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Procedure for the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in plane channels and annuli and its application in the development of turbulence models

Abstract

Thesis. Submitted to Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe (West Germany). A numerical difference scheme is described to simulate threedimensional, time- dependent, turbulent flows of incompressible fluids at high Reynolds numbers in a plane channel and in concertric annuli. Starting from the results of Deardorff, the NavierStokes equations, averaged over grid volumes, are integrated. For description of the subgrid scale motion a novel model has been developed which takes into account strongly inhomogeneous turbulence and grid volumes of unequal side lengths. The premises used in the model are described and discussed. Stability criteria are established for this method and for similar difference schemes. For computation of the pressure field the appropriate Poisson's equation is solved accurately, except for rounding errors, by Fast Fourier Transform. The procedure implemented in the TURBIT-1 program is used to simulate turbulent flows in a plane channel and an annulus of 5: 1 ratio of radii. For both types of flow, different cases are realized with a maximum number of grid volumes of 65536. For rather small grid volume numbers the numerical results are in good agreement with experimental values. Especially the velocity profile and the mean velocity fluctuations are computed with significantly better accuracy than in earlier, direct  More>>
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Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1973
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
KFK-1854
Reference Number:
NSA-29-018270
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis. Submitted to Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe (West Germany)
Subject:
N42300* -Engineering-Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow; COMPUTER CODES; T CODES; TURBULENT FLOW; SIMULATION; ANNULAR SPACE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POISSON EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER
Sponsoring Organizations:
Sponsor not identified
OSTI ID:
4937409
Research Organizations:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (F.R. Germany). Inst. fuer Reaktorentwicklung
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Availability:
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Submitting Site:
DTIE
Size:
Pages: 257
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 1974

Citation Formats

Schumann, U. Procedure for the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in plane channels and annuli and its application in the development of turbulence models. Germany: N. p., 1973. Web.
Schumann, U. Procedure for the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in plane channels and annuli and its application in the development of turbulence models. Germany.
Schumann, U. 1973. "Procedure for the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in plane channels and annuli and its application in the development of turbulence models." Germany.
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title = {Procedure for the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in plane channels and annuli and its application in the development of turbulence models}
author = {Schumann, U}
abstractNote = {Thesis. Submitted to Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe (West Germany). A numerical difference scheme is described to simulate threedimensional, time- dependent, turbulent flows of incompressible fluids at high Reynolds numbers in a plane channel and in concertric annuli. Starting from the results of Deardorff, the NavierStokes equations, averaged over grid volumes, are integrated. For description of the subgrid scale motion a novel model has been developed which takes into account strongly inhomogeneous turbulence and grid volumes of unequal side lengths. The premises used in the model are described and discussed. Stability criteria are established for this method and for similar difference schemes. For computation of the pressure field the appropriate Poisson's equation is solved accurately, except for rounding errors, by Fast Fourier Transform. The procedure implemented in the TURBIT-1 program is used to simulate turbulent flows in a plane channel and an annulus of 5: 1 ratio of radii. For both types of flow, different cases are realized with a maximum number of grid volumes of 65536. For rather small grid volume numbers the numerical results are in good agreement with experimental values. Especially the velocity profile and the mean velocity fluctuations are computed with significantly better accuracy than in earlier, direct simulations. The energy --length-scale model and the pressurestrain correlation are used as examples to show that the method may be used successfully to evaluate the parameters of turbulence models. Earlier results are reviewed and proposals for future research are made. (auth)}
place = {Germany}
year = {1973}
month = {Oct}
}