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Mechanics
Sparsh Ganju, Sean C. C. Bailey, Christoph Brehm
Summary: Direct numerical simulations are used to investigate incompressible turbulent channel flow over smooth and sinusoidal roughness walls. The study examines the effects of roughness amplitude and wavelength on the flow, and finds that the interaction between the shear layer and roughness significantly influences the flow.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Jianyu Wang, Guojian He, Subhasish Dey, Hongwei Fang
Summary: This study investigated the interaction between flow and submerged flexible vegetation through numerical simulation, revealing the formation of alternate vortices at the flow-vegetation interface, resulting in wave-like oscillations of the vegetation canopy. The study also demonstrated the effects of flow velocity, vegetation spacing, and relative density on the characteristics of vegetation oscillations.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Jianyu Wang, Guojian He, Subhasish Dey, Hongwei Fang
Summary: This study presents a three-dimensional numerical model for the interaction of flow with submerged flexible vegetation, successfully simulating the interaction between flow and highly flexible vegetation. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the numerical model in simulating velocity profiles and vegetation movement induced by flow.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Antoine Michel, Boris Arcen
Summary: Direct numerical simulations are performed to investigate the influence of friction Reynolds number (Re_t) on the translational and angular velocities of inertial, prolate ellipsoids in turbulent channel flow. The quadrant distribution of the turbulent events experienced by the particles remains unchanged with varying Re_t, while subtle modifications occur depending on channel position and particle relaxation time. The statistical moments of the ellipsoids' translational velocity display the same dependence on Re_t as the fluid velocity, and the weak dependence on particle shape observed at low Reynolds numbers persists at higher Re_t. Similarly, the mean and r.m.s. of the particles' angular velocity weakly depend on particle shape and show the same dependence on Re_t as the fluid angular velocity statistics.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)
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Mechanics
Gen Wu, Le Fang, Jin Zhang
Summary: This paper introduces a new synthetic turbulence method called AEM and applies it to generate inlet conditions in the open-source software code_saturne. By comparing with direct numerical simulation and synthetic eddy method, the ability of AEM to accurately predict turbulent kinetic energy profiles is validated. Parametric analysis is also conducted to discuss the specific effect of each factor.
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Mechanics
Siwei Dong, Fulin Tong, Ming Yu, Jianqiang Chen, Xianxu Yuan, Qian Wang
Summary: In this study, asymmetrical deformations of fluctuating streamwise wall shear stress and wall heat flux were identified, with such asymmetry alleviated by lower wall temperature. Additionally, it was found that the phase lag between negative streamwise wall shear stress and streamwise velocity is larger than that between positive wall shear stress and velocity.
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Mechanics
Kiran Jadhav, Abhilash J. Chandy
Summary: Large eddy simulations are performed for high-magnetic Reynolds number inhomogeneous magnetohydrodynamic flows. The simulations are validated using benchmark channel flow results and utilize a hybrid formulation of spectral and finite difference methods. The effect of velocity shear on magnetic field structures is explored for different interaction parameters. It is observed that for higher interaction parameters, the transition from laminar to turbulent is inhibited, while for lower values, a turbulent state is observed. The final state for the lower interaction parameter is characterized by a homogeneous distribution of large and small scales.
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Mechanics
S. Blanchard, N. Odier, L. Gicquel, B. Cuenot, F. Nicoud
Summary: In the framework of wall-modeled large-eddy simulation (WMLES), the static Smagorinsky model predicts efficiently the wall shear stress, while more advanced static models like WALE or Sigma fail in this aspect. Smagorinsky is known to be too dissipative in the bulk flow and purely sheared flows, whereas the other models are better suited for near-wall flows.
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Thermodynamics
Xu Zhang, Xin Zeng, Chuangxin He, Yingzheng Liu
Summary: The antifouling mechanism of shark skin was investigated using large-eddy simulation in a fully turbulent flow channel. The study validated the antifouling properties through experimental observations and analyzed the flow characteristics using mean and turbulent statistics. A phenomenological scenario based on instantaneous visualizations of vortical events was proposed to explain the spatiotemporal evolution of turbulent coherent structures. The study found that the flow patterns were driven by periodic emission of hairpin-type vortices, which intensified shear stress and momentum exchange.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Omid Ali Akbari, Hossein Haghjoo, Azher M. Abed, Mahsa Karimi, Ali Maghzian, Gholamreza Ahmadi Sheikh Shabani, Amirmasoud Anvari, Nevzat Akkurt, Davood Toghraie
Summary: In this research, turbulent flow numerical models in a wavy channel were investigated to determine the appropriate method for estimating the behavior of turbulent flow in such geometries. Among the studied models, the k-omega SST methods and Reynolds and Spalart-Allmaras stress are introduced as the best methods due to their better compatibility and guessing of flow and hydrodynamic properties.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Tianyi Li, Lian Shen
Summary: This study combines theoretical and computational methods to investigate the initial impact of turbulent wind on a calm water surface and analyzes the process of wind-wave generation based on Phillips theory. The study reveals that the wave energy grows following a quartic law during the early stages of wave generation and provides numerical evidence of the resonance mechanism, which plays a crucial role in the heterogeneous distribution of wave energy in the spectral space.
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS
(2023)
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Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Hanju Lee, Clara Helm, Pino M. Martin, Owen J. H. Williams
Summary: By identifying the effects of density and viscosity fluctuations on the total stress balance, we have created a mean velocity transformation for compressible boundary layers. This transformation is based on extensive direct numerical simulations incorporating various conditions. We have presented the significance and physical mechanisms connecting density and viscosity fluctuations to the momentum balance and the different stresses. The proposed velocity transformation integrates important properties and successfully collapses all considered compressible cases onto the incompressible law of the wall.
PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS
(2023)
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Mechanics
Carlos G. Hernandez, Qiang Yang, Yongyun Hwang
Summary: The generalized quasilinear approximation is applied to turbulent channel flow to study the energy transfer mechanism. Comparisons with the traditional quasilinear model show that the generalized quasilinear approximation performs better in simulating high Reynolds number flows. It is proposed that the energy scattering mechanism is related to the linearized equations.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
Anna Guseva, Javier Jimenez
Summary: Opposition flow control is an effective strategy for turbulent wall-bounded flows. This study investigates the implementation of this strategy in the logarithmic layer using a detection plane, and reveals the various responses it induces in a channel flow, such as virtual-wall effect, increased streamwise velocity, Reynolds stress, linear instability, and oblique waves.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
A. Apostolidis, J. P. Laval, J. C. Vassilicos
Summary: We found that the Kolmogorov scale-by-scale equilibrium in the intermediate layer of a fully developed turbulent channel flow is only achieved asymptotically around the Taylor length, indicating it is not in an inertial range. Additionally, we analyzed turbulence production and interscale turbulence energy transfer in terms of alignments/anti-alignments of fluctuating velocities, straining/compressive relative motions, forward/inverse interscale transfer/cascade, and homogeneous/non-homogeneous interscale transfer rate contributions. We also proposed leading order scalings for second- and third-order two-point statistics, including the extremum interscale turbulence energy transfer rate and a second-order anisotropic structure function, which acts as a scale-by-scale Reynolds shear stress and determines the scale-by-scale (two-point) turbulence production rate.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)