in wake region. This is mainly due to the limitation of two-equation turbulence model for massive separated flow with strong vortex shedding. Further advancement to large eddy simulation will provide a solution for this kind of flow.
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Yao, J., Mouzoun, O., Yao, Y., Mason, P. (2009). Unsteady RANS Calculation of Flow Over Ahmed Car Model. In: Braza, M., Hourigan, K. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9898-7_40
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