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Title: Coarse grained simulation of convectively driven turbulent mixing, transition, and turbulence decay

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Accurate predictions with quantifiable uncertainties are essential to many practical turbulent flow applications exhibiting extreme geometrical complexity and broad ranges of length and time scales. Under-resolved computer simulations are typically unavoidable in such applications, and implicit large-eddy simulation (ILES) often becomes the effective strategy. In this work, we focus on assessing ILES initialized with well-characterized 25 6 3 homogeneous isotropic turbulence datasets generated with direct numerical simulation (DNS). ILES solutions based on the LANL xRAGE code are studied as function of resolution for 6 4 3 , 12 8 3 , 25 6 3 , and 51 2 3 grids. ILES performance of new directionally-unsplit high-order numerical hydrodynamics algorithms in xRAGE is examined in this context. Compared to the initial 25 6 3 DNS, we find longer inertial subranges and higher turbulence Reynolds number (Re) for 25 6 3 and 51 2 3 xRAGE — attributed to having linked DNS (Navier–Stokes based) solutions to nominally inviscid (higher Re) Euler based ILES solutions. For fixed 25 6 3 resolution, we find that significantly larger simulated turbulence Re can be achieved with the higher-order unsplit (vs. split) discretizations.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1602742
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-25612
Journal ID: ISSN 0167-2789; TRN: US2104045
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physica. D, Nonlinear Phenomena
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 407; Journal Issue: C; Related Information: Invited manuscript for Special Issue of Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena in celebration of David Youngs; Journal ID: ISSN 0167-2789
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Coarse grained simulation; Transition; Turbulence decay

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Grinstein, Fernando F. Coarse grained simulation of convectively driven turbulent mixing, transition, and turbulence decay. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physd.2020.132419.
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@article{osti_1602742,
title = {Coarse grained simulation of convectively driven turbulent mixing, transition, and turbulence decay},
author = {Grinstein, Fernando F.},
abstractNote = {Accurate predictions with quantifiable uncertainties are essential to many practical turbulent flow applications exhibiting extreme geometrical complexity and broad ranges of length and time scales. Under-resolved computer simulations are typically unavoidable in such applications, and implicit large-eddy simulation (ILES) often becomes the effective strategy. In this work, we focus on assessing ILES initialized with well-characterized 2563 homogeneous isotropic turbulence datasets generated with direct numerical simulation (DNS). ILES solutions based on the LANL xRAGE code are studied as function of resolution for 643, 1283, 2563, and 5123 grids. ILES performance of new directionally-unsplit high-order numerical hydrodynamics algorithms in xRAGE is examined in this context. Compared to the initial 2563 DNS, we find longer inertial subranges and higher turbulence Reynolds number (Re) for 2563 and 5123 xRAGE — attributed to having linked DNS (Navier–Stokes based) solutions to nominally inviscid (higher Re) Euler based ILES solutions. For fixed 2563 resolution, we find that significantly larger simulated turbulence Re can be achieved with the higher-order unsplit (vs. split) discretizations.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physd.2020.132419},
journal = {Physica. D, Nonlinear Phenomena},
number = C,
volume = 407,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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