Direct numerical simulation of plane Couette flow at the transitional Reynolds number.

Modeling transitional plane Couette flow

The Galerkin method is used to derive a realistic model of plane Couette flow in terms of partial differential equations governing the space-time dependence of the amplitude of a few cross-stream modes. Numerical simulations show that it reproduces the globally sub-critical behavior typical of this flow. In particular, the statistics of turbulent transients at decay from turbulent to laminar fl...

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent Taylor–Couette flow

We investigate the dynamical and statistical features of turbulent Taylor–Couette flow (for a radius ratio 0.5) through three-dimensional direct numerical simulations (DNS) at Reynolds numbers ranging from 1000 to 8000. We show that in three-dimensional space the Görtler vortices are randomly distributed in banded regions on the wall, concentrating at the outflow boundaries of Taylor vortex cel...

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent pipe flow up to a Reynolds number of 61,000

In this paper we will present results of several direct numerical simulations of turbulent pipe flow. The highest Reynolds number simulated in this study was 61, 000. Our numerical model uses Fourier expansions in axial and circumferential directions and 6th order staggered compact finite difference in the wall normal direction. Apart form standard turbulent statistics we also will present 1D e...

outflow Boundary Codition Issues in Direct Numerical Simulation of Three- Dimensional Plane Wake Flow

Direct Numerical Simulation of the Wake Flow Behind a Cylinder Using Random Vortex Method in Medium to High Reynolds Numbers

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow behind a cylinder, wake flow, using the random vortex method for an incompressible fluid in two dimensions is presented. In the random vortex method, the primary variable is vorticity of the flow field. After generation on the cylinder wall, it is followed in two fractional time step in a Lagrangian system of coordinates, namely convection and diffu...