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Linear-eddy modelling of turbulent transport. Part 6. Microstructure of diffusive scalar mixing fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Alan R. Kerstein
Alan R. Kerstein
Affiliation:
Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551–0969, USA
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Abstract

The linear-eddy approach for modelling molecular mixing in turbulent flow involves stochastic simulation on a one-dimensional domain with sufficient resolution to include all physically relevant lengthscales. In each realization, molecular diffusion is implemented deterministically, punctuated by a sequence of instantaneous, statistically independent ‘rearrangement events’ (measure-preserving maps) representing turbulent stirring. These events emulate the effect of compressive strain on the scalar field. An inertial-range similarity law is incorporated.

The model reproduces key features of scalar power spectra, including dependences of spectra! amplitudes and transition wavenumbers on Reynolds and Schmidt numbers. Computed scaling exponents governing scalar power spectra, higher-order fluctuation statistics such as structure functions, and the spatial distribution of scalar level crossings are close to measured exponents. It is inferred that the characterization of stirring as a sequence of independent events (the model analogue of eddies) leads to a useful representation of mixing-field microstructure.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 231 , October 1991 , pp. 361 - 394
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© 1991 Cambridge University Press

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