A deterministic forcing scheme for direct numerical simulations of turbulence (Q1390156)

We develop a deterministic forcing scheme for direct numerical simulation which uses wave number-dependent linear amplification of the lower-wave number modes, relaxing them over time toward a model energy spectrum function, which accurately represents grid turbulence. The scheme is shown to be robust and computationally efficient, resulting in velocity and scalar fields which quickly reach stationarity. It also has the significant advantages over stochastic forcing methods of not introducing additional statistical variability into the computations and allowing more physically realistic large-scale motions.