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The linear response of turbulent flow to a volume force: comparison between eddy-viscosity model and DNS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2016

S. Russo  and
P. Luchini
S. Russo*
Affiliation:
DICMAPI, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Napoli, Italy
P. Luchini
Affiliation:
DIIN, Università degli Studi di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
*
†Email address for correspondence: aneres85@gmail.com
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Abstract

We identify a benchmark problem simple enough that it can be solved both by an eddy-viscosity model and by direct numerical simulation: this is the linear response of a turbulent flow’s mean-velocity profile to an external volume force. An example of such a force was found in a study of the perturbation induced by bottom topography by Luchini & Charru (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 656, 2010, pp. 337–341). On the other hand, a modification of the method by Quadrio & Luchini (Proceedings of the IX European Turbulence Conference, Southampton, UK, 2002, pp. 715–718) and Luchini et al. (Phys. Fluids, vol. 18, 2006, 121702) to compute the linear impulse response of a wall-bounded turbulent flow allows the response to a volume force to be computed directly. The comparison exhibits significant differences and suggests that there might be fundamental obstacles to designing an eddy-viscosity model that provides the correct result.

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Boundary Layers: Boundary Layers Low-Reynolds-number flows: Low-Reynolds-number flows Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 790 , 10 March 2016 , pp. 104 - 127
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