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Title: Implicit turbulence modeling for high reynolds number flows.

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We continue our investigation of the implicit turbulence modeling property of the nonoscillatory finite volume scheme MPDATA. We start by comparing MPDATA simulations of decaying turbulence in a triply periodic cube with analogous pseudospectral studies. In the regime of direct numerical simulation, MPDATA is shown to agree closely with the pseudospectral model. As viscosity is reduced, the two model results diverge. We study the MPDATA results in the inviscid limit, using a combination of mathematical analysis and computational experiment. We validate the inviscid MPDATA results as representing the turbulent flow in the limit of very high Reynolds number.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
975830
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-01-5836; TRN: US201018%%916
Resource Relation:
Conference: Submitted to: Proceedings-40th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit-January 14-17, 2002-Reno, NV
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English