Attempts at computer-aided understanding of turbulence

Yukio Kaneda, Takashi Ishihara, Koji Morishita, Yoshinori Mizuno

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Abstract

A review is presented on some attempts to understand turbulence by using high-performance computing (HPC). Among them is the study of turbulence by the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of incompressible turbulence in a periodic box with the number of grid points up to 40963. The DNS data shed some light on the Reynolds number (Re)-dependence of the statistics of turbulence at high Re and on the intermittency of energy dissipation. HPC is shown to be useful also for solving a multidimensional singular partial differential equation that determines the anomalous scaling of a passive scalar field advected by a random velocity field with an infinitely small correlation time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence
Pages49-54
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1 2008
Externally publishedYes
EventIUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: Sept 11 2006Sept 14 2006

Publication series

NameSolid Mechanics and its Applications
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1875-3507

Other

OtherIUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNagoya
Period9/11/069/14/06

Keywords

  • Anomalous scaling
  • Computational approach
  • DNS of turbulence
  • Intermittency of energy dissipation
  • Passive scalar

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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