Turbulent mixing of passive scalar near turbulent and non-turbulent interface in mixing layers
Turbulent mixing of passive scalar near turbulent and non-turbulent interface in mixing layers
复制标题
DOI:
10.1063/1.4928199
复制
发表时间:
2015-08
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Tomoaki Watanabe;Y. Sakai;K. Nagata;Yasumasa Ito;T. Hayase
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Tomoaki Watanabe;Y. Sakai;K. Nagata;Yasumasa Ito;T. Hayase
A direct numerical simulation of a temporally developing mixing layer with a passive scalar transport is performed for various Schmidt numbers (Sc = 0.25, 1, 4, and 8). Turbulent mixing is investigated near the turbulent/non-turbulent interface (TNTI), which is a layer consisting of the turbulent sublayer (TSL) and viscous superlayer (VSL). The irrotational boundary, which is close to the outer edge of the TNTI layer, is detected as the isosurface of small vorticity magnitude. The movement of fluid elements relative to the irrotational boundary movement is analyzed. Once the non-turbulent fluid is entrained into the VSL across the irrotational boundary by the viscous diffusion of vorticity, the fluid moves away from the irrotational boundary in the VSL in the normal direction of the irrotational boundary. After the fluid reaches the TSL, it is transported in the tangential direction of the irrotational boundary and is mixed with the fluid coming from the turbulent core (TC) region. The boundary between th...