A Novel Strong-Coupling Pseudo-Spectral Method for Numerical Studies of Two-Layer Turbulent Channel Flows

A Novel Strong-Coupling Pseudo-Spectral Method for Numerical Studies of Two-Layer Turbulent Channel Flows

Year:    2020

Author:    Tong Wu, Zixuan Yang, Shizhao Wang, Guowei He

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 28 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 1133–1146

Abstract

A new method is proposed to simulate a coupled air-water two-layer turbulent channel flow. A numerically effective dynamic viscosity is implemented to calculate the viscous momentum flux at the interface, leading to a strong-coupling scheme for the evolution of air and water motions. The direct numerical simulation results are compared with those in the literature obtained from a weak-coupling scheme. It is discovered that while the turbulence statistics of the air phase based on the strong- and weak-coupling schemes are close to each other, the results on the water side are influenced by the coupling approach, especially near the water surface.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0124

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 28 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 1133–1146

Published online:    2020-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    14

Keywords:    Direct numerical simulation coupled air-water turbulence interface condition.

Author Details

Tong Wu

Zixuan Yang

Shizhao Wang

Guowei He