Turbulence modulation in particle-laden stationary homogeneous isotropic turbulence using one-dimensional turbulence
Journal article, 2020

Turbulence modulation in particle-laden stationary homogeneous isotropic turbulence is investigated using one-dimensional turbulence (ODT), a low-dimensional stochastic flow simulation model. For this purpose, ODT is extended in two ways. First, a forcing scheme that maintains statistical stationarity is introduced. Unlike direct numerical simulation (DNS) of forced turbulence, the ODT framework accommodates forcing that is not directly coupled to the momentum equation. For given forcing the ODT energy dissipation rate is therefore the same in particle-laden cases as in the corresponding single-phase reference case. Second, previously implemented one-way-coupled particle phenomenology is extended to two-way coupling using the general ODT methodology for flow modulation through interaction with any specified energy and momentum sources and sinks. As in a DNS comparison case for Re-lambda = 70, turbulence modulation is diagnosed primarily on the basis of the fluid-phase kinetic-energy spectrum. Because ODT involves subprocesses with straightforward physical interpretations, the ODT mechanisms of particle-induced turbulence modulation are clearly identified and they are plausibly relevant to particleladen Navier-Stokes turbulence. ODT results for the ratio of particle-phase and fluid-phase kinetic energies as a function of particle Stokes number and mass loading are reported for the purpose of testing these predictions in the future when these quantities are evaluated experimentally or using DNS.

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Author

Marco Fistler

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Combustion and Propulsion Systems

Alan Kerstein

David O. Lignell

Brigham Young University

Michael Oevermann

Brandenburg University of Technology

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Combustion and Propulsion Systems

Physical Review Fluids

2469990X (eISSN)

Vol. 5 4 044308

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Other Physics Topics

Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.044308

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