TRANSITION SIMULATION USING GLM-EM BASED CLOSED EQUATIONS OF TURBULENCE

The half-wave Generalized Lagrangian Mean (GLM) method is applied to deriving the closed equations of incompressible turbulent flow.The set of equations does not contain any correlation terms and empirical coefficients.The eddy-viscosity is determined by the Stokes drift velocity,its length scale and divergence.Without using the wall function and any empirical treatments,the transition process of a plan boundary layer has been successfully simulated by the equations.All the transition details,such as the change of the mean parameters,the transformation of the velocity profiles from laminar to turbulent,the evolution of the thickness of the boundary layer,the length of transition zone,and the curve of friction coefficients,are well consistent with experimental results.