On the self-similarity of line segments in decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence

DOI10.1016/J.COMPFLUID.2018.08.001zbMATH Open1410.76065arXiv1809.07539OpenAlexW2886997925MaRDI QIDQ667410FDOQ667410

Authors: Michael Gauding, Lipo Wang, Jens Henrik Goebbert, Mathis Bode, L. Danaila, Emilien Varea 

Publication date: 12 March 2019

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The self-similarity of a passive scalar in homogeneous isotropic decaying turbulence is investigated by the method of line segments (M. Gauding et al., Physics of Fluids 27.9 (2015): 095102). The analysis is based on a highly resolved direct numerical simulation of decaying turbulence. The method of line segments is used to perform a decomposition of the scalar field into smaller sub-units based on the extremal points of the scalar along a straight line. These sub-units (the so-called line segments) are parameterized by their length $ell$ and the difference $Deltaphi$ of the scalar field between the ending points. Line segments can be understood as thin local convective-diffusive structures in which diffusive processes are enhanced by compressive strain. From DNS, it is shown that the marginal distribution function of the length~$ell$ assumes complete self-similarity when re-scaled by the mean length $el{l}_m$. The joint statistics of $Deltaphi$ and $ell$, from which the local gradient $g=Deltaphi/ell$ can be defined, play an important role in understanding the turbulence mixing and flow structure. Large values of $g$ occur at a small but finite length scale. Statistics of $g$ are characterized by rare but strong deviations that exceed the standard deviation by more than one order of magnitude. It is shown that these events break complete self-similarity of line segments, which confirms the standard paradigm of turbulence that intense events (which are known as internal intermittency) are not self-similar.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.07539

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05)

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• P3DFFT

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