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A Fokker–Planck approach to a moment closure for mixing in variable-density turbulence

Journal Article · · Journal of Turbulence (Online)
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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We develop a theory for the cascade mixing terms in a moment closure approach to binary active scalar mixing in variable-density turbulence. To address the variable-density complications we apply, as a principle and constraint, the conservation of the probability density function (PDF) through a Fokker–Planck equation with bounded sample space whose attractor is the beta PDF with skewness. Mixing is related to a single-point PDF as a realisability principle to provide mathematically rigorous expressions for the small scale statistics in terms of largescale moments. The problem of the unknown small-scale mixing is replaced with the determination of the drift and diffusion terms of a Fokker–Planck equation in a beta-PDF-convergent stochastic process. We find that realisability of a beta-convergent process requires the mixing time-scale ratio, taken as a constant in passive scalar mixing, to be a function of the mean mass fraction, mean fluid density, the Atwood number, the density-volume correlation and moments of the density field. We develop and compare the new model with direct numerical simulations data of non-stationary homogeneous variable-density turbulence.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
LDRD; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1569613
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--18-23839
Journal Information:
Journal of Turbulence (Online), Journal Name: Journal of Turbulence (Online) Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 20; ISSN 1468-5248
Publisher:
Taylor & FrancisCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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