Implicit large eddy simulation of passive scalar transfer in compressible planar jet

Implicit large eddy simulation (ILES) of passive scalar transfer in compressible turbulence is evaluated for subsonic and supersonic turbulent planar jets. The ILES used in this study relies on fully explicit numerical schemes for spatial and temporal discretization and low-pass and shock-capturing filters used as an implicit subgrid-scale (SGS) model. The ILES results are compared with the direct numerical simulation (DNS) database of the same flows. The ILES results exhibit good agreements with the DNS for first- and second-order statistics of velocity and passive scalar. The scalar transport by turbulent velocity fluctuations is well captured by the ILES. The temporal evolution of the jet strongly depends on the jet Mach number, where a higher Mach number results in the delay of jet development. The Mach number dependence of velocity and passive scalar fields is consistent between the ILES and DNS. The low-pass filters used as the implicit SGS model contribute to the dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy and scalar variance. Under the present numerical conditions, the filters account for about 50% of the dissipation in a fully developed turbulent jet. The dissipation rate in the ILES, which is the sum of the grid-scale and SGS dissipation rates, is very close to the dissipation rate in the DNS, and the amount of the SGS dissipation is well controlled by the low-pass filters. The filters also dump numerical oscillations in the velocity field caused by strong pressure waves outside the supersonic jet at the high Mach number.

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Implicit large eddy simulation (ILES) is evaluated for passive scalar transfer in compressible turbulence, showing good agreement with the direct numerical simulation (DNS) and successfully capturing scalar transport by turbulent velocity fluctuations.