scholarly journals The Reynolds number as the parameter in the strong solution to the Navier-Stokes equation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kulish
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Strong Solution ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation

A note on the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for a spherically symmetric expansion into a very low pressure

1973 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Freeman ◽  
S. Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Type Flow

It is shown that, for a spherically symmetric expansion of a gas into a low pressure, the shock wave with area change region discussed earlier (Freeman & Kumar 1972) can be further divided into two parts. For the Navier–Stokes equation, these are a region in which the asymptotic zero-pressure behaviour predicted by Ladyzhenskii is achieved followed further downstream by a transition to subsonic-type flow. The distance of this final region downstream is of order (pressure)−2/3 × (Reynolds number)−1/3.

scholarly journals Low-dimensional modelling of high-Reynolds-number shear flows incorporating constraints from the Navier–Stokes equation

2013 ◽  
Vol 729 ◽  
pp. 285-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej J. Balajewicz ◽  
Earl H. Dowell ◽  
Bernd R. Noack
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Galerkin Method ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Transient Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
High Reynolds

AbstractWe generalize the POD-based Galerkin method for post-transient flow data by incorporating Navier–Stokes equation constraints. In this method, the derived Galerkin expansion minimizes the residual like POD, but with the power balance equation for the resolved turbulent kinetic energy as an additional optimization constraint. Thus, the projection of the Navier–Stokes equation on to the expansion modes yields a Galerkin system that respects the power balance on the attractor. The resulting dynamical system requires no stabilizing eddy-viscosity term – contrary to other POD models of high-Reynolds-number flows. The proposed Galerkin method is illustrated with two test cases: two-dimensional flow inside a square lid-driven cavity and a two-dimensional mixing layer. Generalizations for more Navier–Stokes constraints, e.g. Reynolds equations, can be achieved in straightforward variation of the presented results.

scholarly journals Exact two-dimensionalization of rapidly rotating large-Reynolds-number flows

2015 ◽  
Vol 783 ◽  
pp. 412-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basile Gallet
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Rossby Number ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Rotating Turbulence ◽  
2D Flow ◽  
Long Time

We consider the flow of a Newtonian fluid in a three-dimensional domain, rotating about a vertical axis and driven by a vertically invariant horizontal body force. This system admits vertically invariant solutions that satisfy the 2D Navier–Stokes equation. At high Reynolds number and without global rotation, such solutions are usually unstable to three-dimensional perturbations. By contrast, for strong enough global rotation, we prove rigorously that the 2D (and possibly turbulent) solutions are stable to vertically dependent perturbations. We first consider the 3D rotating Navier–Stokes equation linearized around a statistically steady 2D flow solution. We show that this base flow is linearly stable to vertically dependent perturbations when the global rotation is fast enough: under a Reynolds-number-dependent threshold value$Ro_{c}(Re)$of the Rossby number, the flow becomes exactly 2D in the long-time limit, provided that the initial 3D perturbations are small. We call this property linear two-dimensionalization. We compute explicit lower bounds on$Ro_{c}(Re)$and therefore determine regions of the parameter space$(Re,Ro)$where such exact two-dimensionalization takes place. We present similar results in terms of the forcing strength instead of the root-mean-square velocity: the global attractor of the 2D Navier–Stokes equation is linearly stable to vertically dependent perturbations when the forcing-based Rossby number$Ro^{(f)}$is lower than a Grashof-number-dependent threshold value$Ro_{c}^{(f)}(Gr)$. We then consider the fully nonlinear 3D rotating Navier–Stokes equation and prove absolute two-dimensionalization: we show that, below some threshold value$Ro_{\mathit{abs}}^{(f)}(Gr)$of the forcing-based Rossby number, the flow becomes two-dimensional in the long-time limit, regardless of the initial condition (including initial 3D perturbations of arbitrarily large amplitude). These results shed some light on several fundamental questions of rotating turbulence: for arbitrary Reynolds number$Re$and small enough Rossby number, the system is attracted towards purely 2D flow solutions, which display no energy dissipation anomaly and no cyclone–anticyclone asymmetry. Finally, these results challenge the applicability of wave turbulence theory to describe stationary rotating turbulence in bounded domains.

History forces and the unsteady wake of a cylinder

1999 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 99-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. CHAPLIN
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Oscillatory Flow ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Asymptotic Properties ◽  
Quantitative Agreement ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Unsteady Wake

History forces on a stationary cylinder in arbitrary unsteady rectilinear flow are calculated by means of a model based on the asymptotic properties of the steady-state wake. The results capture many features found in numerical solutions of the Navier–Stokes equation for the same flows, though quantitative agreement deteriorates as the Reynolds number increases over the range 2 to 40. The cases studied are the impulsive start, stop, and reverse, and oscillatory flow.

Analysis of Flow in a Concentric Cylindrical Vessel Using Stream and Vorticity Function

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukanta Rakshit ◽  
Harsha Bojja
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Vortex Breakdown ◽  
Vortex Formation ◽  
Slip Boundary Condition ◽  
Cylindrical Vessel ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Finite Difference Schemes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation

This paper reports the numerical results of flow in a concentric cylindrical vessel. Velocity plots are shown to illustrate the swirling cylinder flow inside the cylinder having free surface on top and constant rotating bottom wall. The analysis is carried out axisymmetric using Stream function and Vorticity method by writing Navier-Stokes equation and continuity equation in cylindrical coordinates in form of stream functions and azimuthal vorticity components eliminating the pressure component. Using Finite Difference Schemes, modified Navier-Stokes equation and continuity equations are solved by explicit methods. No-slip boundary condition is assumed at wall to minimize the discontinuity. Vortex formation is shown using contour plots and variation in Reynolds number and dimensions are considered as variable for the system. As the Reynolds number is increased the system undergoes vortex breakdown. Result clearly indicates the formation of another vortex near the free surface illustrating the phenomena of vortex breakdown. Effect of aspect ratio in the nature flow is also shown in the paper. Comparison of numerically achieved results and experimental results are done for validation.

scholarly journals STOCHASTIC MODELS OF LAGRANGIAN ACCELERATION OF FLUID PARTICLE IN DEVELOPED TURBULENCE

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (23n24) ◽  
pp. 3095-3168 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. ARINGAZIN ◽  
M. I. MAZHITOV
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Practical Interest ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulations ◽  
Fluid Particle ◽  
Pressure Effects ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Lagrangian Particle ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation

Modeling statistical properties of motion of a Lagrangian particle advected by a high-Reynolds-number flow is of much practical interest and complement traditional studies of turbulence made in Eulerian framework. The strong and nonlocal character of Lagrangian particle coupling due to pressure effects makes the main obstacle to derive turbulence statistics from the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equation; motion of a single fluid-particle is strongly correlated to that of the other particles. Recent breakthrough Lagrangian experiments with high resolution of Kolmogorov scale have motivated growing interest to acceleration of a fluid particle. Experimental stationary statistics of Lagrangian acceleration conditioned on Lagrangian velocity reveals essential dependence of the acceleration variance upon the velocity. This is confirmed by direct numerical simulations. Lagrangian intermittency is considerably stronger than the Eulerian one. Statistics of Lagrangian acceleration depends on Reynolds number. In this review we present description of new simple models of Lagrangian acceleration that enable data analysis and some advance in phenomenological study of the Lagrangian single-particle dynamics. Simple Lagrangian stochastic modeling by Langevin-type dynamical equations is one the widely used tools. The models are aimed particularly to describe the observed highly non-Gaussian conditional and unconditional acceleration distributions. Stochastic one-dimensional toy models capture main features of the observed stationary statistics of acceleration. We review various models and focus in a more detail on the model which has some deductive support from the Navier–Stokes equation. Comparative analysis on the basis of the experimental data and direct numerical simulations is made.

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