The effect of rotation on turbulent convective flow between parallel plates has been assessed with direct numerical simulations. With increasing rotation-rate an interesting transition is observed in the vertical-velocity skewness. This transition indicates a localization of motion directed away from the wall and correlates well with changes observed in the heat flux, as well as in the thermal ...

By measuring the degree of spatial correlation in temperature fluctuations at two points separated by a distance perpendicular to the mean flow, we are able to determine the viscous boundary layer thickness in turbulent convection. We demonstrate this method using water as the working fluid and find excellent agreement with directly measured results. Furthermore, from the most probable delay ti...

the design and optimization of hydrocyclones using cfd techniques are gaining popularity and the key to a successful simulation lies with the accurate description of the high turbulent swirling behavior of the flow. this paper presents a detailed comparison between the omega rsm and the rng k–e turbulence model, which are both derived specially for modeling swirling or rotational flow, in the s...

We study the large time asymptotic speeds (turbulent flame speeds sT ) of the simplified Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) models arising in turbulent combustion. One HJ model is G-equation describing the front motion law in the form of local normal velocity equal to a constant (laminar speed) plus the normal projection of fluid velocity. In level set formulation, G-equations are HJ equations with convex (L...

Massive flow separation from the surface of a plane bluff obstacle in an incompressible uniform stream is addressed theoretically for large values of the global Reynolds number Re. The analysis is motivated by a conclusion drawn from recent theoretical results which is corroborated by experimental findings but apparently contrasts with common reasoning: the attached boundary layer extending fro...

The paper concerns a rational and physically feasible description of gross separation from the surface of a plane and more-or-less bluff obstacle in an incompressible and otherwise perfectly uniform stream for arbitrarily large values of the globally formed Reynolds number. The analysis is initialized by a remarkable conclusion drawn from recent theoretical results that is corroborated by exper...

in this study, the dispersion mechanisms of aerosols suspended in a turbulent plane channel flow is investigated using a novel numerical approach. a turbulent channel flow is simulated by a direct numerical simulation (dns) method, for which no-slip boundary conditions are assumed at the top and bottom walls, while periodicity conditions are applied on the other sides. dns, in particular, allow...

The FInite Volume method with Exact two-phase Riemann problems (FIVER) is a robust Eulerian semi-discretization method for compressible multi-material (fluid-fluid, fluid-structure, or multi-fluid-structure) problems characterized by large density jumps and highly nonlinear structural motions and deformations. Its key components include an embedded boundary method for Computational Fluid Dynami...

A series of five lectures delivered at the C.I.M.E. course on “Mathematical foundations of turbulent viscous flows”, 1-6 september, 2003

this paper addresses the combined effects of couple stresses, thermal radiation, viscous dissipation and slip condition on a free convective flow of a couple stress fluid induced by a vertical stretching sheet. the cogley- vincenti-gilles equilibrium model is employed to include the effects of thermal radiation in the study. the governing boundary layer equations are transformed into a system o...