Concomitance of the local spanwise velocity and production in wall turbulence

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 015108 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Sedat Tardu
Keyword(s):  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Spanwise Velocity

scholarly journals Streamwise-travelling waves of spanwise wall velocity for turbulent drag reduction

2009 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 161-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURIZIO QUADRIO ◽  
PIERRE RICCO ◽  
CLAUDIO VIOTTI
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Travelling Waves ◽  
Phase Speed ◽  
Travelling Wave ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Energetic Efficiency ◽  
Friction Drag ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Spanwise Velocity

Waves of spanwise velocity imposed at the walls of a plane turbulent channel flow are studied by direct numerical simulations. We consider sinusoidal waves of spanwise velocity which vary in time and are modulated in space along the streamwise direction. The phase speed may be null, positive or negative, so that the waves may be either stationary or travelling forward or backward in the direction of the mean flow. Such a forcing includes as particular cases two known techniques for reducing friction drag: the oscillating wall technique (a travelling wave with infinite phase speed) and the recently proposed steady distribution of spanwise velocity (a wave with zero phase speed). The travelling waves alter the friction drag significantly. Waves which slowly travel forward produce a large reduction of drag that can relaminarize the flow at low values of the Reynolds number. Faster waves yield a totally different outcome, i.e. drag increase (DI). Even faster waves produce a drag reduction (DR) effect again. Backward-travelling waves instead lead to DR at any speed. The travelling waves, when they reduce drag, operate in similar fashion to the oscillating wall, with an improved energetic efficiency. DI is observed when the waves travel at a speed comparable with that of the convecting near-wall turbulence structures. A diagram illustrating the different flow behaviours is presented.

Near Wall Turbulence Effects on Particle Transport and Deposition in Human Tracheobronchial Multi-Level Bifurcation Model

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir A. Mofakham ◽  
Lin Tian ◽  
Goodarz Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Tracheobronchial Tree ◽  
Lung Model ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Multi Level

Transport and deposition of micro and nano-particles in the upper tracheobronchial tree were analyzed using a multi-level asymmetric lung bifurcation model. The multi-level lung model is flexible and computationally efficient by fusing sequence of individual bifurcations with proper boundary conditions. Trachea and the first two generations of the tracheobronchial airway were included in the analysis. In these regions, the airflow is in turbulent regime due to the disturbances induced by the laryngeal jet. Anisotropic Reynolds stress transport turbulence model (RSTM) was used for mean the flow simulation, together with the enhanced two-layer model boundary conditions. Particular attention is given to evaluate the importance of the “quadratic variation of the turbulent fluctuations perpendicular to the wall” on particle deposition in the upper tracheobroncial airways.

scholarly journals Actuation response model from sparse data for wall turbulence drag reduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Fernex ◽  
Richard Semaan ◽  
Marian Albers ◽  
Pascal S. Meysonnat ◽  
Wolfgang Schröder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Sparse Data ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Response Model

scholarly journals Spectral-scaling-based extension to the attached eddy model of wall turbulence

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dileep Chandran ◽  
Jason P. Monty ◽  
Ivan Marusic
Keyword(s):  
Wall Turbulence

scholarly journals Turbulence Intensity Modulation by Micropolar Fluids

Fluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
George Sofiadis ◽  
Ioannis Sarris
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulence Intensity ◽  
Fluid Flows ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Intensity Modulation ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Volume Fractions ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Fluid microstructure nature has a direct effect on turbulence enhancement or attenuation. Certain classes of fluids, such as polymers, tend to reduce turbulence intensity, while others, like dense suspensions, present the opposite results. In this article, we take into consideration the micropolar class of fluids and investigate turbulence intensity modulation for three different Reynolds numbers, as well as different volume fractions of the micropolar density, in a turbulent channel flow. Our findings support that, for low micropolar volume fractions, turbulence presents a monotonic enhancement as the Reynolds number increases. However, on the other hand, for sufficiently high volume fractions, turbulence intensity drops, along with Reynolds number increment. This result is considered to be due to the effect of the micropolar force term on the flow, suppressing near-wall turbulence and enforcing turbulence activity to move further away from the wall. This is the first time that such an observation is made for the class of micropolar fluid flows, and can further assist our understanding of physical phenomena in the more general non-Newtonian flow regime.

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