Large-to-small scale frequency modulation analysis in wall-bounded turbulence via visibility networks

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.279zbMATH Open1485.76054arXiv2103.11172OpenAlexW3162225548MaRDI QIDQ4988971FDOQ4988971

Authors: Giovanni Iacobello, L. Ridolfi, Stefania Scarsoglio 

Publication date: 20 May 2021

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Scale interaction is studied in wall-bounded turbulence by focusing on the frequency modulation (FM) mechanism of large scales on small scale velocity fluctuations. Differently from amplitude modulation analysis, frequency modulation has been less investigated also due to the difficulty to develop robust tools for broadband signals. To face this issue, the natural visibility graph approach is proposed in this work to map the full velocity signals into complex networks. We show that the network degree centrality is able to capture the signal structure at local scales directly from the full signal, thereby quantifying FM. Velocity signals from numerically-simulated turbulent channel flows and an experimental turbulent boundary layer are investigated at different Reynolds numbers. A correction of Taylor's hypothesis for time-series is proposed to overcome the overprediction of near-wall frequency modulation obtained when local mean velocity is used as the convective velocity. Results provide network-based evidences of the large-to-small FM features for all the three velocity components in the near-wall region, with a reversal mechanism emerging far from the wall. Additionally, scaling arguments in the view of the quasi-steady quasi-homogeneous hypothesis are discussed, and a delay-time between large and small scales very close to the near-wall cycle characteristic time is detected. Results show that the visibility graph is a parameter-free tool that turns out to be effective and robust to detect FM in different configurations of wall-bounded turbulent flows. Based on present findings, the visibility network-based approach can represent a reliable tool to systematically investigate scale interaction mechanisms in wall-bounded turbulence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11172

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zbMATH Keywords

spectral analysisturbulent boundary layersignal analysisTaylor hypothesisquasi-steady quasi-homogeneous theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Signal theory (characterization, reconstruction, filtering, etc.) (94A12) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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