Comparison of various turbulence models applied to a bluff body.

Flowfields around bluff bodies are characterized by complex distributions of the strain-rate tensor. Such flowfields can be analyzed with various turbulence models. The shortcoming of the eddy viscosity modelling in the k-e model is scrutinized in comparison with the results of ASM. The accuracy of the algebraic approximation adopted in ASM is examined using the numerical data given from LES. A new LES model with variable Smagorinsky constant is then presented.