scholarly journals One-dimensional energy spectra in three-dimensional incompressible homogeneous isotropic turbulence

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1111-1118
Author(s):  
YaoYao WANG ◽  
Zheng RAN ◽  
XingJie YUAN
2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 035104 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Osborne ◽  
J. C. Vassilicos ◽  
J. D. Haigh

2010 ◽  
Vol 650 ◽  
pp. 287-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIÁN MARTÍNEZ MERCADO ◽  
DANIEL CHEHATA GÓMEZ ◽  
DENNIS VAN GILS ◽  
CHAO SUN ◽  
DETLEF LOHSE

Three-dimensional particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) and phase-sensitive constant temperature anemometry in pseudo-turbulence – i.e. flow solely driven by rising bubbles – were performed to investigate bubble clustering and to obtain the mean bubble rise velocity, distributions of bubble velocities and energy spectra at dilute gas concentrations (α ≤ 2.2 %). To characterize the clustering the pair correlation function G(r, θ) was calculated. The deformable bubbles with equivalent bubble diameter db = 4–5 mm were found to cluster within a radial distance of a few bubble radii with a preferred vertical orientation. This vertical alignment was present at both small and large scales. For small distances also some horizontal clustering was found. The large number of data points and the non-intrusiveness of PTV allowed well-converged probability density functions (PDFs) of the bubble velocity to be obtained. The PDFs had a non-Gaussian form for all velocity components and intermittency effects could be observed. The energy spectrum of the liquid velocity fluctuations decayed with a power law of −3.2, different from the ≈ −5/3 found for homogeneous isotropic turbulence, but close to the prediction −3 by Lance & Bataille (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 222, 1991, p. 95) for pseudo-turbulence.


Author(s):  
M. Ernst ◽  
M. Sommerfeld

Direct numerical simulations of particle-laden homogeneous isotropic turbulence are performed to characterize the collision rate as a function of different particle properties. The fluid behaviour is computed using a three-dimensional Lattice Boltzmann Method including a spectral forcing scheme to generate the turbulence field. Under assumption of mass points, the transport of spherical particles is modelled in a Lagrangian frame of reference. In the simulations the influence of the particle phase on the fluid flow is neglected. The detection and performance of inelastic interparticle collisions are based on a deterministic collision model. Different studies with monodisperse particles are considered. According to the executed simulations, particles with small Stokes number possess a collision rate similar to the prediction of Saffman and Turner [1], whereas particles with larger Stokes numbers behave similarly to the theory of Abrahamson [2].


2011 ◽  
Vol 676 ◽  
pp. 191-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL WILCZEK ◽  
ANTON DAITCHE ◽  
RUDOLF FRIEDRICH

We investigate the single-point probability density function of the velocity in three-dimensional stationary and decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence. To this end, we apply the statistical framework of the Lundgren–Monin–Novikov hierarchy combined with conditional averaging, identifying the quantities that determine the shape of the probability density function. In this framework, the conditional averages of the rate of energy dissipation, the velocity diffusion and the pressure gradient with respect to velocity play a key role. Direct numerical simulations of the Navier–Stokes equation are used to complement the theoretical results and assess deviations from Gaussianity.


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