Transition to turbulence and effect of initial conditions on three-dimensional compressible mixing in planar blast-wave-driven systems

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 056317 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Miles ◽  
B. Blue ◽  
M. J. Edwards ◽  
J. A. Greenough ◽  
J. F. Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blast Wave ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Driven Systems

scholarly journals Transition to turbulence when the Tollmien–Schlichting and bypass routes coexist

2019 ◽  
Vol 880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Zammert ◽  
Bruno Eckhardt
Keyword(s):  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Travelling Waves ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Finite Amplitude ◽  
Linear Instability ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Stable Region ◽  
Bypass Transition ◽  
Parallel Plates ◽  
Tollmien Schlichting

Plane Poiseuille flow, the pressure-driven flow between parallel plates, shows a route to turbulence connected with a linear instability to Tollmien–Schlichting (TS) waves, and another route, the bypass transition, that can be triggered with finite-amplitude perturbation. We use direct numerical simulations to explore the arrangement of the different routes to turbulence among the set of initial conditions. For plates that are a distance $2H$ apart, and in a domain of width $2\unicode[STIX]{x03C0}H$ and length $2\unicode[STIX]{x03C0}H$, the subcritical instability to TS waves sets in at $Re_{c}=5815$ and extends down to $Re_{TS}\approx 4884$. The bypass route becomes available above $Re_{E}=459$ with the appearance of three-dimensional, finite-amplitude travelling waves. Below $Re_{c}$, TS transition appears for a tiny region of initial conditions that grows with increasing Reynolds number. Above $Re_{c}$, the previously stable region becomes unstable via TS waves, but a sharp transition to the bypass route can still be identified. Both routes lead to the same turbulent state in the final stage of the transition, but on different time scales. Similar phenomena can be expected in other flows where two or more routes to turbulence compete.

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FLOW RESPONSE TO STATIONARY DISTURBANCE IN ROTATING-DISK FLOW

2019 ◽  
Vol XVI (2) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ehtisham Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Rotating Disk ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Laboratory Frame ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Layer Flow

Three-dimensional boundary-layer flow is well known for its abrupt and sharp transition from laminar to turbulent regime. The presented study is a first attempt to achieve the target of delaying the natural transition to turbulence. The behaviour of two different shaped and sized stationary disturbances (in the laboratory frame) on the rotating-disk boundary layer flow is investigated. These disturbances are placed at dimensionless radial location (Rf = 340) which lies within the convectively unstable zone over a rotating-disk. Mean velocity profiles were measured using constant-temperature hot-wire anemometry. By careful analysis of experimental data, the instability of these disturbance wakes and its estimated orientation within the boundary-layer were investigated.

Stability of Hagen-Poiseuille flow with superimposed rigid rotation

1976 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-A. Mackrodt
Keyword(s):  
Poiseuille Flow ◽  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Neutral Curve ◽  
Rigid Rotation ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations

The linear stability of Hagen-Poiseuille flow (Poiseuille pipe flow) with superimposed rigid rotation against small three-dimensional disturbances is examined at finite and infinite axial Reynolds numbers. The neutral curve, which is obtained by numerical solution of the system of perturbation equations (derived from the Navier-Stokes equations), has been confirmed for finite axial Reynolds numbers by a few simple experiments. The results suggest that, at high axial Reynolds numbers, the amount of rotation required for destabilization could be small enough to have escaped notice in experiments on the transition to turbulence in (nominally) non-rotating pipe flow.

A Quasi-three-dimensional Finite-volume Shallow Water Model for Green Water on Deck

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (03) ◽  
pp. 125-140
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Liut ◽  
Kenneth M. Weems ◽  
Tin-Guen Yen
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Finite Volume ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Green Water ◽  
Water Model ◽  
Ship Motions ◽  
Shallow Water Model

A quasi-three-dimensional hydrodynamic model is presented to simulate shallow water phenomena. The method is based on a finite-volume approach designed to solve shallow water equations in the time domain. The nonlinearities of the governing equations are considered. The methodology can be used to compute green water effects on a variety of platforms with six-degrees-of-freedom motions. Different boundary and initial conditions can be applied for multiple types of moving platforms, like a ship's deck, tanks, etc. Comparisons with experimental data are discussed. The shallow water model has been integrated with the Large Amplitude Motions Program to compute the effects of green water flow over decks within a time-domain simulation of ship motions in waves. Results associated to this implementation are presented.

A Combined Eulerian and Lagrangian Method for Prediction of Evaporating Sprays

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Burger ◽  
G. Klose ◽  
G. Rottenkolber ◽  
R. Schmehl ◽  
D. Giebert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Lagrangian Method ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flows ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Lagrangian Methods ◽  
Eulerian Method ◽  
Lagrangian Modeling

Polydisperse sprays in complex three-dimensional flow systems are important in many technical applications. Numerical descriptions of sprays are used to achieve a fast and accurate prediction of complex two-phase flows. The Eulerian and Lagrangian methods are two essentially different approaches for the modeling of disperse two-phase flows. Both methods have been implemented into the same computational fluid dynamics package which is based on a three-dimensional body-fitted finite volume method. Considering sprays represented by a small number of droplet starting conditions, the Eulerian method is clearly superior in terms of computational efficiency. However, with respect to complex polydisperse sprays, the Lagrangian technique gives a higher accuracy. In addition, Lagrangian modeling of secondary effects such as spray-wall interaction enhances the physical description of the two-phase flow. Therefore, in the present approach the Eulerian and the Lagrangian methods have been combined in a hybrid method. The Eulerian method is used to determine a preliminary solution of the two-phase flow field. Subsequently, the Lagrangian method is employed to improve the accuracy of the first solution using detailed sets of initial conditions. Consequently, this combined approach improves the overall convergence behavior of the simulation. In the final section, the advantages of each method are discussed when predicting an evaporating spray in an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine.

Computational Characterization of Passive Fluid Mixing in Microfluidics

Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik D. Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fluid Mixing ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Fluid Systems ◽  
Sensitive Dependence ◽  
Microfluidic Mixers

In this work we computationally characterize fluid mixing in a number of passive microfluidic mixers. Generally, in order to systematically study and characterize mixing in realistic fluid systems we (1) compute the fluid flow in the systems by solving the stationary three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations or Stokes equations with a finite element method, and (2) compute various measures indicating the degree of mixing based on concepts from dynamical systems theory, i.e., the sensitive dependence on initial conditions and mixing variance.

Effect of Initial Velocity Field on Smoke Diffusion Characteristic in Subway Tunnel

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Yang ◽  
Li Jia ◽  
Lixin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Field ◽  
Field Condition ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Wind Effect ◽  
Diffusion Characteristic ◽  
Subway Tunnel ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Initial Field ◽  
Fire Disaster

In this paper, piston wind effect on smoke diffusion characteristic in subway tunnel is studied by using three-dimensional transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. In the first simulation case, fire disaster is simulated with homogeneous resting initial field condition. In the second simulation case, the train’s decelerating process till stopping in the tunnel is simulated for getting three-dimensional tunnel air velocity field distribution. Then the final heterogeneous air velocity field when the train stops in the tunnel is taken as initial field condition and the same fire scenario as the first case is simulated again. The data obtained under both initial conditions are compared by detecting people evacuation safety and the influence of initial air velocity field is analyzed. The results show that the inertial air velocity field caused by train’s movement has significant influence on smoke diffusion at the first few minutes of fire disaster, which is the key time for people’s evacuation. The adopted method in this paper and the simulation result could be used in establishing more effective subway fire evacuation plan.

Shear-Driven Flow in a Toroid of Square Cross Section

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. C. Humphrey ◽  
J. Cushner ◽  
M. Al-Shannag ◽  
J. Herrero ◽  
F. Giralt
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Finite Length ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Infinite Length ◽  
Core Flow ◽  
Reynolds Number Flow ◽  
End Wall

The two-dimensional wall-driven flow in a plane rectangular enclosure and the three-dimensional wall-driven flow in a parallelepiped of infinite length are limiting cases of the more general shear-driven flow that can be realized experimentally and modeled numerically in a toroid of rectangular cross section. Present visualization observations and numerical calculations of the shear-driven flow in a toroid of square cross section of characteristic side length D and radius of curvature Rc reveal many of the features displayed by sheared fluids in plane enclosures and in parallelepipeds of infinite as well as finite length. These include: the recirculating core flow and its associated counterrotating corner eddies; above a critical value of the Reynolds (or corresponding Goertler) number, the appearance of Goertler vortices aligned with the recirculating core flow; at higher values of the Reynolds number, flow unsteadiness, and vortex meandering as precursors to more disorganized forms of motion and eventual transition to turbulence. Present calculations also show that, for any fixed location in a toroid, the Goertler vortex passing through that location can alternate its sense of rotation periodically as a function of time, and that this alternation in sign of rotation occurs simultaneously for all the vortices in a toroid. This phenomenon has not been previously reported and, apparently, has not been observed for the wall-driven flow in a finite-length parallelepiped where the sense of rotation of the Goertler vortices is determined and stabilized by the end wall vortices. Unlike the wall-driven flow in a finite-length parallelepiped, the shear-driven flow in a toroid is devoid of contaminating end wall effects. For this reason, and because the toroid geometry allows a continuous variation of the curvature parameter, δ=D/Rc, this flow configuration represents a more general paradigm for fluid mechanics research.

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