The both mathematical models were tested for the flat plate flow on a heated wall measured by Sohn and Reshotko [16] and then applied to the simulation of compressible flow through the VKI turbine blade cascade according to measurements of Arts et al. [4]. The simulations were carried out for subsonic and transonic regimes at various free-stream turbulence levels. The best agreement of numerical results with experimental data was achieved by the URANS approach applied for the EARSM model with the algebraic transition model giving good results for both subsonic and transonic regimes as well.

The article deals with results of the implementation of the k-kL-ω turbulence model for compressible transitional flow into OpenFOAM. This model was firstly proposed by Walters and Leylek [2] and utilizes the approach of the laminar kinetic energy in order to predict the transition between laminar and turbulent flows. The performance of the implemented model has been tested for the case of flow over a flat plate and the flow through VKI and SE 1050 turbine cascades. The properties of the implementation of the model for compressible flow simulations into OpenFOAM are discussed.

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The contribution deals with the numerical simulation of the transition to turbulence on a heated flat plate by means of the k-k L- model of Walters and Cokljat (2008). The revised version of the three-equation model was implemented into the OpenFOAM code for the incompressible and compressible flows. Numerical simulations of the boundary-layer development were carried out according to measurements of Sohn and Reshotko (1991). The transition model was tested by means of the skin friction and the Stanton number distributions for various free-stream turbulence levels. Results were compared with empirical correlations expressing the Reynolds analogy according to Kays and Crawford (1993) and with experimental data of Pinson and Wang (2000).