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We study the self-similarity and dissipation scalings of a turbulent planar jet and the theoretically implied mean flow scalings. Unlike turbulent wakes where such studies have already been carried out (Dairay et al. 2015; Obligado et al.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-06-19 G Cafiero , JC Vassilicos

To study the Reynolds stresses which describe turbulent momentum transport from turbulence affected by large-scale shear and rotation. Three-dimensional numerical simulations are used to study turbulent transport under the influences of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 J. E. Snellman , P. J. Käpylä , M. J. Korpi , A. J. Liljeström

Turbulence -- ubiquitous in nature and engineering alike [1-5] -- is traditionally viewed as an intrinsically inertial phenomenon, emerging only when the Reynolds number (Re), which quantifies the ratio of inertial to dissipative forces…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-11 Ziyue Yu , Xinyu Si , Lei Fang

This study aims to quantify how turbulence in a channel flow mixes momentum in the mean sense. We applied the macroscopic forcing method (Mani and Park, Physical Review Fluids, 2021, p.054607) to direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-05 Danah Park , Ali Mani

Turbulent drag reduction through streamwise travelling waves of spanwise wall oscillation is investigated over a wide range of Reynolds numbers. Here, in Part 1, wall-resolved large-eddy simulations in a channel flow are conducted to…

A large eddy simulation wall model is developed based on a formal interpretation of quasi-equilibrium that governs the momentum balance integrated in the wall-normal direction. The model substitutes the law-of-the-wall velocity profile for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-02 Mitchell Fowler , Tamer A. Zaki , Charles Meneveau

We investigate the shock-induced flow through random particle arrays using particle-resolved Large Eddy Simulations for different incident shock wave Mach numbers, particle volume fractions and particle sizes. We analyze trends in mean flow…

Wall-modeled large-eddy simulation (WMLES) is widely recognized as a useful method for simulation of turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers. Nevertheless, a continual issue in different wall models is the shift of the mean velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-20 Huan-Cong Liu , Chun-Xiao Xu , Wei-Xi Huang

The turbulence statistics of the intermittent region in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer are studied by direct numerical simulation. Recently, Kwon et al. (2016) have shown that this intermittent behavior, consisting of the coexistence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-04 Xiaoshuai Wu , Jianhan Liang , Yuxin Zhao , Marc Avila

A model-based description of the scaling and radial location of turbulent fluctuations in turbulent pipe flow is presented and used to illuminate the scaling behaviour of the very large scale motions. The model is derived by treating the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-12-06 B. J. McKeon , A. S. Sharma

In this Letter we suggest a simple and physically transparent analytical model of the pressure driven turbulent wall-bounded flows at high but finite Reynolds numbers Re. The model gives accurate qualitative description of the profiles of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-02-18 Victor S. L'vov , Itamar Procaccia , Oleksii Rudenko

Coherent structures are found in many different turbulent flows and are known to drive self-sustaining processes in wall turbulence. Identifying the triadic interactions which generate coherent structures can provide insights beyond what is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-20 Ugur Karban , Eduardo Martini , André V. G. Cavalieri , Peter Jordan

Despite the nonlinear nature of wall turbulence, there is evidence that the energy-injection mechanisms sustaining wall turbulence can be ascribed to linear processes. The different scenarios stem from linear stability theory and comprise…

The addition of particles to turbulent flows changes the underlying mechanism of turbulence and leads to turbulence modulation. Different temporal and spatial scales for both phases make it challenging to understand turbulence modulation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-24 Naveen Rohilla , Siddhi Arya , Partha Sarathi Goswami

Modelling the near-wall region of wall-bounded turbulent flows is a widespread practice to reduce the computational cost of large-eddy simulations (LESs) at high Reynolds number. As a first step towards a data-driven wall-model, a…

We employ a resolvent-based methodology to estimate velocity and pressure fluctuations within turbulent channel flows at friction Reynolds numbers of approximately 180, 550 and 1000 using measurements of shear stress and pressure at the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-04 Filipe R. Amaral , André V. G. Cavalieri , Eduardo Martini , Peter Jordan , Aaron Towne

Despite a cost-effective option in practical engineering, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations are facing the ever-growing demand for more accurate turbulence models. Recently, emerging machine learning techniques are making…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-04 Chao Jiang

Turbulent flow separation induced by a protuberance on one of the walls of an otherwise planar channel is investigated using Direct Numerical Simulations. Different bulge geometries and Reynolds numbers - with the highest friction Reynolds…

Although effective non-reciprocal interactions have been investigated in a variety of fields, their consequences have not been explored in hydrodynamical turbulence. We initiate such an exploration by introducing non-reciprocal binary-fluid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-26 Biswajit Maji , Nadia Bihari Padhan , Axel Voigt , Rahul Pandit

This study presents an experimental dataset documenting the evolution of a turbulent boundary layer downstream of a rough-to-smooth surface transition. To investigate the effect of upstream flow conditions, two groups of experiments are…