Flow visualization using momentum and energy transport tubes and applications to turbulent flow in wind farms

DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.523zbMATH Open1284.76196arXiv1209.4578OpenAlexW3102151828MaRDI QIDQ5406474FDOQ5406474

Authors: Johan Meyers, Charles Meneveau 

Publication date: 1 April 2014

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

Abstract: As a generalization of the mass-flux based classical stream-tube, the concept of momentum and energy transport tubes is discussed as a flow visualization tool. These transport tubes have the property, respectively, that no fluxes of momentum or energy exist over their respective tube mantles. As an example application using data from large-eddy simulation, such tubes are visualized for the mean-flow structure of turbulent flow in large wind farms, in fully developed wind-turbine-array boundary layers. The three-dimensional organization of energy transport tubes changes considerably when turbine spacings are varied, enabling the visualization of the path taken by the kinetic energy flux that is ultimately available at any given turbine within the array.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4578

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulent flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Visualization algorithms applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M27)

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