Developing New Generation of Models for Turbulent Flows.

Abstract

The goal of the study was to generate, from a simple set of rules, a stochastic signal in space-time that would closely resemble the real turbulent data. This goal has been achieved and the work is reported in a journal article. The paper explains the principles and deals with one-dimensional signals whereas the thesis chapter deals with three-dimensional signals. These synthetic signals possess most of the statistical properties of real turbulence, and have been used as initial conditions in a direct numerical simulation of homogeneous turbulence. A comparable scheme was attempted for wall-bounded flows, and the principal hypothesis relating to this attempt was successfully verified in a high-Reynolds-number turbulent pipe flow, and a moderate-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1996
Accession Number
ADA317609

Entities

People

  • K. R. Sreenivasan

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Brownian Motion
  • Channel Flow
  • Flow
  • Layers
  • Pipe Flow
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Reynolds Number
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space