{"title":"Compressible and anelastic governing-equation solution methods for thermospheric gravity waves with realistic background parameters","authors":"Harold Knight, Dave Broutman, Stephen Eckermann","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00709-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00709-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>abstract</h3><p>A previously developed numerical-multilayer modeling approach for systems of governing equations is extended so that unwanted terms, resulting from vertical variations in certain background parameters, can be removed from the dispersion-relation polynomial associated with the system. The new approach is applied to linearized anelastic and compressible systems of governing equations for gravity waves including molecular viscosity and thermal diffusion. The ability to remove unwanted terms from the dispersion-relation polynomial is crucial for solving the governing equations when realistic background parameters, such as horizontal velocity and temperature, with strong vertical gradients, are included. With the unwanted terms removed, previously studied dispersion-relation polynomials, for which methods for defining upgoing and downgoing vertical wavenumber roots already exist, are obtained. The new methods are applied to a comprehensive set of medium-scale time-wavepacket examples, with realistic background parameters, lower boundary conditions at 30 km altitude, and modeled wavefields extending up to 500 km altitude. Results from the compressible and anelastic model versions are compared, with compressible governing-equation solutions understood as the more physically accurate of the two. The new methods provide significantly less computationally expensive alternatives to nonlinear time-step methods, which makes them useful for comprehensive studies of the behavior of viscous/diffusive gravity waves and also for large studies of cases based on observational data. Additionally, they generalize previously existing Fourier methods that have been applied to inviscid problems while providing a theoretical framework for the study of viscous/diffusive gravity waves.</p><h3>Graphic abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 4","pages":"479 - 509"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00162-024-00709-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141645283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A spectral collocation scheme for the flow of a piezo-viscous fluid in ducts with slip conditions","authors":"Lorenzo Fusi, Antonio Giovinetto","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00713-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00713-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper we present a numerical scheme based on spectral collocation methods to investigate the flow of a piezo-viscous fluid, i.e., a fluid in which the rheological parameters depend on the pressure. In particular, we consider an incompressible Navier–Stokes fluid with pressure dependent viscosity flowing in: (i) a two-dimensional non-symmetric planar channel; (ii) a three-dimensional axisymmetric non-straight conduit. For both cases we impose the Navier slip boundary conditions that can be reduced to the classical no-slip condition for a proper choice of the slip parameter. We assume that the dependence of the viscosity on the pressure is of exponential type (Barus law), even though the model can be replaced by any other viscosity function. We write the mathematical problem (stress based formulation) and discretize the governing equations through a spectral collocation scheme. The advantage of this numerical procedure, which to the authors’ knowledge has never been used before for this class of fluids, lies in in the ease of implementation and in the accuracy of the solution. To validate our model we compare the numerical solution with the one that can be obtained in the case of small aspect ratio, i.e., the leading order lubrication solution. We perform some numerical simulation to investigate the effects of the pressure-dependent viscosity on the flow. We consider different wall functions to gain insight also on the role played by the channel/duct geometry. In both cases (i), (ii) we find that the increase of the coefficient appearing in the viscosity function results in a global reduction of the flow, as physically expected.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 6","pages":"879 - 900"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00162-024-00713-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141611767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugo F. S. Lui, William R. Wolf, Tulio R. Ricciardi, Datta V. Gaitonde
{"title":"Mach number effects on shock-boundary layer interactions over curved surfaces of supersonic turbine cascades","authors":"Hugo F. S. Lui, William R. Wolf, Tulio R. Ricciardi, Datta V. Gaitonde","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00712-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00712-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effects of inlet Mach number on the unsteadiness of shock-boundary layer interactions (SBLIs) over curved surfaces are investigated for a supersonic turbine cascade using wall-resolved large eddy simulations. Three inlet Mach numbers, 1.85, 2.00, and 2.15 are considered at a chord-based Reynolds number 395,000. The curved walls of the airfoils impact the SBLIs due to the state of the incoming boundary layers and local pressure gradients. On the suction side, due to the convex wall, the boundary layer entering the SBLI evolves under a favorable pressure gradient and bulk dilatation. On the other hand, the concave wall on the pressure side imposes an adverse pressure gradient and bulk compression. Variations in the inlet Mach number induce different shock impingement locations, enhancing these effects. A detailed characterization of the suction side boundary layers indicates that a higher Mach number leads to larger shape factors, favoring separation and larger bubbles, while the reverse holds for the pressure side. A time-frequency analysis reveals the presence of intermittent events in the separated flow occurring predominantly at low-frequencies on the suction side and at mid-frequencies on the pressure side. Increasing the inlet Mach number leads to an increase in the time scales of the intermittent events on the suction side, which are associated with instants when high-speed streaks penetrate the bubble, causing local flow reattachment and bubble contractions. Instantaneous flow visualizations show the presence of streamwise vortices developing on the turbulent boundary layers on both airfoil sides and along the bubbles. These vortices influence the formation of the large-scale longitudinal structures in the boundary layers, affecting the mass imbalance inside the separation bubbles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 4","pages":"451 - 478"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141611774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craig Thompson, Uttam Cadambi Padmanaban, Bharathram Ganapathisubramani, Sean Symon
{"title":"The effect of variations in experimental and computational fidelity on data assimilation approaches","authors":"Craig Thompson, Uttam Cadambi Padmanaban, Bharathram Ganapathisubramani, Sean Symon","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00708-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00708-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We conduct a comprehensive analysis of two data assimilation methods: the first utilizes the discrete adjoint approach with a correction applied to the production term of the turbulence transport equation, preserving the Boussinesq approximation. The second is a state observer method that implements a correction in the momentum equations alongside a turbulence model, both applied to fluid dynamics simulations. We investigate the impact of varying computational mesh resolutions and experimental data resolutions on the performance of these methods within the context of a periodic hill test case. Our findings reveal the distinct strengths and limitations of both methods, which successfully assimilate data to improve the accuracy of a RANS simulation. The performance of the variational model correction method is independent of input data and computational mesh resolutions. The state observer method, on the other hand, is sensitive to the resolution of the input data and CFD mesh.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 3","pages":"431 - 450"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00162-024-00708-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141506667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugh Michalski, Trent Mattner, Sanjeeva Balasuriya, Benjamin Binder
{"title":"The effect of obstacle length and height in subcritical free-surface flow","authors":"Hugh Michalski, Trent Mattner, Sanjeeva Balasuriya, Benjamin Binder","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00707-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00707-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two-dimensional free-surface flow past a submerged rectangular disturbance in an open channel is considered. The forced Korteweg–de Vries model of Binder et al. (Theor Comput Fluid Dyn 20:125–144, 2006) is modified to examine the effect of varying obstacle length and height on the response of the free-surface. For a given obstacle height and flow rate in the subcritical flow regime an analysis of the steady solutions in the phase plane of the problem determines a countably infinite set of discrete obstacle lengths for which there are no waves downstream of the obstacle. A rich structure of nonlinear behaviour is also found as the height of the obstacle approaches critical values in the steady problem. The stability of the steady solutions is investigated numerically in the time-dependent problem with a pseudospectral method.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 4","pages":"511 - 530"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00162-024-00707-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141506668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive spectral proper orthogonal decomposition of broadband-tonal flows","authors":"Brandon C. Y. Yeung, Oliver T. Schmidt","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00695-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00695-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An adaptive algorithm for spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (SPOD) of mixed broadband-tonal turbulent flows is developed. Sharp peak resolution at tonal frequencies is achieved by locally minimizing bias of the spectrum. Smooth spectrum estimates of broadband regions are achieved by locally reducing variance of the spectrum. The method utilizes multitaper estimation with sine tapers. An iterative criterion based on modal convergence is introduced to enable the SPOD to adapt to spectral features. For tonal flows, the adaptivity is controlled by a single user input; for broadband flows, a constant number of sine tapers is recommended without adaptivity. The discrete version of Parseval’s theorem for SPOD is stated. Proper normalization of the tapers ensures that Parseval’s theorem is satisfied in expectation. Drastic savings in computational complexity and memory usage are facilitated by two aspects: (i) sine tapers, which permit <i>post hoc</i> windowing of a single Fourier transform; and (ii) time-domain lossless compression using a QR or eigenvalue decomposition. Sine-taper SPOD is demonstrated on time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TR-PIV) data from an open cavity flow (Zhang et al. in Exp Fluids 61(226):1–12, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-020-03057-8, 2020) and high-fidelity large-eddy simulation (LES) data from a round jet (Brès et al. in J. Fluid Mech. 851:83–124, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.476, 2018), with and without adaptivity. For the tonal cavity flow, the adaptive algorithm outperforms Slepian-based multitaper SPOD in terms of variance and local bias of the spectrum, mode convergence, and memory usage. The tonal frequencies associated with the Rossiter instability are accurately identified. For both the tonal cavity and the broadband jet flows, results comparable to or better than those from standard SPOD based on Welch’s overlapped segment averaging are obtained with up to 75% fewer snapshots, including similar convergence of the Rossiter modes and Kelvin-Helmholtz wavepacket structures for the cavity and jet examples, respectively. Drawing from these examples, we establish best practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 3","pages":"355 - 374"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141506669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quentin Chevalier, Christopher M. Douglas, Lutz Lesshafft
{"title":"Resolvent analysis of swirling turbulent jets","authors":"Quentin Chevalier, Christopher M. Douglas, Lutz Lesshafft","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00704-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00704-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores coherent structures in a swirling turbulent jet. Stationary axisymmetric solutions of the Reynolds–Averaged Navier–Stokes equations at <span>(Re=200,000)</span> were obtained using an open source computational fluid dynamics code and the Spalart–Allmaras eddy viscosity model. Then, resolvent analysis with the same eddy viscosity field provided coherent structures of the turbulent fluctuations on the base flow. As in many earlier studies, a large gain separation is identified between the optimal and sub-optimal resolvent modes, permitting a focus on the most amplified response mode and its corresponding optimal forcing. At zero swirl, the results indicate that the jet’s coherent response is dominated by axisymmetric (<span>(m=0)</span>) structures, which are driven by the usual Kelvin–Helmholtz shear amplification mechanism. However, as swirl is increased, different coherent structures begin to dominate the response. For example, double and triple spiral (<span>(|m|=2)</span> and <span>(|m|=3)</span>) modes are identified as the dominant structures when the axial and azimuthal velocity maxima of the base flow are comparable. In this case, distinct co- and counter-rotating <span>(|m|=2)</span> modes experience vastly different degrees of amplification. The physics of this selection process involve several amplification mechanisms contributing simultaneously in different regions of the mode. This is analysed in more detail by comparing the alignment between the wavevector of the dominant response mode and the principal shear direction of the base flow. Additional discussion also considers the development of structures along the exterior of the jet nozzle.</p>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 5","pages":"641 - 663"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141506670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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 balanced outflow boundary condition for swirling flows","authors":"Christopher M. Douglas","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00701-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00701-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In open flow simulations, the dispersion characteristics of disturbances near synthetic boundaries can lead to unphysical boundary scattering interactions that contaminate the resolved flow upstream by propagating numerical artifacts back into the domain interior. This issue is exacerbated in flows influenced by real or apparent body forces, which can significantly disrupt the normal stress balance along outflow boundaries and generate spurious pressure disturbances. To address this problem, this paper develops a zero-parameter, physics-based outflow boundary condition (BC) designed to minimize pressure scattering from body forces and pseudo-forces and enhance transparency of the artificial boundary. This “balanced outflow BC” is then compared against other common BCs from the literature using example axisymmetric and three-dimensional open swirling flow computations. Due to centrifugal and Coriolis forces, swirling flows are known to be particularly challenging to simulate in open geometries, as these apparent forces induce non-trivial hydrostatic stress distributions along artificial boundaries that cause scattering issues. In this context, the balanced outflow BC is shown to correspond to a geostrophic hydrostatic stress correction that balances the induced pressure gradients. Unlike the alternatives, the balanced outflow BC yields accurate results in truncated domains for both linear and nonlinear computations without requiring assumptions about wave characteristics along the boundary.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 4","pages":"545 - 556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00162-024-00701-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141378793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ezhilsabareesh Kannadasan, Callum Atkinson, Julio Soria
{"title":"Investigating the use of 3-component-2-dimensional particle image velocimetry fields as inflow boundary condition for the direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow","authors":"Ezhilsabareesh Kannadasan, Callum Atkinson, Julio Soria","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00697-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00697-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent wall-bounded flows requires long streamwise computational domains to establish the correct spatial evolution of large-scale structures with high fidelity. In contrast, experimental measurements can relatively easily capture large-scale structures but struggle to resolve the dissipative flow scales with high fidelity. One methodology to overcome the shortcomings of each approach is by incorporating experimental velocity field measurements into DNS as an inflow boundary condition. This hybrid approach combines the strengths of DNS and experimental measurements, allowing for a reduction in the streamwise computational domain and accelerated development of large-scale structures in turbulent wall-bounded flows. To this end, this paper reports the results of an investigation to establish the impact of limited spatial resolution and limited near-wall experimental inflow data on the DNS of a wall-bounded turbulent shear flow. Specifically, this study investigates the spatial extent required for the DNS of a turbulent channel flow to recover the turbulent velocity fluctuations and energy when experimental inflow data is typically unable to capture fluctuations down to the viscous sub-layer or the smallest viscous scales (i.e. the Kolmogorov scale or their surrogate viscous scale in wall-bounded turbulent shear slows) is used as the inflow to a DNS. A time-resolved numerically generated experimental field is constructed from a periodic channel flow DNS (PCH-DNS) at <span>(Re_{tau } =)</span> 550 and 2300, which is subsequently used as the inflow velocity field for an inflow–outflow boundary conditions DNS. The time-resolved experimental inflow field is generated by appropriately filtering the small scales from the PCH-DNS velocity by integrating over a spatial domain that is representative of a particle image velocimetry interrogation window. This study shows that the recovery of small scales requires a longer domain as the spatial resolution at the inflow decreases with all flow scales recovered and their correct scale-dependent energy is re-established once the flow has developed for 3 channel heights.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 2","pages":"269 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00162-024-00697-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141255153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data assimilation and linear analysis with turbulence modelling: application to airfoil stall flows with PIV measurements","authors":"Vincent Mons, Arthur Vervynck, Olivier Marquet","doi":"10.1007/s00162-024-00703-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00162-024-00703-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A combined data-assimilation and linear mean-flow analysis approach is developed to estimate coherent flow fluctuations from limited mean-flow measurements. It also involves Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) modelling to efficiently tackle turbulent flows. Considering time-averaged Particle Velocimetry Image (PIV) measurements of the near-stall flow past a NACA0012 airfoil at an angle of attack of <span>(10^{circ })</span> and in the chord-based Reynolds number range <span>(4.3 cdot 10^4 le Re le 6.4 cdot 10^4)</span>, data assimilation is first employed to correct RANS equations that are closed by the Spalart-Allmaras model. The outputs of this procedure are a full mean-flow description that matches the PIV data and a consistent turbulence model that provides not only a mean eddy-viscosity field but also the perturbations of the latter with respect to mean-flow modifications. Global stability and resolvent analyses are then performed based on the so-obtained mean flow and model to satisfactorily predict near-stall low-frequency phenomena, as confirmed through comparison with the Spectral Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (SPOD) of the PIV measurements. This comparison highlights the benefits in taking into account variations in the turbulent eddy-viscosity over a frozen approach for the correct estimation of the present coherent low-frequency oscillations.</p>","PeriodicalId":795,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics","volume":"38 3","pages":"403 - 429"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141255392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}