Energy dissipation and enstrophy production/destruction at very low Reynolds numbers in the final stage of the transition period of decay in grid turbulence

Y Zheng, K Nagata, T Watanabe - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Decay characteristics of turbulent kinetic energy and enstrophy in grid turbulence have been
investigated in the far downstream region (⁠ x/M∼ 10 3⁠: x is the downstream distance from …

Progress in studying small-scale turbulence using 'exact'two-point equations

L Danaila, RA Antonia, P Burattini - New Journal of Physics, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
The analytical framework based on the similarity hypotheses of Kolmogorov and Obukhov
arguably provides an adequate description of homogeneous isotropic turbulence at very …

A spectral chart method for estimating the mean turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate

L Djenidi, RA Antonia - Experiments in fluids, 2012 - Springer
We present an empirical but simple and practical spectral chart method for determining the
mean turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate\left ⟨ ε\right ⟩ in a variety of turbulent flows …

Liquid transport in scale space

F Thiesset, B Duret, T Ménard, C Dumouchel… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
When a liquid stream is injected into a gaseous atmosphere, it destabilizes and continuously
passes through different states characterized by different morphologies. Throughout this …

Comparison between kinetic energy and passive scalar energy transfer in locally homogeneous isotropic turbulence

L Danaila, RA Antonia, P Burattini - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2012 - Elsevier
The general focus of this paper is on the mixing of a passive scalar for Sc= 1 (Sc is the
Schmidt number) in decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence for which the initial …

Invariants for slightly heated decaying grid turbulence

RA Antonia, SK Lee, L Djenidi, P Lavoie… - Journal of Fluid …, 2013 - cambridge.org
The paper examines the validity of velocity and scalar invariants in slightly heated and
approximately isotropic turbulence generated by passive conventional grids. By assuming …

On the destruction coefficients for slightly heated decaying grid turbulence

SK Lee, L Djenidi, RA Antonia, L Danaila - … journal of heat and fluid flow, 2013 - Elsevier
In slightly heated grid turbulence, the mean turbulent kinetic energy and passive-scalar
variance dissipation rates,<∊> and< χ>, decay according to power laws. The isotropic forms …

Self-similarity of passive scalar flow in grid turbulence with a mean cross-stream gradient

C Bahri, G Arwatz, WK George, ME Mueller… - Journal of Fluid …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Scaling of grid turbulence with a constant mean cross-stream temperature gradient is
investigated using a combination of theoretical predictions and experimental data. A novel …

On Corrsin equation closure

MK Baev, GG Chernykh - Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 2010 - Springer
Corrsin equation closure is done using the gradient hypothesis relating a two-point third-
order correlation moment to a two-point second-order correlation function of a passive scalar …

Transport equation for the mean turbulent energy dissipation rate in low-grid turbulence

L Djenidi, RA Antonia - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
A direct numerical simulation (DNS) based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is carried
out in low-Reynolds-number grid turbulence to analyse the mean turbulent kinetic energy …