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Nonlocal form of the rapid pressure-strain correlation in turbulent flows.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19905440     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A new fundamentally based formulation of nonlocal effects in the rapid pressure-strain correlation in turbulent flows has been obtained. The resulting explicit form for the rapid pressure-strain correlation accounts for nonlocal effects produced by spatial variations in the mean-flow velocity gradients and is derived through Taylor expansion of the mean velocity gradients appearing in the exact integral relation for the rapid pressure-strain correlation. The integrals in the resulting series expansion are solved for high- and low-Reynolds number forms of the longitudinal correlation function f(r), and the resulting nonlocal rapid pressure-strain correlation is expressed as an infinite series in terms of Laplacians of the mean strain rate tensor. This formulation is used to obtain a nonlocal transport equation for the turbulence anisotropy that is expected to provide improved predictions of the anisotropy in strongly inhomogeneous flows.
Authors:
Peter E Hamlington; Werner J A Dahm
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2009-10-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics     Volume:  80     ISSN:  1550-2376     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys     Publication Date:  2009 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-12     Completed Date:  2010-01-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101136452     Medline TA:  Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  046311     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Turbulence and Combustion (LTC), Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2140, USA. peterha@umich.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Computer Simulation
Elastic Modulus
Models, Theoretical*
Nonlinear Dynamics*
Pressure
Rheology / methods*
Statistics as Topic
Stress, Mechanical

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