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An LES turbulent inflow generator using a recycling and rescaling method

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posted on 2016-11-02, 11:22 authored by Feng Xiao, Mehriar Dianat, Jim McGuirk
The present paper describes a recycling and rescaling method for generating turbulent inflow conditions for Large Eddy Simulation. The method is first validated by simulating a turbulent boundary layer and a turbulent mixing layer. It is demonstrated that, with input specification of mean velocities and turbulence rms levels (normal stresses) only, it can produce realistic and self-consistent turbulence structures. Comparison of shear stress and integral length scale indicates the success of the method in generating turbulent 1-point and 2-point correlations not specified in the input data. With the turbulent inlet conditions generated by this method, the growth rate of the turbulent boundary/mixing layer is properly predicted. Furthermore, the method can be used for the more complex inlet boundary flow types commonly found in industrial applications, which is demonstrated by generating non-equilibrium turbulent inflow and spanwise inhomogeneous inflow. As a final illustration of the benefits brought by this approach, a droplet-laden mixing layer is simulated. The dispersion of droplets in the near-field immediately downstream of the splitter plate trailing edge where the turbulent mixing layer begins is accurately reproduced due to the realistic turbulent structures captured by the recycling/rescaling method.

Funding

The work was supported by Rolls-Royce-EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11402298, 11472303, and 51406233). The simulations were run on Tianhe-1A of National Supercomputing Center in Changsha in China.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

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  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

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Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Pages

1 - 33

Citation

XIAO, F., DIANAT, M. and MCGUIRK, J.J., 2016. An LES turbulent inflow generator using a recycling and rescaling method. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 98 (3), pp. 663–695.

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Springer Verlag © The Author(s)

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2016-09-24

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2016

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1573-1987

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  • en

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