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Characterization of the Reynolds‐stress and dissipation‐rate decay and anisotropy from DNS of grid‐generated turbulence
Author(s) -
Özyilmaz N.,
Beronov K. N.,
Delgado A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200810585
Subject(s) - turbulence , reynolds number , physics , kolmogorov microscales , reynolds stress , dissipation , mechanics , lattice boltzmann methods , k epsilon turbulence model , taylor microscale , statistical physics , reynolds stress equation model , k omega turbulence model , thermodynamics
Grid–generated turbulence is a classical but still controversial topic, one open issue being the spatial decay rate of turbulent energy. We study the influence of grid geometry on the Reynolds–stress and dissipation–rate tensors, including the range and exponent of their self–similar spatial decay. DNS using a validated lattice Boltzmann code at mean–flow Reynolds numbers up to 1400 are performed, comparing square grids with blockage ratios from 0.05 to 0.49. A clear picture of spatial distribution and self–similarity emerges for the statistics of interest: Axisymmetry is excellently confirmed. A consistent power law decay is found in the self–similar decay region beyond 10 grid stride lengths downstream. Its exponent of –5/3 can be obtained, for weak turbulence, from a spatial flux balance reminiscent of the constant transport through the inertial range of isotropic turbulence. In the near–grid region, on the other hand, differences in Reynolds stress components are pronounced while those between dissipation tensor components are only recognizable very close to the grid, where a strong dependence on grid porosity is found. A normalization with respect to porosity is proposed that collapses the data from all runs. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)