Coherent Structure and Subgrid-Scale Energy Transfer in Turbulence

2001 ◽  
pp. 249-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyosi Horiuti
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Coherent Structure ◽  
Subgrid Scale

Local energy flux and subgrid-scale statistics in three-dimensional turbulence

1998 ◽  
Vol 366 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
VADIM BORUE ◽  
STEVEN A. ORSZAG
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Energy Flux ◽  
Dissipation Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Energy Dissipation Rate ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Local Energy ◽  
Subgrid Scale ◽  
Velocity Gradients

Statistical properties of the subgrid-scale stress tensor, the local energy flux and filtered velocity gradients are analysed in numerical simulations of forced three-dimensional homogeneous turbulence. High Reynolds numbers are achieved by using hyperviscous dissipation. It is found that in the inertial range the subgrid-scale stress tensor and the local energy flux allow simple parametrization based on a tensor eddy viscosity. This parametrization underlines the role that negative skewness of filtered velocity gradients plays in the local energy transfer. It is found that the local energy flux only weakly correlates with the locally averaged energy dissipation rate. This fact reflects basic difficulties of large-eddy simulations of turbulence, namely the possibility of predicting the locally averaged energy dissipation rate through inertial-range quantities such as the local energy flux is limited. Statistical properties of subgrid-scale velocity gradients are systematically studied in an attempt to reveal the mechanism of local energy transfer.

Coherent structures and associated subgrid-scale energy transfer in a rough-wall turbulent channel flow

2012 ◽  
Vol 712 ◽  
pp. 92-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiarong Hong ◽  
Joseph Katz ◽  
Charles Meneveau ◽  
Michael P. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Energy Flux ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Coherent Structures ◽  
Subgrid Scale ◽  
Vortex Pairs ◽  
Roughness Elements

AbstractThis paper focuses on turbulence structure in a fully developed rough-wall channel flow and its role in subgrid-scale (SGS) energy transfer. Our previous work has shown that eddies of scale comparable to the roughness elements are generated near the wall, and are lifted up rapidly by large-scale coherent structures to flood the flow field well above the roughness sublayer. Utilizing high-resolution and time-resolved particle-image-velocimetry datasets obtained in an optically index-matched facility, we decompose the turbulence into large (${\gt }\lambda $), intermediate ($3\text{{\ndash}} 6k$), roughness ($1\text{{\ndash}} 3k$) and small (${\lt }k$) scales, where $k$ and $\lambda (\lambda / k= 6. 8)$ are roughness height and wavelength, respectively. With decreasing distance from the wall, there is a marked increase in the ‘non-local’ SGS energy flux directly from large to small scales and in the fraction of turbulence dissipated by roughness-scale eddies. Conditional averaging is used to show that a small fraction of the flow volume (e.g. 5 %), which contains the most intense SGS energy transfer events, is responsible for a substantial fraction (50 %) of the energy flux from resolved to subgrid scales. In streamwise wall-normal ($x\text{{\ndash}} y$) planes, the averaged flow structure conditioned on high SGS energy flux exhibits a large inclined shear layer containing negative vorticity, bounded by an ejection below and a sweep above. Near the wall the sweep is dominant, while in the outer layer the ejection is stronger. The peaks of SGS flux and kinetic energy within the inclined layer are spatially displaced from the region of high resolved turbulent kinetic energy. Accordingly, some of the highest correlations occur between spatially displaced resolved velocity gradients and SGS stresses. In wall-parallel $x\text{{\ndash}} z$ planes, the conditional flow field exhibits two pairs of counter-rotating vortices that induce a contracting flow at the peak of SGS flux. Instantaneous realizations in the roughness sublayer show the presence of the counter-rotating vortex pairs at the intersection of two vortex trains, each containing multiple $\lambda $-spaced vortices of the same sign. In the outer layer, the SGS flux peaks within isolated vortex trains that retain the roughness signature, and the distinct pattern of two counter-rotating vortex pairs disappears. To explain the planar signatures, we propose a flow consisting of U-shaped quasi-streamwise vortices that develop as spanwise vorticity is stretched in regions of high streamwise velocity between roughness elements. Flow induced by adjacent legs of the U-shaped structures causes powerful ejections, which lift these vortices away from the wall. As a sweep is transported downstream, its interaction with the roughness generates a series of such events, leading to the formation of inclined vortex trains.

scholarly journals The coherent structure of the kinetic energy transfer in shear turbulence

2020 ◽  
Vol 892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siwei Dong ◽  
Yongxiang Huang ◽  
Xianxu Yuan ◽  
Adrián Lozano-Durán
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Coherent Structure ◽  
Shear Turbulence ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Kinetic Energy Transfer

Subgrid-scale interactions in a numerically simulated planar turbulent jet and implications for modelling

2000 ◽  
Vol 408 ◽  
pp. 83-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. AKHAVAN ◽  
A. ANSARI ◽  
S. KANG ◽  
N. MANGIAVACCHI
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Turbulent Jet ◽  
Subgrid Scale ◽  
Local Interactions ◽  
Viscosity Models ◽  
Subgrid Scales ◽  
Model Coefficient ◽  
Non Local

The dynamics of subgrid-scale energy transfer in turbulence is investigated in a database of a planar turbulent jet at Reλ ≈ 110, obtained by direct numerical simulation. In agreement with analytical predictions (Kraichnan 1976), subgrid-scale energy transfer is found to arise from two effects: one involving non-local interactions between the resolved scales and disparate subgrid scales, the other involving local interactions between the resolved and subgrid scales near the cutoff. The former gives rise to a positive, wavenumber-independent eddy-viscosity distribution in the spectral space, and is manifested as low-intensity, forward transfers of energy in the physical space. The latter gives rise to positive and negative cusps in the spectral eddy-viscosity distribution near the cutoff, and appears as intense and coherent regions of forward and reverse transfer of energy in the physical space. Only a narrow band of subgrid wavenumbers, on the order of a fraction of an octave, make the dominant contributions to the latter. A dynamic two-component subgrid-scale model (DTM), incorporating these effects, is proposed. In this model, the non-local forward transfers of energy are parameterized using an eddy-viscosity term, while the local interactions are modelled using the dynamics of the resolved scales near the cutoff. The model naturally accounts for backscatter and correctly predicts the breakdown of the net transfer into forward and reverse contributions in a priori tests. The inclusion of the local-interactions term in DTM significantly reduces the variability of the model coefficient compared to that in pure eddy-viscosity models. This eliminates the need for averaging the model coefficient, making DTM well-suited to computations of complex-geometry flows. The proposed model is evaluated in LES of transitional and turbulent jet and channel flows. The results show DTM provides more accurate predictions of the statistics, structure, and spectra than dynamic eddy-viscosity models and remains robust at marginal LES resolutions.

Subgrid‐scale energy transfer and near‐wall turbulence structure

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ugo Piomelli ◽  
Yunfang Yu ◽  
Ronald J. Adrian
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Subgrid Scale ◽  
Near Wall Turbulence ◽  
Near Wall

Subgrid‐scale energy transfer in the near‐wall region of turbulent flows

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3130-3143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Härtel ◽  
Leonhard Kleiser ◽  
Friedemann Unger ◽  
Rainer Friedrich
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Subgrid Scale ◽  
Near Wall

Small‐scale properties of nonlinear interactions and subgrid‐scale energy transfer in isotropic turbulence

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Kerr ◽  
J. Andrzej Domaradzki ◽  
Gilles Barbier
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Isotropic Turbulence ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Nonlinear Interactions ◽  
Subgrid Scale ◽  
Scale Properties
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