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  • 1 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Abstract

Numerical studies are conducted on turbulent incompressible flow over 2D backwardfacing
step in order to investigate the performance of three different turbulence models (standard k-e,
realizable k-e and SST k-ω) in predicting the region of separation and reattachment behind the edge
of the step. Current solutions of Reynolds number (Re= 13200) and expansion ratio (H: H2=1:3) are
compared with experimental measurements. Among the turbulence models, SST k-ω and standard k-e exhibited good agreement with the experimental results.