Monaco_2025 is a scientific project founded by the French National Agency for Research (ANR Project N° ANR-17-CE06-0005-01)
Transient, buoyancy-affected turbulent flows play a major role in many industrial and environmental applications, in particular for the sectors of the two industrial partners, automotive and nuclear industries
Therefore, the present project focuses on configurations representative of a wide range of systems, in order to develop innovative models that will make possible the use of CFD for such very challenging configurations in the daily practice of engineers, which is not possible nowadays
The objective of the project is thus to incorporate buoyancy effects in a range of turbulence models, in order to provide engineers with efficient, robust and accurate tools for the prediction of flows in the mixed or natural convection regimes
The prediction of transient phenomena due to the influence of buoyancy constitutes the main barrier that must be overcome during the project, such that a particular effort will be devoted to the development of hybrid RANS/LES methods, with the objective of demonstrating their potential for buoyancy dominated flows
Temperature field on the thermal barrier of a nuclear Reactor Coolant Pump
Computed mean temperature in the underhood compartment of a sedan in the forced convection regime
