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Xinxian Zhang, Tomoaki Watanabe, Koji Nagata
Summary: In this study, direct numerical simulations of temporally developing turbulent boundary layers were used to investigate the Reynolds number dependence of the turbulent/non-turbulent interface (TNTI) layer. The results revealed the mean thicknesses of the TNTI layer, turbulent sublayer, and viscous superlayer, as well as the characteristics of the irrotational boundary. It was found that the mean shear effects near the TNTI layer are not significant and that the turbulence under the TNTI layer tends to be isotropic at high Reynolds numbers.
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Mechanics
Christoph Wenzel, Tobias Gibis, Markus Kloker, Ulrich Rist
Summary: This study quantitatively evaluates the Reynolds analogy factor for self-similar turbulent boundary layers with pressure gradients using direct numerical simulation. The factor is found to increase for adverse-pressure-gradient cases and decrease for favourable-pressure-gradient cases. Mach number has a small influence, and no dependency on Reynolds number was observed. The effects of pressure gradients can be approximated by an analytical relation derived by So in incompressible flow.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
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K. Matsuno, S. K. Lele
Summary: The study reveals that at high Mach numbers, the spatial scales of eddying motions in mixing layers progressively decrease, forming independent layers of eddying motions, thereby reducing the effective velocity scale for turbulent motions and suppressing Reynolds stresses, turbulent kinetic energy production and dissipation, and the growth rate of mixing-layer thickness.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
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Mechanics
Mustafa Z. Yousif, Meng Zhang, Linqi Yu, Ricardo Vinuesa, HeeChang Lim
Summary: This study proposes a new deep-learning-based method for generating turbulent inflow conditions in spatially developing turbulent boundary layer (TBL) simulations. The model combines a transformer and a multiscale-enhanced super-resolution generative adversarial network to predict velocity fields of the TBL at different planes. The model shows remarkable accuracy in predicting velocity fields and reproducing turbulence statistics. Furthermore, it demonstrates the effectiveness of using transformer-based models and generative adversarial networks for various turbulence-related problems.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)
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Michele Cogo, Francesco Salvadore, Francesco Picano, Matteo Bernardini
Summary: The structure of high-speed zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers was studied using direct numerical simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations up to high Reynolds numbers, revealing the consequences in supersonic and hypersonic conditions. Instantaneous fields showed elongated strips of uniform velocity and temperature with clear associations between different streaks.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Xiaoning Wang, Jianchun Wang, Shiyi Chen
Summary: This study investigates the effects of compressibility on the statistics and coherent structures of a temporally developing mixing layer through numerical simulations. The results show that as the convective Mach number increases, the streamwise dissipation becomes more effective in suppressing turbulent kinetic energy. At low convective Mach numbers, the mixing layer is accompanied by spanwise Kelvin-Helmholtz rollers, while at higher convective Mach numbers, large-scale high- and low-speed structures dominate. The study also reveals a correlation between high-shearing motions on top of low-speed structures and the clustering of small-scale vortical structures.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Jiho You, David A. Buchta, Tamer A. Zaki
Summary: Direct numerical simulations were conducted to investigate turbulent boundary layers over a concave wall with and without free-stream turbulence. The presence of free-stream turbulence reduced reverse flow probability, increased skin friction, and promoted the amplification of Gortler structures. Additionally, coherent roll motions in the forced flow facilitated mixing of free-stream and boundary-layer fluids.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
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Mechanics
Jonathan Neuhauser, Kay Schaefer, Davide Gatti, Bettina Frohnapfel
Summary: Heterogeneous roughness in the form of streamwise aligned strips can generate large scale secondary motions under turbulent flow conditions. We propose a simple roughness model that can capture the features of turbulent secondary flow without impacting the laminar base flow. The model shows good agreement with experimental data in terms of the secondary flow topology.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Matthew A. Subrahmanyam, Brian J. Cantwell, Juan J. Alonso
Summary: This paper introduces a mixing length model for turbulent shear stress in pipe flow and provides a universal velocity profile. The velocity profile accurately approximates both experimental and simulated data in various flow conditions, making it significant for studying the statistical properties of flow.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Akanksha Baranwal, Diego A. Donzis, Rodney D. W. Bowersox
Summary: This study investigates the effects of compressibility on the near-wall asymptotic behavior of turbulent fluxes using a large direct numerical simulation (DNS) database, finding that the behavior of compressible turbulent flow near walls differs from incompressible flow even when mean density variations are considered. As Mach number increases, turbulent fluxes containing wall-normal components exhibit a decrease in slope due to increased dilatation effects, with Ity approaching its high Mach number asymptote at lower Mach numbers than other fluxes.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Mechanics
Alessandro Ceci, Andrea Palumbo, Johan Larsson, Sergio Pirozzoli
Summary: This study investigates the influence of turbulence inflow generation on high-speed turbulent boundary layers through direct numerical simulations (DNS). Two main types of inflow conditions are considered and compared. DNS with very long streamwise domains are performed to provide reliable data. Simulations with shorter domains are then conducted and compared with benchmark data, revealing significant deviations and dependency on inflow turbulence seeding.
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
(2022)
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L. Laguarda, S. Hickel, F. F. J. Schrijer, B. W. van Oudheusden
Summary: Wall-resolved large-eddy simulations were used to investigate the Reynolds number effects in supersonic turbulent boundary layers at Mach 2.0. The study covered a wide range of friction Reynolds numbers and identified trends in various statistics and scaling laws. The size and topology of turbulent structures in the boundary layer were examined, with a focus on the outer-layer motions at high Reynolds numbers. The study also assessed the influence of outer-layer structures on near-wall turbulence and the sensitivity of uniform momentum regions to compressibility.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW
(2024)
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Mengze Wang, Tamer A. Zaki
Summary: Estimation of the initial state of turbulent channel flow from limited data is investigated using an adjoint-variational approach. The study demonstrates the robustness of the algorithm to observation noise and evaluates the impact of the spatiotemporal density of the data on estimation quality. Results show a resolution threshold for successful reconstruction and highlight the difficulty of reconstructing wall-detached motions from wall data.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
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Mechanics
Jie Yao, Fazle Hussain
Summary: Compressible turbulent plane Couette flows with high Reynolds and Mach numbers were studied through direct numerical simulation. Various turbulence statistics were compared with incompressible flows. The skin friction coefficient decreases with Reynolds number but weakly depends on Mach number. The thermodynamic properties show significant variations with Mach number. Proper scaling transformations collapse the mean velocity profiles for compressible and incompressible cases well. Semilocal units yield a better collapse for Reynolds stress profiles compared to wall units. The length scale of near-wall coherent structures and the strength of the superstructures increase with Reynolds number. The streamwise coherence of the superstructures degrades with increasing Mach number.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)
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Mechanics
C. Chen, L. He
Summary: Recent findings on wall-bounded turbulence have led to the development of a new modelling method to capture the influence of large-scale coherent structures and scale-interaction on near-wall turbulence. This paper presents a two-scale approach to simulate this influence and validates its effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)