Assessment of grid resolution requirements for accurate simulation of disparate scales of turbulent flow in low-pressure turbines

Abstract

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) on different grids for two Reynolds numbers of the T106A turbine cascade have been conducted to understand the influence of resolution on the solution. The work was motivated by different resolutions used in previously published studies that could not only be explained by different numerical methods. Most of these published studies used mean blade pressure distribution and wake loss profiles for validation and grid convergence purposes. DNS for canonical cases in general use more stringent criteria based on turbulence statistics considering that those require higher resolution. Therefore, in this study the influence of grid resolution on disparate scales of..