Influence of polymer additives on turbulent energy cascading in forced homogeneous isotropic turbulence studied by direct numerical simulations

Direct numerical simulations （DNS） were performed for the forced homogeneous isotropic turbulence （FHIT） with/without polymer additives in order to elaborate the characteristics of the turbulent energy cascading influenced by drag-reducing effects. The finite elastic non-linear extensibility-Peterlin model （FENE-P） was used as the conformation tensor equation for the viscoelastic polymer solution. Detailed analyses of DNS data were carried out in this paper for the turbulence scaling law and the topological dynamics of FHIT as well as the important turbulent parameters, including turbulent kinetic energy spectra, enstrophy and strain, velocity structure function, small-scale intermittency, etc. A natural and straightforward definition for the drag reduction rate was also proposed for the drag-reducing FHIT based on the decrease degree of the turbulent kinetic energy. It was found that the turbulent energy cascading in the FHIT was greatly modified by the drag-reducing polymer additives. The enstrophy and the strain fields in the FH1T of the polymer solution were remarkably weakened as compared with their Newtonian counterparts. The small-scale vortices and the small-scale intermittency were all inhibited by the viscoelastic effects in the FHIT of the polymer solution. However, the scaling law in a fashion of extended self-similarity for the FHIT of the polymer solution, within the presently simulated range of Weissenberg numbers, had no distinct differences compared with that of the Newtonian fluid case.

Nonlinear Energy Cascading in Turbulence during the Internal Reconnection Event at the Sino-United Spherical Tokamak

The characteristics of the energy transfer and nonlinear coupling among edge electromagnetic turbulence in thermal quench sub-period of the internal reconnection event （IRE） are studied at the sino-united spherical tokamak device using multiple Langmuir and magnetic probe arrays. The wavelet bispectral analysis and the modified Kim method are applied to investigate linear growth/damping and nonlinear energy transfer rates, along with multi-field turbulence interactions. The results show a multi-field nonlinear energy transfer from electrostatic to magnetic turbulence that results in two-mode coupling in magnetic turbulence, which may play a crucial role to trigger the IRE.

Numerical Study of Combining Steady Vortex Generator Jets and Deflected Trailing Edge to Reduce the Blade Numbers of Low Pressure Turbine Stage

A flow control system that combined steady Vortex Generator Jets and Deflected Trailing-edge(VGJs-DT) to decrease the low pressure turbine(LPT) blade numbers was presented.The effects of VGJs-DT on energy loss and flow of low solidity low pressure turbine(LSLPT) cascades were studied.VGJs-DT was found to decrease the energy loss of LSLPT cascade and increase the flow turning angle.VGJs-DT decreased the solidity by 12.5%without a significant increase in energy loss.VGJs-DT was more effective than steady VGJs.VGJs-DT decreased the energy loss and increased the flow angle of the LSLPT cascade with steady VGJs.VGJs-DT can use 50%less mass flow than steady VGJs to inhibit the flow separation in the LSLPT cascade.The deflected trailing edge enhanced the ability of steady VGJs to resist flow separation.Overall,VGJs-DT can be used to control flow separation in LPT cascade and reduce the blade numbers of low pressure turbine stage.