Effect of geometry and Reynolds number on the turbulent separated flow behind a bulge in a channel
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Publication:4594052
DOI10.1017/JFM.2017.255zbMATH Open1422.76077arXiv1512.05527OpenAlexW2626078334MaRDI QIDQ4594052FDOQ4594052
Authors: Jean-Paul Mollicone, Francesco Battista, P. Gualtieri, C. M. Casciola 
Publication date: 17 November 2017
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: 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 number simulation reaching a peak of Re{ au} = 900 - are addressed to understand the effect of the wall curvature and of the Reynolds number on the dynamics of the recirculating bubble behind the bump. Most of the drag is due to the form contribution, whilst the friction contribution does not change appreciably with respect to an equivalent planar channel flow. The most bluff geometry has a larger recirculation region, whilst the Reynolds number increase results in a smaller recirculation bubble and a shear layer more attached to the bump. The energy introduced by the pressure drop follows two routes: part of it is transferred towards the walls to be dissipated and part feeds the turbulent production hence the velocity fluctuations in the separating shear layer. Spatial energy fluxes transfer the kinetic energy into the recirculation bubble and downstream near the wall where it is ultimately dissipated. Consistently, anisotropy concentrates at small scales near the walls irrespective of the value of the Reynolds number. In the bulk flow and in the recirculation bubble, isotropy is restored at small scales and the isotropy recovery rate is controlled by the Reynolds number. Anisotropy invariant maps are presented, showing the difficulty in developing suitable turbulence models to predict separated turbulent flow dynamics. Results shed light on the processes of production, transfer and dissipation of energy in this relatively complex turbulent flow where non-homogeneous effects overwhelm the classical picture of wall bounded turbulent flows which typically exploits streamwise homogeneity.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.05527
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