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Wall effects on pressure fluctuations in turbulent channel flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2013

G. A. Gerolymos ,
D. Sénéchal  and
I. Vallet
G. A. Gerolymos
Affiliation:
Institut d’Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
D. Sénéchal
Affiliation:
Institut d’Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
I. Vallet*
Affiliation:
Institut d’Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
*
†Email address for correspondence: isabelle.vallet@upmc.fr
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Abstract

The purpose of the present paper is to study the influence of wall echo on pressure fluctuations ${p}^{\prime } $, and on statistical correlations containing ${p}^{\prime } $, namely, redistribution ${\phi }_{ij} $, pressure diffusion ${ d}_{ij}^{(p)} $ and velocity pressure-gradient ${\Pi }_{ij} $. We extend the usual analysis of turbulent correlations containing pressure fluctuations in wall-bounded direct numerical simulations (Kim, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 205, 1989, pp. 421–451), separating ${p}^{\prime } $ not only into rapid ${ p}_{(r)}^{\prime } $ and slow ${ p}_{(s)}^{\prime } $ parts (Chou, Q. Appl. Maths, vol. 3, 1945, pp. 38–54), but also further into volume (${ p}_{(r; \mathfrak{V})}^{\prime } $ and ${ p}_{(s; \mathfrak{V})}^{\prime } $) and surface (wall echo, ${ p}_{(r; w)}^{\prime } $ and ${ p}_{(s; w)}^{\prime } $) terms. An algorithm, based on a Green’s function approach, is developed to compute the above splittings for various correlations containing pressure fluctuations (redistribution, pressure diffusion, velocity pressure-gradient), in fully developed turbulent plane channel flow. This exact analysis confirms previous results based on a method-of-images approximation (Manceau, Wang & Laurence, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 438, 2001, pp. 307–338) showing that, at the wall, ${ p}_{(\mathfrak{V})}^{\prime } $ and ${ p}_{(w)}^{\prime } $ are usually of the same sign and approximately equal. The above results are then used to study the contribution of each mechanism to the pressure correlations in low-Reynolds-number plane channel flow, and to discuss standard second-moment-closure modelling practices.

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Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation Turbulent Flows: Turbulent boundary layers Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 720 , 10 April 2013 , pp. 15 - 65
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