A three-equation turbulence model for high-speed flows

Adding a new equation to the two-equation K-turbulence model framework,this paper proposed a three-equation turbulence model to determine the density variance for high-speed aero-optics and high-speed compressible turbulent flows.Simulations were performed with the new model for supersonic and hypersonic flat-plate turbulent boundary layer and hypersonic ramp flows.The results showed that the prediction with the present model agrees well with the experimental data and is significantly better than the Lutz's model in predicting the density variance for the flat-plate flows.Furthermore,the present model can produce more accurate skin pressure and skin heat flux distributions than the original K-model in simulating hypersonic compression ramp flows with separation and reattachment and shock/boundary layer interactions.Without introducing a variety of ad hoc wall damping and wall-reflection terms,the proposed three-equation turbulence model is applicable to highspeed aero-optics and turbulent flows of real vehicles of complex configuration.

Comparison of Gas Particle Flow Prediction from Large Eddy Simulation and Reynolds-Averaging Navier-Stokes Modeling

In order to account for the effect of particle existence on gas-particle turbulence flow in large-eddy simulation (LES),a new gas-particle turbulent kinetic energy subgrid-scale (SGS) turbulence model is established,and the effect of particle wake is also considered in gas turbulent kinetic energy SGS turbulence model.Simulation of gas-particle turbulence flow in backward-facing step is carried out by LES using present model and by unified second-order moment (USM) model.The prediction statistical results including mean velocity and fluctuation velocity by LES using present model are in reasonable agreement with the experimental results.It is shown that present model is with higher calculating accuracy than USM model,which indicates that the turbulent kinetic energy SGS turbulence model is suitable.

Gas Turbulence Modulation Model for Gas-Solid Flows in Two-Fluid Approach

Turbulence enhancement by particle wake effect is studied by numerical simulation of gas turbulent flows passing over particle under various particle sizes, inlet gas velocities, gas viscosity, gas density and the distance of particles. By performing dimension analysis and using the form of gas-particle interaction source term for reference, a new semi-empirical turbulence enhancement model by the particle-wake effect is proposed. The turbulence model is then incorporated into second-order moment model for simulating gas-particle flows in a horizontal channel with different wall roughness and a sudden-expansion chamber. The results show that this model is with higher calculating accuracy than another two turbulence models in comparison with the experimental results.

Linear camera calibration and pose estimation from vanishing points

In order to broaden the scope of application and ensure the calibration precision, a new method of linear calibration by making fully use of vanishing point attributes is proposed. The method dose not need any rigorous restrictions, and solves the self-calibration problem with only five vanishing points in two digital images, which are arbitrarily taken by a handheld digital camera. Furthermore, another approach for camera＇s pose estimation is also put forward without any strict controlled motions. The experimental results of both computer simulation and real images show that the calibration algorithm is effective, feasible, and robust.