Chapters authored
Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulence with Scalar Transfer around Complex Geometries Using the Immersed Boundary Method and Fully Conservative Higher-Order Finite-Difference Schemes
Part of the book: Numerical Simulations
Relationships between Large-Scale Coherent Motions and Bursting Events in a Turbulent Boundary Layer
Part of the book: Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research
Analysis and Application of Decaying Turbulence with Initial Fractal Geometry
In this paper, we address high‐Schmidt‐number (Sc) scalar turbulent mixing that results from grid‐generated turbulence using the initial fractal geometry of the velocity profile. More specifically, as was proposed in our recent study, we adopt an initial flow field generated by a fractal grid and apply it to a water channel experiment based on a high‐Sc‐number scalar‐mixing layer in order to create grid‐generated turbulence, and thus solve our current research problem. The high‐Sc‐number scalar and velocity fields of the grid‐generated turbulence are then measured using planar laser‐induced fluorescence (PLIF) and particle image velocimetry (PIV), respectively. By means of fractal analysis, this study specifically addresses the turbulent mixing phenomena in which the fractal dimension of the mixing interface of an observed high‐Sc‐number scalar field is calculated. Additionally, we discuss the efficiency of using fractal grids as devices for enhancing high‐Sc‐number scalar turbulent mixing by observing turbulent intensities and dissipation by PIV.
Part of the book: Fractal Analysis