Influence of zero-modes on the inertial-range anisotropy of Rayleigh-Taylor and unstably stratified homogeneous turbulence

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Soulard ◽  
Benoît-Joseph Gréa
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Zero Modes

Applicability of Kolmogorov's and Monin's equations of turbulence

1997 ◽  
Vol 353 ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
REGINALD J. HILL
Keyword(s):  
Structure Function ◽  
Structure Functions ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Local Isotropy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Moderate Reynolds Number ◽  
Wide Range

The equation relating second- and third-order velocity structure functions was presented by Kolmogorov; Monin attempted to derive that equation on the basis of local isotropy. Recently, concerns have been raised to the effect that Kolmogorov's equation and an ancillary incompressibility condition governing the third-order structure function were proven only on the restrictive basis of isotropy and that the statistic involving pressure that appears in the derivation of Kolmogorov's equation might not vanish on the basis of local isotropy. These concerns are resolved. In so doing, results are obtained for the second- and third-order statistics on the basis of local homogeneity without use of local isotropy. These results are applicable to future studies of the approach toward local isotropy. Accuracy of Kolmogorov's equation is shown to be more sensitive to anisotropy of the third-order structure function than to anisotropy of the second-order structure function. Kolmogorov's 4/5 law for the inertial range of the third-order structure function is obtained without use of the incompressibility conditions on the second- and third-order structure functions. A generalization of Kolmogorov's 4/5 law, which applies to the inertial range of locally homogeneous turbulence at very large Reynolds numbers, is shown to also apply to the energy-containing range for the more restrictive case of stationary, homogeneous turbulence. The variety of derivations of Kolmogorov's and Monin's equations leads to a wide range of applicability to experimental conditions, including, in some cases, turbulence of moderate Reynolds number.

Deviations from the classical Kolmogorov theory of the inertial range of homogeneous turbulence

1989 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Yakhot ◽  
Zhen‐Su She ◽  
Steven A. Orszag
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Kolmogorov Theory

Implicit Large Eddy Simulation of Two-Dimensional Homogeneous Turbulence Using Weighted Compact Nonlinear Scheme

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichi Ishiko ◽  
Naofumi Ohnishi ◽  
Kazuyuki Ueno ◽  
Keisuke Sawada
Keyword(s):  
Energy Spectrum ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Third Order ◽  
The Third ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Numerical Viscosity ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Implicit Large Eddy Simulation

For the aim of computing compressible turbulent flowfield involving shock waves, an implicit large eddy simulation (LES) code has been developed based on the idea of monotonically integrated LES. We employ the weighted compact nonlinear scheme (WCNS) not only for capturing possible shock waves but also for attaining highly accurate resolution required for implicit LES. In order to show that WCNS is a proper choice for implicit LES, a two-dimensional homogeneous turbulence is first obtained by solving the Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible flow. We compare the inertial range in the computed energy spectrum with that obtained by the direct numerical simulation (DNS) and also those given by the different LES approaches. We then obtain the same homogeneous turbulence by solving the equations for compressible flow. It is shown that the present implicit LES can reproduce the inertial range in the energy spectrum given by DNS fairly well. A truncation of energy spectrum occurs naturally at high wavenumber limit indicating that dissipative effect is included properly in the present approach. A linear stability analysis for WCNS indicates that the third order interpolation determined in the upwind stencil introduces a large amount of numerical viscosity to stabilize the scheme, but the same interpolation makes the scheme weakly unstable for waves satisfying kΔx≈1. This weak instability results in a slight increase in the energy spectrum at high wavenumber limit. In the computed result of homogeneous turbulence, a fair correlation is shown to exist between the locations where the magnitude of ∇×ω becomes large and where the weighted combination of the third order interpolations in WCNS deviates from the optimum ratio to increase the amount of numerical viscosity. Therefore, the numerical viscosity involved in WCNS becomes large only at the locations where the subgrid-scale viscosity can arise in ordinary LES. This suggests the reason why the present implicit LES code using WCNS can resolve turbulent flowfield reasonably well.

Large eddy simulation of aircraft wake vortices within homogeneous turbulence - Crow instability

AIAA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 292-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongil Han ◽  
Yuh-Lang Lin ◽  
David G. Schowalter ◽  
S. P. Arya ◽  
Fred H. Proctor
Keyword(s):  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Wake Vortices ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Aircraft Wake ◽  
Crow Instability
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