Spectral analysis of the turbulent mixing of two fluids
Abstract
The authors describe a spectral approach to the investigation of fluid instability, generalized turbulence, and the interpenetration of fluids across an interface. The technique also applies to a single fluid with large variations in density. Departures of fluctuating velocity components from the local mean are far subsonic, but the mean Mach number can be large. Validity of the description is demonstrated by comparisons with experiments on turbulent mixing due to the late stages of Rayleigh-Taylor instability, when the dynamics become approximately self-similar in response to a constant body force. Generic forms for anisotropic spectral structure are described and used as a basis for deriving spectrally integrated moment equations that can be incorporated into computer codes for scientific and engineering analyses.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 212563
- Report Number(s):
- LA-13123-T
ON: DE96008881; TRN: AHC29608%%108
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Thesis submitted to Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US); TH: Thesis (Ph.D.); PBD: Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 66 PHYSICS; FLUIDS; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW; FLOW MODELS; FLUID MECHANICS; TURBULENCE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; THEORETICAL DATA; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Citation Formats
Steinkamp, M J. Spectral analysis of the turbulent mixing of two fluids. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web. doi:10.2172/212563.
Steinkamp, M J. Spectral analysis of the turbulent mixing of two fluids. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/212563
Steinkamp, M J. 1996.
"Spectral analysis of the turbulent mixing of two fluids". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/212563. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/212563.
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author = {Steinkamp, M J},
abstractNote = {The authors describe a spectral approach to the investigation of fluid instability, generalized turbulence, and the interpenetration of fluids across an interface. The technique also applies to a single fluid with large variations in density. Departures of fluctuating velocity components from the local mean are far subsonic, but the mean Mach number can be large. Validity of the description is demonstrated by comparisons with experiments on turbulent mixing due to the late stages of Rayleigh-Taylor instability, when the dynamics become approximately self-similar in response to a constant body force. Generic forms for anisotropic spectral structure are described and used as a basis for deriving spectrally integrated moment equations that can be incorporated into computer codes for scientific and engineering analyses.},
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year = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
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