Compressible turbulent mixing: Effects of Schmidt number

Mixing at large Schmidt number in the self-similar far field of turbulent jets

We present results from an experimental investigation of turbulent transport and molecular mixing of a Sc S 1 conserved scalar in the fully developed self-similar far field of a steady, axisymmetric, momentum-driven, free turbulent jet issuing into a quiescent medium. Our experiments cover the axial range from the jet exit to 350 diameters downstream, and span the range of Reynolds numbers from...

On filtering in the viscous-convective subrange for turbulent mixing of high Schmidt number passive scalars

A Variable Turbulent Schmidt Number Formulation for Scramjet Application

In high speed engines, thorough turbulent mixing of fuel and air is required to obtain high performance and high efficiency. Thus, the ability to predict turbulent mixing is crucial in obtaining accurate numerical simulation of an engine and its performance. Current state of the art in CFD simulation is to assume both turbulent Prandtl number and Schmidt numbers to be constants. However, since ...

Scalar dissipation fronts in high-Schmidt number mixing.

Jörg Schumacher Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany Herwig Zilken Visualization Laboratory, Zentralinstitut für angewandte Mathematik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany Bruno Eckhardt Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany Katepalli R. Sreenivasan International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34014 Triest...

Statistics and geometry in high-Schmidt number scalar mixing

The mixing of substances is present in various turbulent systems. Examples arise in reacting flows and combustion, mixing of salt and plankton in oceans and of chemical pollutants in the stratosphere [1]. The physics of scalar mixing depends strongly on the ratio of the kinematic viscosity ν of the fluid to the diffusivity κ of the scalar. It is given by the Schmidt number Sc = ν/κ. For the fol...