Predictive models for near-wall velocity and temperature fluctuations in supersonic wall-bounded turbulence

Predictive models for near-wall velocity and temperature fluctuations in compressible wall-bounded turbulence are developed in the present study based on the model proposed by Marusic et al. (Science, vol. 329 (5988), 2010, pp. 193-196), which incorporates the superposition and amplitude modulation effects of the large-scale motions in the outer region on near-wall turbulence. The density variation is involved in the predictive model for velocity fluctuations to achieve Mach number independence. The predictive model for temperature fluctuations is derived to keep its consistency with the strong Reynolds analogy, in which the modulation effect is supposed to be cast as the quadratic function of the large-scale velocity fluctuations. An algebraic method is proposed to directly determine the modulation coefficients and extract the universal signals. A direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent channel flow at the friction Reynolds number of 1170 and bulk Mach number of 2.88 is carried out for parameter calibration and validations. The variances and joint probability density functions of the predicted velocity and temperature fluctuations agree well with the DNS results.

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In this study, predictive models for near-wall velocity and temperature fluctuations in compressible wall-bounded turbulence are developed based on the model proposed by Marusic et al. The models incorporate the effects of large-scale motions in the outer region on near-wall turbulence and are validated through direct numerical simulations. The results show good agreement between the predicted fluctuations and the actual results.