Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2020.103406
Keywords
Large-Eddy simulation; Near-interface flow modeling; Turbulence; Two-phase flow
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- Beatriz Galindo Program (Distinguished Researcher) of the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, Spain [BGP18/00026]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [ACI-1548562]
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The smallest hydrodynamic length scales in two-phase turbulence are located at the interface between phases, or fluids, as a result of two-way coupling phenomena. Typically, these interface-generated scales are several times smaller than the dissipative scales in the surrounding bulk flow identified by Kolmogorov's 1941 theory. Consequently, to properly capture these interface-generated small scales with sufficiently fine resolutions, the computational cost of performing large-eddy simulations of two-phase turbulent flow increases significantly from its (single-phase) theoretical optimum and toward values on the order of the direct numerical simulation of turbulence. Therefore, to maintain the cost of scaleresolving approaches linear with respect to the Reynolds number, this work investigates the modeling of the small-scale fluid motions in the vicinity of the viscous near-interface region of two-phase turbulent flows. Given the resemblance between the flow structures in the near-interface regions and those found in the boundary layers of turbulent wall-bounded flow, the modeling methodology proposed is inspired by ideas developed for turbulent flows interacting with solid walls, but modified to capture slip-velocity effects between phases. The performance of the approach is a priori assessed by utilizing data from direct numerical simulations of decaying isotropic turbulence laden with droplets of super-Kolmogorov size, demonstrating its computational feasibility and potential for reducing the cost of large-eddy simulation studies of two-phase turbulence. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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