Krause, M: Numerical Analysis of Transition Effects for SCRa

A combined investigation based on numerical analysis and experimental examination of SCRamjet intake geometries is undertaken within the Research Training Group (GRK) 1095/1. It is the purpose of this thesis to focus on the examination of laminar to turbulent transition for hypersonic boundary layers and its influence on the shock wave/boundary layer interaction for intake flows.First, the work presents a summary of the flow phenomena that have to be considered for hypersonic intake flows. It is followed by a general introduction of the research that has been done over the last decades in many different countries. For a better understanding of the conceptional design issues of SCRamjet intakes a review of existing and examined configurations is provided together with an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of the different designs.Second, the physical basis of laminar to turbulent transition is explained and the different reasons for this phenomenon are discussed in detail. After this a review of the possible numerical methods for predicting as well as modelling transition is given. Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) are described in general and their ability of predicting transition for macro three-dimensional industrial applications is pointed out. It is concluded that the only appropriate way of modelling transition for flow problems investigated within this project is using Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS).Therefore, the governing equations are presented together with the closure mechanism to get a complete set of equations to perform simulations of Newtonian fluid flow. Additionally, the time averaged techniques are shortly introduced. Furthermore, the boundary conditions as well as time integration methods are presented. Finally, several transition models for RANS equations are described to give an overview of their applicability to 3D hypersonic transitional flow. The Langtry/Menter transition model is