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Title: Implications of turbulence interactions: A path toward addressing very high Reynolds number flows

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OSTI ID:896013

The classical 'turbulence problem' is narrowed down and redefined for scientific and engineering applications. From an application perspective, accurate computation of large-scale transport of the turbulent flows is needed. In this paper, a scaling analysis that allows for the large-scales of very high Reynolds number turbulent flows - to be handled by the available supercomputers is proposed. Current understanding of turbulence interactions of incompressible turbulence, which forms the foundation of our argument, is reviewed. Furthermore, the data redundancy in the inertial range is demonstrated. Two distinctive interactions, namely, the distance and near-grid interactions, are inspected for large-scale simulations. The distant interactions in the subgrid scales in an inertial range can be effectively modelled by an eddy damping. The near-grid interactions must be carefully incorporated.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
896013
Report Number(s):
UCRL-CONF-221402; TRN: US201201%%614
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at: Conference on Turbulent and Interactions T12006, Porquerolles, France, May 29 - Jun 02, 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English