Jeroen Van den Eynde & Johan Steelant
DOI Number XXX-YYY-ZZZ
Conference Number HiSST 2018-1300826
A two-equation correlation-based transition model is presented to predict the onset and development of the laminar-turbulent transition process for boundary layers. It uses one equation for the intermittencytransport, and another for the transport of a transition onset criterion. It uses some elements from the Langtry-Menter intermittency-based γ-Reθt transition model, but introduces a physics-based rationale for the intermittency production and destruction. The model has been validated for a number of subsonic to hypersonic boundary layer cases and is able to correctly predict the transition onset location and typical skin friction overshoot.