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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Generalized UNIFAES derivatives applied to the correlations of the transport equations for fluctuating kinetic energy, helicity and enstrophy in an oscillated laminar flow

Pages 348-369 | Received 17 Oct 2022, Accepted 03 Apr 2023, Published online: 05 May 2023

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Figure 1. Control volume and coordinate notation in Finite Volume method.

Figure 1. Control volume and coordinate notation in Finite Volume method.

Figure 2. Domain composed by perturbed field, measurements region and hyper-viscous field.

Figure 2. Domain composed by perturbed field, measurements region and hyper-viscous field.

Table 1. Characteristic fluctuation parameters in 18 regularly spaced points for Re = 300.

Table 2. Characteristic fluctuation parameters in 18 regularly spaced points for Re = 9,600.

Table 3. Statistics of the kinetic energy transport equations for Re = 300 at node 4 with distinct algebraic forms, numerical schemes, and levels of refinement.

Table 4. Statistics of the transport equation for helicity for Re = 300 at node 4 with distinct algebraic forms, numerical schemes, and levels of refinement.

Table 5. Statistics of the transport equation for enstrophy for Re = 300 at node 4 with distinct algebraic forms, numerical schemes, and levels of refinement.

Table 6. Residuals of transport equations at finite meshes and extrapolations, Re = 300, node 4.

Table 7. Extrapolated values of characteristic fluctuation parameters in 18 regularly spaced points for Re = 300.

Figure 3. Evolution of scalar properties kinetic energy, modulus of helicity and enstrophy by linear generalized UNIFAES for varying Reynolds number in node 4.

Figure 3. Evolution of scalar properties kinetic energy, modulus of helicity and enstrophy by linear generalized UNIFAES for varying Reynolds number in node 4.

Figure 4. Evolution of the relative magnitudes of the terms in the balance of the kinetic energy EquationEquationEquation(43Equation) for varying Reynolds number, node 4, 240×60×60 mesh, linear generalized UNIFAES.

Figure 4. Evolution of the relative magnitudes of the terms in the balance of the kinetic energy EquationEquation(43) ∂Ujuiui¯/2∂xj−ν∂2uiu¯i/2∂xj∂xj=−uiuj¯Sij –∂ujp¯∂xj−∂ujuiui¯/2∂xj −ν∂ui∂xj∂ui∂xj¯(43) Equation(43(43) ∂Ujuiui¯/2∂xj−ν∂2uiu¯i/2∂xj∂xj=−uiuj¯Sij –∂ujp¯∂xj−∂ujuiui¯/2∂xj −ν∂ui∂xj∂ui∂xj¯(43) Equation)(43) ∂Ujuiui¯/2∂xj−ν∂2uiu¯i/2∂xj∂xj=−uiuj¯Sij –∂ujp¯∂xj−∂ujuiui¯/2∂xj −ν∂ui∂xj∂ui∂xj¯(43) for varying Reynolds number, node 4, 240×60×60 mesh, linear generalized UNIFAES.

Figure 5. Evolution of the relative magnitudes of the terms in the balance of the helicity EquationEquationEquation(45Equation) for varying Reynolds number, node 4, 240×60×60 mesh, linear generalized UNIFAES.

Figure 5. Evolution of the relative magnitudes of the terms in the balance of the helicity EquationEquation(45) ∂uiwi¯Uj∂xj−ν∂2uiwi¯∂xj∂xj=∂uiuj∂xj¯Wi−uiuj¯∂Wi∂xj−wi∂p∂xi¯+uiwjsij¯−∂uiwiuj¯∂xj−2ν∂ui∂xj∂wi∂xj¯(45) Equation(45(45) ∂uiwi¯Uj∂xj−ν∂2uiwi¯∂xj∂xj=∂uiuj∂xj¯Wi−uiuj¯∂Wi∂xj−wi∂p∂xi¯+uiwjsij¯−∂uiwiuj¯∂xj−2ν∂ui∂xj∂wi∂xj¯(45) Equation)(45) ∂uiwi¯Uj∂xj−ν∂2uiwi¯∂xj∂xj=∂uiuj∂xj¯Wi−uiuj¯∂Wi∂xj−wi∂p∂xi¯+uiwjsij¯−∂uiwiuj¯∂xj−2ν∂ui∂xj∂wi∂xj¯(45) for varying Reynolds number, node 4, 240×60×60 mesh, linear generalized UNIFAES.

Figure 6. Evolution of the relative magnitudes of the terms in the balance of the enstrophy EquationEquationEquation(46Equation) for varying Reynolds number, node 4, 240×60×60 mesh, linear generalized UNIFAES.

Figure 6. Evolution of the relative magnitudes of the terms in the balance of the enstrophy EquationEquation(46) ∂Ujwiwi/2¯∂xj−υ∂2wiwi¯/2∂xj∂xj=wisij¯Wj+wiwj¯Sij−wiuj¯∂Wi∂xj−∂ujwiwi/2¯∂xj- wiwjsij¯ −υ∂wi∂xj∂wi∂xj¯(46) Equation(46(46) ∂Ujwiwi/2¯∂xj−υ∂2wiwi¯/2∂xj∂xj=wisij¯Wj+wiwj¯Sij−wiuj¯∂Wi∂xj−∂ujwiwi/2¯∂xj- wiwjsij¯ −υ∂wi∂xj∂wi∂xj¯(46) Equation)(46) ∂Ujwiwi/2¯∂xj−υ∂2wiwi¯/2∂xj∂xj=wisij¯Wj+wiwj¯Sij−wiuj¯∂Wi∂xj−∂ujwiwi/2¯∂xj- wiwjsij¯ −υ∂wi∂xj∂wi∂xj¯(46) for varying Reynolds number, node 4, 240×60×60 mesh, linear generalized UNIFAES.