Turbulence Structure of Vertical Adiabatic Wall Plumes

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-C. Lai ◽  
G. M. Faeth
Keyword(s):  
Schmidt Number ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometry ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Conserved Quantities ◽  
Mixing Length ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Simplified Models ◽  
Adiabatic Wall

Weakly buoyant turbulent adiabatic wall plumes along vertical surfaces were studied. Instantaneous velocities and concentrations were measured using laser-Doppler anemometry and laser-induced fluorescence, Earlier work reported mean properties and their comparison with predictions of simplified mixing-length and k–ε–g turbulence models. Velocity and concentration fluctuations and their correlations are reported in the present paper. The results show considerable deficiencies in the simplified models concerning turbulence properties, e.g., anisotropy of turbulence properties, lack of coincidence of maximum velocity and zero Reynolds stress points, and variability of the turbulence Prandtl/Schmidt number. Density/velocity correlations were found which provide a means of estimating differences between Reynolds and Favre averages, effects of turbulence fluxes on conserved quantities, and effects of buoyancy/turbulence interactions on turbulence properties.

scholarly journals The Development of the Mean Flow and Turbulence Structure in an Annular S-Shaped Duct

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Britchford ◽  
J. F. Carrotte ◽  
S. J. Stevens ◽  
J. J. McGuirk
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometry ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Curvature Effects ◽  
The Mean

This paper describes an investigation of the mean and fluctuating flow field within an annular S-shaped duct which is representative of that used to connect the compressor spools of aircraft gas turbine engines. Data was obtained from a fully annular test facility using a 3-component Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) system. The measurements indicate that development of the flow within the duct is complex and significantly influenced by the combined effects of streamwise pressure gradients and flow curvature. In addition CFD predictions of the flow, using both the k-ε and Reynolds stress transport equation turbulence models, are compared with the experimental data. Whereas curvature effects are not described properly by the k-ε model, such effects are captured more accurately by the Reynolds stress model leading to a better prediction of the Reynolds shear stress distribution. This, in turn, leads to a more accurate prediction of the mean velocity profiles, as reflected by the boundary layer shape parameters, particularly in the critical regions of the duct where flow separation is most likely to occur.

Effects of Ambient Turbulence on Interleaving at a Baroclinic Front

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Smyth ◽  
Barry Ruddick
Keyword(s):  
Schmidt Number ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Vertical Scale ◽  
Salt Fingers ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Frontal Zones ◽  
Turbulent Momentum ◽  
Salt Fingering ◽  
Ambient Turbulence

Abstract In this paper the authors investigate the action of ambient turbulence on thermohaline interleaving using both theory and numerical calculations in combination with observations from Meddy Sharon and the Faroe Front. The highly simplified models of ambient turbulence used previously are improved upon by allowing turbulent diffusivities of momentum, heat, and salt to depend on background gradients and to evolve as the instability grows. Previous studies have shown that ambient turbulence, at typical ocean levels, can quench the thermohaline interleaving instability on baroclinic fronts. These findings conflict with the observation that interleaving is common in baroclinic frontal zones despite ambient turbulence. Another challenge to the existing theory comes from numerical experiments showing that the Schmidt number for sheared salt fingers is much smaller than previously assumed. Use of the revised value in an interleaving calculation results in interleaving layers that are both weaker and thinner than those observed. This study aims to resolve those paradoxes. The authors show that, when turbulence has a Prandtl number greater than unity, turbulent momentum fluxes can compensate for the reduced Schmidt number of salt fingering. Thus, ambient turbulence determines the vertical scale of interleaving. In typical oceanic interleaving structures, the observed property gradients are insufficient to predict interleaving growth at an observable level, even when improved turbulence models are used. The deficiency is small, though: gradients sharper by a few tens of percent are sufficient to support instability. The authors suggest that this is due to the efficiency of interleaving in erasing those property gradients. A new class of mechanisms for interleaving, driven by flow-dependent fluctuations in turbulent diffusivities, is identified. The underlying mechanism is similar to the well-known Phillips layering instability; however, because of Coriolis effects, it has a well-defined vertical scale and also a tilt angle opposite to that of finger-driven interleaving.

Correlation Between LDA and Ultrasound Heart Catheter Measurements in a Stenosed Arterial Model

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Liepsch ◽  
A. Poll ◽  
R. Blasini
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometry ◽  
Water Solution ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Symmetric Model ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Glycerine Water ◽  
Arterial Model

Ultrasound heart catheters are used to measure the velocity in coronary arteries. However, the act of introducing a catheter into the vessel disturbs the very flow being measured. We used laser Doppler anemometry to measure the velocity distribution in an axially symmetric model, both with and without a catheter inserted. The catheter reduced the center-line velocity by as much as 60 percent at a distance of 2 mm downstream from the catheter, and by as much as 25 percent at a distance of 10 mm. This means the velocity measured with an ultrasound catheter does not show the maximum velocity of the undisturbed flow in the tube center. In the constriction, however, the measured velocities with the LDA and ultrasound catheter are almost the same. Thus, catheter measurements in the stenosis achieve accurate results. The velocity profile in the stenosed areas is flattened over nearly the whole cross section. The velocity is extremely reduced only close to the wall. The measurements outside of the stenosis lead to large differences which need to be studied carefully in the future. The disturbed flow finally disappeared 15 mm downstream of the catheter. The measurements were done at steady flow using a glycerine water solution with a dynamic viscosity of 4.35m Pas. In future studies, these experiments will be repeated for pulsatile flow conditions using non-Newtonian blood-like fluids.

Automated generation of turbulence shell models by the methods of computer algebra

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Глеб Михайлович Водинчар ◽  
Любовь Константиновна Фещенко
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Laws ◽  
Computer Algebra ◽  
Quadratic Forms ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Conserved Quantities ◽  
Automated Generation ◽  
Shell Models

Описана разработанная методика генерации уравнений каскадных моделей турбулентности с помощью систем компьютерной алгебры. Методика позволяет варьировать размер масштабной нелокальности модели, вид квадратичных законов сохранения и спектральных законов, знаменатель геометрической прогрессии масштабов. Ее использование позволяет быстро и безошибочно генерировать целые классы моделей. Может использоваться для разработки каскадных моделей гидродинамических, магнитогидродинамических и конвективных турбулентных систем. There is a great variety of shell turbulence models. Such models reproduce certain characteristics of turbulence. A model that could reproduce all turbulence regimes does not exist at the moment. Information about a particular model is contained in a set of persistent quantities, which are some quadratic forms of turbulent fields. These quadratic forms should be formal analogs of the exact conserved quantities. It is important to note that the main idea of Shell models presupposes a refusal to describe the geometric structure of movements. At the same time, it is well known that turbulent processes in spaces of two and three dimensions behave differently. Therefore, the provision of certain combinations of conserved quantities allows indirect introducing into the shell model the information about the dimension of the physical space in which the turbulent process develops. Purpose. The aim of this work was to create software tools that would quickly generate classes of models that satisfy one or another set of conservation laws. The choice of a specific model within these classes can then be specified using additional physical considerations, for example, the existence of a given probability distribution for the interaction of certain shells. Methods. The developed technique for generating equations of shell turbulence models is carried out using symbolic computation systems (computer algebra systems - CAS). Note that symbolic packages are used not for studying ready-made shell models, but for the automated generation of the equations of these models themselves. The technique allows varying the value of the scale nonlocality of the model, the form of the quadratic conservation laws and spectral laws, the denominator of the geometric progression of scales. It allows quickly and accurately generating the entire set of classes of the models. It can be used to develop shell models of hydrodynamic, magnetohydrodynamic and convective turbulent systems. Findings. It seems that the proposed technique will be useful for studying the properties of turbulence in the framework of cascade models

scholarly journals Prediction of flow and dispersion in cross–ventilated buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 05002
Author(s):  
Ali Cemal Benim ◽  
Michael Diederich ◽  
Ali Nahavandi
Keyword(s):  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Reynolds Stress Model ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Detached Eddy Simulation ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Grid Independence

The present paper presents a detailed computational analysis of flow and dispersion in a generic isolated single–zone buildings. First, a grid generation strategy is discussed, that is inspired by a previous computational analysis and a grid independence study. Different turbulence models are appliedincluding two-equation turbulence models, the differential Reynolds Stress Model, Detached Eddy Simulation and Zonal Large Eddy Simulation. The mean velocity and concentration fields are calculated and compared with the measurements. A satisfactory agreement with the experiments is not observed by any of the modelling approaches, indicating the highly demanding flow and turbulence structure of the problem.

Boundary layer development after a separated region

1998 ◽  
Vol 374 ◽  
pp. 91-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN P. CASTRO ◽  
ELEANORA EPIK
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Turbulence Structure ◽  
Outer Flow ◽  
Free Stream Turbulence ◽  
Layer Region

Measurements obtained in boundary layers developing downstream of the highly turbulent, separated flow generated at the leading edge of a blunt flat plate are presented. Two cases are considered: first, when there is only very low (wind tunnel) turbulence present in the free-stream flow and, second, when roughly isotropic, homogeneous turbulence is introduced. With conditions adjusted to ensure that the separated region was of the same length in both cases, the flow around reattachment was significantly different and subsequent differences in the development rate of the two boundary layers are identified. The paper complements, but is much more extensive than, the earlier presentation of some of the basic data (Castro & Epik 1996), confirming not only that the development process is very slow, but also that it is non-monotonic. Turbulence stress levels fall below those typical of zero-pressure-gradient boundary layers and, in many ways, the boundary layer has features similar to those found in standard boundary layers perturbed by free-stream turbulence. It is argued that, at least as far as the turbulence structure is concerned, the inner layer region develops no more quickly than does the outer flow and it is the latter which essentially determines the overall rate of development of the whole flow. Some numerical computations are used to assess the extent to which current turbulence models are adequate for such flows.

Numerical and Experimental Evaluation of Lift Forces in Flows Around Surface-Mounted Bluff Bodies

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Stengel ◽  
F. Ebert ◽  
M. Fallen
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Field ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Recirculation Zone ◽  
Separation Zone ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometry ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
The Body ◽  
Bluff Bodies ◽  
Large Eddy

The flow around a surface-mounted bluff body with cuboid shape is investigated. Therefore, the velocity field including the distribution of the turbulent kinetic energy is computed and compared with experimental Laser Doppler Anemometry data. Several different turbulence models, namely the standard k-ε model, the Wolfshtein two-layer k-ε model and a Large-Eddy approach are validated. Since the Large-Eddy model remains the only model representing the flow accurate, it is chosen for further investigations. The pressure distribution on the body and on the carrying surface around the body is analysed. The lift coefficients are computed for Reynolds numbers, ranging from 1.1 × 104 up to 4.4 × 104. The lengths of the separation zone above and the recirculation zone downstream the body are evaluated.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Cold Turbulent Jet Impinging on a Hot Plate

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. I. Maldonado ◽  
J. K. Abrantes ◽  
L. F. A. Azevedo ◽  
A. O. Nieckele
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometry ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Impinging Jets ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Hot Plate ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Velocity Statistics ◽  
Reliable Assessment ◽  
Anisotropic Structures

Impinging jets are an efficient mechanism to enhance wall heat transfer, and are widely used in engineering applications. The flow field of an impinging jet is quite complex and it is a challenging case for turbulence models validation as well as measurements techniques. In the present work, a detailed investigation of a cold jet impinging on a hot plate operating in the turbulent flow regime was conducted. The flow field was characterized by both Laser Doppler Anemometry and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) techniques in order to collect 1st and 2nd order velocity statistics to allow a reliable assessment of the numerical simulations. Comparison was performed with two turbulence methodologies: RANS (κ–ω SST model) and LES (Dynamic Smagorinsky model). The comparison was performed to assess LES feasibility and accuracy in capturing the anisotropic structures that several tested RANS models missed. The mean velocity, instantaneous velocity, Reynolds stresses and Nusselt profiles obtained numerically are compared with experimental data. A physical insight about the general flow dynamics was obtained with the extensive amount of information available from the LES.

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