Baropycnal Work: A Mechanism for Energy Transfer across Scales

Lees, Aarne; Aluie, Hussein

doi:10.3390/fluids4020092

Title: Baropycnal Work: A Mechanism for Energy Transfer across Scales

Journal Article · Sat May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Fluids

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4020092· OSTI ID:1514738

Lees, Aarne;

The role of baroclinicity, which arises from the misalignment of pressure and density gradients, is well-known in the vorticity equation, yet its role in the kinetic energy budget has never been obvious. Here, we show that baroclinicity appears naturally in the kinetic energy budget after carrying out the appropriate scale decomposition. Strain generation by pressure and density gradients, both barotropic and baroclinic, also results from our analysis. These two processes underlie the recently identified mechanism of “baropycnal work”, which can transfer energy across scales in variable density flows. As such, baropycnal work is markedly distinct from pressure-dilatation into which the former is implicitly lumped in Large Eddy Simulations. We provide numerical evidence from 1024³ direct numerical simulations of compressible turbulence. The data shows excellent pointwise agreement between baropycnal work and the nonlinear model we derive, supporting our interpretation of how it operates.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0014318; SC0019329; NA0003856; AC02-05CH11231; 80NSSC18K0772

OSTI ID:: 1514738

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1531342; OSTI ID: 1658632

Journal Information:: Fluids, Journal Name: Fluids Vol. 4 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 2311-5521

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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