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Compressible mixed layer growth rate and turbulence characteristics

Compressible mixed layer growth rate and turbulence characteristics
Compressible mixed layer growth rate and turbulence characteristics
Direct numerical simulation databases have been used to study the effect of compressibility on mixing layers. The simulations cover convective Mach numbers from 0.2 to 1.2 and all contain a fully resolved turbulent energy cascade to small spatial scales. Statistical information is extracted from the databases to determine reasons for the reduced growth rate that is observed as the convective Mach number is increased. It is found that the dilatational contribution to dissipation is negligible even when eddy shocklets are observed in the flow. Also pressure-dilatation is not found to be significant. Using an accurate relation between the momentum thickness growth rate and the production of turbulence kinetic energy together with integrated equations for the Reynolds stress tensor it is shown that reduced pressure fluctuations are responsible for the changes in growth rate via the pressure–strain term. A deterministic model for the required pressure fluctuations is given based on the structure of variable-density vortices and the assumption that the limiting eddies are sonic. Simple anisotropy considerations are used to close the averaged equations. Good agreement with turbulence statistics obtained from the simulations is found
0022-1120
235-258
Vreman, A.W.
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Sandham, N.D.
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Luo, K.H.
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Vreman, A.W.
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Sandham, N.D.
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Luo, K.H.
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Vreman, A.W., Sandham, N.D. and Luo, K.H. (1996) Compressible mixed layer growth rate and turbulence characteristics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 320, 235-258. (doi:10.1017/S0022112096007525).

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Direct numerical simulation databases have been used to study the effect of compressibility on mixing layers. The simulations cover convective Mach numbers from 0.2 to 1.2 and all contain a fully resolved turbulent energy cascade to small spatial scales. Statistical information is extracted from the databases to determine reasons for the reduced growth rate that is observed as the convective Mach number is increased. It is found that the dilatational contribution to dissipation is negligible even when eddy shocklets are observed in the flow. Also pressure-dilatation is not found to be significant. Using an accurate relation between the momentum thickness growth rate and the production of turbulence kinetic energy together with integrated equations for the Reynolds stress tensor it is shown that reduced pressure fluctuations are responsible for the changes in growth rate via the pressure–strain term. A deterministic model for the required pressure fluctuations is given based on the structure of variable-density vortices and the assumption that the limiting eddies are sonic. Simple anisotropy considerations are used to close the averaged equations. Good agreement with turbulence statistics obtained from the simulations is found

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Published date: 1996

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Local EPrints ID: 72040
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/72040
ISSN: 0022-1120
PURE UUID: 1b406047-d390-42de-ba1f-31d5e2a5b390
ORCID for N.D. Sandham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5107-0944

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Date deposited: 18 Jan 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:42

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Author: A.W. Vreman
Author: N.D. Sandham ORCID iD
Author: K.H. Luo

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