A note on a new theory of turbulence

In this paper,the creation and annihilaton of turbulent eddies are described aselementary particles in the quantum field theory.An elementary particle may be consideredas a solid entity as it exists in quantum theory,but a turbulent eddy is often changed in sizeand shape with time due to its energy dissipation in a turbulent field.Therefore,in order toapply the method of the quantum field theory to the turbulent field by analogy,the entity ofthe same eddy should be defined firstly.According to the linearized theory,the turbulenteddies with the similarity character in lime duration may be considered as the entity of thesame eddy,and the creation and annihilation of turbulent eddies without the similarcharacters are related to the interaction term φ_2 in equation(2.6).Then,the creationoperator and annihilation operator similar to those in the quantum field theory are used todescribe the state of turbulent eddy field.Finally,a“Schrǒdinger”equation of turbulenteddies is formulated based upon the nonline     

Cloud dispersion models

A new technique has been developed to compute mean and fluctuating concentrations in complex turbulent flows. An initial distribution of material is discretised into any small clouds which are advected by a combination of the mean flow and large scale turbulence. The turbulence can be simulated either by Kinematic Simulation or by a stochastic model for the motion of each cloud centroid. The clouds also diffuse relative to their centroids; the statistics for this are obtained from a separate calculation of the growth of individual clouds in small scale turbulence, generated by Kinematic Simulation. The ensemble of discrete clouds is periodically rediscretised, to limit the size of the small clouds and prevent overlapping. The model is illustrated with simulations of dispersion in uniform flow and in a coastal flow, and the results are compared with analytic, steady state solutions where available.     

湍流边界层流场与噪声实验研究

在重力式水洞中进行了水翼及半翼湍流边界层流场与噪声的实验研究。测量了水翼及半翼边界层附近的湍流脉动速度场;测量了半翼翼型表面三点处的压力脉动及其辐射噪声,测量了水翼内部测点的噪声及外部辐射噪声,在不同流速、不同攻角、光滑和粗糙翼面的情况下都进行了测量分析。试验结果发现,上述因素对模型的边界层湍流速度场有显著影响,15度攻角时,翼面附近湍流强度要比0度时大得多,粗糙翼面附近的湍流强度比光滑的大,而湍流强度随来流速度的变化不大,u(来流）方向和v方向的湍流强度量级相当;一般地,翼面压力脉动、翼内部噪声及外部噪声都是随来流速度的增大而增大,随攻角的增大而增大,粗糙翼面时的结果要比光滑翼面的大。从压力脉动与噪声测量结果与相应的流场测量结果比较可知,可以从湍流区域的湍流强度来判断出声源强度的定性变化。     

DNS of Mixing and Reaction of Two Species in a Turbulent Channel Flow: A Validation of the Conditional Moment Closure

We consider the chemical reaction in a turbulent flow for the case that the time scale of turbulence and the time scale of the reaction are comparable. This process is complicated by the fact that the reaction takes place intermittently at those locations where the species are adequately mixed. This is known as spatial segregation. Several turbulence models have been proposed to take the effect of spatial segregation into account. Examples are the probability density function (PDF) and the conditional moment closure (CMC) models. The main advantage of these models is that they are able to parameterize the effects of turbulent mixing on the chemical reaction rate. As a price several new unknown terms appear in these models for which closure hypothesis must be supplied. Examples are the conditional dissipation 〈 χ ∣ φ 〉, the conditional diffusion 〈 κ ∇² φ ∣ u, φ 〉 and the conditional velocity 〈 u ∣ φ 〉. In the present study we investigate these unknown terms that appear in the PDF and CMC model by means of a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a fully developed turbulent flow in a channel geometry. We present the results of two simulations in which a scalar is released from a continuous line source. In the first we consider turbulent mixing without chemical reaction and in the second we add a binary reaction. The results of our simulations agree very well with experimental data for the quantities on which information is available. Several closure hypotheses that have been proposed in the literature, are considered and validated with help of our simulation results. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

表面活性剂减阻溶液湍流流动研究进展

与聚合物添加剂相比,表面活性剂具有寿命长,不受机械力和高温影响发生降解的特点,目前被认为是最具有适用价值的减阻添加剂．针对表面活性剂湍流减阻机理,尽管已经开展了大量的实验研究、理论分析和数值模拟,但仍处于探索阶段,尚未定论．文中对目前国内外有关表面活性剂减阻溶液湍流流动的研究如平均速度、湍流强度、雷诺应力和相关系数等湍流统计量以及取得的成果进行了归纳和总结．目前普遍认为阻力减小是由流动垂直方向的湍流强度受抑和脉动速度分量解耦导致雷诺应力极大降低引起的．分析了目前研究存在的问题,对今后继续开展研究提出了自己的观点．      

关于太阳湍流发电机理论

本文介绍了太阳湍流发电机问题的双尺度平均场电动力学分析方法以及有关太阳发电机问题的研究结果:α,β效应及各种发电机模型。总结分析了现阶段太阳湍流发电机问题在观测和理论方面的主要困难。对其他的太阳发电机理论也进行了简要介绍。      

Large eddy simulation of turbulent statistical and transport properties in stably stratified flows

Three dimensional large eddy simulation （LES） is performed in the investigation of stably stratified turbulence with a sharp thermal interface. Main results are focused on the turbulent characteristic scale, statistical properties, transport properties, and temporal and spatial evolution of the scalar field. Results show that the buoyancy scale increases first, and then goes to a certain constant value. The stronger the mean shear, the larger the buoyancy scale. The overturning scale increases with the flow, and the mean shear improves the overturning scale. The flatness factor of temperature departs from the Gaussian distribution in a fairly large region, and its statistical properties are clearly different from those of the velocity fluctuations in strong stratified cases. Turbulent mixing starts from small scale motions, and then extends to large scale motions.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PROPERTIES OF TURBULENT/NON-TURBULENT INTERFACE OVER RIBLETS SURFACES AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS1)

湍流/非湍流界面是流动中湍流和无旋流的边界,其相关研究在加深对湍流与无旋流之间的物质、动量和能量交换的理解有重要意义.本文采用时间解析的二维粒子图像测速技术,分别对零压梯度光滑、顺流向锯齿形沟槽表面平板在不同雷诺数下对湍流/非湍流界面的几何特征及动力学特性进行了实验研究.实验雷诺数为$Re_{\tau } =400\sim1000$.本文采用了湍动能准则对湍流/非湍流界面进行了识别,并分析界面高度分布、分形特征及界面附近的条件平均速度和涡量.结果表明在不同雷诺数下, 无论是光滑壁面还是沟槽壁面,界面平均高度在0.8 $\sim$ 0.9$\delta_{99} $附近. 对于沟槽壁面而言,减阻时对应的界面高度的概率密度分布与光滑壁面基本一致, 均遵循正态分布,而当阻力增大时, 界面高度分布偏离正态分布出现正的偏度. 在本实验情况下,界面分形维度、跨界面速度跳变均会随着雷诺数增大而增大. 此外,不同壁面情况下无量纲条件平均涡量在界面附近的分布相近,而界面附近无量纲速度梯度最大值近似为常数.     

暖季强降雨对多年冻土南界斜坡路基稳定性影响分析

为阐明表面活性剂水溶液的减阻作用,使用LDV对零压梯度的二维湍流平板边界层中的CTAB 表面活性剂水溶液的湍流特性进行了实验研究. 结果表明：与牛顿流体相比,CTAB水溶液边 界层的粘性底层增厚;主流时均速度分布有被层流化的趋势,对数分布域上移;主流方向速 度湍动强度峰值减小,且远离壁面,在靠近边界层中部,出现第2峰值;垂直于主流方向的 速度湍动强度受到了大幅度抑制,雷诺应力沿着边界层厚度方向几乎为零. 结果说明CTAB 水溶液具有减弱湍流湍动各个成分相关度的作用,从而能够使雷诺应力降低、湍流能量生成 项减小最终降低流体的输送动力.     

A numerical and experimental investigation of the interactions between a non‐uniform planar array of incompressible free jets

The interaction between multiple incompressible air jets has been studied numerically and experimentally. The numerical predictions have been first validated using experimental data for a single jet configuration. The spreading features of five unequal jets in the configuration of one larger central jet surrounded by four smaller equi‐distant jets, have been studied, for different lateral spacing ratios of 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 and a central jet Reynolds number of 1.24×105 (corresponding to a Mach number of 0.16). Flow of five equal jets has also been simulated, for the sake of comparison. The jet interactions commence at an axial distance of about 3–4 diameters and complete by an axial distance of about 10 diameters for the lowest spacing ratio of 1.5. For larger spacing ratios, the length required for the start and completion of jet interaction increase. Peripheral jets bend more towards the central jet and merge at a smaller distance, when their sizes are smaller than that of the central jet. The entrainment ratio for multiple jets is higher than that for a single jet. Excellent agreement is observed between the experimental data and theoretical predictions for both mean flow field and turbulent quantities, at regions away from the jet inlet. The potential core length and initial jet development, however, are not predicted very accurately due to differences in the assumed and actual velocity profiles at the jet inlet. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.