Multi-particle model of coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate with volumetric tensor in turbulence
S. Tanaka, T. Watanabe, K. Nagata
Multi-particle model of coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate with volumetric tensor in turbulence
Journal of Computational Physics 389(15) 128-146 2019
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Abstract
A multi-particle model is proposed for a coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate, where a coarse-grained quantity is defined with an ensemble average of spatially-distributed fluid particles within a finite volume. The model computes the coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate from coarse-grained scalar gradient with a subgrid scale model of a scalar dissipation rate, which requires length-scale estimation for particle distribution. A volumetric tensor that characterizes the particle distribution is used in the model for computing the length scale and coarse-grained scalar and velocity gradients from particles. The model is examined in a priori and posteriori tests. A priori test with direct numerical simulation database of turbulent planar jets shows that the present model works well for a wide range of length scale of particle distribution when the number of particles N_M is about 10-16. The model with N_M<10 overestimates the coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate, while N_M>16 causes stronger dependence of the model on the length scale of particle distribution. The proposed model is tested in hybrid large-eddy-simulation/Lagrangian-particle-simulation (LES/LPS) of planar jets, where the coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate appears as an unknown variable in a mixing volume model that computes a molecular diffusion term based on a multi-particle interaction. LES/LPS and DNS yield a similar profile of root-mean-squared scalar fluctuation, which strongly depends on the scalar dissipation rate. Comparison of the mean scalar dissipation rate between the model and the DNS shows that the present model applied to the LES/LPS well predicts the coarse-grained scalar dissipation rate at various jet Reynolds number.
日本語訳 (DeepL翻訳)
乱流中の粗視化スカラー散逸率の体積テンソルを用いた多粒子モデル
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