Decay of scalar variance in isotropic turbulence in a bounded domain

DOI10.1080/14685240601091676zbMATH Open1273.76125arXiv0712.2994OpenAlexW2100239484MaRDI QIDQ2853799FDOQ2853799

Authors: G. Lamaison, W. J. T. Bos, Liang Shao, J. P. Bertoglio 

Publication date: 17 October 2013

Published in: Journal of Turbulence (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The decay of scalar variance in isotropic turbulence in a bounded domain is investigated. Extending the study of Touil, Bertoglio and Shao (2002; Journal of Turbulence, 03, 49) to the case of a passive scalar, the effect of the finite size of the domain on the lengthscales of turbulent eddies and scalar structures is studied by truncating the infrared range of the wavenumber spectra. Analytical arguments based on a simple model for the spectral distributions show that the decay exponent for the variance of scalar fluctuations is proportional to the ratio of the Kolmogorov constant to the Corrsin-Obukhov constant. This result is verified by closure calculations in which the Corrsin-Obukhov constant is artificially varied. Large-eddy simulations provide support to the results and give an estimation of the value of the decay exponent and of the scalar to velocity time scale ratio.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2994

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55)

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