Optimal fluxes and Reynolds stresses

DOI10.1017/JFM.2016.692zbMATH Open1383.76231arXiv1606.02160OpenAlexW3104971703MaRDI QIDQ5360591FDOQ5360591

Authors: Javier Jiménez 

Publication date: 28 September 2017

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

Abstract: It is remarked that fluxes in conservation laws, such as the Reynolds stresses in the momentum equation of turbulent shear flows, or the spectral energy flux in isotropic turbulence, are only defined up to an arbitrary solenoidal field. While this is not usually significant for long-time averages, it becomes important when fluxes are modelled locally in large-eddy simulations, or in the analysis of intermittency and cascades. As an example, a numerical procedure is introduced to compute fluxes in scalar conservation equations in such a way that their total integrated magnitude is minimised. The result is an irrotational vector field that derives from a potential, thus minimising sterile flux `circuits'. The algorithm is generalised to tensor fluxes and applied to the transfer of momentum in a turbulent channel. The resulting instantaneous Reynolds stresses are compared with their traditional expressions, and found to be substantially different.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02160

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zbMATH Keywords

mathematical foundationsturbulent boundary layersturbulence theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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