A Priori Assessment of Subgrid‑Scale Models and Numerical Error in Forced Convective Flow at High Prandtl Numbers

Lorenzo Sufra, Helfried Steiner

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Abstract

An extensive a priori analysis has been carried out on data from Direct numerical simulation of fully developed heated turbulent pipe flow at high molecular Prandtl numbers Pr=10/20, testing three popular modelling candidates for subgrid-scale closure in Large-Eddy simulation (LES). Aside from assessing the models’ capabilities to describe quantitatively the unresolved turbulent fluxes, a special focus is also put on the role of the numerical error, which arises from the discretization of the filtered advective fluxes on a coarse LES grid. The present analysis extends here previous studies on subgrid-scale momentum transport in a isothermal mixing layer and channel flow carried out by Brandt (J Numer Methods Fluids 51: 635–657, 2006) and Vreman et al. (J Eng Math 29: 299–327, 1995), respectively, to the subgrid-scale transport of heat at high Prandtl numbers. The statistical dependence between the individual contributions (resolved, subgrid-scale, numerical discretization error) constituting the filtered advective flux divergence in the LES formulation is investigated as well, in terms of corresponding cross-correlations. The sensitivity of the tested sgs-models to a grid refinement is further examined performing also a posteriori LES, where the basically more sophisticated candidates turn out to be more demanding in terms of required grid resolution.
Originalspracheenglisch
Seiten (von - bis)377-392
Seitenumfang16
FachzeitschriftFlow, Turbulence and Combustion
Jahrgang105
Ausgabenummer2
Frühes Online-DatumJan. 2020
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Aug. 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physik und Astronomie (insg.)
  • Chemische Verfahrenstechnik (insg.)
  • Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie

Fields of Expertise

  • Advanced Materials Science

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