A Mathematical Analysis of Scale Similarity

A Mathematical Analysis of Scale Similarity

Year:    2017

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 21 (2017), Iss. 1 : pp. 149–161

Abstract

Scale similarity is found in many natural phenomena in the universe, from fluid dynamics to astrophysics. In large eddy simulations of turbulent flows, some sub-grid scale (SGS) models are based on scale similarity. The earliest scale similarity SGS model was developed by Bardina et al., which produced SGS stresses with good correlation to the true stresses. In the present study, we perform a mathematical analysis of scale similarity. The analysis has revealed that the ratio of the resolved stress to the SGS stress is $γ^2$ , where $γ$ is the ratio of the second filter width to the first filter width, under the assumption of small filter width. The implications of this analysis are discussed in the context of large eddy simulation.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.131015.110416a

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 21 (2017), Iss. 1 : pp. 149–161

Published online:    2017-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    13

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