{"title":"Mixture theory for diffuse interface models of two-phase flows","authors":"Helmut Abels","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.638","url":null,"abstract":"Diffuse interface models are an important class of models used to describe multi-phase flows. In the case of incompressible viscous fluids there are a number of different diffuse interface models which have been known for many years. Nevertheless, a model based on mixture theory with a full set of conservation laws for the conservation of linear momentum of each constituent was not yet available. This gap was filled by ten Eikelder <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>J. Fluid Mech.</jats:italic>, in press) recently and a first comparison with known models of Navier–Stokes/Cahn–Hilliard type is given. A detailed understanding of the relations between these models remains an important question.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A combined active control method of restricted nonlinear model and machine learning technology for drag reduction in turbulent channel flow","authors":"Bing-Zheng Han, Wei-Xi Huang, Chun-Xiao Xu","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.558","url":null,"abstract":"The practical implementation of machine learning in flow control is limited due to its significant training expenses. In the present study the convolutional neural network (CNN) trained with the data of the restricted nonlinear (RNL) model is used to predict the normal velocity on a detection plane at <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005585_inline1.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$y^+=10$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> in a turbulent channel flow, and the predicted velocity is used as wall blowing and suction for drag reduction. An active control test is carried out by using the well-trained CNN in direct numerical simulation (DNS). Substantial drag reduction rates up to 19 % and 16 % are obtained based on the spanwise and streamwise wall shear stresses, respectively. Furthermore, we explore the online control of wall turbulence by combining the RNL model with reinforcement learning (RL). The RL is constructed to determine the optimal wall blowing and suction based on its observation of the wall shear stresses without using the label data on the detection plane for training. The controlling and training processes are conducted synchronously in a RNL flow field. The control strategy discovered by RL has similar drag reduction rates with those obtained previously by the established method. Also, the training cost decreases by over thirty times at <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005585_inline2.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Re_{tau }=950$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> compared with the DNS-RL model. The present results provide a perspective that combining the RNL model with machine learning control for drag reduction in wall turbulence can be effective and computationally economical. Also, this approach can be easily extended to flows at higher Reynolds numbers.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiang I.A. Yang, Peng E.S. Chen, Wen Zhang, Robert Kunz
{"title":"Predictive near-wall modelling for turbulent boundary layers with arbitrary pressure gradients","authors":"Xiang I.A. Yang, Peng E.S. Chen, Wen Zhang, Robert Kunz","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.565","url":null,"abstract":"The mean flow in a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) deviates from the canonical law of the wall (LoW) when influenced by a pressure gradient. Consequently, LoW-based near-wall treatments are inadequate for such flows. Chen <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>J. Fluid Mech.</jats:italic>, vol. 970, 2023, A3) derived a Navier–Stokes-based velocity transformation that accurately describes the mean flow in TBLs with arbitrary pressure gradients. However, this transformation requires information on total shear stress, which is not always readily available, limiting its predictive power. In this work, we invert the transformation and develop a predictive near-wall model. Our model includes an additional transport equation that tracks the Lagrangian integration of the total shear stress. Particularly noteworthy is that the model introduces no new parameters and requires no calibration. We validate the developed model against experimental and computational data in the literature, and the results are favourable. Furthermore, we compare our model with equilibrium models. These equilibrium models inevitably fail when there are strong pressure gradients, but they prove to be sufficient for boundary layers subjected to weak, moderate and even moderately high pressure gradients. These results compel us to conclude that history effects in mean flow, which negatively impact the validity of equilibrium models, can largely be accounted for by the material time derivative term and the pressure gradient term, both of which require no additional modelling.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Double diffusive convection in the diffusive regime with a uniform background shear","authors":"Junyi Li, Yantao Yang","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.672","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes a new mechanism that can lead to layering or convection from the finite amplitude perturbation acting on the double diffusive convection with uniform background shear. We focus on the double diffusive convection in the diffusive regime with the cold fresh water laying above the warm salty water. We demonstrate that, although the unperturbed system is linearly stable, the finite amplitude perturbation can trigger the initial flow motions which subsequently obtain energy from the gravitational potential energy and from the uniform background shear, and evolve to layering or convection. By using the linear stability analysis for the initial growth stage and the energy analysis for the following transitional stage, the critical Richardson number can be predicted theoretically. Here the Richardson number measures the relative strength of stratification to the background shear. The dominant wavenumbers and the growth rates of the corresponding modes given by linear theory agree well with the two-dimensional direct numerical simulations, and so does the critical Richardson number predicted by the theoretical model. The layering state is dominated by the double diffusion process, while the convection state at smaller Richardson number exhibits stronger influences from shear and generates smaller heat and salinity fluxes. The theoretical model is further applied to the parameter range which is relevant to the real oceanic environments and reveals that for the typical density ratio observed in the staircase regions in the Arctic Ocean, the current mechanism can lead to layering for relatively weak shear.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of radius ratio on the sheared annular centrifugal turbulent convection","authors":"Jun Zhong, Junyi Li, Chao Sun","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.543","url":null,"abstract":"We perform linear stability analysis and direct numerical simulations to study the effect of the radius ratio on the instability and flow characteristics of the sheared annular centrifugal Rayleigh–Bénard convection, where the cold inner cylinder and the hot outer cylinder rotate with a small angular velocity difference. With the shear enhancement, the thermal convection is suppressed and finally becomes stable for different radius ratios <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005433_inline1.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>${eta in mathbb {R}|0.2leqslant eta le 0.95}$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>. Considering the inhomogeneous distribution of shear stresses in the base flow, a new global Richardson number <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005433_inline2.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Ri_g$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> is defined and the marginal-state curves for different radius ratios are successfully unified in the parameter domain of <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005433_inline3.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Ri_g$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> and the Rayleigh number <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005433_inline4.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Ra$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>. The results are consistent with the marginal-state curve of the wall-sheared classical Rayleigh–Bénard convection in the streamwise direction, demonstrating that the basic stabilization mechanisms are identical. Moreover, systems with small radius ratios exhibit greater geometric asymmetry. On the one hand, this results in a smaller equivalent aspect ratio for the system, accommodating fewer convection roll pairs; fewer roll pairs are more likely to cause a transition in the flow structure during shear enhancement. On the other hand, the shear distribution is more inhomogeneous, allowing for an outward shift of the convection region and the elevation of bulk temperature under strong shear.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetohydrodynamic flow control in Hele-Shaw cells","authors":"Kyle I. McKee","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.618","url":null,"abstract":"Consider the motion of a thin layer of electrically conducting fluid, between two closely spaced parallel plates, in a classical Hele-Shaw geometry. Furthermore, let the system be immersed in a uniform external magnetic field (normal to the plates) and let electrical current be driven between conducting probes immersed in the fluid layer. In the present paper, we analyse the ensuing fluid flow at low Hartmann numbers. Physically, the system is particularly interesting because it allows for circulation in the flow, which is not possible in the standard pressure-driven Hele-Shaw cell. We first elucidate the mechanism of flow generation both physically and mathematically. After formulating the problem using complex variables, we present mathematical solutions for a class of canonical multiply connected geometries in terms of the prime function framework developed by Crowdy (<jats:italic>Solving Problems in Multiply Connected Domains</jats:italic>, SIAM, 2020). We then demonstrate how recently developed fast numerical methods may be applied to accurately determine the flow field in arbitrary geometries.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decay rate of homogeneous isotropic turbulence laden with finite-size particles","authors":"Qichao Sun, Cheng Peng, Lian-Ping Wang, Songying Chen, Zuchao Zhu","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.698","url":null,"abstract":"This study conducts particle-resolved direct numerical simulations to analyse how finite-size spherical particles affect the decay rate of turbulent kinetic energy in non-sustained homogeneous isotropic turbulence. The decaying particle-laden homogeneous isotropic turbulence is generated with two set-ups, i.e. (1) releasing particles into a single-phase decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence and (2) switching off the driving force of a sustained particle-laden homogeneous isotropic turbulence. With both set-ups, the decay of turbulent kinetic energy follows a power-law when the flow is fully relaxed, similar to their single-phase counterparts. The dependence of the power-law decay exponent <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024006980_inline1.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$n$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> on the particle-to-fluid density ratio, particle size and volume fraction is also investigated, and a predictive model is developed. We find that the presence of heavier particles slows down the long-time power-law decay exponent.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"203 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental investigation on magneto-convective flows around two differentially heated horizontal cylinders","authors":"Cyril Courtessole, H.-J. Brinkmann, L. Bühler","doi":"10.1017/jfm.2024.591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.591","url":null,"abstract":"Liquid metal buoyant flow around two differentially heated horizontal cylinders in the presence of a uniform vertical magnetic field is investigated experimentally. While magneto-convection in pipes or ducts has been studied theoretically and experimentally in recent years, data for heat transfer at immersed obstacles are rare and, to our knowledge, detailed experimental investigations on this fundamental magnetohydrodynamic problem do not exist. In the present work, two horizontal cylinders inserted into an adiabatic rectangular cavity filled with gallium–indium–tin are kept at constant temperatures to establish a driving temperature gradient in the surrounding liquid metal. The buoyancy-driven flow, quantified by the Grashof number <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005913_inline1.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Gr$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>, is varied in the range <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005913_inline2.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>${10^{6} leq Gr leq ~5times 10^{7}}$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>. With increasing magnetic field, expressed via the Hartmann number <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005913_inline3.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Ha$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>, different flow regimes are identified from measurements for <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005913_inline4.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$0 leq Ha leq ~3000$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>. The effect of the electromagnetic force primarily consists in suppressing turbulence and damping the convective flow. The heat transfer is quantified in terms of the non-dimensional Nusselt number <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005913_inline5.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Nu$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>, and its dependence on <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0022112024005913_inline6.png\"/> <jats:tex-math>$Gr/{Ha}^{2}$</jats:tex-math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula>, which is identified as the important group governing the flow, is discussed.","PeriodicalId":15853,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluid Mechanics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142256279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}