壁湍流相干结构和减阻控制机理

剪切湍流中相干结构的发现是上世纪湍流研究的重大进展之一,这些大尺度的相干运动在湍流的动力学过程中起重要作用,也为湍流的控制指出了新的方向.壁湍流高摩擦阻力的产生与近壁区流动结构密切相关,基于近壁区湍流动力学过程的减阻控制方案可以有效降低湍流的摩擦阻力,但是随着雷诺数的升高, 这些控制方案的有效性逐渐降低.近年来研究发现, 在高雷诺数情况下外区存在大尺度的相干运动,这种大尺度运动对近壁区湍流和壁面摩擦阻力的产生有重要影响,为高雷诺数湍流减阻控制策略的设计提出了新的挑战.该文将对壁湍流相干结构的研究历史加以简单的回顾,重点介绍近壁区相干结构及其控制机理、近年来高雷诺数外区大尺度运动的研究进展,在此基础上提出高雷诺数减阻控制研究的关键科学问题.      

探测器对超音速刚性盘-缝-带型降落伞系统的影响

研究了流体初始马赫数为 2.0 时, 探测器的存在与否对刚性盘-缝-带型降落伞系统气动减速性能以及流场流体结构特性的影响. 对于非定常可压缩流体的数值模拟, 流场采用了三层块结构自适应网格加密技术, 配合混合形式的TCD (tuned center difference)和WENO (weighted essentially non-oscillatory)计算格式以及基于拉伸涡亚格子模型的大涡模拟方法来处理超音速流中的激波以及大尺度湍流旋涡结构等. 结果表明: 无探测器时, 降落伞系统的流场结构稳定, 扰动较小; 有探测器存在时, 探测器后端的湍流尾迹和伞衣内部逆向运动溢出的流体与伞衣前端的弓形激波周期性的相互作用, 使得激波位置发生前移、激波倾角变小, 伞衣内部流场难以达到平衡稳定状态. 这加剧了降落伞系统的气动阻力振荡脉动变化, 降低了降落伞系统气动阻力系数, 同时也使得降落伞系统流场尾迹结构更加复杂.      

关于湍流中术语Coherent Structure的中文译法

<正> 中文术语“拟序结构”来源于湍流研究中的英文术语“coherent structure”。 70年代初,对剪切层和自由射流的实验观察发现,这些湍流流动中存在着大尺度的涡旋结构。当初他们称之为大尺度“序的(ordered)”或“有组织的(organized)”结构,它对剪切流如混合层,边界层、射流和尾流的早期发展起着决定性的作用。1974年3月26—29日在英国Southampton召开的专题讨论会上,不少学者称之为“coherent      

壁湍流相干结构和减阻控制机理研究

剪切湍流中相干结构的发现是上世纪湍流研究的重大进展之一,这些大尺度的相干运动在湍流的动力学过程中起重要作用,也为湍流的控制指出了新的方向.壁湍流高摩擦阻力的产生与近壁区流动结构密切相关,基于近壁区湍流动力学过程的减阻控制方案可以有效降低湍流的摩擦阻力,但是随着雷诺数的升高,这些控制方案的有效性逐渐降     

防风网PM-IBM模型及其在堆场扬尘庇护区湍流模拟中的应用

防风网是煤炭和矿石等物料堆场的重要抑尘设施，能够利用多孔网板形成风速庇护效应，减少扬尘带来的大气污染。基于计算流体力学的数值风洞是预测防风网减风抑尘效率的先进手段，然而网板边界模型及其复杂阻风作用机制一直是风场湍流模拟的难点。本文将浸入边界法与多孔介质模型相结合，通过在NS方程中引入与渗流压降对应的力源项，建立PM-IBM（Porous Medium-Immersed Boundary Method）模型，实现了结构化网格下的防风网数值边界，并应用于堆场扬尘庇护区湍流风场模拟。结果表明，防风网网高大于1.4倍堆场高时，堆顶扬尘风速随网高呈非线性增长；PM-IBM模型结合通用计算流体力学求解器FLUENT，能够快速、高精度地模拟防风网的阻风作用，为堆场扬尘抑制效率评估提供数据支持。     

剪切湍流大尺度相干结构的模式研究

发展了一种计算剪切湍流大尺度相干结构的新模式．该模式的基础是认为大尺度相干结构为湍流场中流体脉动能量增长最快的那部分，且包含大部分的湍流脉动能量．在此基础上。通过对湍流相干能量方程的推演。建立了描述大尺度相干结构的特征控制方程，并应用Ｃｈｅｂｙｓｈｅｖ多项式方法求得湍流相干能量的最大增长率在波数空间的分布，从而获得对应的大尺度相干结构．应用该模式研究了槽流和一自然对流中的大尺度相干结构，得到的近壁区流动结构与实验现象十分接近．     

风口区空气流动的有限元模拟与实验研究

通风和空调出风口的射流特性主要取决于出风口截面之前的一段管道内的流动状况,研究送风口的射流偏转特性有重要实用价值.应用湍流大涡模拟技术结合Taylor-Galerkin有限单元法对工程中常见工况下的风口区管道内的三维流场进行了数值模拟和实验研究,数值计算结果与实验结果符合较好.表明湍流大涡模拟方法适合于边界形状复杂,存在各向异性的大尺度涡的内流情况,能可靠地预报风口区空气流动的射流偏转特性.     

返回舱高雷诺数再入过程底部流动稳定性

返回舱高雷诺数再入过程中存在肩部高热流、底部阻力无法准确预测以及非定常振动等问题,解决此类问题的关键是分离和转捩等物理现象的准确识别. 本文采用大涡模拟方法细致刻画了返回舱类钝体外形在高雷诺数再入过程中的分离和转捩等物理现象,获得了返回舱底部流动形态以及稳定性特征. 从肩部剪切失稳、底部流动结构失稳、尾迹发展区以及远尾迹区的耦合失稳等多个角度分析了返回舱外形的底部流动失稳机制.研究发现, 返回舱类外形底部流动稳定性主要存在两类失稳模式即肩部剪切失稳模式以及底部流动结构失稳模式,二种模式存在耦合效应, 同时在远尾迹湍流区域存在类卡门涡街的振荡行为.这些认识为理解返回舱外部扰动因素对底部流动的作用机理及返回舱稳定性控制提供了基础理论支撑.      

二维自由混合层剪切湍流中Brown-Roshko大涡拟序结构

一、引言最早研究二维混合层剪切湍流(又称半射流)的结构特性的先驱是Liepmann和Laufer。他们系统地测量了二维混合层剪切湍流中有关的统计参数的分布和变化规律。最初用流动显示术观察到二维剪切层内有大尺度涡旋,应追溯到第二次世界大战以前德国Flüge的研究,但他的研究成果没有引起人们的重视。直到70年代初,Brown和Roshko发表了二维剪切层流动内高度“二维性”大尺度涡的拟序结构的照片及相应的大      

展向喷嘴湍流横向射流大涡模拟及其统计分析

采用大涡模拟方法数值模拟了展向椭圆喷嘴的湍流横向射流,对其大尺度结构的时空演化和湍流脉动速度场的时间序列分析、频谱分析、PDF分析以及时、空截面上的统计平均特性进行分析.结果表明,在射流出口附近的下游核心区中速度脉动剧烈,显现出明显的湍流特征.除了三维涡环脱落、扭曲、变形、摆动所对应频率之外,还存在很宽的湍流基频,它与在喷嘴出口附近产生的三维涡环的时空演化过程密切相关.由于展向椭圆喷嘴的湍流横向射流中的三维涡环快速脱落和强相互作用导致射流尾迹中的强湍流脉动,展向椭圆喷嘴湍流横向射流的PDF空间演化特征结构复杂.在射流核心区的湍流偏应力变化平缓,其统计平均值分布接近左右对称.展向椭圆喷嘴的湍流横向射流脉动速度场具有极为复杂的统计行为,与流向椭圆喷嘴相比具有更好的掺混能力.     

Direct Numerical Simulation of Self-Similar Turbulent Boundary Layers in Adverse Pressure Gradients

Direct numerical simulations of the Navier–Stokes equations have been carried out with the objective of studying turbulent boundary layers in adverse pressure gradients. The boundary layer flows concerned are of the equilibrium type which makes the analysis simpler and the results can be compared with earlier experiments and simulations. This type of turbulent boundary layers also permits an analysis of the equation of motion to predict separation. The linear analysis based on the assumption of asymptotically high Reynolds number gives results that are not applicable to finite Reynolds number flows. A different non-linear approach is presented to obtain a useful relation between the freestream variation and other mean flow parameters. Comparison of turbulent statistics from the zero pressure gradient case and two adverse pressure gradient cases shows the development of an outer peak in the turbulent energy in agreement with experiment. The turbulent flows have also been investigated using a differential Reynolds stress model. Profiles for velocity and turbulence quantities obtained from the direct numerical simulations were used as initial data. The initial transients in the model predictions vanished rapidly. The model predictions are compared with the direct simulations and low Reynolds number effects are investigated.     

Turbulence in a three‐dimensional wall‐bounded shear flow

A new turbulent flow with distinct three‐dimensional characteristics has been designed in order to study the impact of mean‐flow skewing on the turbulent coherent vortices and Reynolds‐averaged statistics. The skewing of a unidirectional plane Couette flow was achieved by means of a spanwise pressure gradient. Direct numerical simulations of the statistically steady Couette–Poiseuille flow enabled in‐depth explorations of the turbulence field in the skewed flow. The imposition of a modest spanwise gradient turned the mean flow about 8° away from the original Couette flow direction and this turning angle remained nearly the same over the entire cross section. Nevertheless, a substantial non‐alignment between the turbulent shear stress angle and the mean velocity gradient angle was observed. The structure parameter turned out to slightly exceed that in the pure Couette flow, contrary to the observations made in some other three‐dimensional shear flows. Coherent flow structures, which are known to be associated with the Reynolds shear stress in near‐wall regions, were identified by the λ₂‐criterion. Instantaneous and ensemble‐averaged vortices resembled those found in the unidirectional Couette flow. In the skewed flow, however, the vortex structures were turned to align with the local mean‐flow direction. The conventional symmetry between Case 1 and Case 2 vortices was broken due to the mean‐flow three‐dimensionality. The turning of the coherent vortices and the accompanying symmetry‐breaking gave rise to secondary and tertiary turbulent shear stress components. By averaging the already ensemble‐averaged shear stresses associated with Case 1 and Case 2 vortices in the homogeneous directions, a direct link between the educed near‐wall structures and the Reynolds‐averaged turbulent stresses was established. These observations provide evidence in support of the hypothesis that the structural model proposed for two‐dimensional turbulent boundary layers remains valid also in flows with moderate mean three‐dimensionality. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Direct numerical simulation of low Reynolds number flows in an open‐channel with sidewalls

A direct numerical simulation of low Reynolds number turbulent flows in an open‐channel with sidewalls is presented. Mean flow and turbulence structures are described and compared with both simulated and measured data available from the literature. The simulation results show that secondary flows are generated near the walls and free surface. In particular, at the upper corner of the channel, a small vortex called inner secondary flows is simulated. The results show that the inner secondary flows, counter‐rotating to outer secondary flows away from the sidewall, increase the shear velocity near the free surface. The secondary flows observed in turbulent open‐channel flows are related to the production of Reynolds shear stress. A quadrant analysis shows that sweeps and ejections are dominant in the regions where secondary flows rush in toward the wall and eject from the wall, respectively. A conditional quadrant analysis also reveals that the production of Reynolds shear stress and the secondary flow patterns are determined by the directional tendency of the dominant coherent structures. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reynolds Stress Budgets in Couette and Boundary Layer Flows

Reynolds stress budgets for both Couette and boundary layer flows are evaluated and presented. Data are taken from direct numerical simulations of rotating and non-rotating plane turbulent Couette flow and turbulent boundary layer with and without adverse pressure gradient. Comparison of the total shear stress for the two types of flows suggests that the Couette case may be regarded as the high Reynolds number limit for the boundary layer flow close to the wall. The limit values of turbulence statistics close to the wall for the boundary layer for increasing Reynolds number approach the corresponding Couette flow values. The direction of rotation is chosen so that it has a stabilizing effect, whereas the adverse pressure gradient is destabilizing. The pressure-strain rate tensor in the Couette flow case is presented for a split into slow, rapid and Stokes terms. Most of the influence from rotation is located to the region close to the wall, and both the slow and rapid parts are affected. The anisotropy for the boundary layer decreases for higher Reynolds number, reflecting the larger separation of scales, and becomes close to that for Couette flow. The adverse pressure gradient has a strong weakening effect on the anisotropy. All of the data presented here are available on the web [36]. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The effect of Reynolds number on boundary layer turbulence

A new facility for studying high Reynolds number incompressible turbulent boundary layer flows has been constructed. It consists of a moderately sized wind tunnel, completely enclosed by a pressure vessel, which can raise the ambient air pressure in and around the wind tunnel to 8 atmospheres. This results in a Reynolds number range of about 20:1, while maintaining incompressible flow. Results are presented for the zero pressure gradient flat plate boundary layer over a momentum thickness Reynolds number range 1500–15?000. Scaling issues for high Reynolds number non-equilibrium boundary layers are discussed, with data comparing the three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer flow over a swept bump at Reynolds numbers of 3800 and 8600. It is found that successful prediction of these types of flows must include length scales which do not scale on Reynolds number, but are inherent to the geometry of the flow.     

Similarity of apparently random structures in the outer region of wall turbulence

Structural similarities between samples of individual, apparently random structures in various wall-bounded turbulent flows are examined using a template-matching technique. Two-dimensional structural patterns obtained by particle image velocimetry in a turbulent boundary layer are sampled along streamwise lines to extract one-dimensional spatial series that are used as templates. These templates are correlated with time series data obtained in turbulent pipe flow, turbulent channel flow, and atmospheric boundary layer flow in order to determine the frequency and coherency with which similar structures occur. The results indicate that a small ensemble of templates from one flow can be concatenated to represent a large fraction of the entire velocity-time history of each of the other flows by using episodes during which the various templates correlate well. Thus, within the pipe flow, channel flow, and atmospheric boundary layer, one frequently finds detailed time series segments that coincide closely, i.e., in fine detail, with a handful of templates found in a laboratory boundary layer. This type of similarity, which includes seemingly random, fine details at large and small scales, is much stronger than similarity based on statistical comparisons. The individual templates that work best, i.e., those that most frequently yield episodes of high correlation, are segments of hairpin-vortex packets. The high frequency with which these particular structures occur suggests that they are common features of all wall-bounded turbulent flows, including turbulent flows at very high Reynolds number such as the atmospheric boundary layer.     

倾斜吹吸控制下湍流边界层减阻的直接数值模拟

雷诺切应力是壁湍流高摩擦阻力的重要来源, 有理论认为可以通过壁面生成负雷诺应力(数值上为正)的方式来削弱湍流流场中雷诺应力的分布, 以此获得流动减阻. 而通过对雷诺平均运动方程的法向二次积分, 可以发现壁面生成正雷诺应力(数值上为负)对壁面摩擦阻力系数才有负贡献. 文中在湍流边界层流动的控制区域下边界设置一系列倾斜狭缝, 利用该装置通过周期性吹吸的方法产生壁面生成正(负)雷诺应力, 并采用直接数值模拟方法考察和验证上文提到的减阻理论. 文中采用的湍流边界层流动模型, 其流动雷诺数(基于外流速度及动量损失厚度)从300 发展到860. 文中通过多组数值模拟算例, 考察了射流强度和频率对壁面摩擦阻力系数的影响, 并对比了壁面生成正或负雷诺应力对流动的影响. 研究表明, 壁面生成正雷诺应力控制的减阻率能达到3.26, 而壁面生成负雷诺应力控制的减阻效果较壁面生成正雷诺应力控制的要差; 壁面生成的正雷诺应力对壁面摩擦阻力有负贡献, 而壁面生成的负雷诺应力对壁面摩擦阻力有正贡献; 通过考察控制的收支比, 发现控制方案不能获得能量净收益.      

Riblet flow calculation with a low Reynolds number κ - ε model

A low Reynolds number κ - ε model has been used to calculate the turbulent boundary layer over riblets. Calculated mean velocity, Reynolds shear stress and kinetic energy distributions are generally in good agreement with available experimental data. The comparison between these distributions and those in a corner flow points to a significant difference between the two flows and the unlikelihood of counter-rotating vortices within the riblet grooves. One shortcoming of the present κ - ε model is the relatively slow return to a two-dimensional turbulence state as the distance from the riblet surface increases.     

Anisotropic Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Eccentric Annular Channels

Eccentric annular pipe flows represent an ideal model for investigating inhomogeneous turbulent shear flows, where conditions of turbulence production and transport vary significantly within the cross-section. Moreover recent works have proven that in geometries characterized by the presence of a narrow gap, large-scale coherent structures are present. The eccentric annular channel represents, in the opinion of the present authors, the prototype of these geometries. The aim of the present work is to verify the capability of a numerical methodology to fully reproduce the main features of the flow field in this geometry, to verify and characterize the presence of large-scale coherent structures, to examine their behavior at different Reynolds numbers and eccentricities and to analyze the anisotropy associated to these structures. The numerical approach is based upon LES, boundary fitted coordinates and a fractional step algorithm. A dynamic Sub Grid Scale (SGS) model suited for this numerical environment has been implemented and tested. An additional interest of this work is therefore in the approach employed itself, considering it as a step into the development of an effective LES methodology for flows in complex channel geometries. Agreement with previous experimental and DNS results has been found good overall for the streamwise velocity, shear stress and the rms of the velocity components. The instantaneous flow field presented large-scale coherent structures in the streamwise direction at low Reynolds numbers, while these are absent or less dominant at higher Reynolds and low eccentricity. After Reynolds averaging is performed over a long integration time the existence of secondary flows in the cross session is proven. Their shape is found to be constant over the Reynolds range surveyed, and dependent on the geometric parameters. The effect of secondary flows on anisotropy is studied over an extensive Reynolds range through invariant analysis. Additional insight on the mechanics of turbulence in this geometry is obtained.     

Higher-order and length-scale statistics of velocity and temperature fluctuations in turbulent boundary layer along a heated vertical flat plate

Time-developing direct numerical simulation (DNS) was performed to clarify the higher-order turbulent behaviors in the thermally-driven boundary layers both in air and water along a heated vertical flat plate. The predicted statistics of the heat transfer rates and the higher-order turbulent behaviors such as skewness factors, flatness factors and spatial correlation coefficients of the velocity and temperature fluctuations in the natural-convection boundary layer correspond well with those obtained from experiments for space-developing flows. The numerical results reveal that the turbulent structures of the buoyancy-driven boundary layers are mainly controlled by the fluid motions in the outer region of the boundary layer, and these large-scale structures are strongly connected with the generation of turbulence in the thermally-driven boundary layers, in accordance with the actual observations for space-developing flows. Moreover, to specify the turbulence structures of the boundary layers, the cross-correlation coefficients and the characteristic length scales are examined for the velocity and thermal fields. Consequently, it is found that with a slight increase in freestream velocity, the cross-correlation coefficient for the Reynolds shear stress and turbulent heat flux increases for opposing flow and decreases for aiding flow, and the integral scales for the velocity and temperature fields become larger for opposing flow and smaller for aiding flow compared with those for the pure natural-convection boundary layer.