Based on a more direct analogy between turbulent and molecular transport, a foundation is presented for an energy–vorticity turbulence model. Whereas traditional , , and models relate the eddy viscosity to a dissipation length scale associated with the smaller eddies having the highest strain rates, the proposed model relates the eddy viscosity to a mean vortex wavelength associated with the larger eddies primarily responsible for turbulent transport. A rigorous development of the turbulent-energy-transport equation from the Navier–Stokes equations includes exact relations for the viscous dissipation and molecular transport of turbulent kinetic energy. Application of Boussinesq’s analogy between turbulent and molecular transport leads to a transport equation, which shows neither molecular nor turbulent transport of turbulent energy to be simple gradient diffusion. The new turbulent-energy-transport equation contains two closure coefficients: a viscous-dissipation coefficient and a turbulent-transport coefficient. To help evaluate closure coefficients and provide insight into the energy–vorticity turbulence variables, fully rough pipe flow is considered. For this fully developed flow, excellent agreement with experimental data for velocity profiles and friction factors is attained over a wide range of closure coefficients, provided that a given relation between the coefficients is maintained.
Energy–Vorticity Turbulence Model with Application to Flow Near Rough Surfaces
AIAA Journal ; 51 , 5 ; 1211-1220
2013-02-27
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Energy-Vorticity Turbulence Model with Application to Flow Near Rough Surfaces
Online Contents | 2013
|APPLICATION OF AN ENERGY-VORTICITY TURBULENCE MODEL TO FULLY ROUGH PIPE FLOW
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012
|Turbulence structure near rough surfaces.
AIAA | 1966
|FOUNDATION FOR AN ENERGY-VORTICITY TURBULENCE MODEL
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012
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