scholarly journals Parametric forcing approach to rough-wall turbulent channel flow

2012 ◽  
Vol 712 ◽  
pp. 169-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Busse ◽  
N. D. Sandham
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Rough Wall ◽  
Force Term ◽  
Shape Functions ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
The Mean

AbstractThe effects of rough surfaces on turbulent channel flow are modelled by an extra force term in the Navier–Stokes equations. This force term contains two parameters, related to the density and the height of the roughness elements, and a shape function, which regulates the influence of the force term with respect to the distance from the channel wall. This permits a more flexible specification of a rough surface than a single parameter such as the equivalent sand grain roughness. The effects of the roughness force term on turbulent channel flow have been investigated for a large number of parameter combinations and several shape functions by direct numerical simulations. It is possible to cover the full spectrum of rough flows ranging from hydraulically smooth through transitionally rough to fully rough cases. By using different parameter combinations and shape functions, it is possible to match the effects of different types of rough surfaces. Mean flow and standard turbulence statistics have been used to compare the results to recent experimental and numerical studies and a good qualitative agreement has been found. Outer scaling is preserved for the streamwise velocity for both the mean profile as well as its mean square fluctuations in all but extremely rough cases. The structure of the turbulent flow shows a trend towards more isotropic turbulent states within the roughness layer. In extremely rough cases, spanwise structures emerge near the wall and the turbulent state resembles a mixing layer. A direct comparison with the study of Ashrafian, Andersson & Manhart (Intl J. Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 25, 2004, pp. 373–383) shows a good quantitative agreement of the mean flow and Reynolds stresses everywhere except in the immediate vicinity of the rough wall. The proposed roughness force term may be of benefit as a wall model for direct and large-eddy numerical simulations in cases where the exact details of the flow over a rough wall can be neglected.

Modeling the Transport of Fuel Mixture Perturbations and Entropy Waves in the Linearized Framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ludwig Kaiser ◽  
Kilian Oberleithner
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Turbulent Mixing ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Passive Scalar ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Mean Flow

Abstract In this paper a new method is introduced to model the transport of entropy waves and equivalence ratio fluctuations in turbulent flows. The model is based on the Navier-Stokes equations and includes a transport equation for a passive scalar, which may stand for entropy or equivalence ratio fluctuations. The equations are linearized around the mean turbulent fields, which serve as the input to the model in addition to a turbulent eddy viscosity, which accounts for turbulent diffusion of the perturbations. Based on these inputs, the framework is able to predict the linear response of the flow velocity and passive scalar to harmonic perturbations that are imposed at the boundaries of the computational domain. These in this study are fluctuations in the passive scalar and/or velocities at the inlet of a channel flow. The code is first validated against analytic results, showing very good agreement. Then the method is applied to predict the convection, mean flow dispersion and turbulent mixing of passive scalar fluctuations in a turbulent channel flow, which has been studied in previous work with Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS). Results show that our code reproduces the dynamics of coherent passive scalar transport in the DNS with very high accuracy and low numerical costs, when the DNS mean flow and Reynolds stresses are provided. Furthermore, we demonstrate that turbulent mixing has a significant effect on the transport of the passive scalar fluctuations. Finally, we apply the method to explain experimental observations of transport of equivalence ratio fluctuations in the mixing duct of a model burner.

Coherent structures in the inner part of a rough-wall channel flow resolved using holographic PIV

2012 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Talapatra ◽  
Joseph Katz
Keyword(s):  
Channel Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Streamwise Vortex ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Rough Wall ◽  
Roughness Sublayer ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Speed Flow ◽  
Spanwise Vorticity

AbstractMicroscopic holographic PIV performed in an optically index-matched facility resolves the three-dimensional flow in the inner part of a turbulent channel flow over a rough wall at Reynolds number ${\mathit{Re}}_{\tau } = 3520$. The roughness consists of uniformly distributed pyramids with normalized height of ${ k}_{s}^{+ } = 1. 5{k}^{+ } = 97$. Distributions of mean flow and Reynolds stresses agree with two-dimensional PIV data except very close to the wall (${\lt }0. 7k$) owing to the higher resolution of holography. Instantaneous realizations reveal that the roughness sublayer is flooded by low-lying spanwise and groove-parallel vortical structures, as well as quasi-streamwise vortices, some quite powerful, that rise at sharp angles. Conditional sampling and linear stochastic estimation (LSE) reveal that the prevalent flow phenomenon in the roughness sublayer consists of interacting U-shaped vortices, conjectured in Hong et al. (J. Fluid Mech., 2012, doi:10.1017/jfm.2012.403). Their low-lying base with primarily spanwise vorticity is located above the pyramid ridgeline, and their inclined quasi-streamwise legs extend between ridgelines. These structures form as spanwise vorticity rolls up in a low-speed region above the pyramid’s forward face, and is stretched axially by the higher-speed flow between ridgelines. Ejection induced by interactions among legs of vortices generated by neighbouring pyramids appears to be the mechanism that lifts the quasi-streamwise vortex legs and aligns them preferentially at angles of $54\textdegree \text{{\ndash}} 63\textdegree $ to the streamwise direction.

Modeling the Transport of Fuel Mixture Perturbations and Entropy Waves in the Linearized Framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ludwig Kaiser ◽  
Kilian Oberleithner
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Turbulent Mixing ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Passive Scalar ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Mean Flow

Abstract In this paper a new method is introduced to model the transport of entropy waves and equivalence ratio fluctuations in turbulent flows. The model is based on the Navier-Stokes equations and includes a transport equation for a passive scalar, which may stand for entropy or equivalence ratio fluctuations. The equations are linearized around the mean turbulent fields. These serve as the input to the model in addition to a turbulent eddy viscosity, which accounts for turbulent diffusion of the perturbations. Based on these inputs, the framework is able to predict the linear response of the flow velocity and passive scalar to harmonic perturbations that are imposed at the boundaries of the computational domain. These, in this study, are fluctuations in the passive scalar and/or velocities at the inlet of a channel flow. The code is first validated against analytic results, showing very good agreement. Then the method is applied to predict the convection, mean flow dispersion and turbulent mixing of passive scalar fluctuations in a turbulent channel flow, which has been studied in previous work with Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS). Results show that our code reproduces the dynamics of coherent passive scalar transport in the DNS with very high accuracy and low numerical costs. Furthermore, we demonstrate that turbulent mixing has a significant effect on the transport of the passive scalar fluctuations. Finally, we apply the method to explain experimental observations of transport of equivalence ratio fluctuations in the mixing duct of a model burner.

Burgers turbulence model for a channel flow

1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Channel Flow ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Amplitude Equations ◽  
Fourier Amplitude ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Burgers Model ◽  
Model Dynamics

The truncated Burgers models have a unique equilibrium state which is defined continuously for all the Reynolds numbers and attainable from a realizable class of initial disturbances. Hence, they represent a sequence of convergent approximations to the original (untruncated) Burgers problem. We have pointed out that consideration of certain degenerate equilibrium states can lead to the successive turbulence-turbulence transitions and finite-jump transitions that were suggested by Case & Chiu. As a prototype of the Navier–Stokes equations, Burgers model can simulate the initial-value type of numerical integration of the Fourier amplitude equations for a turbulent channel flow. Thus, the Burgers model dynamics display certain idiosyncrasies of the actual channel flow problem described by a truncated set of Fourier amplitude equations, which includes only a modest number of modes due to the limited capability of the computer at hand.

scholarly journals Turbulence structure of non-uniform rough open channel flow

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 05039
Author(s):  
Priscilla Williams ◽  
Vesselina Roussinova ◽  
Ram Balachandar
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Rough Bed ◽  
The Mean

This paper focuses on the turbulence structure in a non-uniform, gradually varied, sub-critical open channel flow (OCF) on a rough bed. The flow field is analysed under accelerating, near-uniform and decelerating conditions. Information for the flow and turbulence parameters was obtained at multiple sections and planes using two different techniques: two-component laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) and particle image velocimetry (PIV). Different outer region velocity scaling methods were explored for evaluation of the local friction velocity. Analysis of the mean velocity profiles showed that the overlap layer exists for all flow cases. The outer layer of the decelerated velocity profile was strongly affected by the pressure gradient, where a large wake was noted. Due to the prevailing nature of the experimental setup it was found that the time-averaged flow quantities do not attained equilibrium conditions and the flow is spatially heterogeneous. The roughness generally increases the friction velocity and its effect was stronger than the effect of the pressure gradient. It was found that for the decelerated flow section over a rough bed, the mean flow and turbulence intensities were affected throughout the flow depth. The flow features presented in this study can be used to develop a model for simulating flow over a block ramp. The effect of the non-uniformity and roughness on turbulence intensities and Reynolds shear stresses was further investigated.

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