This paper numerically investigates particle saltation in a turbulent channel flow having a rough bed consisting of 2–3 layers of densely packed spheres.In this study,we combined three the state-of-the-art technologi...This paper numerically investigates particle saltation in a turbulent channel flow having a rough bed consisting of 2–3 layers of densely packed spheres.In this study,we combined three the state-of-the-art technologies,i.e.,the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow,the combined finite-discrete element modelling of the deformation,movement and collision of the particles,and the immersed boundary method for the fluid-solid interaction.Here we verify our code by comparing the flow and particle statistical features with the published data and then present the hydrodynamic forces acting on a particle together with the particle coordinates and velocities,during a typical saltation.We found strong correlation between the abruptly decreasing particle stream-wise velocity and the increasing vertical velocity at collision,which indicates that the continuous saltation of large grain-size particles is controlled by collision parameters such as particle incident angle,local rough bed packing arrangement,and particle density,etc.This physical process is different from that of particle entrainment in which turbulence coherence structures play an important role.Probability distribution functions of several important saltation parameters and the relationships between them are presented.The results show that the saltating particles hitting the windward side of the bed particles are more likely to bounce off the rough bed than those hitting the leeside.Based on the above findings,saltation mechanisms of large grain-size particles in turbulent channel flow are presented.展开更多
A moderate Reynolds number, and high subsonic turbulent round jet is investigated by large eddy simulation. The detailed results （e.g. mean flow properties, turbulence intensities, etc.） are validated against the ex...A moderate Reynolds number, and high subsonic turbulent round jet is investigated by large eddy simulation. The detailed results （e.g. mean flow properties, turbulence intensities, etc.） are validated against the experimental data, and special attention is paid to study motions of coherent structures and their contributions to far-field noise. Eulerian methods （e.g. Q-criteria and A2 criteria） are utilized for visualizing coherent structures directly for instantaneous flow fields, and Lagrangian coherent structures accounting for integral effect are shown via calculating fields of finite time Lyapunov exponents based on bidimensional velocity fields. All visualizations demonstrate that intrusion of three-dimensional vortical structures into jet core occurs intermittently at the end of the potential core, resulting from the breakdown of helical vortex rings in the shear layer. Intermittencies in the shear layer and on the centerline are studied quantitatively, and distinctively different distributions of probability density function are observed. Moreover, the physical sound sources are obtained through a filtering operation of defined sources in Lighthill＇s analogy, and their distributions verify that intrusion of vortical structures into the core region serves as important sound sources, in particular for noise at aft angles. The facts that intermittent behaviors are caused by motions of coherent structures and correlated with noise generation imply that to establish reasonable sound sources in active noise production region based on intermittent coherent structures is one of the key issues for far-field noise prediction.展开更多
基金supported by a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship within the seventh European Community Framework Programme(Grant No.PIIF-GA-2009-236457)the financial support of the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51321065)+2 种基金Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(Grant No.B14012)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50809047 and 51009105)Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(Grant No.12JCQNJC02600)
文摘This paper numerically investigates particle saltation in a turbulent channel flow having a rough bed consisting of 2–3 layers of densely packed spheres.In this study,we combined three the state-of-the-art technologies,i.e.,the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow,the combined finite-discrete element modelling of the deformation,movement and collision of the particles,and the immersed boundary method for the fluid-solid interaction.Here we verify our code by comparing the flow and particle statistical features with the published data and then present the hydrodynamic forces acting on a particle together with the particle coordinates and velocities,during a typical saltation.We found strong correlation between the abruptly decreasing particle stream-wise velocity and the increasing vertical velocity at collision,which indicates that the continuous saltation of large grain-size particles is controlled by collision parameters such as particle incident angle,local rough bed packing arrangement,and particle density,etc.This physical process is different from that of particle entrainment in which turbulence coherence structures play an important role.Probability distribution functions of several important saltation parameters and the relationships between them are presented.The results show that the saltating particles hitting the windward side of the bed particles are more likely to bounce off the rough bed than those hitting the leeside.Based on the above findings,saltation mechanisms of large grain-size particles in turbulent channel flow are presented.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11072238 and 11232011)the 111 Project of China (Grant No. B07033)
文摘A moderate Reynolds number, and high subsonic turbulent round jet is investigated by large eddy simulation. The detailed results （e.g. mean flow properties, turbulence intensities, etc.） are validated against the experimental data, and special attention is paid to study motions of coherent structures and their contributions to far-field noise. Eulerian methods （e.g. Q-criteria and A2 criteria） are utilized for visualizing coherent structures directly for instantaneous flow fields, and Lagrangian coherent structures accounting for integral effect are shown via calculating fields of finite time Lyapunov exponents based on bidimensional velocity fields. All visualizations demonstrate that intrusion of three-dimensional vortical structures into jet core occurs intermittently at the end of the potential core, resulting from the breakdown of helical vortex rings in the shear layer. Intermittencies in the shear layer and on the centerline are studied quantitatively, and distinctively different distributions of probability density function are observed. Moreover, the physical sound sources are obtained through a filtering operation of defined sources in Lighthill＇s analogy, and their distributions verify that intrusion of vortical structures into the core region serves as important sound sources, in particular for noise at aft angles. The facts that intermittent behaviors are caused by motions of coherent structures and correlated with noise generation imply that to establish reasonable sound sources in active noise production region based on intermittent coherent structures is one of the key issues for far-field noise prediction.
