DNS study of particle-bed–turbulence interactions in an oscillatory wall-bounded flow

2016 ◽  
Vol 792 ◽  
pp. 232-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaitanya D. Ghodke ◽  
Sourabh V. Apte
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Outer Region ◽  
Production Term ◽  
Non Gaussian ◽  
Particle Bed ◽  
Rough Beds

Particle-resolved direct numerical simulations (DNS) are performed to investigate the behaviour of an oscillatory flow field over a rough bed, corresponding to the experimental set-up of Keiller & Sleath (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 73 (04), 1976, pp. 673–691) for transitional and turbulent flows over a range of Reynolds numbers (95–400) based on the Stokes-layer thickness. It is shown that the roughness modulates the near-bed turbulence, produces streamwise horseshoe structures which then undergo distortion and breaking, and therefore reduces the large-scale anisotropy. A fully developed equilibrium turbulence is observed in the central part of the oscillation cycle, with two-component turbulence in the near-bed region and cigar-shaped turbulence in the outer region. A double averaging of the flow field reveals spatial inhomogeneities at the roughness scale and alternate paths of energy transport in the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) budget. Contrary to the unidirectional, steady flow over rough beds, bed-induced production terms are important and comparable to the shear production term. It is shown that the near-bed velocity and pressure fluctuations are non-Gaussian, a result of critical importance for the modelling of incipient motion of sediment grains.

scholarly journals Noise Characteristics Analysis of the Horizontal Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine Designed for Unmanned Underwater Mooring Platforms

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhigao Dang ◽  
Zhaoyong Mao ◽  
Baowei Song ◽  
Wenlong Tian
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Acoustic Analogy ◽  
Noise Emission ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Noise Characteristics ◽  
Hydrokinetic Turbine

Operating horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbine (HAHT) generates noise affecting the ocean environment adversely. Therefore, it is essential to determine the noise characteristics of such types of HAHT, as large-scale turbine sets would release more noise pollution to the ocean. Like other rotating machinery, the hydrodynamic noise generated by the rotating turbine has been known to be the most important noise source. In the present work, the transient turbulent flow field of the HAHT is obtained by incompressible large eddy simulation, thereafter, the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings acoustic analogy formulation is carried out to predict the noise generated from the pressure fluctuations of the blade surface. The coefficient of power is compared with the experimental results, with a good agreement being achieved. It is seen from the pressure contours that the 80% span of the blade has the most severe pressure fluctuations, which concentrate on the region of leading the edge of the airfoil and the suction surface of the airfoil. Then, the noise characteristics around a single turbine are systematically studied, in accordance with the results of the flow field. The noise characteristics around the whole turbine are also investigated to determine the directionality of the noise emission of HAHT.

Kolmogorov’s contributions to the physical and geometrical understanding of small-scale turbulence and recent developments

1991 ◽  
Vol 434 (1890) ◽  
pp. 183-210 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scales ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Scale Turbulence ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Non Gaussian

This paper reviews how Kolmogorov postulated for the first time the existence of a steady statistical state for small-scale turbulence, and its defining parameters of dissipation rate and kinematic viscosity. Thence he made quantitative predictions of the statistics by extending previous methods of dimensional scaling to multiscale random processes. We present theoretical arguments and experimental evidence to indicate when the small-scale motions might tend to a universal form (paradoxically not necessarily in uniform flows when the large scales are gaussian and isotropic), and discuss the implications for the kinematics and dynamics of the fact that there must be singularities in the velocity field associated with the - 5/3 inertial range spectrum. These may be particular forms of eddy or ‘eigenstructure’ such as spiral vortices, which may not be unique to turbulent flows. Also, they tend to lead to the notable spiral contours of scalars in turbulence, whose self-similar structure enables the ‘box-counting’ technique to be used to measure the ‘capacity’ D K of the contours themselves or of their intersections with lines, D' K . Although the capacity, a term invented by Kolmogorov (and studied thoroughly by Kolmogorov & Tikhomirov), is like the exponent 2 p of a spectrum in being a measure of the distribution of length scales ( D' K being related to 2 p in the limit of very high Reynolds numbers), the capacity is also different in that experimentally it can be evaluated at local regions within a flow and at lower values of the Reynolds number. Thus Kolmogorov & Tikhomirov provide the basis for a more widely applicable measure of the self-similar structure of turbulence. Finally, we also review how Kolmogorov’s concept of the universal spatial structure of the small scales, together with appropriate additional physical hypotheses, enables other aspects of turbulence to be understood at these scales; in particular the general forms of the temporal statistics such as the high-frequency (inertial range) spectra in eulerian and lagrangian frames of reference, and the perturbations to the small scales caused by non-isotropic, non-gaussian and inhomogeneous large-scale motions.

Multiple-arrayed pressure measurement for investigation of the unsteady flow structure of a reattaching shear layer

2002 ◽  
Vol 463 ◽  
pp. 377-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
INWON LEE ◽  
HYUNG JIN SUNG
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Vortical Structure ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Vortical Flow ◽  
Recirculation Region ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Vortical Structures ◽  
Wall Pressure Fluctuations

Spatio-temporal characteristics of wall pressure fluctuations in separated and reattaching flows over a backward-facing step were investigated through an extensive pressure-velocity joint measurement with an array of microphones. The experiment was performed in a wind tunnel with a Reynolds number of 33 000 based on the step height and the free-stream velocity. Synchronized wavelet maps showed the evolutionary behaviour of pressure fluctuations and gave further insight into the modulated nature of large-scale vortical structures. To see the relationship between the flow field and the relevant spatial mode of the pressure field, a new kind of wavenumber filtering, termed ‘spatial box filtering’ (SBF), was introduced and examined. The vortical flow field was reconstructed using every single-point velocity measurement by means of the conditional average based on the SBF second mode of pressure fluctuations. The flow field showed a well-organized spanwise vortical structure convected with a speed of 0.6U0 and a characteristic ‘sawtooth’ pattern of the unsteady trace of reattachment length. In addition to the coherent vortical structures, the periodic enlargement/shrinkage process of the recirculation region owing to apping motion was analysed. The recirculation region was found to undergo an enlargement/shrinkage cycle in accordance with the lowpass-filtered component of pressure fluctuations. In addition, such modulatory behaviour of the vortical structure as the global oscillation phase was discussed in connection with the conditionally averaged flow field.

scholarly journals Turbulent fluctuations above the buffer layer of wall-bounded flows

2008 ◽  
Vol 611 ◽  
pp. 215-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAVIER JIMÉNEZ ◽  
SERGIO HOYAS
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Streamwise Velocity ◽  
Normal Velocity ◽  
Channel Statistics

The behaviour of the velocity and pressure fluctuations in the logarithmic and outer layers of turbulent flows is analysed using spectral information and probability density functions from channel simulations at Reτ≤2000. Comparisons are made with experimental data at higher Reynolds numbers. It is found, in agreement with previous investigations, that the intensity profiles of the streamwise and spanwise velocity components have logarithmic ranges that are traced to the widening spectral range of scales as the wall is approached. The same is true for the pressure, both theoretically and observationally, but not for the normal velocity or for the tangential stress cospectrum, although even those two quantities have structures with lengths of the order of several hundred times the wall distance. Because the logarithmic range grows longer as the Reynolds number increases, variables which are ‘attached’ in this sense scale in the buffer layer in mixed units. These results give strong support to the attached-eddy scenario proposed by Townsend (1976), but they are not linked to any particular eddy model. The scaling of the outer modes is also examined. The intensity of the streamwise velocity at fixed y/h increases with the Reynolds number. This is traced to the large-scale modes, and to an increased intensity of the ejections but not of the sweeps. Several differences are found between the outer structures of different flows. The outer modes of the spanwise and wall-normal velocities in boundary layers are stronger than in internal flows, and their streamwise velocities penetrate closer to the wall. As a consequence, their logarithmic layers are thinner, and some of their logarithmic slopes are different. The channel statistics are available electronically at http://torroja.dmt.upm.es/ftp/channels/.

Recirculating Flow and Turbulence in a Low Aspect Ratio Dump Combustor

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Karmakar ◽  
A. Kushari
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Recirculating Flow ◽  
Dump Combustor ◽  
Frequency Fluctuations ◽  
Scale Turbulence

Re-circulating flows are established in dump combustors at the dump plane due to the sudden expansion. However, given enough length, the separated flow at the dump plane attaches itself inside the combustor and a fully developed, non-circulating, attached flow field is established. But, if the length of the combustor is less than the free-stream reattachment length, then the flow does not re-attach inside the combustor. Instead, a portion of the flow is reflected from the exit section, causing stronger re-circulation that modifies the flow structure inside the combustor. This paper describes an experimental study of turbulent flow field inside a dump combustor for a range of flow Reynolds numbers. The focus of this effort is to study the interaction between the flow re-circulation and the large-scale turbulence. Detailed measurements of the wall pressure transients were taken using strain-gage pressure sensors. The fluctuating component of the pressure was isolated and analyzed. The signals were analyzed using FFT, Auto-Correlation and Cross-correlation to distinguish the re-circulating flow and the large-scale turbulence. The re-circulating flow, identified by low frequency fluctuations in pressure (∼ 0.5 Hz), was seen to be strongest inside the combustor almost half way through the combustor length. At the same time, the large-scale turbulence intensity (identified by high frequency fluctuations in the range of 460 Hz) level is seen to be lower inside the combustor than in the incoming pipe. This can be attributed to the turbulence cascading due to the re-circulating flow, which increases the small-scale energy and reduces the large-scale energy. These results show turbulence modulation due to re-circulating flow and can have far reaching applications in swirling turbulent flows.

A generalization of Yaglom's equation which accounts for the large-scale forcing in heated decaying turbulence

1999 ◽  
Vol 391 ◽  
pp. 359-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. DANAILA ◽  
F. ANSELMET ◽  
T. ZHOU ◽  
R. A. ANTONIA
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Grid Turbulence ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Production Term ◽  
Decaying Turbulence ◽  
Energy Dissipated

In most real or numerically simulated turbulent flows, the energy dissipated at small scales is equal to that injected at very large scales, which are anisotropic. Despite this injection-scale anisotropy, one generally expects the inertial-range scales to be locally isotropic. For moderate Reynolds numbers, the isotropic relations between second-order and third-order moments for temperature (Yaglom's equation) or velocity increments (Kolmogorov's equation) are not respected, reflecting a non-negligible correlation between the scales responsible for the injection, the transfer and the dissipation of energy. In order to shed some light on the influence of the large scales on inertial-range properties, a generalization of Yaglom's equation is deduced and tested, in heated grid turbulence (Rλ=66). In this case, the main phenomenon responsible for the non-universal inertial-range behaviour is the non-stationarity of the second-order moments, acting as a negative production term.

Spatio-Temporal Correlations of Hydrodynamic Forces on Particles in an Oscillatory Wall-Bounded Flow Environment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaitanya D. Ghodke ◽  
Sourabh V. Apte
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Lift Force ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Hydrodynamic Forces ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Temporal Correlations ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Particle-resolved direct numerical simulations are performed using fictitious domain approach [1] to investigate the effect of an oscillatory flow field over a rough wall made up of a regular hexagonal pack of fixed spherical particles, in a setup similar to the experimental configuration of [2]. Turbulent flows at Reynolds numbers, Reδ = 200 and 400 (based on the Stokes-layer thickness δ) are studied. The unsteady nature of hydrodynamic forces on particles and their cross-correlations with measurable flow variables are investigated. Temporal correlations showed drag and lift to be positively correlated with a phase difference, which is approximately equal to the Taylor micro-scale related to drag/lift correlations. Spatio-temporal correlations between the flow field and particle-related quantities showed that the lift force is well correlated with the streamwise velocity fluctuations up to distances of the same order as the particle diameter, beyond which the cross correlation decays considerably. On the other hand, the pressure fluctuations are correlated and anti-correlated with the lift force in the front and aft regions of the particle, respectively, as a result of wake effects. Further statistical analyses showed that the near-bed velocity and pressure fluctuations fit poorly with Gaussian distributions. Instead, a fourth order Gram-Charlier distribution model is proposed that may have consequences on the Gaussian descriptions of sediment pick-up functions typically used in quantification of turbulent transport of sediment particles.

CFD Results of Cavity Flows With and Without Regularly Spaced Slats

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Zoccola ◽  
Joseph F. Slomski ◽  
Theodore M. Farabee
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Energy Flow ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Perforated Plate ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Cavity Flows ◽  
Resonant Response ◽  
Production Term ◽  
Driven Cavity

In flow over cavity-backed openings, instability in the shear flow can result in self-excited oscillations of the flow. These can become coupled to a resonant response of the cavity, resulting in high amplitude pressure fluctuations in the cavity. Recent studies have shown that these self-excited oscillations can persist even in the presence of a perforated plate or a series of regularly spaced slats in the opening. In this study, various flow-field quantities of a self-excited cavity flow at different speeds and with and without regularly spaced slats in the opening are examined and compared. Unstructured hybrid RANS/LES methods are used to simulate shear driven cavity flows with and without slats at a resonant-coupled speed, as well as without slats at a lower, nonresonant-coupled speed. The results are compared to experimental data for corresponding conditions to validate the numerical results. Various flow field quantites, including the energy production term and the energy flow vector, are calculated from the data and compared for the different conditions in order to understand the features of the flow associated with self-excited oscillations with slats in the opening.

Large-scale flow field visualization for aneurysm treatment

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Damon Liu ◽  
Mark Burgin ◽  
Walter Karplus ◽  
Daniel Valentino
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Aneurysm Treatment ◽  
Large Scale Flow
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