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Numerical Investigation of the Moving Wall Effects in Turbulent Channel Flows

난류채널유동에서 움직이는 벽면에 대한 수치연구

  • Hwang, Jun Hyuk (School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Jae Hwa (School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2017.11.29
  • Accepted : 2017.12.20
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

Direct numerical simulations of turbulent channel flows with moving wall conditions on the top wall are performed to examine the effects of the moving wall on the turbulent characteristics. The moving wall velocity only applied to the top wall with the opposite direction to the main flow is systematically varied to reveal the sustained-mechanism for turbulence. The turbulence statistics for the Couette-Poiseuille flow, such as mean velocity, root mean square of the velocity fluctuations, Reynolds shear stress and pre-multiplied energy spectra of the velocity fluctuations, are compared with those of canonical turbulent channel flows. The comparison suggests that although the turbulent activity on the top wall increases with increasing the Reynolds number, that on the bottom wall decreases, contrary to the previous finding for the canonical turbulent channel flows. The increase of the turbulent energy on the top wall is attributed to not only the increase of the Reynolds number but also elongation of the logarithmic layer due to increase of the wall layer on the top wall. However, because the logarithmic layer is shortened on the bottom wall due to the decrease of the wall layer, the turbulence energy on the bottom wall decreases despite of the increase of the Reynolds number.

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