Geometry Dynamics of Compressible Turbulence Structures

Abstract

This research pursues the characterization of the time-evolution of the geometry of finite-sized structures educed from turbulent flows. The objective is to provide a systematic, quantitative description of turbulence dynamics that relates the geometry of structures found at different scales, as evolved by the underlying turbulent flow, with the transported physical quantities on those structures. The analysis focuses on numerical simulation (DNS and LES) datasets of four canonical types of compressible turbulent flows: homogeneous isotropic turbulence (HIT), shear mixing layer, shearless mixing layer, and shock-turbulence interaction (STI). These flowtypes are chosen as they isolate several key characteristics of turbulence (convective nonlinearities, shear and acoustic-vorticity coupling, anisotropy, and rapid compression/distortion).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 2023
Accession Number
AD1226639

Entities

People

  • Iván Bermejo-Moreno

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics