Perturbations in a spherically symmetric inhomogeneous cosmological model with the self-similar region

1997 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 3341-3356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Tomita
1999 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 270-270
Author(s):  
K. Tomita

We discuss the theoretical and observational implications of an inhomogeneous cosmological model consisting of three regions: the inner low-density homogeneous region, the self-similar (or partially similar) inhomogeneous region and the outer nearly flat homogeneous region. When we assume Einstein's gravitational theory without cosmological constant, the standard inflation theory, and the observational fact of local low density around us, this model is found to be reasonable. The boundary between the inner region and the self-similar region is assumed to be in a spherical shell corresponding to the epoch of redshift z = 1.5–2.0, when the numbers of QSOs and Ly α clouds changed rapidly.


Author(s):  
Benedikt Krohn ◽  
Sunming Qin ◽  
Victor Petrov ◽  
Annalisa Manera

Turbulent free jets attracted the focus of many scientists within the past century regarding the understanding of mass- and momentum transport in the turbulent shear field, especially in the near-field and the self-similar region. Recent investigations attempt to understand the intermediate fields, called the mixing transition or ‘the route to self-similarity’. An apparent gap is recognized in light of this mixing transition, with two main conjectures being put forth. Firstly the flow will always asymptotically reach a fully self-similar state if boundary conditions permit. The second proposes partial and local self-similarity within the mixing transition. We address the later with an experimental investigation of the intermediate field turbulence dynamics in a non-confined free jet with a nozzle diameter of 12.7 mm and an outer scale Reynolds number of 15,000. High speed Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is used to record the velocity fields with a final spatial resolution of 194 × 194 μm2. The analysis focuses on higher order moments and two-point correlations of velocity variances in space and time. We observed local self-similarity in the measured correlation fields. Coherent structures are present within the near-field where the turbulent energy spectrum cascades along a dissipative slope. Towards the transition region, the spectrum smoothly transforms to a viscous cascade, as it is commonly observed in the self-similar region.


2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 73-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SHARIF ◽  
SEHAR AZIZ

In this paper, we are exploring some of the properties of the self-similar solutions of the first kind. In particular, we shall discuss the kinematic properties and also check the singularities of these solutions. We discuss these properties both in co-moving and also in non-co-moving (only in the radial direction) coordinates. Some interesting features of these solutions turn up.


2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Agelin-Chaab ◽  
M. F. Tachie

Three-dimensional turbulent wall jet was investigated using a particle image velocimetry technique. Three Reynolds numbers based on the jet exit velocity and diameter of 5000, 10,000, and 20,000 were studied. Profiles of the mean velocities, turbulence intensities, and Reynolds shear stresses as well as two-point velocity correlations and proper orthogonal decomposition analyses were used to document the salient features of the wall jets. The decay and spread rates are independent of Reynolds numbers in the self-similar region. The estimated values of 1.15, 0.054, and 0.255 for the decay rate, wall-normal spread rate, and lateral spread rate, respectively, are within the range of values reported in the literature. The two-point correlation analysis showed that the inclination of the streamwise velocity correlation contours in the inner layer is 11±3 deg in the wall region, which is similar to those of canonical turbulent boundary layers. The results from the proper orthogonal decomposition indicate that low-order modes contribute more to the turbulence statistics in the self-similar region than in the developing region. The Reynolds shear stresses are the biggest benefactors of the low-order mode contribution while the wall-normal turbulence intensities are the least.


1994 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 313-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yoda ◽  
L. Hesselink ◽  
M. G. Mungal

The virtually instantaneous three-dimensional concentration fields in the self-similar region of natural or unexcited, circularly excited and weakly buoyant round jets of Reynolds number based on nozzle diameter of 1000 to 4000 are measured experimentally at a spatial resolution of the order of the Kolmogorov length scale. Isoconcentration surfaces are extracted from the concentration field. These surfaces along with their geometrical parameters are used to deduce the structure and modal composition of the jet. The concentration gradient field is calculated, and its local topology is classified using critical-point concepts.Large-scale structure is evident in the form of ‘clumps’ of higher-concentration jet fluid. The structure, which has a downstream extent of about the local jet diameter, is roughly axisymmetric with a conical downstream end. This structure appears to be present only in fully turbulent jets. The antisymmetric two-dimensional images previously thought to be axial slices of an expanding spiral turn out in our data to instead be slices of a simple sinusoid in three dimensions. This result suggests that the helical mode, when present, is in the form of a pair of counter-rotating spirals, or that the +1 and −1 modes are simultaneously present in the flow, with their relative phase set by initial conditions.In terms of local structure, regions with a large magnitude in concentration gradient are shown to have a local topology which is roughly axisymmetric and compressed along the axis of symmetry. Such regions, which would be locally planar and sheet-like, may correspond to the superposition of several of the layer-like structures which are the basic structure of the fine-scale passive scalar field (Buch & Dahm 1991; Ruetsch & Maxey 1991).


2019 ◽  
Vol 206 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-321
Author(s):  
Sunming Qin ◽  
Benedikt Krohn ◽  
Victor Petrov ◽  
Annalisa Manera

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Boersma ◽  
G. Brethouwer ◽  
F. T. M. Nieuwstadt

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