Direct numerical simulation of turbulent Taylor–Couette flow

The direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the Taylor–Couette flow in the fully turbulent regime is described. The numerical method extends the work by Quadrio and Luchini [M. Quadrio, P. Luchini, Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids 21 (2002) 413–427], and is based on a parallel computer code which uses mixed spatial discretization (spectral schemes in the homogeneous directions, and fourth-order, compact explicit finite-difference schemes in the radial direction). A DNS is carried out to simulate for the first time the turbulent Taylor–Couette flow in the turbulent regime. Statistical quantities are computed to complement the existing experimental information, with a view to compare it to planar, pressure-driven turbulent flow at the same value of the Reynolds number. The main source for differences in flow statistics between plane and curved-wall flows is attributed to the presence of large-scale rotating structures generated by curvature effects.     

Drag associated with transitional flow regime of a fiber suspension in a tube

A semlempirical model is constructed of the flow of a fiber suspension of low and medium concentration in regimes that are usually called mixed and undeveloped turbulent regimes [1–4]. It is shown that although the flow of fiber suspensions in these regimes has features similar to those of the turbulent flow of a Newtonian fluid, for example, a logarithmic velocity profile, the characteristic features of the flow in both regimes can be better explained, not by turbulence of the flow, but by orientation of the fibers in it and by plastic flow of the fiber continuum. For this reason, to distinguish the mixed and undeveloped turbulent regimes from a truly turbulent regime it is proposed here to describe them by a general name — transitional flow. The obtained expressions agree qualitatively and quantitatively with the experimental results of Lee and Duffy [2], Sanders and Meyer [3], and Mih and Parker [4].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 40–45, May–June, 1984.I thank V. N. Nikolaevskii and A. N. Golubyatnikov for interest in the work and helpful comments.     

Turbulent friction in the flow of liquid in tubes and channels

A calculating relationship is presented for turbulent flow; it takes a unique form over the whole cross section of the flow. A relationship is also derived between turbulent friction and the mean velocity profile on the basis of the equation for the maximum turbulent friction, which follows directly from the equation of motion. The proportionality factor in this relationship is obtained with due allowance for twelve boundary conditions relating to the turbulent flow, the mean velocity, and their derivatives. The resultant turbulent-friction profiles agree with the experimental data of Laufer. The profile parameters may be related to the Reynolds number.Leningrad. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 140–145, March–April, 1972.     

Variational model of a turbulent rotating flow

A model of effectively viscous turbulent flows satisfying the Navier-Stokes equations and certain slip conditions at the walls is analyzed. The turbulent viscosity is determined on the basis of the principle of minimum energy dissipation rate, whose significance and conditions of applicability are discussed in detail. A new separated turbulent flow model is outlined. The problem of turbulent flow in a porous rotating tube is solved. The existence of two metastable flow regimes is predicted: one with an axial circulation zone, the other straight-through. In the case of a strongly swirled flow the first of these has a greater probability of realization; however, as the rotation weakens, in a certain critical situation the circulation zone collapses, after which the flow can only be straight-through. Despite the absence of empirical content, every aspect of the proposed theory is in good agreement with the experimental research on vortex chamber flows.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 22–32, May–June, 1985.     

Determination of the turbulent Prandtl number in an asymptotic boundary layer with suction

The problem of heat transfer in a turbulent asymptotic boundary layer with suction is solved in the framework of the monoharmonic model. The flow is one dimensional on the average, which is why it is chosen for investigation. The theoretically determined mean and pulsation characteristics of the flow, in particular the turbulent Prandtl number, agree with the experimental results for a boundary layer.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 74–79, January–February, 1981.     

Wall shear stress measurements in the plane of symmetry of a turbulent spot

Wall shear stress measurements were made in the plane of symmetry of turbulent spots. When represented in terms of the skin friction coefficient versus momentum thickness Reynold's number, the spot's wall shear distribution is composed of four linear segments each having a different slope. The spot's zone averaged wall shear stress is approximately equal to the zone averaged Reynolds's stress distribution in a spot while the ensemble mean wall shear is 10%–15% lower than that found in a turbulent boundary layer.     

Two-layer turbulent flow over a rough rotating surface

A model of turbulent incompressible fluid flow over a rough surface under the action of the Coriolis force with a turbulent transfer coefficient corresponding to the Prandtl mixing length is proposed. A solution of the problem, asymptotic in the small Coriolis parameter, is presented for horizontally uniform steady-state flow. It is shown that for a small Coriolis parameter the velocity profile and the turbulent transfer coefficient can differ substantially from the limiting expressions known from Prandtl theory. The smaller the roughness coefficient, the greater the difference.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 61–67, July–August, 1995.     

Structure of turbulent viscosity in flow close to a rough surface

A formula for turbulent viscosity which allows a simple analytic expression to be obtained for the distribution of the averaged velocity of turbulent liquid flow at a rough surface is proposed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 167–170, March–April, 1976.     

Simulation of ordered structures in open turbulent flows

Extensive experimental material [1–4] indicates that ordered (coherent) structures play an important part in determining the nature of the flow, the generation of Reynolds stresses and turbulence energy, and the transport of heat, momentum, and passive admixtures in a turbulent flow. In the present paper, a model is constructed for describing coherent structures in which, given the profile of the mean velocity, one can determine the characteristic sizes, the propagation velocities, and also the frequency and amplitude characteristics of these ordered motions. The model is based on the analogy between the ordered formations and secondary flows in a subsidiary laminar flow whose velocity profile is the same as the turbulent profile of the mean velocity. The influence of small-scale pulsations is described by the introduction of the coefficient of turbulent viscosity. In the framework of the model, numerical calculations are made for two-dimensional turbulent flows in a mixing layer, a jet, and a wake behind a cylinder. The results of the calculations are compared with experimental data.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 45–52, July–August, 1981.     

Experimental Investigation of the Interaction of Longitudinal Streaky Structures with a High-Frequency Disturbance

The mechanism of initiation of a turbulent spot via the interaction of a localized longitudinal “streaky”-structure vortex with a high-frequency disturbance is studied in a model experiment. Both qualitative and quantitative characteristics and the structure of the localized longitudinal disturbance and the high-frequency wave packet are investigated. A spatial and temporal Fourier analysis of the disturbances developing in the boundary layer is carried out. The analysis shows that in the course of the disturbance interaction flow energy is “pumped” over into both high-frequency disturbances and longitudinal structures.     

Diffusion of heavy spherical particles in a turbulent flow

A connection is established between the statistical characteristics of a turbulent flow and the coefficient of diffusion of spherical particles suspended in the flow.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 142–144, November–December, 1979.     

Heat transfer at and near the stagnation point in turbulent flow over bodies

Results are presented of experimental investigations of heat transfer in the neighborhood of the stagnation point in flow of a turbulent gas over bodies. It is assumed that the outer flow is capable of rendering the boundary layer turbulent over the whole body surface, i.e., the hypothesis is invoked that there is a turbulent stagnation point. Using the method of integral relations [1] and the flat plate heat-transfer law, transformed in such a way as to satisfy the heat-transfer conditions at the stagnation point, simple formulas have been obtained for calculating the heat flux.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 177–181, July–August, 1975.     

Energy-balance equation for turbulent pulsations in the theory of the free turbulent boundary layer

Semiempirical expressions are proposed for the coefficient of turbulent viscosity and for the scale of turbulence in the equations for the free turbulent boundary layer in an incompressible fluid, these equations consisting of the equation of continuity, the equations of motion, and the equation for the average energy balance in the turbulent pulsations. The advantage of the expressions over the existing ones is that the two empirical constants in the equations have nearly the same values for circular and plane turbulent streams and also for a turbulent boundary layer at the edge of a semiinfinite homogeneous flow with a stationary fluid. The mean-energy distribution and the mean energy of the turbulent pulsations computed in this paper agree well with the experimental values.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 75–79, November–December, 1970.     

Semiempirical models of turbulent boundary flow. Steady-state flow in a smooth-walled circular tube

The example of steady-state flow in a smooth-walled circular tube is used to illustrate the general principles of the design of second-generation models of turbulence. A model suitable for calculating the flow in question over a broad interval of variation of the Reynolds number, embracing the laminar, transitional and turbulent flow regimes, is constructed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 31–36, March–April, 1990.     

Heat and mass transport in nonisothermal turbulent flow when there is a screen formed by a gas of a different nature

We obtain a limiting relative law for heat and mass transport when there is a gas screen in a turbulent boundary layer, which makes it possible to take into account the effect of nonisothermal flow on the turbulent heat and mass transport beyond the region where the foreign gas is injected. The theoretical results are compared with experimental data on the intensity of burn-up of a graphite surface in an air flow when helium is injected through a tangential slit. The experimental data were obtained from the diffusion region of the burn-up.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 152–156, September–October, 1971.     

Study of turbulent boundary layers on smooth and rough surfaces with arbitrary pressure gradients

The results of an experimental investigation into the steady-state plane turbulent boundary layer in an incompressible liquid at an impermeable wall are presented. Cases of flow at smooth and rough surfaces in the presence of a longitudinal pressure gradient are considered. The results of measurements of the turbulent structure of the flow at various distances from the channel inlet are presented. A detailed analysis of the kinematic and dynamic characteristics of the flow is given. Special attention is paid to the boundary region of the flow close to the wall. A universal law is proposed for the variation in the local resistance coefficient along the boundary layer.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 3, pp. 126–134, May–June, 1971.     

Turbulent convection in a plane horizontal layer

The problem of convection in an incompressible fluid between two horizontal planes maintained at a constant temperature without friction on the boundaries is considered. The medium is assumed to be turbulent. A theoretical model is constructed using mathematical modeling of the coherent structure in the turbulent flow. This turbulent convection-model has one empirical constant in the relations closing the generalized Reynolds equations. The problem formulated is solved analytically by means of the Stuart-Landau method. The main characteristics of the finite-amplitude ordered convection are obtained and their dependence on the empirical constant is studied.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.6, pp. 49–56, November–December, 1993.     

Some results obtained on studying the flow of liquid films by stroboscopic visualization

The characteristic features of stroboscopic visualization and the possibilities of using this method for studying the flow of thin films are considered. The velocity field and the field of turbulent pulsations are studied experimentally for the film flow of liquids with Reynolds numbers of R = 40–1770.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 2, pp. 140–143, March–April, 1972.     

Calculation of three-dimensional weakly expanding flow in jets and channels

The results are given of a calculation of laminar flow in a channel of square section and the motion of a turbulent jet from a cruciform nozzle in an ambient flow. To calculate the secondary flows, the field of the transverse velocity is decomposed into irrotational and solenoidal components. The results of the calculation of the flow in the channel are compared with the calculations of other authors and experimental data. To calculate the flow in the turbulent jet, a one-parameter turbulence model is used, and the influence of the inhomogeneity of the distribution of the longitudinal component of the velocity on the components of the Reynolds stress tensor is taken into account. The results of calculation of the flow in the jet behind a cruciform nozzle are compared with experimental data.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 36–44, July–August, 1984.     

Quasihomogeneous model of cavitation flows in diffuser channels

Starting with the experiments carried out by Reynolds in 1894, the flow in Venturi tubes has traditionally been used to study and demonstrate various forms of cavitation. Numerous authors have carried out experimental research on the various flow regimes in diffuser channels [1–7] or have investigated theoretical models of such flows [6, 8]. The occurrence and development of cavitation is closely associated with the phenomenon of turbulent separation complicated by the presence of two-phase flow in the dissipation zone. For a long time these effects were considered separately, until Gogish and Stepanov [9] proposed a single model of cavitation and separation based on the theory of intense interaction of an incompressible potential flow and a turbulent cavitation layer of variable density and embracing the various stages of cavitation. The object of this study is to demonstrate the possibilities of this model with reference to the simple example of flows accompanied by cavitation and separation in plane and axisymmetric diffuser channels of the Venturi tube type with straight and curved walls. The dissipative flow near the walls is described by a quasihomogeneous model of turbulent two-phase flow, in which the presence of two phases is taken into account only by varying the mean density. The potential core of the flow is considered in the one-dimensional formulation. The displacement thickness serves as the flow interaction parameter. The conditions of ocurrence and development of circulatory flows are determined. Examples of symmetrical and nonsymmetrical flows are presented.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 47–54, September–October, 1986.