Two-dimensional decaying turbulence in confined geometries

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 1441008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabor Toth ◽  
Gabor Hazi

Several interesting phenomena have been observed simulating two-dimensional decaying turbulence in bounded domains. In this paper, an overview is given about our observations obtained by simulating freely decaying turbulence in different regular polygon shaped containers with no-slip walls. For these simulations the lattice Boltzmann method has been used as a numerical approach. The initial Reynolds number based on the container dimension was in the order of 10,000. The initial condition was the same in each simulation, therefore, we were able to compare the effect of geometrical constraints on the evolution of relevant physical quantities such as the kinetic energy and the enstrophy.

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (17n19) ◽  
pp. 2757-2761 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAOYING ZHANG ◽  
HUILI TAN ◽  
MUREN LIU ◽  
LINGJIANG KONG ◽  
HAIPING FANG

A two-dimensional dynamics model of an elliptic cylinder is derived by using the lattice Boltzmann method. With the present model, we have simulated the sedimentation of a single charged elliptic cylinder in a two-dimensional tube in a Newtonian fluid. Due to the polarizing effects and non-axial symmetry shape, there are the Coulomb force and the Coulomb torque on the elliptic cylinder during the sedimentation, which change its ordinary motion significantly. Comparing with the sedimentation of an un-charged elliptic cylinder under the same initial condition, we have further discussed the dynamics characteristics of the charged elliptic cylinder, and obtained some interesting results.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 1840-1857
Author(s):  
Dongfang Li ◽  
Zhenhua Pan ◽  
Hongbin Deng

In order to study the adaptability of a multi-redundancy and multi-degree-of-freedom snake-like robot to underwater motion, a two-dimensional (2-D) obstacle avoidance control algorithm for a snake-like robot based on immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) and improved artificial potential field (APF) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the non-linear flow field model is established under the framework of LBM, and the IB method is introduced to establish a fluid solid coupling of a 2-D soft snake-like robot. Then, the obstacle avoidance of a snake-like robot in a flow field is realized by optimizing the curvature equation of the serpentine curve and eliminating the local minimum in APF method. Finally, the effects by exerted different control parameters on a snake-like robot’s obstacle avoidance capability are analyzed via MATLAB simulation experiment, by which we can find the optimal parameter of the obstacle avoidance and testify the validity of the proposed control algorithm.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof M. Graczyk ◽  
Maciej Matyka

AbstractConvolutional neural networks (CNN) are utilized to encode the relation between initial configurations of obstacles and three fundamental quantities in porous media: porosity ($$\varphi$$ φ ), permeability (k), and tortuosity (T). The two-dimensional systems with obstacles are considered. The fluid flow through a porous medium is simulated with the lattice Boltzmann method. The analysis has been performed for the systems with $$\varphi \in (0.37,0.99)$$ φ ∈ ( 0.37 , 0.99 ) which covers five orders of magnitude a span for permeability $$k \in (0.78, 2.1\times 10^5)$$ k ∈ ( 0.78 , 2.1 × 10 5 ) and tortuosity $$T \in (1.03,2.74)$$ T ∈ ( 1.03 , 2.74 ) . It is shown that the CNNs can be used to predict the porosity, permeability, and tortuosity with good accuracy. With the usage of the CNN models, the relation between T and $$\varphi$$ φ has been obtained and compared with the empirical estimate.


2020 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
pp. A39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noemi Schaffer ◽  
Anders Johansen ◽  
Lukas Cedenblad ◽  
Bernhard Mehling ◽  
Dhrubaditya Mitra

The first stages of planet formation take place in protoplanetary disks that are largely made up of gas. Understanding how the gas affects planetesimals in the protoplanetary disk is therefore essential. In this paper, we discuss whether or not gas flow can erode planetesimals. We estimated how much shear stress is exerted onto the planetesimal surface by the gas as a function of disk and planetesimal properties. To determine whether erosion can take place, we compared this with previous measurements of the critical stress that a pebble-pile planetesimal can withstand before erosion begins. If erosion took place, we estimated the erosion time of the affected planetesimals. We also illustrated our estimates with two-dimensional numerical simulations of flows around planetesimals using the lattice Boltzmann method. We find that the wall shear stress can overcome the critical stress of planetesimals in an eccentric orbit within the innermost regions of the disk. The high eccentricities needed to reach erosive stresses could be the result of shepherding by migrating planets. We also find that if a planetesimal erodes, it does so on short timescales. For planetesimals residing outside of 1 au, we find that they are mainly safe from erosion, even in the case of highly eccentric orbits.


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