Raisee, M.; Alemi, H.; Iacovides, H. Prediction of developing turbulent flow in 90\(^{\circ}\)-curved ducts using linear and non-linear low-Re \(k-\varepsilon\) models. (English) Zbl 1158.76340 Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids 51, No. 12, 1379-1405 (2006). Summary: This paper reports the outcome of applying two different low-Reynolds-number eddy-viscosity models to resolve the complex three-dimensional motion that arises in turbulent flows in ducts with 90\(^{\circ}\) bends. For the modelling of turbulence, the Launder and Sharma low-Re \(k-\varepsilon\) model and a recently produced variant of the cubic non-linear low-Re \(k-\varepsilon\) model have been employed. In this paper, developing turbulent flow through two different 90\(^{\circ}\) bends is examined: a square bend, and a rectangular bend with an aspect ratio of 6. The numerical results indicate that for the bend of square cross-section the curvature induces a strong secondary flow, while for the rectangular cross-section the secondary motion is confined to the corner regions. For both curved ducts, the secondary motion persists downstream of the bend and eventually slowly disappears. For the bend of square cross-section, comparisons indicate that both turbulence models can produce reasonable predictions. For the bend of rectangular cross-section, for which a wider range of data is available, while both turbulence models produce satisfactory predictions of the mean flow field, the non-linear \(k-\varepsilon\) model returns superior predictions of the turbulence field and also of the pressure and friction coefficients. Cited in 1 Document MSC: 76F60 \(k\)-\(\varepsilon\) modeling in turbulence 76M12 Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics Keywords:turbulent flow; curved ducts; turbulence modelling PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{M. 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